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St. Mary’s celebrates a team championship.

St. Mary's and coaches celebrate as they capture the Far East Division I dual-meet team title. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

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WRESTLING

46th Far East High School Wrestling Tournament

Wednesday at Camp Zama, Japan

Dual-meet tournament

Division I

St. Mary’s 29, Kadena 28

107 — Zacharias Perez, Kadena, pin. Ponnappa Karathachira; 114 — Hugo Miyamoto, St. Mary’s, dec. Cedric Ferguson; 121 — Kai Wilson, Kadena, tech. Ryan Murase; 127 — Luke Shane, St. Mary’s, pin. Kai Espiritu; 133 — Christian Luckey, Kadena, pin. Jedidiah Schmitz; 139 — Ryan Luckey, Kadena, tech. Max Long; 145 — Josiah Drummer, Kadena, pin. Kent Weiss; 152 — Nathaniel Twohig, St. Mary’s, dec. Samuel Valdez-Pinon; 160 — Kabilan Baskaran, St. Mary’s, pin. Owen Johnson; 172 — Luke Yamada, St. Mary’s, tech. Flint Barton; 189 — Roman Leyko, St. Mary’s, pin. Julius Gantz; 215 — Jimin Kim, St. Mary’s, tech. Chris Edmonson; Heavyweight — Landon Adams, Kadena, by walkover.

Humphreys 53, Seoul Foreign 5

107 — Jordan Bates, Humphreys, by walkover; 114 — Andrew Johnson, Humphreys, tech. Jayden Lee; 121 — Ryan Mbugua, Humphreys, by walkover; 127 — Not contested; 133 — Ethan Wege, Humphreys, pin. Hugh Kim; 139 — Aidan Collins, Humphreys, by walkover; 145 — Matthew Nubin, Humphreys, tech. Schaffer Won; 152 — Blake Stevens, Humphreys, pin. Aidan Song; 160 — Joseph Fernald, Humphreys, by walkover; 172 — Simon Drinnon, Humphreys, pin. Ian Kim; 189 — Jack Brandt, Humphreys, pin. Amin Elyaddasse; 215 — Brandon Uresk, Humphreys, by walkover; Heavyweight — Kyuyeon Chung, SFS, by walkover. Noteworthy — Crusaders finished seventh.

Fifth

Kubasaki 39, Humphreys 25

107 — Ray Bragdon, Kubasaki, pin. Bates; 114 — Noah Starr, Kubasaki, pin. Johnson; 121 — Josh Cope, Kubasaki, tech. Mbugua; 127 — Wege pin. Bryan Tennison; 133 — Tim Cope, Kubasaki, by walkover; 139 — Drake Garza, Kubasaki, by walkover; 145 — Nubin by walkover; 152 — Stevens pin. Daniel Yapshing; 160 — Max Lundberg, Kubasaki, by walkover; 172 — Cole Strelke, Kubasaki, by walkover; 189 — Brandt by walkover; 215 — Tristian Carls, Kubasaki, by walkover; Heavyweight — Amare Morgan, Humphreys, by walkover.

Third

American School In Japan 34, Kadena 29

107 — Perez pin. Natalie Bonsi; 114 — Ferguson pin. Annie Hong; 121 — Wilson tech. Asher Cook; 127 — Cadell Lee, ASIJ, pin. Espiritu; 133 — C. Luckey by walkover; 139 — Malcolm Lee, ASIJ, tech. R. Luckey; 145 — Toby Wilcox, ASIJ, pin. Drummer; 152 — Micah Eickbush, ASIJ, pin. Valdez-Pinon; 160 — Yugo Matsuhashi, ASIJ, pin. Johnson; 172 — Barton pin. Isreal Rodriguez; 189 — Oskar Vermiere pin. Julius Gantz; 215 — Justin Cokerdem-DePrie, ASIJ, pin. Edmonson; Heavyweight — Adams by walkover.

Championship

St. Mary’s 29, Kinnick 28

107 — Karthachira by walkover; 114 — Joah de la Cruz, Kinnick, dec. Miyamoto; 121 — Gavin Caddali, Kinnick, pin. Murase; 127 — Shane pin. Audrey Snyder; 133 — Jack Snyder, Kinnick, tech. Ty Rivera de Leon; 139 — Samuel Tovar, Kinnick, tech. Max Long; 145 — Joseph Mauldin, Kinnick, tech. Kent Weiss; 152 — Twohig tech. McDanel; 160 — Baskaran pin. Alex Anglada; 172 — Yamada pin. Ian Soto Guerra; 189 — Leyko by walkover; 215 — Justin Bodlovic, Kinnick, dec. Jimin Kim; Heavyweight — Randal Pope, Kinnick, by walkover.

