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Nile C. Kinnick's William "Tre" Bennett captured the boys long jump with a leap of 5.24 meters during Saturday's DODEA-Kanto track and field meet at Yokota.<br>Jack Higbee/For Stars and Stripes
Nile C. Kinnick's William "Tre" Bennett captured the boys long jump with a leap of 5.24 meters during Saturday's DODEA-Kanto track and field meet at Yokota.<br>Jack Higbee/For Stars and Stripes

Prep roundup

Eagles swoop into Yokota for first weekend competition

Edgren track, boys soccer teams take on foes from Kinnick, Yokota and Zama in first chance to compete this spring.

Nile C. Kinnick's Breeanne Withers tries to settle the ball against Zama's Makyah Sanders-Vaughn during Saturday's battle of reigning Far East girls soccer tournamernt champions. The Division I Red Devils blanked the Division II Trojans 6-0.<br>Jack Higbee/For Stars and Stripes
Nile C. Kinnick's Breeanne Withers tries to settle the ball against Zama's Makyah Sanders-Vaughn during Saturday's battle of reigning Far East girls soccer tournamernt champions. The Division I Red Devils blanked the Division II Trojans 6-0.<br>Jack Higbee/For Stars and Stripes

Prep roundup

Kinnick soccer teams have a perfect weekend as play resumes

Daegu girls turn same feat in South Korea as almost all DODEA-Pacific teams see action in first busy weekend of spring.

Zama junior Keshawn McNeill is the reigning Far East Division II and overall high jump champion from 2019 and returns to the Trojans team set to start their season Saturday at Yokota.<br>Grace Bryant/For Stars and Stripes
Zama junior Keshawn McNeill is the reigning Far East Division II and overall high jump champion from 2019 and returns to the Trojans team set to start their season Saturday at Yokota.<br>Grace Bryant/For Stars and Stripes

DODEA-Japan schools get go-ahead for spring sports

Five of six DODEA schools on Japan will get a limited schedule in track, soccer, softball and baseball.

Kadena sprinters Troy O'Connor, Winston Clark and Kevonte Speight are set to begin their track and field season Saturday.<br>Asahi Wayt/For Stars and Stripes
Kadena sprinters Troy O'Connor, Winston Clark and Kevonte Speight are set to begin their track and field season Saturday.<br>Asahi Wayt/For Stars and Stripes

Triple jump added to Far East track and field lineup

Most schools will be competing on their own during the season, with the current exception of South Korea. The season will end with a virtual Far East meet April 30-May 1.

Leo Schinker likely won't get the chance to play his senior baseball season at E.J. King; DODEA-Japan schools are limited to conditioning and skills development due to the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Kathleen Paclipan/For Stars and Stripes
Leo Schinker likely won't get the chance to play his senior baseball season at E.J. King; DODEA-Japan schools are limited to conditioning and skills development due to the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Kathleen Paclipan/For Stars and Stripes

Spring teams in South Korea, Okinawa can play against each other

DODEA schools in South Korea, Okinawa can play against each other but that's not the case for schools in Japan.

Yokota sophomore Reagan Cheramie won the Far East cross country meet girls Division II title and posted the best time overall, 19 minutes, 10 seconds. She's projected to run distance events for Yokota in the virtual Far East track and field meet.<br>Grace True/For Stars and Stripes
Yokota sophomore Reagan Cheramie won the Far East cross country meet girls Division II title and posted the best time overall, 19 minutes, 10 seconds. She's projected to run distance events for Yokota in the virtual Far East track and field meet.<br>Grace True/For Stars and Stripes

DODEA OKs track season that will end with virtual Far East meet

This will be the 11th DODEA-Pacific Far East track and field meet but the first done without all the entrants gathered in one location.

