Freshman Alexa Welsh (10) opened the season with a hat trick in an 8-0 win over SarahBeth Walker, Sophia Fineman and Kadena. (Photo by Isaiah Ramirez/Special to Stripes)
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – For the past couple of years, a Kadena High School instructor has coached Kubasaki’s baseball team, and helmed the Dragons to the Far East Division I Baseball Tournament title last May.
This season, Kubasaki’s first-year coach, Charles Redden, has a son, Kai, playing second base for the Dragons’ island-rival Panthers.
The elder Redden is the new Kubasaki Marine Corps Junior ROTC commander, having been in the Kadena community before he retired from the Marines last summer. But after Redden was brought in by Kubasaki, he said his son wanted to remain at Kadena High.
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