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Kadena loses football players to code of conduct violations

Several sources familiar with the situation, speaking on the condition of anonymity, said seven starters were involved and removed from the team.

Kadena quarterback Cody Sego throws out of the end zone with two American School In Japan defenders chasing him. The Panthers avenged last year's Far East Division I title-game loss to the Mustangs on Saturday, routing ASIJ 67-26.<br>Greg Holladay/Special to Stripes

Big plays spark Kadena to rout of ASIJ

Junior newcomer Eric McCarter accounted for 343 all-purpose yards and six touchdowns and Uriah Morris added 160 rushing yards and a TD.

Panthers get another shot at Mustangs

It would be understandable if Kadena football entered Saturday’s rematch of the 2016 Far East Division I title game hungry for revenge, after losing twice at American School In Japan’s Mustang Valley last season.

Noah Inahara, an American School In Japan senior, is the reiging Far East and Kanto Plain tournaments boys singles champion and is hoping to defend his titles.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Tennis preview

ASIJ brings back champ, firepower to courts

To get to the top of the mountain is enough of a challenge. To stay there? Even more so, especially in an individual discipline such as tennis.

Nile C. Kinnick hopes to make it back-to-back Far East Division I cross country team titles.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Cross country preview

Kinnick, Yokota look to plug holes in lineups

Already a Far East track and field power, Nile C. Kinnick has seen some of that success translate over to the cross country courses in recent times.

Junior Dejayla Simms is one of two returning regulars for Kadena girls volleyball.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Volleyball preview

Defending champs facing different prospects

A one-of-a-kind run that produced three straight Far East Division I Tournament titles might be at an end for Kubasaki.

Kadena running back Uriah Morris looks for running room against Kubasaki's Jaylan Penney.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Kadena-Kubasaki round one is no contest

Eric McCarter, Cody Sego combine for five touchdowns as Panthers romp.

Kadena QB Cody Sego turns the corner past Yokota's Jimmy Dewberry during Saturday's high school football game, won by Kadena 44-0.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Kadena easily wins Panther showdown with Yokota

Eric McCarter, a junior, rushed seven times for 78 yards and three touchdowns and the Panthers overwhelmed Yokota with 402 yards in a 44-0 rout.

Sergio Mendoza is entering his 12th season as Kadena football coach with a Pacific-record five Far East Division I titles to his credit. <br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Kadena looking to regain title it lost a year ago

Justin Sego and 12 returning Panthers, six of them starters, begin their quest for a Pacific-record six Far East D-I titles, starting Sept. 1 when they host Kubasaki.

Nile C. Kinnick junior Exotica Hall clears the high jump bar in the Far East track and field meet. Hall won in a meet-record 1.60 meters, topping the previous mark of 1.56 which stood for five years. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES<br>

Far East track - Day 2

Kinnick, Zama defend titles as more records fall

Ti’Ara Carroll said she couldn’t think of a better end to her four-year career as a Zama sprinter.

Kadena senior high-jump specialist Donte Savoy. DAVE ORNAUER/STARS AND STRIPES<br>

Far East track preview

Records in cross hairs at season-ending meet

Britt Sease and the Zama girls relay team enter the 2017 Far East Track and Field Meet having set new Pacific records across 400 meters less than a week ago.

Kadena players gather round the banner after their 1-0 win Wednesday over defending champion Kubasaki, the Panthers' third Far East Boys Division I Soccer Tournament title in five years. MARY OBSUNA/SPECIAL TO STRIPES<br>

Far East DI boys soccer

Kadena back on top after OT win

Mike Callahan had been in the same situation before, losing his key midfielder to injury and having to adjust before the Far East Boys Division I Soccer Tournament final.

American School In Japan players dogpile on the mound after beating Kadena 5-4 for the Mustangs' fourth straight Far East Division I Baseball Tournament title. WESTON GRAVES/SPECIAL TO STRIPES<br>

Far East DI baseball

Seevers' reign ends, but ASIJ's doesn't

It didn’t have a standout centerpiece player as in the past three seasons, but that didn’t stop American School In Japan from winning its fourth straight Far East title and sending longtime coach John Seevers into retirement a champion.

Kubasaki senior pitcher Reaven East kicks and delivers against Kadena during Friday's Game 2 of the Okinawa district softball finals, won by the Dragons 8-4 to complete a two-game sweep.<br>

Kubasaki sweeps Kadena to take softball series

Ari Gieseck never played softball before this season. No one would have known that by her performance Thursday and Friday in the Okinawa district finals.

Leah Bebout is one of two senior pitchers with four years on the roster of a Kubasaki team that won twice during the regular season against three-time defending Far East Division I Tournament champion Kadena, but has never won a Far East tournament itself.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Far East softball

Can Kadena make it four in a row?