Grace Bryant, a Zama senior spiker, won the 2018 Far East Division II Tournament Most Valuable Player award, was named 2019's Best Hitter and was named All-Tournament her first three seasons for the Trojans. The coronavirus pandemic killed any chance the Trojans had to defend their D-II title and for Bryant to accrue more honors.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Grace Bryant, a Zama senior spiker, won the 2018 Far East Division II Tournament Most Valuable Player award, was named 2019's Best Hitter and was named All-Tournament her first three seasons for the Trojans. The coronavirus pandemic killed any chance the Trojans had to defend their D-II title and for Bryant to accrue more honors.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Coronavirus may have canceled games, but not all athletes’ dreams

Despite the limits imposed by the pandemic, student-athletes insist they’re pressing ahead with their goals of playing the sports they love in college.

Senior Collin Metcalf and Humphreys' boys basketball team won't have a season, as DODEA-Korea canceled it on Tuesday.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Senior Collin Metcalf and Humphreys' boys basketball team won't have a season, as DODEA-Korea canceled it on Tuesday.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

DODEA-Korea basketball season canceled due to coronavirus

Health protection condition in South Korea hasn't changed, so season won't be played. Spring sports seasons undetermined.

Spring sports season on Okinawa, basketball in Korea delayed

Practices were supposed to start in Korea last week, but change in coronavirus threat condition has high school sports in standby status.

Kubasaki and Kadena boys runners come off the start line during the Far East cross country meet qualifier on Nov. 21. Kadena junior Joe Renquist, third from right, won that meet and posted the fastest boys Division I time of 17 minutes, 31.5 seconds.<br>Alyssa Alvarado/For Stars and Stripes
Kubasaki and Kadena boys runners come off the start line during the Far East cross country meet qualifier on Nov. 21. Kadena junior Joe Renquist, third from right, won that meet and posted the fastest boys Division I time of 17 minutes, 31.5 seconds.<br>Alyssa Alvarado/For Stars and Stripes

Gaines, Cheramie lead the way for virtual cross country titles

Under the Far East virtual format enacted for this year, each school ran on regulation 400-meter tracks, seven boys and seven girls each, five runners scoring and the others pushing for a total of 12½ laps.

2020 DODEA-Pacific Far East Division II cheerleading champion Robert D. Edgren High School of Misawa Air Base, Japan.<br>Robert D. Edgren/Stars and Stripes
2020 DODEA-Pacific Far East Division II cheerleading champion Robert D. Edgren High School of Misawa Air Base, Japan.<br>Robert D. Edgren/Stars and Stripes

Kadena, Edgren capture cheerleading competition crowns

Edgren won its 11th D-II title and led a sweep of the top three places by DODEA-Japan schools. Kadena captured its eighth D-I Far East title, leading a 1-2 finish for Okinawa.

Kubasaki's baseball team didn't play in the spring due to concerns of spreading the coronavirus. But Kai Grubbs showed some love during the tennis season in the fall and won the Okinawa district singles title.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Kubasaki's baseball team didn't play in the spring due to concerns of spreading the coronavirus. But Kai Grubbs showed some love during the tennis season in the fall and won the Okinawa district singles title.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Coronavirus concerns loomed over DODEA-Pacific sports in 2020

Sports in DODEA-Pacific didn’t go away entirely due to the pandemic. Still, some high-profile sports such as football were kicked off the proverbial playing fields.

For a second straight school year, DODEA-Pacific spring sports have been sidelined due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Akemi Ogata/For Stars and Stripes
For a second straight school year, DODEA-Pacific spring sports have been sidelined due to concerns about the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Akemi Ogata/For Stars and Stripes

DODEA-Pacific cancels spring competition between schools

Track and field, baseball, soccer and softball will be limited to in-school practice only due to DODEA’s health-protection guidelines

Daegu High School cheerleaders of South Korea practice for the Far East cheerleading tournament at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. <br>Francine Imrie/For Stars and Stripes
Daegu High School cheerleaders of South Korea practice for the Far East cheerleading tournament at Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni, Japan, Thursday, Feb. 20, 2020. <br>Francine Imrie/For Stars and Stripes

Far East cheerleading is back as a virtual event

Cross country and cheerleading championships will be determined in January after teams submit times or videos of their performances.

