Sakurako Abe spikes.

CAJ’s Sakurako Abe (19) led the Knights with 15 hitting winners. Shisa VC’s Brooklynn Wilson had six and Cameron Eavers 10 in the losing effort. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

CAMP FOSTER, Okinawa — DODEA-Pacific and DODEA-Europe got the OK on Tuesday for high school athletics and extracurricular activities to resume despite the government shutdown.

“DODEA-Pacific has received updated direction allowing extracurricular activities, including athletics and after-school clubs, to be considered excepted activities during the current lapse in appropriations,” an email from DODEA-Pacific spokeswoman Miranda Ferguson stated.

DODEA-Europe spokeswoman Jessica Tackaberry confirmed that high school sports were deemed an excepted activity Tuesday, allowing them to continue during the government shutdown.

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