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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