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Kameron Ramos tries to avoid a tackle.

Perry's Kameron Ramos tries to outrun Yokota's Abraham Ponce. (Kevin Rossiter/Special to Stripe)

URUMA, Okinawa — Defense ruled when Matthew C. Perry blanked Yokota 13-0 on Sept. 19, avenging a 2024 title game loss to the Panthers.

Now the question is, can Kameron Ramos and the Samurai beat Corey Carpenter and Yokota when it matters the most: Friday’s Far East Division II championship game at the same location where the teams played the last two times they met?

“It’s tough to beat any team you’ve played multiple times” in a season, said A.J. Edwards, coach of a Perry team that went 5-0 this season, the first time the Samurai have gone unbeaten since the program was revived in the 2013 season.

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