Division II

Christian Academy Japan 30, Zama 26

107 — Elias Diaz, Zama, dec. Rowen Greer; 114 — Leaf Tai, CAJ, tech. Christian Rios; 121 — RiSu Choi, CAJ, by walkover; 127 — Kono Ohashi, CAJ, dec. Ennis Montgomery; 133 — Timon Fambro, CAJ, pin. Victor Llanora; 139 — Gabriel Simpkins, Zama, dec. SeWon Kim; 145 — Isaiah Segarra, Zama, pin. James Wong; 152 — Seojin Kong, CAJ, dec. Diego Mejia-Roman; 160 — Xavier Van Dam, CAJ, pin. Sean Simpkins; 172 — Tyler Reidenbach, CAJ, pin. Matthew Roberson; 189 — Marcus Childs, Zama, by walkover; 215 — Anthony Romero, Zama, by walkover; Heavyweight — Sean Neloms, Zama, by walkover.

Matthew C. Perry 31, Osan 27

107 — Anthony Canizales, Osan, tech. Catalina Feliz; 114 — Joshua Rodriguez, Perry, tech. Chance Schnadenberg; 121 — Noe Vasquez, Zama, tech. Maia Minton; 127 — Gregorii Murodov, Perry, dec. Alex Smith; 133 — Aaron Lopez, Perry, pin. Harlan Carter; 139 — Kail Kitko, Perry, pin. Lily Sanchez; 145 — Henry Flores, Perry, pin. Ayden Canizales; 152 — Logan Seen, Osan, tech. Aidan Ealey; 160 — Jayden Valverde, Perry, by walkover; 172 — Derek Ybay, Osan, pin. Edward Ludwig; 189 — Liam Taylor, Osan, pin. Braylon Stephens; 215 — Martin Heffele, Osan, pin. Xander Grantham; Heavyweight — Emilio Flores, Perry, tech. Anthony Ford.

E.J. King 35, Robert D. Edgren 30

107 — Aaden Mulhall, Edgren, pin. Donatello Sanchez Cupa; 114 — Anthony Mulhall, Edgren, pin. Amelie del Rosario; 121 — Matthew Balitaan, King, by walkover; 127 — Ethan Wong, Edgren, pin. Ian Nguyen; 133 — Josh Martinez, Edgren, pin. Eileen McKown; 139 — Liam McDonald, Edgren, pin. Dylan Jones; 145 — Jude Cutler, King, pin. Jan Gallardo; 152 — Arona Headley, King, by walkover; 160 — Terrance Dove, Edgren, pin. Vincent Lin; 172 — Yu Uchidate, King, pin. Nehemiah Dove; 189 — Denzel Jordan, King, pin. Alessandro Nacimbeni; 215 — Emmanuel Sylla, King, by walkover; Heavyweight — Jesus Puello, King, pin. Tristan Riddle.

Yokota 26, Daegu 25

107 — Nick Faubion, Daegu, pin. Jay Gutierrez; 114 — Aiden Stedelin, Yokota, tech. Logan Faubion; 121 — Gavriella Duran, Yokota, dec. Canaan McGee; 127 — Cesar Trujillo, Daegu, pin. Zaylee Gubler; 133 — Yuzuki Shibley, Daegu, by walkover; 139 — Brandon Christenson, Yokota, pin. Gyeongdeok Choi; 145 — Aiden Greer, Yokota, tech. Jaiden Williams; 152 — Michael Hansen, Daegu, by walkover; 160 — Nikolas Hawkins, Daegu, pin. Carter Schaefer; 172 — Laine Lilly, Yokota, by walkover; 189 — Not contested; 215 — Noah Harbert, Yokota, pin. Alex Cruz; Heavyweight — Not contested.

