Seoul American is a tough team. Kadena wants revenge from what happened last year. This will be a dogfight

Kadena 28
Seoul American 23

Let me remind everyone who the defending champs are and why we won it. we won because of defense and that's what wins championships; defense..and i truly believe Seoul American has the best coaching staff and the best defense in the pacific. Korea never gets any credit, but we always prove people wrong. Remember two years ago when far east football first came out? Yokota was supposed to be the power house..they had a 56 game winning streak and a monster offense. everyone picked them to beat us. what happend...we shut down McNeil, Dixon, Doug Bloom, anyone you name we shut them down.held them to 10 points and we pulled off the upset. Then last year once again everyone picked Kadena to win. Kadena was supposed to have this unstoppable offense with Sean Shattuck, what happened.. yeah, he did have that long 93 yard td run on the second play of the game, but after that we shut him down, and not only him but their whole offense and we held them to 6 points......Now to this year....Kadena is probally a good team, i have no doubt in my mind about that, but they played a banged up kubasaki, a team that got blown out all 3 games they played this year..how do you know that kubasaki isn't just a bad team? but i'll guess we'll see....i'm ready.. our whole team is ready for this...so let it be known that..whoever kadena is gonna bring at us is going to have a nightmare...we're fast and we hit....and don't sleep on the offense either..even though we dont put up big numbers like we used to, we're still good and we can score at any time....People can say that we had to work for every victory, but we got just that the victory. we killed osan all 3 times we played them and the first time we played taegu it was a nasty, sloppy, muddy game with nothing but turnovers..had 2 tds called back so we shoulda won that game by more..and the victory when it was 3-0..that was a defensive game..Daegu is a legit team and they will beat edgren..they are good..believe me...harris is a monster on defense...never seen anymore be in more tackles since when daniel cain played for SAHS....i mean yokota beat edgren 13-12..and I don't see any negative comments about that....everyone has their opinion and we'll use all the naysayers as motivation....cuz BELIEVE IT...we comming to oki and we commin hard...we wont go down without a fight.....should be a good game though..i look foward to it....

I'm picking Seoul American over Kadena. Defense wins championships and Seoul American is operating smoothly on defense right now. They have pitched three consective shutouts and have outscored their opponents 121 to 20. Seoul is averaging 24.2 points a game and their defense is only giving up an average of 4 points a game.

I'm not taking anything away from Kadena, because I don't really know much about them this year. They beat up on a hurt Kubaski team, so I can't tell if they're for real or not. It appears they have a running game, but that is what Seoul has shut down the last two years in the Far East playoffs. Seoul American's defensive secondary is top notch and I don't think opposing teams can throw against them.

Kadena will have the home crowd and we all know how the Kadena home crowd can be at times (well, most times), so it will be a good game and I'm sure quite entertaining.

My pick is Seoul over Kadena.

Im not going to say much about the first round of the playoffs because the championship will be Yokota and Kadena. The Blue and Gold return back to the glory days of going undefeated. McNeill and Presnell have two games left. McNeill needs less than 50 yards for 1,000 and Presnell needs his last to games to get 150 in each and he will have over 1,000. Two running back on one team with 1,000 yards. Thats unheard of. Im taking Yokota over Guam, Kadena over Seoul, and in the final Yokotaa over Kadena. Yokota ends the season undefeated and with 2 1,000 yard rushers.

The second post does make some sense. Seoul American did have a good defense last year. They shut us down badly, but that year is over with. I dont know what Seoul is comming with because I havnt seen them since then. All I know is that Kadena is going come hard from what happened last year. We're going to prove to people that we didnt win because Kubasaki lost 3 of their starters.

I concur, a defensively sounded team provides the making of an outstanding game; however, Kadena will strike first and win. There are no ties ( 0 - 0 ) in this situation. I feel Kadena will be strong defensively as well but their offense will decide the winner of this game. Kadena 15 / Seoul 3.

Yokota will win over Guam. The "eye" of the Panther is hungry for a championship...they lost out two years in a row. Look for the Panthers to run and throw all over Guam. As spoken earlier...CHOOSE YOUR POISON! Yokota 36 / Guam 12.

about seouls secondary, no way did that get worse. our secondary is way better then it was last year so i dont think passing is much of an option against them. seouls defense did not get any worse then it was. we have only 3 new players on it from last year. sure we lost cj and cain, but how often did they play last year? cain was out the whole season and cj was injured for half the games. the offense is a little shaky though after losing smalls and 4 of the 5 starting o-linemen. im not sure how good kadenas defense is but from the sounds of it, its pretty good. we have obviously proved that they can stop the running game for any team and osan couldnt even throw passes against us cause we intercepted almost every throw. im not saying seouls gonna win though, but i think its going to be a defensive game. whoever can get the offense going in this game is gonna be the winner, itll definitely be good. we'll see who goes to the championship next weekend though, good luck to both teams.

