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Kubasaki left-hander Breslyn Weeks delivers against Kadena during Wednesday's Division I softball final. The Panthers repeated their title, beating the Dragons 10-5.

Kubasaki left-hander Breslyn Weeks delivers against Kadena during Wednesday's Division I softball final. The Panthers repeated their title, beating the Dragons 10-5. (Addison Leising/Special to Stripes)

FAR EAST CHAMPIONSHIPS

SOCCER

Boys

Division I

Third place

Kubasaki 3, Humphreys 2

Halftime — 2-2. Goals — Dragons: Jyunia Danson (2), Allen Tennison (6), own goal; Blackhawks: Luis Cruz (4), Scott Herber (3).

Championship

Kadena 5, Kinnick 2

Halftime — Panthers 1-0. Goals — Panthers: Tyler Smith 2 (28), Elijah Whipp (14), Jelani McGhee (5), Sebastian Praske (5); Red Devils: Nick Moore (30), Leon Awesso (13). Assists — Panthers: Whipp 2, Tuck Renquist 2, Yoshua Whipp. Noteworthy — Panthers won for the first time since 2017 and Pacific-best eighth overall.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Smith.

All-Tournament team — Kadena: Yoshua Whipp (repeat selection), Noa Barrett, Jelani McGhee, Calvin Paguado, Frank Stare (played for Kubasaki last year); Kinnick: Awesso (repeat selection), Cameron Giddens (repeat selection), Mykhi Russell, Koboyo Awesso; Kubasaki: Owen Ruksc, Allen Tennison; Humphreys: Joel Kwak (repeat selection), Matthew Hwang.

Division II

Wednesday’s matches

Single-elimination

OCSI 8, Osan 0

Quarterfinals

Zama 3, Edgren 0

Goals — Kaisei Muta (9), Noah Moreno (3), Ren Grogan (1).

Yokota 5, King 3

Halftime — 4-0. Goals — Panthers: Kysiem Banks 2 (12), Toby Canales (16), Tommy Vogeley (9), Kento Thai (4); Cobras: Damien Perez 2 (20), David Axsom (2).

Perry 2, Daegu 1

Halftime — 0-0. Goals — Samurai: Anthony Salas (5), Cooper Allen (3); Warriors: Beckam Clites (1).

CAJ 6, OCSI 1

Semifinals

CAJ 3, Perry 0

Yokota 2, Zama 1, OT

Goals in extra time — Panthers: Toby Canales 2 (23); Trojans: Kaisei Muta (10). Noteworthy — Canales scored with two minutes left in the second half of “golden goal” overtime to put the Panthers in the finals against CAJ.

Third

Perry 2, Zama 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goals — Preston Ramirez 2 (9).

Championship

CAJ 5, Yokota 0

Halftime — 2-0. Goals — William Arjmandpour 4, Eastin Lowther. Noteworthy — Knights won their second straight D-II title and sixth total, and have won 10 Far East titles overall, including four Division I titles. It’s the fifth time the Knights have defeated the Panthers in the D-II final.

Awards

Offensive Most Valuable Player — Perez.

Defensive MVP — Ren Spinosi, Perry.

Golden Glove award (best goalkeeper) — Cooper Gaulin, Yokota.

Golden Boot award (best scorer) — Arjmandpour.

All-Tournament team — CAJ: Arjmandpour, Lowther, Ray Marcianti (repeat selection); Yokota: Canales, Gaulin, Vogeley (repeat selection); Perry: Spinosi, Shayden Torres; Zama: Jadyn Parker (repeat selection), Chris Jones; King: Amin Alipourkashki (repeat selection); Daegu: Vitale Tillman; Edgren: Aiden Lehner; OCSI: Seiya Ohkawara; Osan: Aiden Machmer.

Girls

Division I

Single-elimination

Humphreys 1, Harvest 0, SO (3-2)

Penalty-kick goals — Humphreys: Isabel Maloney, Celena Rehedul, Divine Liufau; Eagles: Caden Milner, Margaux Flores.

Kadena 3, Guam High 2, SO (4-3)

Halftime — Kadena 2-1. Regulation goals — Kadena: Emmah Strong (1), Marina Sawyer (1); Guam High: Alaini Jimenez, Avery Urso. Penalty-kick goals: Kadena: Sawyer, Sophia Fineman, Strong, Yume Catlett; Guam High: Jimenez, Ryley Munoz, Savannah Kelly.

JFK 3, Humphreys 0

Halftime — 3-0. Goals — Jaelyn Han 2, Annie Jones.

Kinnick 2, Kadena 1, SO (6-5)

Halftime — Panthers 1-0. Regulation goals — Red Devils: Victoria Justice (4); Panthers: Allie Sims (1). Penalty-kick goals — Red Devils: Scarlet Seiders, Alyssa Staples, Jaylah Petty, Giovanna Kennedy, Julia Angelinas, Mackenzie Talbot; Panthers: Sawyer, Catlett, Fineman, Cyla Donovan, Jaylene Paguada.

Third

JFK 2, Kinnick 1

Halftime — Islanders 1-0. Goals — Islanders: Kayla Rivera, Annie Jones; Red Devils: Bree Withers (31).

Championship

ASIJ 1, Kubasaki 0, SO (5-4)

Penalty-kick goals — Mustangs: Olivia Draper, Luisa Schlaghecke, Rachael Fagan, Mizuho Yoshitake, Ava Piscopo; Dragons: Solares Solano, Kayla Jackson, Charlene Darson, Amaya Schaffeld. Noteworthy — Mustangs’ fifth D-1 title but first since 2018. Dragons were trying for their second straight and ninth overall.