Yokota junior Aiko Galvin will get a chance to defend her Far East cross country individual and team championships, after all, now that the Far East meet has been revived as a virtual event later this fall.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Yokota junior Aiko Galvin will get a chance to defend her Far East cross country individual and team championships, after all, now that the Far East meet has been revived as a virtual event later this fall.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Far East cross country revived as a virtual event in late fall

The meet, open only to DODEA-Pacific schools, will take place at various locations between Nov. 21 and Dec. 12.

Zoey Weidley and Humphreys girls volleyball team will get the chance to play this fall, after the base command submitted a proposal that was approved by DODEA-Pacific.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Zoey Weidley and Humphreys girls volleyball team will get the chance to play this fall, after the base command submitted a proposal that was approved by DODEA-Pacific.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

DODEA basketball, wrestling sidelined as volleyball gets new life in Korea

Fall sports season dates have been extended through Jan. 9, with Japan, Okinawa and Korea holding in-district tournaments the week of Jan. 4.

Kubasaki senior Aden Leggio had improved his doubles game during the offseason, teammate Kai Grubbs said, which would have made the upcoming Okinawa tennis season "way better" than with just singles.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Kubasaki senior Aden Leggio had improved his doubles game during the offseason, teammate Kai Grubbs said, which would have made the upcoming Okinawa tennis season "way better" than with just singles.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Fall sports restarting in DODEA-Pacific one school at a time

Okinawa is the only district in DODEA-Pacific that’s offering full competitive seasons in golf, tennis and cross country, for now.

Robert D. Edgren's Jenna Mahoney might have a chance to make it three straight DODEA-Japan girls singles tennis titles, but as far as improving on her ninth-place Far East finish of a year ago, that is likely out the window as long as health protection conditions remain as they are due to the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Robert D. Edgren's Jenna Mahoney might have a chance to make it three straight DODEA-Japan girls singles tennis titles, but as far as improving on her ninth-place Far East finish of a year ago, that is likely out the window as long as health protection conditions remain as they are due to the coronavirus pandemic.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Start, end of DODEA-Pacific fall sports season still uncertain

Practices for DODEA-Pacific fall sports that haven’t been canceled have been indefinitely delayed, athletics coordinator Tom McKinney said Monday.

Madelyn Gallo, a senior volleyball player for Nile C. Kinnick, has been named DODEA-Pacific's high school girls Athlete of the Year for school year 2019-20.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes
Madelyn Gallo, a senior volleyball player for Nile C. Kinnick, has been named DODEA-Pacific's high school girls Athlete of the Year for school year 2019-20.<br>Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes

Kinnick's Gailson, Gallo named DODEA-Pacific's top athletes

For the first time, Department of Defense Education Activity-Pacific has named high school Athletes of the Year. And it’s one Red Devil of a senior pair.

Nile C. Kinnick school info

Location: Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan
Mascot: Red Devils
Colors: Red and white
Enrollment: 603
Web site: http://www.kinnick-hs.pac.dodea.edu/

Principal: Kira Hurst
Athletic director: Joseph White

Coaches:
Football: Dan Joley
Tennis: Nicolas Hindie
Cross country: Luke Voth
Girls volleyball: Tony SanNicolas, Travis Stevens
Boys basketball: Robert Stovall
Girls basketball: Sherry Dailey
Wrestling: Gary Wilson
Boys soccer: Tim Rippeth
Girls soccer: Nicolas Hindie
Girls softball: Dusty Keolanui-Wilson
Baseball: Brandon Donat
Golf:
Track and field: Luke Voth and Anthony San Nicolas

Wall of champions

Far East Championships for Nile C. Kinnick:

2017

Division I cross country
Wrestling: Chon Daereing, 115; Devoney Stanley, 129; Dwayne Lyon, 180; Marc Domery, heavyweight
Division I softball
Division I girls soccer
Track: DI girls, overall; Alex Austin, DI boys shot put, discus; boys DI 400 relay; Dazlyn Brown, DI girls 100; Exotica Hall, DI girls 200, high jump; Sonti Sesay, DI girls 300 hurdles; DI girls 400 relay

