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Hawks' win opens Summer Jam
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It was opening game night last night for the 6th annual TakeCare 2009 SummerJam Youth Basketball Tournament at Tamuning gym. Four games were scheduled. This year's SummerJam will host 60 teams and more than 300 games through the end of August. ... More
Brazilian Soccer Club to host camps with Kubasaki High School
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Brazilian Soccer Club and KUBASAKI HIGH SCHOOL SOCCER Day CAMP The Brazilian Soccer Club and Kubasaki High School�are kicking off this summer with week-long Soccer Day Camps on Camp Foster. Sessions are broken down into�age groups, the first one beginning... More
Pacific Athlete of the Year
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Rare were the heights that Andrew Quallio and Celine Baldevia achieved during the 2008-09 school year. And because of those accomplishments, they have been selected Pacific high school athletes of the year. Baldevia, a senior, served as what coaches called... More
Ashlimans, Brown always looked to attack
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Most Pacific prep soccer watchers knew what Zama American had in Aubrey and Mallarie Ashliman. But Nile C. Kinnick hurdler-turned-sprinter Donavan Brown’s achievements came out of the blue. The three share Stars and Stripes Athlete of the Quarter honors for... More
Champions, smiles at Yokota's 30th Special Olympics
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Before this past weekend, Emma Finlay liked to keep her head firmly above water when in the pool. But the 14-year-old was all smiles — even as her hair was dripping wet — as she... More
Osan girls win four straight to earn title
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CAMP WALKER, South Korea — Just before soccer season began, Osan American girls basketball coach Bruce Barker, just off a Far East Class A Tournament championship, approached soccer coach Sung Plourde and said: "Your turn." Just as Barker had been... More
Edgren girls start improbable journey
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CAMP WALKER, South Korea — They say good things come to those who wait. Robert D. Edgren’s girls soccer players put their own spin on it — they say good things come to those who "Don’t Stop Believin’," as in... More
Brown carries Kinnick to second place finish
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TOKYO — What can Brown do for you? If it’s not UPS, but Brown as in Nile C. Kinnick sprinter/hurdler Donavan Brown, how about winning three gold medals in the Kanto Plain Invitational Track and Field Meet on Saturday at... More
Is recent Kanto success sign of changing times?
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Numbers have a way of revealing changes in trends. To wit: From 1998 to 2004, Okinawa teams won all 10 Far East High School Class AA Soccer Tournament titles; only four times did a non-Okinawa team even get one... More
Eagles, Sharks to play for title
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A new champion will be crowned tomorrow because the Harvest Christian Academy Eagles eliminated the defending champion George Washington Geckos. The Eagles won 25-13, 25-21 in their Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Volleyball League semifinal playoff game last night... More
Knights oust Friars in three sets
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GUAM-The St. John's Knights advanced to the semifinals after defeating the Father Duenas Friars last night. The Knights won 25-18, 22-25, 25-15 in their Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Boys' Volleyball League quarterfinal playoff game at FD's Phoenix Center. ... More
Iwanaga, Magallanes win finale
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John F. Kennedy Islanders' Sheella Jose chips out of a sand trap during the season-ending Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Golf League All-Island Championship yesterday at Admiral Nimitz Golf Course. The Father Duenas Friars captured the boys' team tournament,... More
Kubasaki rallies for OAC baseball sweep
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Maybe it was level-headed Kubasaki coach Randy Toor arguing with the umpires in the fifth inning. Maybe it was the Dragons’ players irked at the way they played the first few innings, especially running into outs... More
Temperature rises, records fall in Kanto finals
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — As Saturday’s warm, sunny weather broke the recent spate of cool temperatures and rain, several high school athletes participating in the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools track and field championship took advantage of... More
Sharks, Royals set up rematch for title
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The Simon Sanchez Sharks team came from behind yesterday to defeat the Harvest Christian Academy Eagles and advance to the Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Girls' Soccer League championship game. The second-seeded Sharks trailed 2-1 at halftime before freshman... More
Keeper has Dragon's backs: Falco saves and team-first attitude lift Kubasaki