Bryana Alexander has been down this road be-fore, chasing a repeat championship on the softball diamond.

Junior striker Dylan Grimes, right, leads Yokota with 19 goals this season.<br>

Boys soccer

Samurai, Dragons out to defend titles

On paper, Matthew C. Perry would appear to be aiming at the future instead of extending its five-year run atop the Far East Boys Division II Tournament.

Senior Bobbi Hill, left, of Matthew C. Perry leads the Pacific in girls soccer goals with 31.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Far East girls soccer

Returning champs have foes lined up to take crowns

It’s a subject Lexi Klimek and her Kubasaki teammates are loath to discuss, especially since they’re talking about it a second straight year.

Seoul American junior RHP Joshua Gagnet.<br>

Far East baseball

Winning arms race is key for baseball tourneys

Baseball coaches can sometimes be fanatical when it comes to numbers.

Kadena right-hander Lauren Erp survived five wild pitches and 12 walks, while the Panthers outscored Kubasaki 22-1 after falling behind 8-0 in the top of the first for a 22-9 win Friday, giving Kadena the season series against the Dragons 3-2 after trailing 2-0.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Kadena, Kubasaki trade wins on diamond, soccer field

The Panthers won the season softball series for the 15th straight year, taking three of five games. Kubasaki takes boys, girls season soccer matchups.

Athletes hope to leap to victory in Korea

Jumpers will enter Saturday’s Korea district track and field finals “peaking at the right time,” Humphreys coach and the meet’s manager Ron Merriwether said.

ASIJ quartet now holds Pacific 3,200 relay mark

With Pacific 800-meter record-holder Britt Sease running the anchor leg in 1 minute, 55.1 seconds, the Mustangs foursome shattered the three-year-old Pacific record.

Final Okinawa meet also Far East qualifier

Since the qualifying deadline for the Far East track and field meet was established six years ago, the Okinawa season-ending meet has usually come afterwards and not meant much.

Kadena school info

Location: Kadena Air Base, Okinawa
Mascot: Panthers
Colors: Black and gold
Enrollment: 812
Website: http://www.kadena-hs.pac.dodea.edu/kdhsdnn/home/dotnetnuke/Default.html

Principal: Kris Kwiatek
Athletics director: Tom Bell

Coaches:
Football: Sergio Mendoza
Tennis: Aaron Fisk
Cross country: Seth Renquist
Girls volleyball:Joanna Wyche
Boys basketball: Robert Bliss
Girls basketball: Willie Ware
Wrestling:
Boys soccer: Chris Anderson
Girls soccer: Abraham Summers
Golf: Amie Woo
Baseball: Boe Roberts
Softball: Tom Bell
Track and field: Maureen Taylor

Wall of champions

Far East Championships for Kadena:

2017

Division I girls cross country
Division I boys soccer
Track: Wren Renquist, DI girls 800, 1,600; Division I girls 3,200 relay; Nikeria Albritton, DI girls shot put, discus

2016

Division I football
Division I girls basketball
Wrestling: Demetrio DeLaRosa, 101; Dominic Santanelli, 168
Division I softball

2015

Track: Damien Seals, boys high jump; Jazmyn Sharper, girls shot put; Jasmine Rhodes, girls high jump; Apryl-Len Cabase, girls 100 hurdles
Wrestling: Gabe Duplon, 122; Jason Bland, 141

2014

Division I football
Division I boys soccer
Division I softball
Track: Preston Harris, boys high jump; Damien Pierre, boys 110 hurdles
Wrestling: James Alexander, 168

2013

Division I boys soccer
Cross country: Andrew Kilkenny, Divsion I boys; Ana Hernandez, Division I girls
Tennis: Kristin Howard and Alex Howard, girls doubles
Track: Derrick Taylor, boys 110 hurdles; boys 300 hurdles; Rhodes, girls high jump; Pashence Turner, girls 100 hurrdles; girls 300 hurdles
Wrestling: Alex Rojas, 141

2012

Cross country: Kilkenny, Divsion I boys; Hernandez, Division I girls
Tennis: K.Howard and Erika Youngdahl, girls doubles
Track: Gabe Ahner, boys shot put; Chinyere Turner, girls 100 hurdles; girls 400 relay; girls 1,600 relay
Wrestling: Justin Duenas, 101

2011

Boys track Girls track Track: Ahner, boys shot put; Lotty Smith, boys high jump, boys long jump; Tomas Sanchez, boys 800; Jacob Bishop, boys 1,600; boys 1,600 relay; C.Turner, girls 400
Wrestling: Thomas Cioppa, 108; Jacob Bishop, 148; Cory Peckins, 158, Aaron Ahner, heavyweight

