Weather takes a large bite out of weekend schedule

CAMP HUMPHREYS, South Korea – Citing concerns over players’ safety while traveling through possible stormy conditions caused by Super Typhoon Hagibis, DODEA-Japan officials announced Thursday that all sports games involving its teams were canceled.

“Due to Super Typhoon Hagibis’ storm path, DODEA-Pacific East Schools has cancelled (sic) all weekend school events,” the district announced in a memo authored by DODEA-Japan athletics community superintendent Gregg Mowen.

“They (DODEA-Japan officials) would rather that everybody stay safe at their home bases, rather than be on the road,” Matthew C. Perry athletics director George Williams said. “This was out of safety considerations … They didn’t want to be tracking seven or eight teams on the road in a possible storm.”

Super Typhoon Hagibis is forecast by the Joint Typhoon Warning Center to pass directly through the Tokyo-Kanto Plain area late Saturday and early Sunday morning as a Category 2-equivalent storm.

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