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Kadena's Skyler King blocks a shot by Kubasaki's Dylan Canlas during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Skyler King blocks a shot by Kubasaki's Dylan Canlas during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Skyler King blocks a shot by Kubasaki's Dylan Canlas during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Skyler King blocks a shot by Kubasaki's Dylan Canlas during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Lydia Rice shoots as Kubasaki's Megan Charkowski defends during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Lydia Rice shoots as Kubasaki's Megan Charkowski defends during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Megan Kirby gets hold of the ball in front of Kubasaki's Brandi Smith during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Megan Kirby gets hold of the ball in front of Kubasaki's Brandi Smith during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Kayley Lewis grabs the ball in front of Kubasaki's Brandi Smith during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Kayley Lewis grabs the ball in front of Kubasaki's Brandi Smith during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Skyler King takes flight to try to block a shot by Kubasaki's Damien Dorval during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Skyler King takes flight to try to block a shot by Kubasaki's Damien Dorval during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (Jaelyn Forbes/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Korina Macato skies toward the basket against Kubasaki's Ari Gieseck during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the regular-season series 4-0.

Kadena's Korina Macato skies toward the basket against Kubasaki's Ari Gieseck during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the regular-season series 4-0. (Vincent Rodriguez/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Andrew Navarro drives past Kubasaki's Tristan Higginson during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Andrew Navarro drives past Kubasaki's Tristan Higginson during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (L.J. Hollingsworth/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Kai Harris shoots between two Kubasaki defenders during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Kai Harris shoots between two Kubasaki defenders during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (L.J. Hollingsworth/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Atirria Simms leaves Kubasaki's Hailey Hansen in trail on a fast break during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Atirria Simms leaves Kubasaki's Hailey Hansen in trail on a fast break during Friday's Okinawa girls basketball game. The Panthers won 52-24 to sweep the season series 4-0. (L.J. Hollingsworth/Special to Stripes)

Kadena's Eric McCarter tries to operate against Kubasaki's Keith Rascoe during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0.

Kadena's Eric McCarter tries to operate against Kubasaki's Keith Rascoe during Friday's Okinawa boys basketball game. The Panthers won 42-35 to sweep the season series 4-0. (L.J. Hollingsworth/Special to Stripes)

High school

Basketball Boys OkinawaKadena 42, Kubasaki 35 Friday at Camp FosterPanthers 18 8 0 16—42Dragons 13 7 0 15—35Scoring — Panthers: Eric McCarter 12. Rebounding — Panthers: Skyler King 11. Noteworthy — Panthers, who swept the regular-season series from the Dragons 4-0, stalled the entire third quarter. A combined one shot was taken by the two sides. Dragons employed box-and-one and triangle-and-two defenses against Panthers McCarter and Casey Cox.

JapanDODEA-Japan Tournament Friday at Yokosuka Naval BaseSingle-elimination playoffs Semifinals Nile C. Kinnick 96, Matthew C. Perry 29 Samurai 7 4 17 1 — 29Red Devils 36 23 21 16 — 96Scoring — Red Devils: Rodrick Bell 25, Matthew Pardo 19, Rashad Rapada 14, Kaine Roberts 10; Samurai: Jericho Eusebio 11.E.J. King 69, Robert D. Edgren 47 Cobras 23 20 11 15 — 69Eagles 2 22 13 10 — 47Scoring — Cobras: Dyson Robinson 36, James Meachum 13, Jalen Nall 12; Eagles: Quan Thompson 17, Chauncey Williams 12. Noteworthy — Thompson had 11 second-quarter points.Consolation Zama 63, Perry 46 Samurai 4 18 8 16 — 46Trojans 14 19 17 13 — 63Scoring — Trojans: Chandler Platt 19, Jeremiah Stewart 10; Samurai: Anthony Laney 21, Justin Andres 17.Edgren 62, Yokota 60 Eagles 10 16 14 22 — 62Panthers 21 12 16 11 — 60Scoring — Eagles: Riley Palfy 22, Williams 19, Thompson 19; Panthers; Riley DeMarco 23, Ken Baarde 15. Noteworthy — Panthers led the entire game until the final buzzer, when Thompson hit a three-pointer from 35 feet to win it. He had four second-half three-point goals. Palfy also hit four three-pointers. Williams had nine fourth-quarter points. DeMarco had 10 first-quarter points and Baarde scored all of his points on five three-pointers.Championship Kinnick 73, King 53 Cobras 12 19 8 14 — 53Red Devils 19 15 19 20 — 73Scoring — Red Devils: K. Roberts 17, Bell 14, Davion Roberts 11, Justin Jackson 10, Rapada 10; Cobras: Robinson 38. Noteworthy — All but two Red Devils scored. Bell scored 12 points in the second half.

Girls OkinawaKadena 52, Kubasaki 24 Friday at Camp FosterPanthers 16 9 7 20 — 52Dragons 9 4 6 5 — 24Scoring — Panthers: Atirria Smith 23; Dragons: Brandi Smith 11. Noteworthy — Panthers swept regular-season series from the Dragons 4-0.

JapanDODEA-Japan Tournament Friday at Yokosuka Naval BaseSemifinals Zama 60, Kinnick 41 Red Devils 14 5 4 18 — 41Trojans 11 20 22 7 — 60Scoring — Trojans: Chloe Sterling 22, Jessica Atkinson 16, Kirari Smith 16; Red Devils: Journey Hammond 25. Noteworthy — Smith had 10 second-quarter points. Hammond had 14 points in the fourth.Yokota 42, Edgren 24 Panthers 8 6 14 14 — 42Eagles 4 1 12 7 — 24Scoring — Panthers: Emily Taynton 12, Alexis Smalls 12; Eagles: Momomi Atkinson 8.Consolation Edgren 34, King 23 Eagles 9 15 8 2 — 34Cobras 8 0 11 4 — 23Scoring — Eagles: Atkinson 10; Cobras: Gabi Shultz 11.Kinnick 53, Perry 12 Red Devils 17 18 6 12 — 53Samurai 3 5 1 3 — 12Scoring — Red Devils: Hammond 10. Noteworthy — Red Devils and Edgren shared third place.Championship Zama 35, Yokota 16 Panthers 7 2 0 7 — 16Trojans 14 13 4 4 — 35Scoring — Trojans: Sterling 14, Smith 10; Panthers: Caleigh Garcia 5. Noteworthy — First time since the 2014 DODEA-Japan tournament that the Panthers did not win the title. All of Sterling’s points and eight of Smith’s points came in the first half. Yokota went 16 minutes, from the second to the fourth quarters, without scoring.

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