Week 4 Top Ten
The Top Ten teams in the Stars and Stripes' 2008 Far East high school football ratings, with records through Sept. 22, points and last week’s rating, as compiled by Dave Ornauer of Stars and Stripes sports. Ratings are based on teams' win-loss records, quality of wins, strength of roster, schedule and leagues, point differential and team and individual statistics. Maximum rating is 500 points:
Record Pts Pvs
1. Kadena (Okinawa) 1-0 448 2
2. Father Duenas Memorial (Guam) 4-0 432 4
3. Seoul American 2-0 428 3
4. Yokota (Japan) 3-1 420 1
5. Simon Sanchez (Guam) 3-1 416 5
6. American School In Japan 2-0 412 7
7. Kubasaki (Okinawa) 1-1 400 10
8. Robert D. Edgren 2-2 392 6
9. George Washington (Guam) 2-2 368 8
10. Daegu American (South Korea) 1-1 348 --
Week 4 grid honors
Nile C. Kinnick—Tyree Hunt 250 yards, 2 touchdowns, 19 carries. Dennis Ray 112 yards, 1 touchdown, 5 catches; 1 interception. Jon Bollinger 158 yards total offense, 1 touchdown (7-for-14, 119 yards, 1 touchdown; 39 yard, 5 carries); 2 interceptions.
Zama American-Michael Spencer 176 yards, 1 touchdown 16 carries.
Yokota-Derick “Rookie” Seward 146 yards, 1 touchdown, 16 carries; 1 fumble recovery. DeEric Harvin 103 all-purpose yards, 1 touchdown (88 yards, 1 touchdown, 20 carries; 15 yards, 1 return).
Kubasaki-Kaleb Robinson 6-for-9, 152 yards, 1 touchdown. Don Hampton 12 tackles, 1 fumble recovery. Dionte Waite 93 yards, 2 catches that set up touchdowns.
Robert D. Edgren-Johnell Alexander 217 all-purpose yards, 2 touchdowns (107 yards, 1 touchdown, 9 carries; 110 yards, 1 touchdown, 2 returns).
Father Duenas Memorial-Will Williams 78 yards, 2 touchdowns, 6 carries.
George Washington-Kyle Reyes 102 yards, 10 carries.
Southern-Mario Martinez 161 yards, 4 touchdowns, 12 carries; 42-yard touchdown catch.
Week 5 outlook
Friday
Japan
Zama American at Robert D. Edgren, 7 p.m.-Johnell Alexander, Eagles quite hungry after heartbreaking 1-point home loss last Saturday. Michael Spencer must step up again with the injury to Trojans QB Emmanuel Sloan. … Eagles 20, Trojans 6.
American School In Japan at Yokota, 7 p.m.-One of two things can happen to Yokota in the wake of its loss at Kubasaki; bewilderment or lighting a fire under it. I’m sure it’s the latter. Air ASIJ should get its toughest test yet with its new A-11 offense. … Panthers 18, Mustangs 11.
Guam
Father Duenas Memorial vs. Guam High at Blue Jacket Field, Naval Station “Big Navy,” 7 p.m.-Michael Moser, Brian Sanders, Ricco Brunner, Myron Marshall and the Panthers do hang in game after game, but it will take a lot to rein in Will Williams and the Friars. … Friars 22, Panthers 8.
Okinawa
Kadena at Kubasaki, 7 p.m.-Dragons got a huge boost by beating Yokota. But this group of Panthers, Kubasaki hasn’t beaten since the 2005 season. Kadena is the champion until somebody knocks ’em off. … Panthers 19, Dragons 12.
Saturday
South Korea
Seoul American vs. Daegu American at Kelly Field, Camp Walker, 6 p.m.-Another speed vs. size dual. Joe McLean is proving once again to be the prototypical irresistible force on Korea’s gridirons; whoever wins the DODDS-Japan Football League rights to host the Class AA semifinals will have their hands full. … Falcons 24, Warriors 6.
Guam
Simon Sanchez at Southern, 3 p.m.-This looks like a one-sided battle until you look at Mario Martinez’s stats from last Friday. Then again, that was against John F. Kennedy; the Sharks are a whole different breed this season. … Sharks 20, Dolphins 7.
John F. Kennedy at George Washington, 7 p.m.-The island’s oldest and most storied rivalry sees Ted Nelson and the host Geckos (2-2) get better and extend the Islanders’ winless miseries. … Geckos 23, Islanders 9.
Last week-4-3, .571.
Season-18-5, .783.
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week 5
Edgren 36 zama 16 / Yokota 14 ASIJ 7
i dont know dave, warriors
i dont know dave, warriors going to win our homecoming game, in front of all our families, friends, and the pacific~ were going to prove to everyone that our speed def. and offense, can put a stop to sahs team~ Its going to be the best game in Korea Football History. its going to be full of hard hitting! Falcons has a great team, and so do we. our players are small, but we can hit,~ Warriors 8 Falcons 6
DAVE!!
Dave - give us some color and play by play on the SAHS DAHS game if you got any -- heard the falcons dodged one today.
re: DAVE!!
That will be coming up in my next installment of "what we learned," coming to a SportsBlog Nation post near you on Sunday. Yes, the Falcons escaped with their scalps intact ... barely.
Edgren-Johnell Alexander 60 yds TD run a Typo??
do alexander's statistics include his "60 yd TD fourth-quarter run"?
http://www.stripes.com/article.asp?section=123&article=57559
His fourth quarter run was more near 6 yds not 60 please double check your reporting
Tell us a story, Unca Dave!
I can't find the post I made earlier (2 weeks ago I think! Boy this blog is really hopping). Sorry if I posted and you deleted it, and now I'm posting again:)
Hi Dave! Last year I emailed you to find out about a mystical time long, long ago...back when there was some foulup with travel and NWA stepped in and flew some HS players somewhere to play. You TOLD ME (insert legalese verbage here) you would tell the story next year.
Well this is next year! And I'm dying to find out the details. Maybe I can have my students craft a super-essay to that airline to see if they'd be willing to offer cut-rate prices or something. You never know:)
So what was the story? Thanks in advance.
PS GO RED DEVILS! RAH RAH RAH!!!!!