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Noah Charles takes a shot on goal.

Perry junior Noah Charles accounted for nearly 50 percent of the Samurai's goals en route to an unbeaten season and the Far East Division II Tournament title. (Kevin Rossiter/Special to Stripe)

Most student-athletes listen to fast- or hard-paced music to get them psychologically ready to play.

Not Noah Charles. When Matthew C. Perry’s centerpiece junior soccer star dons his headphones or Bluetooth earbuds, he prefers to listen to Japanese romance songs.

“It makes me lock in and concentrate on the match ahead, and do what I have to do,” said Charles, who led the Samurai to an unbeaten campaign and the program’s seventh Far East Division Boys Division II Tournament title.

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