UPDATED at 11:50 p.m. Friday, 6:20 p.m. Saturday.

Season openers in high school hoops: Friday, Boys, Kinnick 54, Perry 38 at Iwakuni. Edgren 51, Yokota 47 at Misawa. E.J. King 59, Zama 56 at Zama. Kadena 92, Koza 58 on Okinawa. Girls, Zama 30, E.J. King 14. Edgren 52, Yokota 34 at Misawa. Kinnick 81, Perry 18. Itoman 51, Kadena 27.

Saturday, Boys, Kadena 76, Kitanakagusuku 55, Kubasaki 93, Chatan 71 on Okinawa; St. Mary's International 50, E.J. King 45, Robert D. Edgren 46, Yokota 36, Nile C. Kinnick 73, Matthew C. Perry 50 in Japan. Girls, Kitanakagusuku 56, Kadena 29 on Okinawa; Kinnick 52, Perry 9, Edgren 56, Yokota 35 and Seisen International 38, E.J. King 15 in Japan.

As promised, here are the semifinals in the 2009 SportsBlog Championship Series, a 12-team all-comers playoff for Pacific high school football teams no matter their affiliation.

The lineup:
Game 9 -- American School In Japan at Kadena
Game 10 -- Guam High at George Washington

And awayyyyyyyyyyyyyyy we go:

Game 9 -- Perhaps the most spine-tingling battle of the SBS, pitting the Mustangs' Jardine to Jardine passing combo and Alex Busam's all-around play against the Panthers' junior star backs Thomas McDonald, Lotty Smith and Shariff Coleman. Defense steps up big, with each holding the other's offense in check save for McDonald and Coleman each running for touchdowns and Hayden Jardine hitting his brother Tom and Chris Kleindl for TD passes.

Musings, mutterings and the occasional schmahts as Ornauer halts, takes five deep breaths, then charges headlong into the winter sports season, just days away:

-- Talk about your emphatic runaways. Thomas McDonald and Shariff Coleman led an offense that ran with machine efficiency on Saturday, scoring two touchdowns each and Kadena's defense did the rest, holding Seoul American to 21 yards and two first downs in a 44-0 Class AA title-game romp.

-- It was the biggest margin of victory in the five-year history of DODEA Pacific Far East football playoffs. It was the first shutout in Class AA title-game history. It was the worst loss in Seoul American's history.

-- How dominant was Kadena's defense?

-- Yokota 24, Guam High 7: Panthers' "Big Four" backs, Daley, Harvin, Forbes and McCloud healthy for the first time in six weeks and it showed.

-- Kadena 44, Seoul American 0: Right from the opening kickoff, it was clear this would be the Panthers' night; T-Mac, Shariff each rush for two TDs.

And off the field:

-- CAJ def. Faith 20-25, 25-23, 25-22, 25-23 for Far East Girls Class AA Volleyball Tournament title. Lowest seed entering the elimination round at No. 7 to win the title since the inception of dual pool/division play in 1995. Coach Tanya Hall's third title in five years and fourth overall.

Musings, mutterings and the occasional schmahts as Ornauer once more gazes out the window at the torrents and wondering if he should bring an outrigger to Mike Petty on Saturday:

-- "It's indescribable. Something I've never felt before.

Musings, mutterings and the occasional schmahts as Ornauer sits, wonders and worries whether this wet stuff will clear out in time for Saturday's football games:

-- Now, that's about as emphatic a sweep as you'll ever see. On its home courts at Risner Tennis Center, Kadena walked off with gold medals in four of five events and the overall Far East team title for the first time in five years. The Panthers also won the boys team banner, while Seoul American, which won or shared the previous four team titles, took home the girls team banner.

-- But the Panthers' girls had their hands full in sweeping the singles and doubles. Elissa Mason needed nearly two hours to fend off 2007 champion Kennedy Allen of Seoul American for her second straight singles title.