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CAMP FOSTER, OKINAWA-It’s pretty rare to see a goalkeeper make three saves in a match-deciding penalty-kick shootout at the World Cup level, much less the high school level. Yet Gabby Falco, Kubasaki’s junior keeper, did just that, halting three of... More
Paddling season wraps up in Guam
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Matapang Beach in Tumon was lined with hundreds of paddlers and fans as the 2009 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam/Guam Kayak and Canoe Federation Kareran Galaide Series held its championship races to end another successful season. Despite some challenging... More
Paddling season wraps up
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Matapang Beach in Tumon was lined with hundreds of paddlers and fans as the 2009 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam/Guam Kayak and Canoe Federation Kareran Galaide Series held its championship races to end another successful season. Despite some challenging... More
Lay wins OAC district golf title
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Zachary Lay didn't look like a guy who'd just won the Okinawa Activities Council district golf championship. "Absolutely terrible," the Kadena junior said after walking off the 18th green following a triple-bogey, including a one-stroke... More
Pacific Scoreboard for May 1st
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Guam Girls soccer Tuesday's summary Guam High 4, John F. Kennedy 2 At Upper Tumon Guam High..........2 2—4 JFK..........0 2—2 Goals—Guam High, Megan Speck 3 (8), Tiffany Camacho 1 (7). Boys volleyball Tuesday's summary ... More
Scott gets Kadena on title path
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — What's Kadena third baseman Shannon Scott to do when she's not getting it done with the bat? Break out that glove. And limber up that arm. Both were lifesavers in Wednesday's opener of the... More
Islanders win tight Sotteru/Sottera races
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GUAM-With only one week remaining before championship Saturday, Matapang Beach in Tumon was the site for the final regular season competition in the 2009 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam/Guam Kayak and Canoe Federation Kareran Galaide Series of races. Clear... More
Nonstop action runs smack into "dead period" wall
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — And then there came ... nothing. After seven weeks of playing as many as six matches in an eight-day period, sports teams in Japan and South Korea — mainly soccer, but other sports, too —... More
Guam Panthers Claw Royals
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GUAM-Guam High Panthers' Mikel Nelson (8) blocks a spike by Notre Dame Royals' Alec Pangelinan during an Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam Volleyball League game April 28 at Guam High School gym. The Panthers won 27-25, 26-24. Derrel... More
Pacific Scoreboard for April 27th
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Okinawa Track and field Okinawa Activities Council District Championship At Koza City Stadium, Okinawa City Saturday's results Boys team standings 1, Kadena, 79; 2, Kubasaki, 65; 3, Zion Christian Academy, 4. Boys individual results (Note-top three finishers qualify for May... More
Okinawa track stars not satisfied with victories
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OKINAWA, Japan-Shariff Coleman frowned when he heard the result of his 200-meter run: 23.36 seconds, about a half-second short of the Okinawa Activities Council district record for boys. "Not good. Not satisfied," Coleman said, despite capturing his fourth gold... More
Kadena softball team avenges loss, rallies past Kubasaki
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OKINAWA, Japan-Coach Jesse Costa called it a bit of "unfinished business" after her Kadena Panthers last weekend captured the DODDS-Japan girls softball tournament title. They wanted to avenge a 10-7 loss April 15 to the only DODDS team that's... More
Catching up with Andrew Wiese, former Taejon Christian International boys soccer scoring ace
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Back in 2003, Taejon Christian International captured its only DODDS-Pacific Far East Boys Class A Soccer Tournament title, mainly on the shoulders of a carrot-topped striker from Toccoa Falls, Ga., named Andrew Wiese. The junior transfer scored a Pacific... More
Kadena and Kubasaki Still too Close to Call
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — The boys and girls soccer teams from Kadena and Kubasaki have played played four matches between them this season. All four matches resulted in one-goal victories. One match was decided by penalty kicks. "Typical... More
Underclassmen Might Rival '06 Kadena Track & Field Group
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — They called it a once-in-a-lifetime group: the "Great Eight," a pack of eight Kadena boys track and field athletes so talented, they won eight gold medals in the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools meet... More
Pacific Scoreboard
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Girls softball DODDS-Japan Tournament At Naval Air Facility Atsugi Double-elimination playoffs Friday's games Game 1-Kadena, Okinawa, 14, Yokota, Japan, 5 (4) Game 2-Robert D. Edgren, Japan, 15, Zama American, Japan, 11 (5) Game 3-Kubasaki, Okinawa, 12, E.J. King, Japan, 4 ... More
Kadena Captures DODDS-Japan Softball Tournament Title
