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USAG RP sends its ‘Best Warrior’ to competition

USAG RP sends its ‘Best Warrior’ to competition

Story and photos by Mary Ann Davis
U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz Public Affairs

Army garrisons in Europe will send their top warfighters to Baumholder, Germany, to demonstrate their soldiering abilities at the 2018 Installation Command-Europe Best Warrior Competition, Monday to Wednesday — and U.S. Army Garrison Rheinland-Pfalz is up for the challenge. BWC 2018 will identify the best performing warriors from among the […]

March 8, 2018 ×

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Sports Shorts — March 9, 2018

Soccer players needed The FV Olympia Ramstein Soccer Club is looking for male and female players born in 2003/2004.  Practice takes place 5:30 to 7 p.m. every Tuesday and Thursday on the artificial turf pitch at Am Hocht 1 in Ramstein village. For more information contact Stefan Denzer at 0157-56306179, […]

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Each year, participants of the Landstuhl Mountain Run run through the forest uphill to Nanstein Castle in Landstuhl. This year’s run is scheduled to start at 3 p.m. March 17. Courtesy photos

Mountain run leads to Nanstein Castle

Written by Petra Lessoing
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs Office

The running club LLG Landstuhl will sponsor its 21st Nanstein Mountain Run at 3 p.m. March 17. It is the second run to obtain the Palatinate Mountain Run Trophy.

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Ramstein to hold tryouts for base softball teams

Ramstein to hold tryouts for base softball teams

by Staff Sgt. Tory Patterson
86th Airlift Wing Public Affairs

The Ramstein Rams varsity men’s and women’s softball teams are scheduled to hold tryouts at the Southside Fitness Center softball fields on Ramstein Air Base March 19 to 29. The tryouts are open to active-duty military members, dependents, retirees, contractors, and “basically anyone who has access to the installation,” said […]

March 1, 2018 ×

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Waiting game pays off for Baumholder

by Thomas Warner
contributing writer

It had been nearly a decade since Baumholder won a basketball championship so the team had no qualms with slowing down the tempo and running off clock time in its Department of Defense Education Activity Division III championship game last weekend.

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Led by head coach DeWayne Piggé (far left) and assistant Darrell Winfrey (far right) the Buccaneers earned the school’s first boys’ basketball title since 2009.

Baumholder Bucs DODEA Champions

Story and photos by Thomas Warner
contributing writer

WIESBADEN — After beating Brussels three times already in 2018, Baumholder had to work extra hard to do it again and win the Division III boys’ basketball crown at the Department of Defense Education Activity Europeans championships.

March 1, 2018 ×

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Sports Shorts — Feb. 23, 2018

USAG Rheinland-Pfalz 2018 Unit Level Basketball Championships The 2018 Unit Level Basketball Championships are scheduled for Monday to Thursday. The top six teams from regular season league play will compete in the championship. The 1st and  2nd place teams from this championship will then advance to the IMCOM-Europe Tournament.  Games […]

February 22, 2018 ×

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Kaiserslautern standout Jada Branch signs scholarship

Kaiserslautern standout Jada Branch signs scholarship

Story and photo by Thomas Warner
Contributing writer

Walking inside the Kaiserslautern High School gymnasium, the banners make it clear that girls’ track and field has been the most successful program in the school’s athletic history. Senior standout Jada Branch, among the best to ever suit up for the Raiders, has signed a scholarship to compete in college at Louisiana Tech University.

February 22, 2018 ×

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Sports Shorts — Feb. 16, 2018

Youth soccer U.S. Youth Soccer KMC District Soccer will offer to experience soccer in the German Football Association (DFB).  They are offering opportunities for boys and girls, 5 to 19 years old, and a men’s team. Players will train with professional and licensed coaches. The 10-month season consists of competitive […]

February 15, 2018 ×

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Sports Shorts — Feb. 9, 2018

USAG Rheinland-Pfalz 2018 Unit Level Basketball Championships The 2018 Unit Level Basketball Championships are scheduled for Feb. 26, Feb. 27, Feb. 28, and March 1. The top six teams from regular season league play will compete in the championship. The 1st and 2nd place teams from this championship will then […]

February 8, 2018 ×