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Yokota right-hander Zaylee Gubler started the openers against Kubasaki on Friday and Kadena on Saturday.

Yokota right-hander Zaylee Gubler started the openers against Kubasaki on Friday and Kadena on Saturday. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

High school

Softball

Saturday at Kadena Air Base, Okinawa

Kadena 19, Yokota 4

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Runs Hits Errors
Yokota 2 0 2 0 4 3 9
Kadena 2 5 11 1 19 20 1

W — Julia Petruff 4 IP (4 H, 2 ER, 2 BB, 9 SO, WP); L — Zaylee Gubler 3 1/3 IP (20 H, 19 ER, 6 BB, 3 WP, HBP). Batting — Kadena: Petruff 4-4 (2 2B, 3B, 2 RBI, 2 SB), Jessica Petruff 3-4 (2 RBI), Lia Connolly (3B, 2 RBI), Janna Hurst 3-3 (4 RBI, 2 SB), Trinity Krause 3-3 (4 SB), Emaleigh Appleton 2-4 (HR, 3 RBI), Julia Hunt 2-2 (2 RBI, 2 SB); Yokota: Coco Eddy (2 RBI, 2 SB), Gubler (4 SB), Erica Haas (2 SB). Noteworthy — Jessica Petruff executed two squeeze bunts to drive in runs and reach safely. Appleton hit an in-park home run in the bottom of the second to put Kadena ahead for good.

Kadena 10, Yokota 4

1st 2nd 3rd 4th Runs Hits Errors
Yokota 2 0 2 0 4 3 4
Kadena 3 3 2 2 10 12 0

W — Hunt 4 IP (3 H, 4 ER, 8 BB, 2 SO, 3 WP); L — Haas 3 1/3 IP (12 H, 10 ER, 6 BB, 5 SO, WP). Batting — Kadena: Jessica Petruff 3-3 (2B, 2 RBI), Connolly 3-3 (HR, 3 RBI), Appleton (HR, 2 RBI), Alannah Williams (3 SB); Yokota: Gubler (4 SB), Eli Willie (3 SB). Noteworthy — With none out in the bottom of the first inning, Connolly hit an infield single to score Jessica Petruff, then Janna Hurst – playing her last game for Kadena – singled to left field to drive in Connolly.

Kubasaki's Kristen Lininger batted 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Friday's second game against Yokota.

Kubasaki's Kristen Lininger batted 2-for-4 with a double and an RBI in Friday's second game against Yokota. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Soccer

Boys

Okinawa

Kadena 5, Kaiho 1

Saturday at Kadena Air Base

Halftime — 1-0. Goals — Panthers: Gabriel Cedeno 2 (2), Tyler Smith (15), Will Wetherill (3), Nathan Asato (1). Assists — Wetherill 2, Smith, Skylar Dluzeski.

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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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