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Volume 78, No. 221 ©SS 2020 MONDAY, FEBRUARY 24, 2020 50¢/Free to Deployed Areas Base battles outbreak US soldiers fighting to keep Camp Walker free of virus

BY KIM GAMEL Stars and Stripes CAMP WALKER, South Korea — U.S. soldiers wearing face masks and gloves wielded thermometers instead of guns, as the military fought to keep a deadly virus from spreading to this base in the middle of South Korea’s hardest- hit area. The central government raised the CHEIKH A.T SY/AP alert to its highest level Sunday as the Burkina Faso paratroopers participate number of Tuesday in the U.S. military-led Flintlock confirmed INSIDE exercise in Thies, Senegal. cases of the new coro- Italy cancels navirus soared past Venice Carnival ISIS, al-Qaida 600, with five deaths. to contain virus The out- joining forces break has Page 6 spread rap- in West Africa idly since hitting the southeastern city of Daegu and surrounding areas last BY DANIELLE PAQUETTE week, prompting growing concern for AND JOBY WARRICK the local Army garrison with more than The Washington Post 9,000 American soldiers, family members and other personnel. NOUAKCHOTT, Mauritania — Groups Soldiers have been banned from non- linked to al-Qaida and Islamic State, at essential off-post travel to and from the war with each other in the Middle East, base, and were told Sunday not to shake are working together to take control of ter- hands with anyone. ritory across a vast stretch of West Africa, U.S. and local officials say, sparking fears SEE WALKER ON PAGE 6 the regional threat could grow into a global crisis. Fighters appear to be coordinating attacks and carving out mutually agreed- upon areas of influence in the Sahel, a strip of land south of the Sahara desert. The rural territory at risk is so large it could “fit multiple Afghanistans and Iraqs,” said Brig. Gen. Dagvin Anderson, head of the U.S. military’s special operations arm in Africa. “What we’ve seen is not just random acts of violence under a terrorist banner, but a deliberate campaign that is trying to bring these various groups under a common cause,” he said. “That larger effort then poses a threat to the United States.”

The militants have wielded increasingly PHOTOS BY IM HWA-YOUNG/AP, above, and KIM GAMEL/Stars and Stripes, right sophisticated tactics in recent months as they have rooted deeper into Mali, Niger Above: Workers in protective gear spray disinfectant at a local market in Daegu, and Burkina Faso, ambushing army bases South Korea, on Sunday. Right: Pvt. Hector Mercado checks temperatures before allowing people to enter Camp Walker on Saturday. SEE FORCES ON PAGE 7 PAGE 2 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 BUSINESS/WEATHER EXCHANGE RATES Debris found in 70% of inspected 737 Max jets Military rates Switzerland (Franc)...... 0.9779 Euro costs (Feb. 24) ...... $1.1089 Thailand (Baht) ...... 31.55 Dollar buys (Feb. 24) ...... €0.9018 Turkey (Lira) ...... 6.0992 British pound (Feb. 24) ...... $1.32 Associated Press (Military exchange rates are those crashes in Indonesia and Ethio- its production system to prevent a Japanese yen (Feb. 24) ...... 109.00 available to customers at military banking South Korean won (Feb. 24) ...... 1,175.00 pia that killed 346 people. recurrence. Those steps include Commercial rates facilities in the country of issuance CHICAGO — Debris has been for Japan, South Korea, Germany, the Bahrain (Dinar) ...... 0.3770 Although debris hasn’t been more inspections before fuel Netherlands and the United Kingdom. For found in the fuel tanks of 70% of British pound ...... $1.2974 linked to those crashes, metal tanks are sealed. nonlocal currency exchange rates (i.e., Canada (Dollar) ...... 1.3209 grounded Boeing 737 Max jets purchasing British pounds in Germany), shavings, tools and other objects “This is unacceptable and China (Yuan) ...... 7.0272 that have been inspected , Boeing check with your local military banking Denmark (Krone) ...... 6.8795 left in planes during assembly can won’t be tolerated on any Boeing facility. Commercial rates are interbank confirmed Saturday. Egypt (Pound) ...... 15.5603 rates provided for reference when buying raise the risk of electrical short- aircraft when it’s delivered to the Euro ...... $1.0858/0.9210 Boeing inspectors found the de- currency. All figures are foreign currencies bris in 35 out of about 50 jets that circuiting and fires. On Tuesday, customer,” the company said in a Hong Kong (Dollar) ...... 7.7871 Hungary (Forint) ...... 310.46 to one dollar, except for the British pound, were inspected. They are among the company had said that debris statement Saturday. Israel (Shekel) ...... 3.4167 which is represented in dollars-to-pound, 400 built in the past year that the was found in “several” planes, but A Boeing spokesman cautioned Japan (Yen) ...... 