Seventh

Edgren 34, Daegu 25

107 — Aa. Mulhall tech. N. Faubion; 114 — An. Mulhall pin. L. Faubion; 121 — McGee by walkover; 127 — Trujillo pin. Wong; 133 — Martinez pin. Sibley; 139 — McDonald pin. Choi; 145 — Williams pin. Gallardo; 152 — Hawkins by walkover; 160 — T. Dove pin. Hansen; 172 — N. Dove by walkover; 189 — Nacimbeni by walkover; 215 — Cruz pin. Riddle; Heavyweight — Not contested.

Fifth

Yokota 31, King 30

107 — Gutierrez pin. Sanchez Cupa; 114 — Stedelin pin. del Rosario; 121 — Balitaan pin. Duran; 127 — Ian Nguyen, King, by walkover; 133 — Gubler tech. McKown; 139 — Christenson pin. Jones; 145 — Cutler pin. Greer; 152 — Headley by walkover; 160 — Schaffer tech. Lin; 172 — Lily dec. Uchidate; 189 — Harbert pin. Jordan; 215 — Sylla by walkover; Heavyweight — Puello by walkover.

Third

Zama 44, Osan 18

107 — Diaz pin. An. Canizales; 114 — Rios tech. Schnadenberg; 121 — Vasquez by walkover; 127 — Montgomery pin. Smith; 133 — Llanora pin. Carter; 139 — G. Simpkins pin. Sanchez; 145 — Segarra pin. Ay. Canizales; 152 — Seen tech. Mejia-Roman; 160 — S. Simpkins by walkover; 172 — Ybay tech. Roberson; 189 — Taylor pin. Childs; 215 — Romero pin. Heffele; Heavyweight — Neloms pin. Ford.

Championship

CAJ 32, Perry 29

107 — Greer pin. Feliz; 114 — Tai tech. Rodriguez; 121 — Choi, pin. Minton; 127 — Ohashi by walkover; 133 — Fambro tech. Lopez; 139 — Kitko tech. S. Kim; 145 — H. Flores pin. Wong; 152 — Ealey pin. Kong; 160 — Van Dam tech. Valverde; 172 — Reiddenbach pin. Ludwig; 189 — Stephens by walkover; 215 — Grantham by walkover; Heavyweight — E. Flores by walkover.

BASKETBALL

2025 Far East Championships

Boys

Division I Tournament

Wednesday at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan

Kubasaki 51, Humphreys 47

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blackhawks 12 11 14 10 47
Dragons 11 10 14 16 51

Top scorers — Dragons: Troy Harris 16, Jordan Sellers 10; Blackhawks: Brandon Howell 20, Elijah Kidd 10. Noteworthy — Humphreys finished in seventh place.

Semifinals

St. Mary’s 54, American School In Japan 44

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Mustangs 4 17 11 12 44
Titans 4 15 20 15 54

Top scorers — Titans: Ren Nishioka 16; Mustangs: Jadin Turner 14.

Nile C. Kinnick 83, American School Bangkok 56

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Red Devils 25 9 24 25 83
Eagles 18 18 2 18 56

Top scorers — Red Devils: Isaiah Kimbrough 26, Kai Eccelston 19, Gregor Tolar 19. Noteworthy — Red Devils reach second straight final. Kimbrough had 16 first-quarter points. Red Devils hit 14 three-point goals.

Fifth

Kubasaki 55, Kadena 50

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 11 4 11 24 50
Dragons 10 10 13 22 55

Top scorers — Dragons: Troy Harris 9; Panthers: DeShaun Nixon 11. Noteworthy — First win for Dragons over Panthers in five tries this season.

Third

ASIJ 49, Bangkok 47

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Mustangs 7 14 11 17 49
Eagles 14 9 13 11 47

Championship

Kinnick 76, St. Mary’s 70, 2 OT

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT 2OT Final
Titans 16 18 9 17 70
Red Devils 13 13 16 18 76

Top scorers — Red Devils: Kimbrough 22, Gregor Tolar 17, Nicholas Whyte 16, Eccelston 10; Titans: Drake Huang 27, Nishioka 14, Towa Miyoshi 13. Noteworthy — Red Devils won their third D-I title and second straight. Kimbrough scored seven points and Whyte five points in the two overtime periods. Huang hit eight three-point goals for the Titans.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Kimbrough.

Offensive MVP — Huang.

Defensive MVP — Tolar.

All-Tournament team — Red Devils: Derek Ulrich, Kimbrough, Eccelston, Tolar; Titans: Huang, Nishioka, Miyoshi; Mustangs: Turner, Joseph Reilly; Bangkok: David Killatana; Dragons: Harris, Alex James; Panthers: Nixon; Blackhawks: Howell.

