One thing that could be counted on the last couple of decades on Okinawa’s volleyball courts – Kubasaki would win the district title over Kadena and fare well at Far East Division I tournaments – winning four championships.
Have you ever wondered what your kids will become when they grow up?
I’m feeling pretty low and very stressed out. A good friend recently died by suicide, and no one saw it coming. I’ve been thinking about him a lot. On top of that, I feel guilty for uprooting my young family when we recently PCS’ed across the country.
Groans and disappointment reigned in the Humphreys High School weight room last Wednesday when an announcement was made about their season opener at American School In Japan on Aug. 31.
Over the last few years since high school golf in Korea and Okinawa moved to the fall, coaches and players have lamented the fact that there’s no DODEA-Pacific Far East tournament on the links.
While posting a 12th-place finish in last October’s DODEA-Pacific Far East cross country meet, Cassie Jarzabek said she couldn’t help but admire the race’s overall winner, Jane Williams, of Matthew C. Perry.
Four DODEA-Pacific high school football games and all DODEA-Japan sports competition this weekend were called off due to the approach of Typhoon Shanshan, DODEA-Pacific officials said Wednesday.
Transfers and graduations have dealt a severe blow to Osan’s football team, which is pretty much starting over after a 2023 season in which they just missed qualifying for the Division II title game.
One thing DODEA-Japan high school tennis has going for it this season – it’s flush in returning Far East tournament champions.
A special-teams mistake put Zama in an early hole. But the rest of the game was all Trojans as they righted the ship Friday following their Division II championship game loss last October.
Haustin Lunsford scored twice, including a 95-yard kick return to open the second half and Kubasaki held off a two-touchdown fourth-quarter Kadena rally to edge the defending Far East Division I champion Panthers 14-13 Friday at Ryukyu Middle School.
No question, Nile C. Kinnick’s football team has plenty of size in the interior. And Dan Joley, the team’s 14th-year head coach, says he’s confident that they can be the team’s “bread and butter,” particularly when the other team has the ball.
Brayden Snow chose a good time to start participating in the Exchange’s You Made the Grade program—he won the third-place prize his first time entering the worldwide sweepstakes.
It’s rare for a DODEA-Pacific football team to hold onto players for more than a season or two. Robert D. Edgren is flush in veterans – five players with three seasons in the program.