111.62 and the euro, which is dollars-to-euro.) it did not give a precise number. against applying the 70% to all Kuwait (Dinar) ...... 0.3066 INTEREST RATES company hasn’t been able to de- Norway (Krone) ...... 9.2812 liver to airline customers. The debris was discovered 400 jets, saying that there’s no Philippines (Peso)...... 50.88 Prime rate ...... 4.75 Boeing temporarily halted during maintenance on parked way to know how many have the Poland (Zloty) ...... 3.95 Discount rate ...... 2.25 Saudi Arabia (Riyal) ...... 3.7515 Federal funds market rate ...... 1.58 production last month because planes, and Boeing said that it same problem until they’re all Singapore (Dollar) ...... 1.3983 3-month bill ...... 1.52 the planes were grounded after immediately made corrections in inspected. South Korea (Won) ...... 1,210.51 30-year bond ...... 1.92 WEATHER OUTLOOK MONDAY IN THE MIDDLE EAST MONDAY IN EUROPE TUESDAY IN THE PACIFIC

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BY MARCUS KLOECKNER ing to be within 30 minutes of the eral years, she said. Many of feet, BImA said. An E-5 with dependents is eligible Stars and Stripes Hohenfels training area’s main them are coming to the town with Rents charged for the proper- for $1,876.49 per month in rent entrance, the statement said. their families, BImA said in its ties must be in line with market for the Hohenfels area, accord- GRAFENWOEHR, Germany The training area, in the Neu- statement. rates, it said. ing to the military’s most recent — The Army has asked the Ger- markt district of Bavaria, is Housing units made available While data were not imme- man government to help it find home to the Joint Multinational to the U.S. military can be new diately available for average overseas housing allowance rate, hundreds of homes near Hohen- Readiness Center, the only Army construction or come from exist- rents in Hohenfels, houses in the which varies based on pay grade fels to house the growing number combat training center outside ing stock, BImA said. nearby town of Parsberg rent out and dependent status. of troops coming to the training the U.S. for American and allied Ten-year lease agreements for between 6.05 euros and 6.25 A message inviting homeown- area, officials said last week. forces. would be established between the euros per square meter — just ers and builders to offer rental “The U.S. Armed Forces have “For Exercise Combined Re- military — not individual service under 11 square feet — according properties to the U.S. military formally requested that the Ger- solve, there are 5,100 troops that members — and landlords, the to a story on the Capital.de web- will be published in regional man Federal Real Estate Agency rotate every nine months for German agency said. site. That would amount to about (BImA) procure 200 residential training at Hohenfels,” JMRC The Army is looking for around $1,015 per month for 1,650 square newspapers by the end of the units in the Hohenfels area,” spokeswoman Joyce Costello 130 four-bedroom units between feet. month, BImA said. BImA said in a statement emailed said. 1,571 and 1,862 square feet and However, housing for Ameri- Stars and Stripes reporter Immanuel to Stars and Stripes. The number of troops in Ho- about 70 three-bedroom units cans near U.S. bases tends to rent Johnson contributed to this report. The military wants the hous- henfels has been rising for sev- between 1,313 and 1,625 square for higher prices due to demand. [email protected] Osan airmen will be trained to combat parking violations

BY MATTHEW KEELER address issues on the spot, we want to em- Stars and Stripes power them to do that.” According to the regulation, the moni- OSAN AIR BASE, South Korea — In tors may enforce reserved parking in their a move to combat parking violations, Air areas and write tickets for illegal parking, Force leaders have resurrected a regula- abandonment, moving violations or for tion allowing ordinary airmen to issue having an expired registration. citations on this U.S. installation south of Penalties for non-moving citations range Seoul. from supervisor counseling to not being al- The program — allowed by 51st Fighter lowed to drive for up to six months. Wing Instruction 31-218 — has been on Originally designed as a walking base, Osan’s books for nearly four years and Osan’s shopping, dining and entertainment authorizes commanders across the base facilities are centralized with limited park- to appoint those outside security forces to MATTHEW KEELER/Stars and Stripes write parking tickets after completing a ing available. Drivers often resort to parking in spots designated for senior leaders. mandatory two-hour training session. A car is illegally parked near 51st