Division II Tournament

Wednesday at Osan Air Base, South Korea

Daegu 59, Christian Academy Japan 54, OT

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th OT Final
Knights 13 8 18 13 2 54
Warriors 16 13 10 13 6 59

Top scorers — Warriors: Andrew Burks 22, Xavier Brown 17; Knights: Lewis Hershberger 16, Tim Oue 12. Noteworthy — Burks had 12 fourth-quarter points.

E.J. King 67, Korea Kent Foreign 34

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Merlins 7 12 6 9 34
Cobras 25 17 12 13 67

Top scorers — Cobras: Jeremy Phillips 23, Tyler Alston 10. Noteworthy — Merlins finished ninth.

Semifinals

Yokota 68, Matthew C. Perry 48

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 14 18 20 16 68
Samurai 12 10 11 15 48

Top scorers — Panthers: Jai Bailey 22, Brailyn Ivey 17; Samurai: Kameron Ramos 27. Noteworthy — Panthers reached their third straight final. Bailey had 12 second-quarter points. Ramos hit six three-point goals.

Zama 59, Osan 42

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Trojans 17 15 11 16 59
Cougars 11 8 17 6 42

Top scorers — Trojans: Ayden Helton 25, Casey Stewart 12; Cougars: Jayden Hightower 12, M.J. Siebert 11, Nysean Shorter 11. Noteworthy — Hightower hit four three-point goals.

Seventh

King 74, CAJ 33

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Cobras 34 15 9 16 74
Knights 15 6 4 8 33

Top scorers — Cobras: Phillips 39; Knights: Josh Oue 10. Noteworthy — Phillips had 17 first-quarter points and 12 in the fourth quarter.

Fifth

Robert D. Edgren 70, Daegu 52

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Warriors 10 10 22 10 52
Eagles 21 10 25 14 70

Top scorers — Eagles: Dominique Waters 34, Je’Shawn Spaights-Pace 10; Warriors: Jude Velazquez 17, Xavier Brown 14. Noteworthy — Waters had 15 first-quarter points and 12 in the third.

Third

Osan 78, Perry 71

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Samurai 12 19 8 32 71
Cougars 24 20 15 19 78

Top scorers — Cougars: M.J. Siebert 28, Taeyang Kim 13, Ben Ziegler 12, Art Clemons 12; Samurai: Sam Kasperski 21, Ramos 18. Noteworthy — Siebert had 10 first-quarter points. Kasperski had 16 fourth-quarter points.

Championship

Zama 79, Yokota 57

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Trojans 17 25 20 17 79
Panthers 15 8 16 18 57

Top scorers — Trojans: Ayden Helton 26, Casey Stewart 17; Panthers: Brailyn Ivey 13, Aidan Jones 12, Baron Reed 12. Noteworthy — Second Division II title for the Trojans and the first in 12 years.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Helton.

Defensive MVP — Bailey.

Offensive MVP — Phillips.

All-Tournament team — Zama: Helton, Stewart, Asher Jorgensen, Bruce Davidson; Yokota: Bailey, Reed, Ivey; Perry: Ramos; Osan: Ziegler; Edgren: Waters; King: Phillips; Kent: Connor Jackson; CAJ: T. Oue.

Girls

Division I Tournament

Wednesday at Camp Foster, Okinawa

Humphreys 38, Seisen 27

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blackhawks 15 9 6 8 38
Phoenix 6 4 3 14 27

Top scorers — Blackhawks: Mikayla Thomas 20; Phoenix: Zafira Strauss 17. Noteworthy — Strauss had 10 fourth-quarter points.

Kubasaki 22, Kinnick 20

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Red Devils 3 5 6 6 20
Dragons 9 5 5 3 22

Top scorers — Dragons: Solares Solano 10; Red Devils: Jordan Kitts 9.

Semifinals

Kadena 42, Humphreys 23

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blackhawks 5 5 0 13 23
Panthers 15 6 15 6 42

Top scorers — Panthers: Isamar Toro-Velasquez 12; Blackhawks: Thomas 12.

ASIJ 26, Kubasaki 17

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Mustangs 2 14 4 6 26
Dragons 3 5 0 9 17

Top scorers — Mustangs: Alice Phillips 13; Dragons: Jessica Blackston 8.