2016

Wrestling: Lucas Wirth, 108; Dwayne Lyon, 180
Division I boys track
Division I girls trrack

2015

Division I wrestling (dual)
Division I girls track
Track: Jabari Johnson, boys 100, boys 200; Aya Stewart, girls 400
Wrestling: Lucas Wirth, 101; Dre Paylor, 168

2014

Division I wrestling (dual)
Track: Johnson, boys 200, boys 400; Audri Salter, girls shot put; Stewart, girls 400; girls 400 relay; Carydaliz Fontanez, girls 800
Wrestling: Nate Abrenilla, 122

2013

Division I girls softball
Division I girls basketball
Division I girls track
Track: Daniel Costello, boys shot put; boys 3,200 relay; Val James, girls 100, girls 400; Fontanez, girls 800; girls 1,600 relay
Wrestling: Eddie Sheridan, 101

2012

Division I boys track
Track: Justin Smith, boys 400; boys 1,600 relay
Wrestling: Quincy McCants, 115; Zach Lacaria, 148

2011

Wrestling: Marcus Boehler, 122
Quincy McCants, 115; Zach Lacaria, 148

2010

Division I wrestling (individual)
Division I girls track
Track: David de los Santos, boys shot put; Chaun Lynn, boys long jump; Cory Serfoss, boys 110 hurdles, boys 300 hurdles; boys 1,600 relay; Shannon Johnson, girls shot put; Mashiya McKinney, girls high jump; James, girls 400
Wrestling: Boehler, 108; Triston Barnet, 115; Elijah Gamble, 135; Dereck Youngblood, 148

2009

Wrestling: Boehler, 101; Cameron Butts, 135

2008

Cross country: Nadine Mulvany, girls
Wrestling: Butts, 135

2007

Cross country: Gee Mi Jorde, girls
Wrestling: Phil Ergus, heavyweight

2006

Cross country: Mulvany, girls
Tennis: Garren dial, boys
Wrestling: Bobby Antonio, 115; Kenji Doughty, 141; Ergus, heavyweight

2005

Wrestling: Doughty, 141; Yamato Cibulka, 158

2004

Wrestling: Joey Wood, 158

2003

Wrestling: Go Yamada, 129; Jason Bailey, 141

2002

Wrestling (individual)
Wrestling: Matt Moore, heavyweight

2001

Wrestling
Division I girls basketball
Wrestling: John Korth, 108; Shawn Moore 129

2000

Wrestling: Moore, 122; Jonny Doughty, 135

1999

Wrestling: Sh.Moore, 115; Scott Moore, 122; Connor Smith, 141

1998

Wrestling: Alvin Diosa, 101; Reggie Langarang, 129

1997

Wrestling: Mark Hopkins, 148

1996

Wrestling
Division I girls basketball
Wrestling: Nick Gonzalez, 141; Ryan Polatty, 148; Nelson Willis, 180

1992

Wrestling: Kenji Gunderson, 115; Cris Mirador, 180

1991

Wrestling: James Mills, 141; Ron Sapp, 261-plus

1989

Wrestling: Ken Adkins, heavyweight

1988

Wrestling: Albert Hill, 129

1987

Wrestling: Raul Panes, 115

1986

Wrestling: Don Jones, 148

1984

Wrestling: Nick Jones, 180

1983

Wrestling: N.Jones, 180

1982

Wrestling: Robert Underwood, 135, Ed Rogers, 168

1980

Wrestling
Wrestling: James Cook, 108, Mike Cook, 135; Tom Mahlik, 148

1979

Wrestling: M.Cook, 122; Mahlik, 135; Tom Doyle, 158

1977

Wrestling: Andrew Salinas, 129; Mike Lewis, 135; Jay Grafton, 158

1976

Wrestling: Frank Stagliano, 135

1975

Wrestling: Salinas, 122; Stagliano, 129; Dave Gitlin, 135; Kelly Wood, 141; King Dietrich, 158

1974

Wrestling: Stagliano, 122; Geoge Severance, 141; Tee McFarling, heavyweight

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