Fighter Wing headquarters at Osan Air Base, South As of Friday, 25 airmen have completed “A goal of the parking program is to Korea, on Tuesday . the training and can now issue citations. make parking accessible to the people who Violations at Osan are common and need to park when they need to park,” said “Unfortunately, building parking lots policy for Osan due to too few parking fa- sometimes blatant: parking across solid wing spokesman 1st Lt. Daniel de La Fé. and garages takes a lot of money and the cilities and insufficient roads to accommo- “A commander’s calendar is action- diagonal lines, parking where it’s clearly Air Force military construction program date potentially hundreds of more vehicles packed from restroom breaks to when they not an option, parking under “No Parking” is focused on the primary mission,” he on base. kiss family goodbye in the morning,” he signs. said. Osan has approximately 4,600 parking added. “Everything is scheduled because “The point of it is to enforce standards,” In September, U.S. Forces Korea allowed spaces, including a garage near the com- Lt. Col. Kelly Hannum, deputy command- they are so busy. If they have a five-minute its personnel to register up to two vehicles missary, another near the exchange and er of the 51st Mission Support Group, told break to run in and finally get a smoothie per sponsored person. two more for base residents. According Stars and Stripes on Thursday. or pick up their uniform from dry cleaning, It was an effort to make South Korea a “We’ve got parking standards for the they need to get that access quickly. There more appealing assignment for service to Gonzales’ request, more than 8,000 ve- base that need to be enforced. Our security are just those few people where their work members, Defense Department civilians hicles are registered at Osan but many be- forces can’t be everywhere all the time,” schedules require it.” and their families. long to those living off base. Hannum said. “If we have got trained, ma- Hannum said Osan is aware of its park- However, fighter wing commander Col. [email protected] ture, parking monitors in the units that can ing problem and is trying to tackle it. John Gonzales was granted an exception to Twitter: @MattKeeler1231 New Kaiserslautern school opening delayed over fire code compliance

BY JENNIFER H. SVAN building’s systems, he said. several DODEA has deemed Stars and Stripes The new school, located on Ka- “21st-century” schools, which paun Air Station, is designed for incorporate modern and energy- KAISERSLAUTERN, Germa- 630 students and will replace the efficient design, to be built in the ny — The new Kaiserslautern El- current Kaiserslautern Elemen- Kaiserslautern area. ementary School will not open as tary School. A new elementary school scheduled at the start of the next That school comprises “out- opened on Vogelweh last fall and school year due to a construction dated and undersized facilities” a new Kaiserslautern high school delay, school officials said. deemed to “hamper student edu- opened in fall 2018. Getting the building’s kitchen cation, motivation and inspira- Both facilities have had grow- ventilation system to comply with tion,” according to a description ing pains. Black mold was dis- U.S. fire code will push back the used to secure the $50 million /Stars and Stripes covered in one of the walls at the opening of the school indefinitely, JENNIFER H. SVAN in military construction funds new high school and a water leak officials said Thursday. awarded for the project. The new Kaiserslautern Elementary School in Kaiserslautern, shut a first-grade cluster of class- The school was designed to Germany. The opening of the school, originally scheduled for the Groundbreaking for the new rooms at Vogelweh, shortly after German fire code requirements 2020-21 school year, has been delayed indefinitely. school was in September 2017. and not to more stringent U.S. The plan was to have the school the school opened. rules, said John Rovero, chief of code,” Rovero said, “so the sys- building authority to provide a ready for students in late August. School officials said at the time facilities for Department of De- tem must be modified.” design change to the contractor, A new opening date has not been that the issues at both schools did fense Education Activity-Europe. That process involves undo- Rovero said. determined, DODEA-Europe not affect instruction. The base fire department “is ing some previously completed The delay also has set back a spokesman Steve Smith said. [email protected] requiring us to meet the U.S. work and waiting for the German few other steps in finishing the The new building is one of Twitter: @stripesktown PAGE 4 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 PACIFIC Japanese woman admits to