Football: Hard-nosed Perry to take on explosive Zama

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – As well as Zama played in the 2018 regular season, the Trojans didn’t count on special teams errors that led to their 24-20 loss to Osan in the Far East Division II title game.

As strongly as Matthew C. Perry’s ground game was entering its first meeting at Zama two weeks ago, Samurai didn’t count on losing leading ground-gainer Matthew Torrecillas to a separated shoulder early in Perry’s 36-14 loss to the Trojans.

Those are some of the memories both squads will try to erase when the Samurai visit the Trojans for the second time in 14 days. This time, each will also chase the D-II title, Zama its first since 2012 and Perry its first since the school’s initial championship in 2016.

Kickoff is at 7 p.m. Friday. The teams will play 11-man format as they have during the regular season.

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