Kadena Panthers guard Jalen Amos drives to the basket past Yokota defender Morgan Breazell during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Yokota beat Kadena 56-52. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kadena forward Preston Harris shoots past Yokota defender Warren Manegan during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Yokota beat Kadena 56-52. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kadena guard Andre Chilton drives to the basket past Yokota defenders Jarred Morgain, left, and A.J. Leake during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Yokota beat Kadena 56-52. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Nile C. Kinnick's Sinclair Horton snatches a rebound away from Zama American's David Coleman during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kinnick beat Zama 44-36. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Nile C. Kinnick's Rafael Angeles drives to the basket on Zama American's James Liker during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kinnick beat Zama 44-36. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki's C.J. Crenshaw drives to the basket past St. Mary's International 's Connor Shimizu during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kubasaki beat St. Mary's 54-46. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
Kubasaki's C.J. Crenshaw plows into St. Mary's International's Kevin Koo during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kubasaki beat St. Mary's 54-46. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
St. Mary's International's Leo Oyama snags a rebound in front of Kubasaki's B.J. Simmons during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kubasaki beat St. Mary's 54-46. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
American School In Japan's Navarre Freeman goes up for a rebound against Zama American's Andre Encarnacion during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. ASIJ beat Zama 83-58. (Ansel Marsh/Special to Stars and Stripes)
Kadena's Joshua Dyer drives past Yokota's A.J. Leake to the basket during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Yokota edged Kadena 56-52. (Ansel Marsh/Special to Stars and Stripes)
Kadena's Les Williams, clockwise from left, Yokota's Jarred Morgan, Kadena's Joshua Dyer and Yokota's Warren Manegan scramble for the ball during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Yokota edged Kadena 56-52. (Ansel Marsh/Special to Stars and Stripes)
Nile C. Kinnick's Malik White shoots over Zama American's Andre Encarnacion during Saturday'ss division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kinnick beat Zama 44-36. (Ansel Marsh/Special to Stars and Stripes)
Kadena's Savon Woodie has his path to the basket blocked by Joel Driscoll, left, and Eli Peterson of Christian Academy Japan Knights during Saturday's division-play game in the American School In Japan Holiday Classic boys basketball tournament in Tokyo. Kadena beat CAJ 46-33. (Ansel Marsh/Special to Stars and Stripes)
High school
BasketballBoysAmerican School In Japan Holiday Classic Boys Basketball TournamentSaturay at TokyoGold DivisionYokota 2-0Kadena 1-1Christian Academy Japan 0-2
Kadena 46, Christian Academy Japan 33Kadena....... 19 12 13 2—46CAJ ....... 10 4 9 10—33Scoring — Kadena, Jalen Amos 13, Preston Harris 1. CAJ, Eli Peterson 9.
Yokota 56, Kadena 52Kadena ....... 17 16 12 7—52Yokota ....... 14 12 15 15—56Scoring — Yokota, Warren Manegan 25, Mikey Henagan 11. Kadena, Jalen Amos 18, Preston Harris 13, Savon Woodie 10. Noteworthy — Yokota trailed by nine points in second quarter. Manegan’s jumper from the key with 2:47 left put Yokota ahead 51-50.
Yokota 55, Christian Academy Japan 54CAJ ....... 12 8 22 12—54Yokota....... 12 21 12 10—55Scoring — Yokota, Warren Manegan 19, Mikey Henagan 13, Morgan Breazell 13. CAJ, Eliot Reasoner 16, Miles Miller 12, Eli Peterson 12, Luke Taylor 10. Noteworthy — Miller’s 12 points came in the second half. Reasoner hit four three-point goals, but missed a jumper in the lane with one second left that would have won it for the Knights.
Red DivisionAmerican School In Japan 2-0Nile C. Kinnick 1-1Zama American 0-2
Nile C. Kinnick 44, Zama American 36Kinnick ....... 15 16 7 6—44Zama....... 4 5 9 18—36Scoring — Kinnick, Malik White 16. Zama, Andre Encarnacion 7, RayVaughn King 7. Noteworthy — 13 of White’s points came in the first half. He left with a wrist injury after falling to the floor following a shot attempt.
American School In Japan 83, Zama American 58Zama ....... 14 19 9 16—58ASIJ....... 22 19 19 23—83Scoring — ASIJ, Sam Olson 31, Sam Hopkins 19, Liam Fukushima 14. Zama, Andre Encarnacion 21, Yoshi Nicholas 10. Noteworthy — ASIJ’s Olson hit eight three-point goals. Hopkins scored 17 of 19 points in the first half. Fukushima hit three three-point goals. For Zama, Nicolas hit three three-point goals.
American School In Japan 82, Nile C. Kinnick 41Kinnick....... 6 10 10 15—41ASIJ ....... 15 15 29 23—82Scoring — ASIJ, Liam Fukushima 19, Hayden Jardine 11, Sam Olson 10, Sam Hopkins 10. Kinnick, Akisch Davis 7. Noteworthy — ASIJ’s Fukushima hit four three-point goals.
White DivisionKubasaki 2-0St. Mary’s International 1-1Canadian Academy 0-2
Kubasaki 54, St. Mary’s International 46Kubasaki ....... 15 9 14 16—54St. Mary’s ....... 14 20 4 8—46Scoring — Kubasaki, C.J. Crenshaw 27, B.J. Simmons 13. St. Mary’s, Hayden Griffiths 16, Connor Shimizu 11. Noteworthy — St. Mary’s Griffiths scored 14 of 16 points in the first half.
St. Mary’s International 63, Canadian Academy 38St. Mary’s ....... 23 11 16 13—63CA....... 16 2 14 7—38Scoring — St. Mary’s, Hayden Griffiths 28. Canadian Academy, Kento Moriuchi 9, Jackie Chen 9.
Kubasaki 68, Canadian Academy 42CA....... 16 12 6 8—42Kubasaki ....... 22 15 10 21—68Scoring — Kubasaki, C.J. Crenshaw 25, K.J. Sargent 12, B.J. Simmons 12. Canadian Academy, Kento Moriuchi 15.
Sunday’s gamesSt. Mary’s International vs. Canadian Academy, 10 a.m.Kubasaki vs. Zama American, 11:30 a.m.Kadena vs. Nile C. Kinnick, 1 p.m.ChampionshipAmerican School In Japan vs. Yokota, 2:30 p.m.