Kubasaki junior running back Ethan Ferch will get escort in the form of senior lineman Isaiah Thompson. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
First in a series of preseason previews detailing DODEA-Pacific football teams.
CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – What does a defending champion do when its three key scorers and yardage-gainers graduate?
“Next man up,” said Tony Alvarado, coach of 2024 Far East Division I champion Kubasaki. The Dragons will turn to Maurice Brown, Ryan Hater and Ethan Ferch to replace three players who were responsible for 85 percent of the Dragons’ points and yards.
“We’re younger, but they’ve been taught a lot,” Alvarado said of his new “Big Three,” plus the linemen charged with the responsibility of clearing space for them as Kubasaki tries to follow its unbeaten 2024 season with an encore.
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