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NAVAL AIR FACILITY ATSUGI, Japan — Led by Most Outstanding Player Shannon Scott, Kadena of Okinawa captured the DODDS-Japan Girls Softball Tournament title. The Panthers scored in double digits in four victories, winning by an average margin of six runs. ... More
Track & Field Soldiers on Without a Far East Meet
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Josh Ecker knows the thrill of being named "All-Far East." The junior distance runner last November helped lead his Seoul American Falcons to a Far East Cross Country Meet team title. His seventh-place finish in... More
Seoul Track Club enjoys coming out as contender
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PACIFIC-Call it Seoul Track Club's coming-out party. After winning just two gold medals in two previous visits to the Mike Petty Memorial track and field meet, STC got two golds each from Kristy Taylor, Siarria Ingram, Mark Lieberg and... More
Pacific Track & Field Scoreboard
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Kubasaki High School, Camp Foster-OKINAWA Boys Shot put-1, Mark Lieberg, Seoul Track Club, 13.83 meters (45 feet, 4½ inches); 2, Lamar King, Kubasaki, Okinawa, 11.83; 3, Marquette Warren, Kubasaki, Okinawa, 11.63; 4, Joel McKinlay, Morrison Christian Academy, Taiwan, 11.31;... More
Smiley's Hidden-Ball Trick Helps Kubasaki Beat Kadena
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OKINAWA-The hidden-ball trick, something of a lost art in baseball, played a huge part in Kubasaki's victory over Kadena on Thursday. Dragons senior first baseman Wataru Smiley tagged out Panthers baserunner Norman Correa for the second out of the... More
Samurai Seek Bigger Goals
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PACIFIC-They've already surpassed their school-best victory total from last season, and are on pace to double the school's highest goal-scoring total, achieved in 2007. That same season, they reached the Far East Class A tournament final. The past two years,... More
Pacific High School Scoreboard (03-30-2009)
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Guam Softball 2008-09 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam All-Island Girls Softball Team MVPs-Ashley Bessagar, Simon Sanchez, and Nicole R. Cruz, St. Paul Christian. First team-Nicole R. Cruz, P, Nicole Manibusan, 2B, Leilani Perez, CF, St.... More
Fast Friends, Fierce Rivals
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — As Kubasaki girls softball teammates two years ago, right-handed pitchers Mary Schweers and Carrie Thompson-Davis became the fastest of friends who shared virtually everything. They'd go shop off base in American Village on weekends.... More
Guam High School puts record four on All-Island teams
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A school-record four Guam High players were voted by league coaches to the 2009 Independent Interscholastic Athletic Association of Guam's boys basketball All-Star teams, the league announced Tuesday. Junior guard D'Andre Weaver and junior forward Derrell Brunner were each... More
Unexpected Players Boost Zama's Title Hopes
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan — They weren't supposed to be in Trojans uniforms. They weren't supposed to be at Zama at all, for that matter. Prolific scoring sisters Aubrey and Mallarie Ashliman were destined to return to Virginia and their... More
Pacific High School Scoreboard
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South Korea Swimming At Yongsan International School-Seoul Saturday's results Combined team standings 1, Seoul American, 714.5; 2, Seoul Foreign, 708; 3, Seoul International, 676; 4, Korea International, 298; 5, Yongsan International-Seoul, 233; 6, Daegu American, 137; 7,... More
Steal ends Yokota boys' title dreams
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YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan — Loose basketballs tend to spell trouble. But to St. Mary's International senior Hayato Nishi, the loose ball in front of him in the closing seconds of Saturday's championship game spelled opportunity with a capital... More
Far East Wrestling Tournament
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — One wrestler wore athletic tape around his head to hold a gauze pad in place over his forehead, the result of a cut over his right eye the day before. By the time the bout... More
Crowning the Best 13 Wrestlers of the Past 25 Years
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At last, the time has come to crown our Pacific Best 13 Wrestlers of the Past 25 Years. One change to the program: I'll be giving everybody a chance to vote for their Outstanding Wrestler in a new poll... More
Coaches Balance Winning, Safety before Tournaments
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Coaches are walking a thin line as the Far East high school basketball tournaments approach. They still have meaningful games to play. At the same time, they want to keep their players healthy so as to not rock the... More
Far East Wrestling
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Gathered at one end of Kubasaki High School's gym, a group of DODDS and international school wrestlers were kicking a Hacky Sack. In less than an hour, they'd go at it hammer and tongs on the... More
Maybe, maybe not: Is Wise in final days as Kadena point guard?
