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Julia Hunt does the setting for E.J. King’s Cobras.

Julia Hunt does the setting for E.J. King's Cobras. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Things were looking mighty good for E.J. King in last October’s Far East Division II girls volleyball tournament final, after the Cobras took the first set 25-16 over host Yokota.

But it was all Panthers from there, as they won the next three sets and their third D-II title. And it was yet another heartbreak for a Cobras team that’s come oh, so close several times but finished just short.

This season, coach Rick Andrew and the Cobras say they hope this is finally the year when they capture their first D-II crown, after several near misses the past few seasons since the return to action following the coronavirus pandemic.

Read more at stripes.com.

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