You make it sound like were a one dimensional team...were not only defense...yeah defense is the strong point of our team, but we rack up points everytime we step on the field. we only played one horrible game and only put up 3 points, but offense can take nights off..defense doesnt, but thats what good teams do. they overcome adversity...we've been tested so we know how to handle the pressure, but can Kadena?. they havent been tested yet..How will they react when the going gets tough..cuz it will, and as our O goes...were not full of injuries..were ready...the johnson brothers are good..ones stong and it will take 3,4,5 guys to take him down..the other is too quick on his feet. one move to his right or left hes moving the chains....my boy trin stansel, hes a good running back as well, a sleeper..people always tend to keep an eye on Joe Mclean or the brothers, and next thing you know Trin is moving the chains...and then you have Burns...hes just an athlete, not your typical stay in the pocket passer...he can beat you in the air or beat you on the ground....so people diss on our O cuz of that ONE game, but like i said....it should be a good game and i look foward to it.

Excellent Point Second Time!
It's great to have high hopes for your team, but to be unrealistic or to talk a lot of hype is dumb. I try to teach my kids not to talk any smack or make any crazy predictions becasue if you fall flat on your face, you look like a fool. It's also not good sportsmanship. And, it serves as great fuel for the other team. We always put up the quotes that people publish as motivation, as most coaches do. We try to teach our kids to be classy and keep their mouths shut and not feed into the battles of words.

You are right about Andrew Blankenship, he has been a great asset at full back and his 30 yard romp for a score against yokota backs it up. Josh McDonald is a sophmore who is actually a tailback with 4.4 speed and with huge talent, He will make a lot of noise when he move to the states in December with his brother kevin.

If the Eagles are to have any chance against Tagu, the need a balanced offense. The great linebacker at Tagu won't have much trouble if all he has to do is chase Lattimore around all day. Hopefully the Eagle have gone back to the offense and smashed mouth defense than has led them to success in the past.

On a side note: This is Kevin McDonald's last high shool football game. He played linebacker, center, defensive tackle, long snapper, reciever and quarterback this year, oh I forgot, he is also on special teams. What other player in league does all this in one game? We did enjoy watching Kevin hand the ball to his brother Josh for TD's. There's a story for you.

Having played in last year's Far East championship wearing black and gold, I know that the few returning stars of Kadena feel quite a resentment toward their overtime loss in Seoul last year. I know that Sean Bowens, Stan Schrock, and the very few others returning to the always offensively powerful Kadena team are looking for pay back and playing at home in front of family and friends (and probably a few jealous Kubasaki spectators), will give them a boost they need to pull off a win. A high scoring game; Kadena wins 42-35 off the legs of Vince Coronado and Ernest Carr.

Guam is a tough team with a great defense but I don't believe they have what it takes to stop Anthony McNeill, Tony Presnell and Derick Seward a great offensive trio. Yokota will probably struggle a little with an unproven defense but will pull it off; Yokota 28, Guam 20

theres no way possible edgren can go to taegu and play a game well enough against the contagous corners and the weapons of mass destruction in the box..taegus line and middle linebacker are truely problems for an offense ask coach harden and coach alvorado. the corners are truely headhunters, hickman and spencer are go getters with them on the outside nothing gets around them. and angel has been doing it for four years now. until last week the offense hasnt shinned in a while..but we all saw what happened against osan the first 4 series they scored and the open play in the second half spencer scored on a reverse and after it was called back hickman scored on a fake reverse..the backs of taegu (B.A.M.A) are foreal. and they arent scare by the fantastic four coach walter (DR.DOOM) will put an end to there non-sense..taegu wins far east class AA and edgren rides the plane home losers.

theres no way possible edgren can go to taegu and play a game well enough against the contagous corners and the weapons of mass destruction in the box..taegus line and middle linebacker are truely problems for an offense ask coach harden and coach alvorado. the corners are truely headhunters, hickman and spencer are go getters with them on the outside nothing gets around them. and angel has been doing it for four years now. until last week the offense hasnt shinned in a while..but we all saw what happened against osan the first 4 series they scored and the open play in the second half spencer scored on a reverse and after it was called back hickman scored on a fake reverse..the backs of taegu (B.A.M.A) are foreal. and they arent scare by the fantastic four coach walter (DR.DOOM) will put an end to there non-sense..taegu wins far east class AA and edgren rides the plane home losers.

Not sure I understand the repeated blog...but I have no more comments until after the game, except that you are right in the fact the Eagles have to travel a long way and stay in some roach infested barracks. Hopefully there is heat and at least a cot. I can't understand why all the teams are treated this way when they travel. As a parent I have no problem paying for lodging. Last week the Eagles stayed in a old class room...with roaches. I know for a fact there is lodging available...I called and checked. Better care is needed all Pacific teams travel. Schedules are put out well in advance...reservation could be made...pick up the phone:)

Class A Championship:
Daegu - 20
Edgren - 12

Class AA Semi-Finals:
Seoul - 17
Kadena - 14

Yokota - 22
Guam - 8

All games should be exciting.

wilco on the A game. But in case your kids wanted to know, Camp Walker isnt that big. The Youth Center is right next to the field and has some computers. The Community Center and Library are in the same building across the street and there are more computers over there (where alot of the kids hang out).

Thanks for posting the score.