JAPAN
Senior Geovanni Joell will be asked to fill the shoes of two departed starting receivers from the 2023 Zama football team.

Senior Geovanni Joell will be asked to fill the shoes of two departed starting receivers from the 2023 Zama football team. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

Fourth in a series of DODEA-Pacific high school football previews.

CAMP ZAMA, Japan – After a 14-game winning streak and just missing in last October’s Far East Division II football final, Zama finds itself pretty much starting over.

Six key starters graduated. The starting quarterback moved to Germany. The Trojans’ roster as of Monday’s practice contained just 24 names. And they face their earliest road trip in recent memory, opening their season Friday at Robert D. Edgren.

Read more at stripes.com.

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