Fifth

Seisen 31, Kinnick 26

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Seisen 9 4 9 4 26
Kinnick 10 6 4 11 31

Top scorers — Phoenix: Zafira Strauss 15, Pipi Hill 10; Red Devils: Leona Turner 11.

Third

Kubasaki 39, Humphreys 27

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Blackhawks 8 6 3 10 27
Dragons 11 11 10 7 39

Top scorers — Dragons: Solano 20; Blackhawks: Joselyn Sanchez 11.

Championship

Kadena 36, ASIJ 27

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 6 1 10 19 36
Mustangs 5 8 8 6 27

Top scorers — Panthers: Jazlene Vergara 11; Mustangs: Gigi Isenberg 10. Noteworthy — Vergara scored all 11 of her points in the fourth quarter to pace a Panthers rally from a 21-17 third-quarter deficit. It’s the Panthers’ seventh D-I title and first since 2016.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Tianna Crawley, Kadena.

Offensive MVP — Jayla Johnson, Kadena.

Defensive MVP — Phillips.

All-Tournament team — Panthers: Crawley, Johnson, Isamar Toro Velasquez, Jenna Cook; Mustangs: Phillips, Isenberg, Sophia Fu; Dragons: Solano, Blackston; Blackhawks: Thomas; Phoenix: Strauss; Red Devils: Turner.

Leilani Zuniga looks to pass.

Perry's Leilani Zuniga looks to pass between King's Pia Lagrito and Joanna Hall. (McKenzie Steele/Special to Stripes)

Eliez Mae Cuaco dribbles between foes.

Perry's Elieza Mae Cuaco dribbles between King defenders Pia Lagrito and Miu Best. (McKenzie Steele/Special to Stripes)

Division II Tournament

Wednesday at Yokota Air Base, Japan

Consolation

Osan 34, Daegu 6

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Cougars 11 14 9 0 34
Warriors 0 0 3 3 34

Top scorer — Cougars: Hanna Rutland 8.

Zama 43, Edgren 15

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Trojans 15 17 8 3 43
Eagles 5 4 3 3 15

Top scorers — Trojans: Juliet Bitor 6; Eagles: Reise Redmond 10.

Perry 34, Osan 32

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Samurai 5 9 14 6 34
Cougars 12 5 10 5 32

Top scorers — Samurai: Brooklyn Hunter 12; Cougars: Rutland 9.

Yokota 39, Zama 8

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 6 9 18 6 39
Trojans 0 1 4 3 8

Top scorer — Panther: Ty’Lasia Anu 11.

Semifinals

King 53, Perry 46

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Cobras 7 16 17 13 53
Samurai 4 19 12 11 46

Top scorers — Cobras: Moa Best 23, Miu Best 20; Samurai: Naiya Burford 14.

CAJ 34, Yokota 28

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 7 6 4 11 28
Knights 6 7 13 8 34

Top scorers — Knights: Erica Yokota 10; Panthers: Beverly Gardner 13.

Third

Perry 35, Yokota 29

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Panthers 7 7 5 10 29
Samurai 4 13 3 15 35

Top scorers — Samurai: Burford 13, Hunter 12; Panthers: Cocoro Jones 14.

Championship

King 45, CAJ 38

Team 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Final
Cobras 14 11 13 7 45
Knights 9 10 13 6 38

Top scorers — Cobras: Moa Best 30, Miu Best 13; Knights: Yokota 16. Noteworthy — It’s the fifth D-II title overall and second straight for the Cobras, who avenged their 2023 finals loss to the Knights. Yokota scored all of her points in the first half.

Awards

Most Valuable Player — Moa Best.

Offensive MVP Moa Best.

Defensive MVP — Miu Best

All-Tournament team — Cobras: Miu Best, Moa Best. CAJ: Yokota, Misaki Matsuoka; Yokota: Anu; Perry: Burford; Zama: Bitor; Osan: Rutland; Edgren: Redmond; Daegu: Caylee Shipman.

SOFTBALL

Guam

George Washington 16, John F. Kennedy 1

Tuesday at Mangilao

Team 1st 2nd 3rd Final
Islanders 0 0 1 1
Geckos 13 3 x 16

W — Brinn Hardt (1-1), 3 IP, ER, 3 BB, 8 SO.

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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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