Musings and mutterings as Ornauer prepares to head stateside:

-- Don't you just love a good rally? A total overhaul in gameplan led to just exactly that on Saturday for the Foster Bulldogs. Inserting Jamar Jarrell at tailback in place of hobbled starter Dyamon Durant and ditching the spread for a conventional I attack paid off huge for Foster, which rallied from a 12-3 deficit to beat Kadena 23-20.

-- With the win, Foster clinches the Southern Division title and a first-round playoff bye. With the playoffs four weeks away yet.

-- Memo to Foster coaching staff: Strongly suggest keeping Jarrell at tail and moving Durant to a slot back or receiver spot (when he gets healthy) to take advantage of Jarrell's bullrushing ability and Durant's lightning-quick moves.

-- Sure looks as if Corey Moore never met a touchdown catch he didn't like.

-- That Michael Redd (fumble recovery) continues to display a nose for the ball on defense.

-- That late touchdown catch by Kadena's Brandon Harris is just a taste of what the former Kadena Panthers high school speedster can do. Anybody remember four touchdowns on four second-half touches in the 2007 Far East Class AA football championship, Kadena 39, Yokota 13? Give that a read. That's what he can do if you take even one play off defensively against him.

-- That's about as perturbed as I've seen Kadena coach Will Cupp look in a long, long time. I would not want to be at practice this week as the Dragons prepare for Torii Station on Saturday.

-- We're to the point now where a coach whose team wasn't playing Saturday had to line the field, which resembled a cow pasture with its unmowed grass, and half the lights couldn't be turned on as late afternoon gave way to dusk?

-- You're joking, right?

-- What a sad state of affairs for interservice sports when it comes to that.

-- A week after coughing up eight turnovers in a 41-12 loss at Yokosuka, Yokota's Warriors showed signs of life, forcing five takeaways and holding off a spirited comeback to down the defending champion Misawa Jets 22-12 at Yokota's Bonk Field. Ryan Jones threw for 150 yards and Kevin Fortin and Dell Washington each ran for touchdowns as the offense came alive.

-- You said Frederick Guild snagged FIVE interceptions for Yokota?

-- You're kidding, right?

-- NOBODY intercepts five passes by himself in a single game.

-- Means that every last one of the 20 pass attempts by Jets QB Deron Frierson was caught by somebody. He completed 15 to his teammates for 152 yards, including touchdowns of 35 yards to Justin Hampton and 20 to Charles Salter.

Yokosuka visits Misawa at 2 p.m. and Kadena entertains Torii Station at 6 p.m. Saturday.