Dave Ornauer

Dave Ornauer has been employed by or assigned to Stars and Stripes Pacific almost continuously since March 5, 1981. He covers interservice and high school sports at DODEA-Pacific schools and manages the Pacific Storm Tracker.

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Senior Brinn Hardt earned her second Guam Interscholastic Sports Association MVP award in three years. She played for George Washington this season when Guam High failed to field enough players for a team.

Guam’s Brinnlyn Hardt wins softball MVP pitching for George Washington

Panthers senior didn’t have a team to compete on as the season neared, but she ends up winning her second island trophy in three years.

Tropical Cyclone 17P (Zelia), # 1

Pacific Scoreboard: Feb. 12, 2025

2025 Zama American High School Division II Far East cheerleading champion team.

Guam High and Zama cap cheerleading seasons with Far East titles

St. Mary's Hugo Miyamoto uses a leg lift to tilt Kinnick's Joah de la Cruz at 114 pounds.

Titans’ first tourney win comes at season-ending duals

St. Mary’s edges Nile C. Kinnick to triumph at Far East D-I team tournament, while Christian Academy Japan takes home the trophy in the D-II version.

Kinnick's Isaiah Kimbrough shoots against St. Mary's Ren Nishioka and Noah Brooks.

Kinnick wins another heart-stopper to repeat

Red Devils take two overtimes to top St. Mary’s after winning last year’s Far East on a last-second shot.

Kadena's Jayla Johnson (2) was named the tournament's Offensive MVP and to the All-Tournament team.

Kadena back on the throne again after nine-year absence

Jazlene Vergara spurs a fourth-quarter rally as the Panthers defeat American School in Japan in the Far East girls D-I title game.

Yokota's Jai Bailey drives against Zama's Ayden Helton. Bailey was named D-II boys MVP last year; Helton received the honor Wednesday in this year's tournament.

Trojans get a little revenge on way to championship

Zama erases an earlier loss to Yokota with a 79-57 runaway win in the Far East D-II title game.

King's Moa Best pulls up against CAJ defender Christina Park in the final.

Repeat title gives King’s twins the Best sendoff

Moa and Miu Best combine for 43 points as Cobras down Christian Academy Japan 45-38 in D-II Far East girls final.

St. Mary's and coaches celebrate as they capture the Far East Division I dual-meet team title.

Pacific Scoreboard: Feb. 5, 2025

Far East wrestling and basketball summaries from DODEA-Pacific teams in action Feb. 5.

Kubasaki's Tim Cope tilts CAJ's Timon Fambro with a gut wrench at 133 pounds.

Mustangs nip St. Mary’s at the post to end long title drought

American School In Japan wins Far East individual freestyle tourney in a tight race as five other schools finish not far behind.

Humphreys Isaiah Perez drives between Kubasaki's Jin Inman, Troy Harris and Alex James.

Pacific Scoreboard: Feb. 3, 2025

Basketball and wrestling results from Far East championships on Feb. 3.

Zama's Ayden Helton, left, brings a career total of 1,281 points into next week's Far East tournament.

There’s a bit of mystery in the D-I boys Far East event

No one else playing has seen Humphreys of South Korea or American School Bangkok. The South Korea/Japan divide is there in D-II as well.

Sophomore Brooklyn Hunter is part of what Perry coach Joshua Henry calls his most well-rounded team ever.

Girls teams can’t afford to take a game off at Far East

Former doormats have shown signs of life this season and could pull upsets as girls season-ending events begin Monday.

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