Football: ASIJ freshman helps Mustangs trample Yokota

American School In Japan’s Noa Grasse snags one of five Mustangs interceptions against Yokota’s Royce Canta. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
American School In Japan’s Noa Grasse snags one of five Mustangs interceptions against Yokota’s Royce Canta. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Football: ASIJ freshman helps Mustangs trample Yokota

by Dave Ornauer
Stars and Stripes

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – Shou Murakami-Moses caught two touchdown passes and returned one of his three interceptions 42 yards for a score, accounting for 144 all-purpose yards and four total takeaways.

Not bad for a freshman playing in his third high school football game.

“He’s a good athlete,” said his coach, Tim Jacobsson, after American School In Japan spoiled Yokota’s 50th anniversary homecoming with a 30-15 triumph Friday at Yokota’s Bonk field. “This was his breakout game. This was the confidence boost he needs.”

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