slaying of airman at trial BY CAITLIN DOORNBOS search history presented Friday. AND HANA KUSUMOTO The following day, Saito climbed Stars and Stripes through a window at Vollweiler’s house and waited for him to come TACHIKAWA, Japan — On the first day of her jury trial home, prosecutors said. He was Friday in Tokyo District Court, on the phone with his wife when a 28-year-old Japanese woman he discovered Saito there and im- admitted to killing her U.S. air- mediately hung up. man boyfriend at his home near Alarmed, Vollweiler’s wife con- Yokota Air Base. tacted Hansen, who arrived with Aria Saito, of Tokyo, faces a fellow Yokota security forces of- charges of murder and violation ficer who’d been to the house the JOSEPH DITZLER/Stars and Stripes of Japan’s Swords and Firearms week prior. They found Vollweiler Control Law in the November and Saito arguing inside. Air Force Tech. Sgt. Daniel Blair guides Staff Sgt. William McAtee as he unloads Meals, Ready to Eat from a Japan Ground Self-Defense Force truck Friday at Yokota Air Base, Japan. 2018 death of Master Sgt. Nicho- “I let [Vollweiler] know that if las Vollweiler. The 35-year-old, he needed anything that I was who served as the Yokota secu- there for him because we were rity forces squadron’s chief of family,” Hansen said. US, Japanese troops take standards and evaluation, was stabbed in the neck with an 8- Vollweiler told the officers he inch kitchen knife. was OK, and they left, still con- part in disaster relief exercise Defense attorneys say the cerned, Hansen said. killing was not pre-medi- “Something just did not feel tated, but prosecutors in- right about the entire situation,” BY JOSEPH DITZLER sist Saito planned the attack. he said. Japan in March 2011. Nagoya, Le Pré said. Stars and Stripes Both nations joined to help the “We’re trying to use this exer- In response to a question from Hansen and the other officer, tens of thousands of Japanese Presiding Judge Yu Takeshita, cise as an opportunity to see what along with Chief Master Sgt. Paul YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan citizens left homeless by the di- Saito admitted she committed the type of coordination, what addi- Rodgers, returned to the home. — A small group of U.S. airmen sasters. More than 20,000 were offenses in the indictment against tional coordination is needed and There, Rodgers told Saito she and Japanese troops met inside a believed killed and another 2,500 see where any hang-ups are along her. needed to leave, but gave her five hangar here Friday to prepare for went missing. The annual bilater- Saito was working at an adult the process,” he said. minutes to say goodbye, Hansen the next disaster relief effort in a al exercise grew from that effort. The loadmaster — Staff Sgt. entertainment business in June nation prone to earthquakes and said. Friday’s drill involved the Marcus Wright, of Charlotte, N.C. 2018 when she met Vollweiler. typhoons. Rodgers knocked on the door Japan Ground Self-Defense — said the Japanese forces also They began dating, vacationed Yokota’s 374th Airlift Wing again, but Saito asked for more Force driving 10,000 Meals, employ C-130s. Delivery is pretty together on Okinawa the next participated for the first time in time. Within minutes, the super- Ready to Eat to a Yokota han- much routine, he added. month and she began splitting Japan’s annual, nationwide Joint gar in three trucks, said JGSDF visor heard Vollweiler scream, “Once they brought it here, it her time between his house near Bilateral Disaster Relief Exer- Capt. Hideyuki Hotsuki through was easy to transfer to our plat- Yokota and her mother’s Tokyo and ran inside, Hansen said. cise, which the Air Force calls a translator. The trucks arrived forms,” Wright said. home, her attorneys said. Hansen followed and found Tomodachi Rescue Exercise, or within a prescribed time window Vollweiler was separated from Saito clinging to Vollweiler’s col- TREX, said Capt. Jason Le Pré, from several locations. Military spouse Yuko Carlan, a his wife, who lived in Hawaii. lar as he clutched his neck and of Owings, Md., the pilot and dep- U.S. airmen with a forklift native of Nagoya, volunteered to Saito’s attorneys said he did not tried to push her away, Hansen uty mission commander. unloaded the trucks, staged the serve as translator between the tell Saito he was married. Voll- testified. He said he attended to Tomodachi — “friend” in Japa- stacks of MREs on pallets de- Japanese and American troops. Tech. Sgt. Daniel Blair of Sara- weiler’s friend, Sgt. Maj. Doug- Vollweiler while Rodgers appre- nese — recalls the monthslong, signed for airlift and prepared sota, Fla., worked with Staff Sgt. las Hansen, testified Friday that hended Saito and asked her why $90 million relief operation of the them for loading onto one of Yo- William McAtee, the forklift driv- Saito knew about his marital she stabbed him. same name that the U.S. Air Force kota’s C-130J Super Hercules. status. undertook after a magnitude 9.0 The MREs were bound the next er, to unload the Japanese trucks. “She said, ‘I wanted to kill him, Saito’s attorneys said in court earthquake and 130-foot-high day to Komaki Air Base, a Japan then kill myself,’” Hansen testi- [email protected] she had learned of Vollweiler’s tsunami devastated northeastern Air Self-Defense airfield north of Twitter: @JosephDitzler marriage through social media, fied. “I heard it as clear as day.” but Vollweiler said he planned on They arrested Saito just before a divorce. 