2010

Softball
Division I football
Division I boys basketball
Division I girls cross country
Division I wrestling (dual)
Boys track Track: Smith, boys long jump; James Thompason, boys 400; Sanchez, boys 800; boys 3,200 relay; girls 400 relay; girls 1,600 relay
Wrestling: Harry Bloom, 158

2009

Division I football
Division I wrestling (dual)
Tennis: Kyle Sprow, boys singles; Elissa Mason, girls singles; Sprow and Elliot Mason, boys doubles; Eli.Mason and Christin Gentz, girls doubles
Wrestling: Shanon Lautenschlager, 141; H.Bloom, 148

2008

Wrestling
Division I girls cross country
Division I girls basketball
Tennis: Sprow, boys singles; Eli.Mason, girls singles; Sprow and Ell.Mason, boys doubles
Wrestling: Chris Hoshaw, 129; H.Bloom, 141; Jacob Bloom, 148;

2007

Division I girls basketball
Girls cross country
Boys cross country
Tennis: Sprow, boys singles
Wrestling: Hoshaw, 122; Brandon McCullough, 141; J.Bloom, 148

2006

Wrestling
Girls cross country
Division I boys soccer
Division I girls soccer
Wrestling: J.Bloom, 129; Austin Copeland, 148

2005

Division I girls soccer
Division I boys basketball
Cross country: Victoria Lyle, girls
Boys cross country
Wrestling: McCullough, 129; Devon Copeland, 168

2004

Division I girls soccer
Division I boys soccer
Cross country: Jon Turner, boys; Niki Kauzlarich, girls
Tennis: Amy Lopes, girls singles; Ian Copeland and Katherine Otterson, mixed doubles
Wrestling: D.Copeland, 168; Cole Maxey, 215

2003

Division I girls basketball
Division I boys soccer

2002

Cross country: Kim Lyle, girls
Wrestling: Brenden Stanford, 101; Mundre Fleming, 148

2001

Wrestling: Fleming, 135

2000

Girls soccer

1999

Boys soccer
Division I boys basketball

1998

Girls soccer

1996

Wrestling: Jon Roundtree, 101; Adam Peaden, heavyweight

1995

Division I boys basketball

1994

Division I girls basketball

1992

Division I boys basketball
Wrestling: Ed Pineda, 141; Matt Osborne, 158

1991

Division I boys basketball

1989

Tennis: Dae Kim, boys singles; Hyo Kim and D.Kim, boys doubles

1988

Division I girls basketball

1987

Division I boys basketball
Division I girls basketball
Wrestling: James Arnestad, 135; John Metalf, 168

1986

Division I boys basketball

1985

Wrestling: Pat Walsh, 148; Nate Hodges, heavyweight

1984

Division I boys basketball
Cross country: Kiela Snyder, girls; boys

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Robert D. Edgren's Christian Enyeart rounds third and heads home against Nile C. Kinnick during Saturday's DODEA-Japan tournament baseball game. The Red Devils outlasted the Eagles 17-13.<br>Caitlin Blount/Special to Stripes

Prep roundup

Perry girls break through for first DODEA-Japan title

Bobbi Hill has won just about individual accolades in her four seasons with Matthew C. Perry girls soccer. She’s a three-time All-Far East Division II selection and two-time tournament outstanding offensive player.

Seoul American's Ben Nagy boots the ball away from Osan's Tyler Smith during Saturday's boys soccer match, won by the Falcons 7-1. Nagy had three goals over the weekend in two matches for the Falcons, who have won three straight.<br>Weston Graves/Special to Stripes

Prep roundup

Another weekend, another track record falls

American School In Japan senior Britt Sease tops his own record in the 800 in a time of 1:52.67.

Guam High freshman Amber Guerrero took first in the javelin in the first two meets of the island track and field season, hitting a personal-best 86 feet, 10 1/4 inches in the opener on March 31. Triple jump and javelin are offered on Guam and at southeast Asian schools, but not within DODEA-Pacific.<br>Photo courtesy of Benjamin Leon Guerrero

Home Team

Track athletes can jump and throw more in Guam

A year ago, Ashlyn Yelvchak was an up-and-coming sophomore triple jumper, finishing second in the Idaho junior varsity 5A District III finals with a personal-best 30 feet, 8½ inches – less than 3 inches short of the champion.

Zama junior Faith Bryant, the only athlete entered from off-island in the 13th Mike Petty Memorial Track and Field meet, hits a meet-best 4.73 in the long jump, winning the event, upsetting defending Far East champion Gabriella Provost and setting a personal and school best in the event.<br>Mary Obsuna/Special to Stripes

Bryant among those to shine at scaled-down Petty meet

Friday’s was the smallest Mike Petty Meet in terms of entrants since 2011, with only Zama's Faith Bryant based off island.