Awards

All-Tournament team — ASIJ: Olivia Draper, Luisa Schlaghecke, Maya Lambdin; Kubasaki: Solares Solano (repeat selection), Lilyana Solano, Reighlyn Kissick; Kinnick: Bree Withers (repeat selection), Giovanna Kennedy; JFK: Cassandra Kido, Madison Concepcion: Kadena: Marina Sawyer, Yume Catlett; Harvest: Caden Milner, Sofie Kongolo; Guam High: Alani Jiminez, Ny’Kale Penn; Humphreys: Syra Soto, Christine Sanchez.

Division II

Single-elimination

CAJ 1, Edgren 0, SO (2-0)

Penalty-kick goals — Knights: Ellen Swenson, Sakurako Abe.

Zama 3, Osan 1

Goals — Trojans: Avery Pilch 3 (11); Cougars: Tatiana Lunn (24).

Semifinals

Yokota 3, Sacred Heart 2

Goals — Panthers: Aubrey Oh 2 (36), Caitlyn Handley (2); Symbas: Mia Belitz, Saya Miyawaki.

Perry 1, King 0

Halftime — 1-0. Goal — Leilani Zuniga (14). Noteworthy — Samurai dethrone defending champion Cobras.

Fifth

CAJ 2, Zama 1, SO (3-2)

Regulation goals — Knights: Erica Yokota; Trojans: Avery Pilch (12). Penalty-kick goals — Knights: Yokota, Maddie Bae, Sakurako Abe; Trojans: Lindsey So, Lia Thompson.

Third

Sacred Heart 5, King 4

Goals — Symbas: Sanae Doi 3, Mia Belitz 2; Cobras: Maliwan Schinker 4 (56). Noteworthy — Schinker scored 17 goals in the tournament and leads the Pacific in goal-scoring overall.

Championship

Yokota 1, Perry 0

Halftime — 0-0. Goal — Aubrey Oh (37). Noteworthy — Oh’s goal came on a direct kick with four minutes left in the match. Yokota won its fourth D-II title and first since 2018. The Samurai were shooting for their third D-II title and first since 2017.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Sophia Nye, Perry.

Golden Boot — Schinker.

Best Defender — McKenzie Steele, Perry.

Golden Glove (best goalkeeper) — Keisha Steele-Loli, Zama (repeat selection).

All-Tournament team — Yokota: Hailey Riddels (repeat selection, last year’s MVP), Oh, Jessica Franks, Mariah Hilliard; Perry: Nye, Raelin Reyes, Sasha Malone (repeat selection); ISSH: Belitz, Namya Kumar; King: Schinker (repeat selection); Zama: Maisey Throop; Edgren: Saige Whitmore; Osan: Lunn; Daegu: Gianna Tak.

SOFTBALL

Division I

Wednesday’s games

Semifinals

Kadena 15, Humphreys 0

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Runs Hits Errors
Blackhawks 0 0 0 0 0 3 0
Panthers 4 7 3 1 15 15 0

W — Julia Petruff 4 IP (3 H, BB, 5 SO, HBP); L — Alexis Montalvo 1 1/3 IP (5 H, 6 ER, 3 BB, HBP). Batting — Panthers: Jada Wolfgang 3-4 (2B), Lia Connolly 3-3 (HR, 2 RBI), Avi Mendoza 2-3 (2B), Teniya Cambra 2-2 (2 2B, 3 RBI), Miharu Barriente (3 RBI).

Kubasaki 27, ASIJ 3

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Runs
Mustangs 2 0 1 3
Dragons 10 17 x 27

W — Breslyn Weeks 3 IP (4 H, 3 ER, 5 BB, 6 SO); L — Kaho Arai 1 2/3 IP (9 H, 22 ER, 15 BB, HBP). Batting — Dragons: Weeks 2-3 (2 2B, 5 RBI), Hailey Brassard 2-2 (4 RBI, 3 SB), Taylor Tobin 3-4 (4 RBI, 3 SB).

Third

Humphreys 10, ASIJ 9

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th Runs
Mustangs 5 2 2 0 0 9
Blackhawks 3 0 6 1 0 10

W — Eunha Walker; L — Arai.

Championship

Kadena 10, Kubasaki 5

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th 7th Runs Hits Errors
Dragons 1 3 0 0 0 0 1 5 15 0
Panthers 3 0 6 0 0 1 x 10 15 0

W — Petruff 5 IP (5 H, ER, BB, 4 SO); L — Weeks 6 IP (15 H, 10 ER, 6 BB, 3 SO). Batting — Panthers: Mendoza 3-4 (2B), Wolfgang 4-4 (3B, 2 RBI, 2 SB), Emaleigh Appleton 2-3 (2B, 2 RBI, 4 SB), Connolly 3-4; Dragons: Jazmine Antonio 3-4 (2 SB), Weeks 3-4, Brassard 2-4 (2B), Cadence Vandentop 2-3. Noteworthy — Panthers won the title for the second straight year and Pacific-record seventh overall.

Awards

Best Pitcher — Weeks.

Best Hitter — Wolfgang.

Best Defender — Tobin.

All-Tournament team — Kadena: Wolfgang, Connolly, Petruff (repeat selection), Appleton (repeat selection); Kubasaki: Weeks, Tobin (repeat selection), Sam Diaz, Cadence Vandentop; Humphreys: Alex Tabaquero (repeat selection), Charlotte Langley, Simone Platt; ASIJ: Arai, Emi Matsumoto; Kinnick: Sydnee Walker (repeat selection), Tristyn Hatcher.

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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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