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Britney Wise continues to help Kadena's girls basketball team stay in the win column. The question, though, is whether the junior point guard will be around to help the Panthers try for a Far East... More
Rocky road for Far East champs in 'Beast' tourney
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Challengers to the reigns of Scott Wood and Harry Bloom as Far East champions surfaced during Saturday's Nile C. Kinnick Invitational "Beast of the Far East" Wrestling Tournament: n   Kubasaki's Wood, a three-time Far East... More
Tough going for rebuilding Cobras
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — It's been a hard fall for E.J. King's boys and girls basketball teams. A year after the boys lost in the Far East Class A championship game and the girls finished fourth, all key... More
New coach, little change for Kadena
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KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Kadena girls basketball's post-Hudson era began pretty much the way it ended under their previous coach. With new weapon Brittney Wise scoring 21 points and veteran Aja' Walker adding 18, the two-time defending Far... More
Wood has shot at rare feat
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — You want pressure? Try taking Advanced Placement courses in statistics, government and English literature, being a National Honor Society member and carrying a 3.9 non-weighted GPA. Not enough? How about being an accomplished cross-country runner,... More
Mason defeats Allen, wins girls singles crown
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Attack her backhand. Pin her to the baseline. Such was Elissa Mason's game plan, which worked to perfection Thursday as the Kadena junior dethroned reigning Far East High School Tennis Tournament girls singles champion Kennedy Allen of Seoul American. ... More
It starts up front for Osan, Edgren
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Want a reason why Johnell Alexander has run for 1,095 yards and 12 touchdowns for Robert D. Edgren this season? Or why Osan American's big four, Mike Gilliam, Jesse Crockett, Adonte' Murry and Will Rapoza, have 720 yards on 120... More
Zama's Quallio breaks 22-year-old record
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TAMA HILLS RECREATION CENTER, Japan — Even after running the Pacific's fastest time this season a week earlier, Andrew Quallio told his Zama American coach, Mitch Moellendick, that he wasn't satisfied. He vowed to do better — and he... More
Douglass, Harvin pace Kadena, Yokota to titles
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Darren "D.J." Douglass continues to emerge as an offensive weapon on a Kadena football team already loaded with them. The senior receiver caught only one pass Friday, but it was a huge one, a 32-yard touchdown that sealed the... More
Misawa goes to air, hauls in USFJ-AFL title
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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — Long thought of as a bastion of smashmouth, ground-pounding football, the Misawa Jets stepped out of character Saturday, going to the air to win the U.S. Forces Japan-American Football League title. Darone Frierson passed... More
Eagles aiming for third straight title
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MISAWA AIR BASE, Japan — On the surface, the Robert D. Edgren Eagles appear headed for a rebuilding season, with their "Fantastic Four" skills-position stars Andrew Blankenship, Jacque Moton, Josh McDonald and the always dangerous Zach Latimore graduated or transferred. ... More
Guam band makes history in China
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Guam Territorial Band's Pride of the Pacific Marching Alliance joined 1,900 other musicians from around the world in being the first foreign-music ensemble to play in China's historic Tiananmen Square as a run-up to the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games. ... More
Kadena's Ahner rewards coach's faith
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Freshman Aaron Ahner didn't even make the cut for the Kadena Panthers' varsity boys soccer team at the start of the season. But after Ahner spent four weeks proving himself on the B squad, coach Tom McKinney promoted him... More
Okinawa-Americans Wrestle
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Much more than a gold medals was on the line in the 2nd Okinawa-American Friendship Wrestling Tournament on Saturday. The event provided valuable preparation for Okinawa Activities Council rivals Kadena and Kubasaki for the Far East tournament next month.... More
Daegu Girls Keep Winning
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Michelle Chandler knew from the start of the Korea girls basketball season she would struggle with last year’s point guard Sarah Eades having transferred to Seoul American. So, the Daegu American coach turned to a forward, Jamie Cheniault, for... More
Korea Teams Take MLK
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — Whether playing hoops or saving lives, Jacqueline Kershaw proved herself quite adept this weekend on the Foster Field House courts. The shooting guard scored 15 points and recorded five steals Monday, helping her Camp Red... More
Panthers rally
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CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — The Kubasaki Dragons dominated during the 2006-07 regular season, but the pendulum is swinging back in favor of the Kadena Panthers’ wrestling team. Seth Ennis, Dylan Bruton, Cody Cash, Josh Carpenter, Tyler Broome and two-time... More
E.J. King teams want gold
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YOKOSUKA NAVAL BASE, Japan — Ever since September, Fernando Rico has repeated it like a mantra: “This is our year.” For the E.J. King Cobras girls and boys basketball teams, it may just have to be. Rico and... More
Kadena beats Shonan
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The teams that traveled the farthest won the biggest hardware and made the most history during Saturday’s revival of the Nile C. Kinnick Invitational “Beast of the Far East” wrestling tournament. Kadena, which placed second to Shonan Military High... More
No Place Like Home
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One thing many Pacific interservice championship teams had in common in 2007: They claimed their titles by performing well on home turf. Take the Yokosuka Seahawks. In capturing their seventh league title in eight seasons, the U.S. Forces Japan-American... More