Sigonella won its first European championship since 2010 with a 56-6 victory over Alconbury at Sigonella High School on Saturday afternoon.

The victory was the Jaguars’ sixth mercy-rule win of the season, with the hosts finishing with a perfect 6-0 record.

Special teams were a factor from the get-go. The Dragons (3-3) succeeded with an onside kick on the opening kickoff, only to go three and out. Sigonella’s Isiah Wilson blocked the punt and recovered it for a touchdown.

That started a stretch of 26 points for the Jaguars. Quarterback Ryan Miniard threw a 21-yard score to Wilson, and two plays later, junior defensive end Aiden Shaposka recovered a fumble at the Alconbury 5-yard line. Sigonella freshman Makari Spencer scored on a five-yard sweep to make it 20-0.

Miniard and Spencer connected on a 3-yard pitch-and-catch to increase the lead to 26-0.

The lone bright for the Dragons came on a 60-yard scamper for a touchdown, but it turned out to be just a small blip for the Jaguars.

After a failed Alconbury onside kick, Miniard hit sophomore Henri Hurst for a 30-yard touchdown. On the next possession, Spencer scored on a 13-yard run, and Miniard tossed a 13-yard touchdown to center Mandy Gonzalez right before the break.

Junior signal caller Miniard had 147 passing yards and four scores, while Spencer totaled 46 yards rushing to go with the two touchdowns.

Division I

Ramstein 39, Wiesbaden 0: The Royals left no doubt in their DODEA-Europe Division I semifinal matchup with a big victory over the Warriors (3-4).

The Royals (6-0) started the scoring with a safety by Kydan Echard, one of four tackles for the senior linebacker, and they never looked back.

On offense, Echard had 127 yards and a touchdown on 12 carries, while fellow senior running back Nate Rutlege had 39 yards and a score on seven rushes. Sophomore Elijah Morris chipped in with 28 yards and a touchdown on two attempts.

Senior quarterback Michael Gonzales went 9 of 10 through the air for 128 yards and three scores.

Those three touchdowns went to junior Shaun Young (three receptions, 41 yards), senior Christian Roy and junior Drew Varholy. Senior Caden Nims led the receiving corps with 52 yards on two grabs.

Overall, the Royals finished with 326 yards of offense.

On defense, junior Leon Pierre-Louis picked off a pass, junior Javier Harrington had two tackles for a loss and a sack, and Varholy added another sack.

With the win, Ramstein will host the Division I championship on Nov. 1. The Royals will face defending champion Stuttgart, which beat Kaiserslautern 23-20 on Friday evening.

Division II/III

SHAPE 34, International School of Brussels 22: The Spartans avenged their lone regular-season loss with a semifinal win over the Raiders in Brussels on Friday evening.

SHAPE (4-1) jumped to an early two-touchdown lead that sat at 20-6 at the break.

ISB (3-2) cut the deficit to six on its first possession in the second half, but SHAPE quarterback Keller Schutt added two scores after that to put the game to bed.

Schutt did it all for the Spartans on Friday. The senior signal caller went 10-for-19 passing for 152 yards and four touchdowns, and he added another 91 yards and a score on 10 rushing attempts.

He also had 15.5 tackles from his safety position.

Sophomore Liam Kennington scored twice on three receptions for 59 yards, sophomore Will Smith had 59 yards and a touchdown on three grabs, and junior Chris Carter added an 8-yard receiving score.

Defensively, Smith snatched two interceptions, while Kennington and fellow sophomore Howard Traylor recorded four tackles each.

Spangdahlem vs. AFNORTH, suspended: The Division II/III semifinal matchup between the Sentinels and Lions was called just a few minutes into the game because of a major injury to a player.

No other details were available at press time.

Inter-division

Naples 42, Lakenheath 0: The Wildcats pummeled the Lancers in a rare cross-division matchup on Saturday set up to give Naples another game after a shortened season.

Leishieh Morgan began the scoring a 12-yard rush in the first quarter, while Naples made it a three-possession game at halftime when quarterback Camden Kasparek connected with Diondre Tili on a 12-yard touchdown pass.

Julian Parker scored twice in the third quarter – an 8-yard run and then a 26-yard reception. After throwing for two scores, Kasparek added another on the ground from 12 yards out.

A Magnus Aul safety and a 31-yard field goal by Joshua Banks – his second after a 17-yard field goal in the first quarter – completed the scoring.

Kasparek threw for 115 yards, Tili had five catches for 53 yards and Morgan totaled 124 all-purpose yards.

On defense, Matt Butler amassed eight tackles, and Landon Heavrin had six tackles and two sacks. Julian Simms recovered a blocked punt.

Adrian Hill paced Lakenheath in rushing and tackles.

The Wildcats host Vicenza in the Division II championship game on Nov. 2.

Division II

Vicenza 28, Rota 6: The Cougars (2-2) finished their regular season with a home win over the Admirals (0-4) on Saturday.

Vicenza returns to action Nov. 2 at Naples in the D-II title game, trying to avenge two losses to the Wildcats during the regular season.

No other information was available.

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