Wiesbaden sophomore Tyler Truesdell slides while stealing third base in a game against Spangdahlem in Wiesbaden, Germany on April 20, 2024.
Warriors, Sentinels each take step in right direction

After struggling through much of the first half of the season, both teams earn a victory at the hands of the other in Saturday doubleheader.

Naples' Kenny Pirches started the second game of a doubleheader against Vicenza on Saturday, April 20, 2024, and didn't allow a run in three innings of work. Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes
Wildcats continue to claw through small-school baseball field

Naples, the two-time defending champion, has shown more depth and capability throughout the lineup than anyone else in D-II/III this season.

Jane Williams said she lost focus on the third lap, but the Matthew C. Perry senior rallied to finish the 1,600 strong -- and in Pacific-record fashion -- in Saturday's home regular-season finale at Samurai Field.
Perry’s Williams makes another record her own

Senior breaks DODEA-Pacific mark in 1,600 after topping 3,200 record and top cross country time earlier this school year.

E.J. King's Maliwan Schinker and Zama American's Minami Washington scuffle for the ball during Saturday's DODEA-Japan girls soccer match. Schinker scored a hattrick and the Cobras won 4-0; she leads the Pacific with 38 goals this season.
Pacific Scoreboard: April 20, 2024
Israel players pose for photographers prior to the start of the Euro 2024 qualifying play-off soccer match between Israel and Iceland, at Szusza Ferenc Stadium in Budapest, Hungary, Thursday, March 21, 2024. (AP Photo/Darko Vojinovic)
Palestinian soccer renews call for sanctions against Israel at FIFA congress amid Hamas conflict

Calls for action against Israel in international soccer because of the conflict with Hamas will be stepped up by Palestinian officials at the annual FIFA congress next month.

DODEA-Europe softball
Pacific Scoreboard: April 18, 2024
Cardinals manager Whitey Herzog speaks at the Tokyo American Club in January 1988.
Whitey Herzog, Hall of Fame old-school manager of Cardinals and Royals, dies at 92

With a flattop haircut, pointed opinions and a Midwestern sensibility, Whitey Herzog, an Army veteran, forged a Hall of Fame career managing Major League Baseball’s two Missouri teams by implementing a style that bears little resemblance to today’s game.

This picture taken on March 16, 2024, shows Los Angeles Dodgers' Shohei Ohtani (right) and his interpreter Ippei Mizuhara (left) attending a press conference at Gocheok Sky Dome in Seoul ahead of the 2024 MLB Seoul Series baseball game between Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres. The Los Angeles Dodgers said on March 21 they had fired Shohei Ohtani's interpreter after the Japanese baseball star's representatives claimed he had been the victim of "a massive theft" reported to involve millions of dollars. (Jung Yeon-je/AFP via Getty Images/TNS)
Dodgers’ star Shohei Ohtani’s former translator surrenders to federal officials

Ippei Mizuhara, the former interpreter for Shohei Ohtani, surrendered to federal authorities Friday on charges that he stole more than $16 million from the Dodgers superstar to cover debts with an illegal bookmaker.

Naples freshman Ari Lopez struck out nine batters in three innings and didn't allow a hit as the Wildcats defeated Aviano 21-3 in the opener of a doubleheader Saturday, April 13, 2024. Kent Harris/Stars and Stripes
Wildcats and Saints don’t spend much time idling on base

More than 76 percent of runners who reached base Saturday scored to help teams combine for 54 runs in Naples sweep.

Ramstein's Aspen Lindsey connects on a grand slam during the first inning of the first game of an April 13, 2024, doubleheader against Lakenheath on Ramstein Air Base, Germany.
Royal newcomers helping carry on tradition

Royals sweep doubleheader from Lakenheath behind dominating performance from Madison Mihalic on the mound and strong hitting from a pair of transfers.