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Naval Academy athletic director Chet Gladchuk retiring after 24 years

Chet Gladchuk, the Naval Academy’s athletic director, is retiring after 24 years. The academy said Monday it would start a national search for a replacement, and the new AD will take over “upon a timely transition.”

Kadena senior Neil Kentish and Kubasaki junior Ryan Hater come down the stretch side by side in the boys 200 during Friday's Mike Petty Meet. Hater edged Kentish by .04 seconds.

Petty meet another step in some athletes’ dreams

No records fall at one-day event that’s revived after six-year hiatus, but top athletes are confident they’re on the right track for success this season.

Kadena sophomore Navoni Perry holds the Pacific's fastest 100-meter time entering Friday's Mike Petty Meet.

Athletes will race to beat times, weather at Petty

Okinawa meet is back after six-year absence with many of the top DODEA-Pacific performers set to show their stuff Friday – if conditions allow it.

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Naples' Madison Myers slides safely into home during a close play as Vicenza catcher Katherine Green tries to prevent the run. The Cougars went on to win both games of the girls' softball opening season double-header in Naples.

Vicenza, rough start leave Naples a bit shaken but still optimistic

3.9 magnitude earthquake stops play for a bit in the second game of the season-opening contest between the Cougars and three-time champion Wildcats.

Yokota senior Zaylee Gubler tossed a no-hitter Friday against Matthew C. Perry, one of three no-hitters thrown on the Pacific softball and baseball diamonds this weekend.

Pitchers off to fast starts on diamonds

Yokota baseball and softball hurlers both throw no-hitters this weekend and another might have happened in American School In Japan-St. Mary’s baseball matchup.

New player, same result. Isaiah Kimbrough helped Nile C. Kinnick rise up to meet the challenge of repeating its Far East Division I Tournament title.

Kimbrough was the right new fit for Red Devils in title repeat

Stars and Stripes selects Isaiah Kimbrough as the DODEA-Pacific boys basketball Athlete of the Year.

Senior guard Moa Best (3) averaged 24.5 points, 13 assists and 7 steals per game for an E.J. King team that won its second straight Far East Division II Tournament title.

Cobras were almost always the Best version of themselves

Stars and Stripes selects Moa Best as the DODEA-Pacific girls basketball Athlete of the Year.

Ansbach's Okenie McLaughlin flies in the air during the boys long jump at a track and field meet on March 14, 2025, at Kaiserslautern High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Cougars hoping to carry on strong tradition in track’s field events

Juniors Greyson Strabala and Okenie McLaughin combine to win all three boys’ jumping events.

Wiesbaden’s Luke Jones leads the pack during the boys 1600 meter varsity run at the 2024 DODEA European Championships at Kaiserslautern High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany, on May 24, 2024, finishing with a time of 4:26.44.

Scores looking to join Jones, Goss as stars on the track

The DODEA-Europe season kicks off Friday with a large meet in Kaiserslautern, where all the top performers will converge in May for the season-ending championships.

Edgren's Anthony Mulhall beat Kadena's Cedric Ferguson in the 114-pound final to become the Eagles' first Far East weight-class champion in 11 years.

Mulhall’s studied approach led to Far East title

Robert D. Edgren sophomore took up the sport as a freshman and was a quick study both in practice and in competition.

Kadena junior Brooke Brewer went unbeaten in 14 bouts this season, all by pin, and won the 145-pound title in the "Beast of the Far East" tournament.

Brewer showed competitive nature first year on the mat

Kadena junior was a perfect 14-0 this season in debut of girls wrestling as a separate sport in the Pacific.

Kaiserslautern's Wesley Manson beats Ramstein's Kai Woodstock and heads the ball during a March 13, 2025, match at Kaiserslautern High School in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

Royals sweep Raiders to open soccer season

Ramstein girls win 1-0 nail-biter, while boys top Kaiserslautern 3-0 in the first matchups of a spring sports season that’s now uncertain due to funding issues.