Dave Ornauer

Pacific Reporter at Stars and Stripes

Stars and Stripes Pacific sports writer-photographer, also manages Pacific Storm Tracker. Views expressed are my own and do not reflect company's viewpoint.

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Cougars looking for some postseason success

1 week ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Senior midfielder Clarice Lee is second on Osan in goals with nine and the Cougars enter the Korea Cup postseason tournament as the No. 4 seed. (Ashley Angell/Special to Stripes) The last time Osan won the Korea postseason girls soccer tournament title in 2017, Clarice Lee was a fourth-grader at Osan Elementary School.
Pitchers appear to be ahead of hitters across the Pacific

1 week ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Perry junior left-hander Aira Fujinuma hureled one of three no-hitters pitched on Pacific baseball diamonds Saturday. (Ren Foslin/Special to Stripes) No-hit fever continues to rage on the Pacific diamonds. Three more were thrown during Saturday’s baseball action in Japan and Okinawa. That makes 10 total for baseball and softball during the current season. Two of them were complete-game no-hitters, while the third was combined between two pitchers.
Pacific Scoreboard: April 12, 2025

1 week ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Perry’s Leilani Zuniga dribbles upfield with three E.J. King defenders in her wake. At left is the Cobras’ Kinsey Bottorff. Zuniga scored two goals, giving her 12 on the season.
Hater is putting up fast times no matter the distance

1 week ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kubasaki’s Ryan Hater, right, outdistances Jeremiah Tucker of Okinawa Christian during Friday’s boys 200-meter dash. Hater ran the event in 21.98 seconds, with Tucker next in 22.16. Hater completed a rare feat in which he has run the 100 in under 11 seconds, the 200 in under 22 and the 800 in less than 2 minutes.
Pacific Scoreboard: April 11, 2025

1 week ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

King's Ai Kina tries to drive around Perry's Ella Mhay Dizon. (Kevin Rossiter/Special to Stripes) High school TRACK AND FIELD Yokota Friday NFL Shindig Friday at Yokota Air Base (Fully automated timing, distances in meters) Boys Nile C. Kinnick 135, American School In Japan 93, Yokota 73, Kadena 60, Zama 41, St. Mary’s 34, Robert D. Edgren 29, Matthew C.
Eagles finally get to host games on thawed out fields

2 weeks ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Hajime Reed, a junior right-hander, plays for a Kadena team headed to Marine Corps Air Station Iwakuni this weekend to play against three other DODEA teams, including host Matthew C. Perry. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) It’s always an exciting time for Robert D. Edgren’s spring sports teams when the snow finally melts and the Eagles are able to play games on their home fields.
Pacific Scoreboard: March 28, 2025

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kubasaki’s Isabella Mabie, left, and Reyna Eastman sandwich Kinnick’s Lauren Cabradilla in the home stretch of the girls 3,200-meter run during Friday’s Mike Petty Memorial Meet. Mabie and Eastman play soccer for the Dragons, but since the Petty is considered an open meet, they and eight other Kubasaki girls soccer players entered and competed. Mabie finished third in the event. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) High school TRACK AND FIELD 16th Alva W.
Petty meet another step in some athletes’ dreams

3 weeks ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kadena senior Neil Kentish and Kubasaki junior Ryan Hater come down the stretch side by side in the boys 200 during Friday's Mike Petty Meet. Hater edged Kentish by .04 seconds. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa – Though he got a bit of a boost from a tailwind, Neil Kentish continued closing in on the Pacific’s 100-meter record during Friday’s windy Mike Petty Memorial Meet.
Athletes will race to beat times, weather at Petty

4 weeks ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kadena sophomore Navoni Perry holds the Pacific's fastest 100-meter time entering Friday's Mike Petty Meet. (Hajime Reed/Special to Stripes) KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Athletes from Japan, Korea and Okinawa will take aim Friday at race victories and possible Pacific records – all the while, keeping an eye on the weather – during the 16th Alva W. “Mike” Petty Memorial Track and Field Meet.
Kubasaki’s Cadet hurdles way into Pac record books

1 month ago | stripes.com | Dave Ornauer

Kubasaki senior Carlos Cadet clocked 14.61 in the 110 hurdles, breaking the old Pacific record by .46 seconds. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes) KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Carlos Cadet gave up basketball this winter to train and focus on breaking Pacific hurdles records in the spring. That decision is looking pretty good right now.