8 p.m., and Vollweiler was pro- On Nov. 3 or 4 of 2018, less than nounced dead an hour later at a 2 fired for toxic environment in Hawaii a week before his death, Vollwei- local hospital, prosecutors said. ler broke up with Saito, saying he Defense attorneys argued did not want to divorce his wife, events that day exceeded Saito’s BY WYATT OLSON forces. involved.” defense attorneys said. Saito ability to cope with them, and Stars and Stripes Both men have been reas- Another base official, who had then pushed and struck Vollwei- signed, he said. knowledge of the matter but was that her Attention Deficit Hyper- FORT SHAFTER, Hawaii — ler, broke some of his belongings Col. Tammie Harris, the 647th not authorized to speak publicly, active Disorder prevented her The commander and chief master and tried to let loose Vollweiler’s Air Base Group commander, re- said Crockett had created “issues from controlling her actions and sergeant heading security forces retired military working dog, lieved Robinson, who took com- with morale or disrespecting per- emotions. at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hick- mand in July 2018, “for lack of sonnel — either superiors or those Jimmy. Military police arrived am were removed from their po- Saito was “emotionally un- confidence in his ability to effec- under his supervision.” and took Saito to her mother’s sitions Tuesday for fostering a stable” and “fragile more than tively command,” while Crockett Lt. Col. Melissa Hull was des- house, Hansen said. toxic work environment. others,” the defense attorney ignated acting commander of On Nov. 8, Saito appeared at Lt. Col. Christopher Robin- was removed “for his role in cre- said, adding that she had low the 647th, Brown said. She was Vollweiler’s home unannounced, son and Chief Master Sgt. Justin ating a toxic work environment,” self-worth. with two kitchen knives with 8- Crockett of the 647th Security Brown said. previously the Security Forces and 6.5-inch blades in her bag, The trial is scheduled to contin- Forces Squadron were “relieved “Harris determined the com- Division deputy at Headquarters prosecutors said. Saito’s attor- ue Tuesday. Witnesses expected following an investigation which mand team did not take appropri- Pacific Air Forces. neys said she intended to use the to testify include Rodgers, a coro- revealed failures in leadership ate actions to enable and grow the The 647th is composed of Navy knives to kill herself, not Vollwei- ner and a psychologist who will that led to a toxic work environ- appropriate organizational cul- and Air Force service members, ler, but prosecutors disagreed. speak about Saito’s mental state. ment,” Staff Sgt. Nicholas Brown, ture across all levels within the civilians and contractors, but the In the days prior, Saito had a 15th Wing spokesman, said in a squadron,” he said. “The investi- base does not publicly release [email protected] their number. searched Google for the terms Twitter: @CaitlinDoornbos statement provided to Stars and gation will not be released at this “stab,” “neck” and “fatal wound,” [email protected] Stripes on Thursday. The wing time to protect the privacy and [email protected] according to printouts of her Twitter: @HanaKusumoto has oversight of the security due process rights of the airmen Twitter: @WyattWOlson Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 5 MILITARY Ex-Army spouse pleads guilty in assault of son

BY CAITLIN M. KENNEY according to the statement. Stars and Stripes The couple claimed to medical personnel that they believed the WASHINGTON — A former injuries were caused when their military spouse pleaded guilty 16-month-old daughter had fallen Friday to assaulting her infant onto D.D. while both children son and lying about it while she were taking a nap. was living in Germany with her Baillie Dickenson continued ex-husband who was serving in to make this claim in interviews the Army, the Justice Depart- and written statements to medi- ment announced. Baillie Rachelle Dickenson, cal personnel and U.S. Army also known as Baillie Hannah, Criminal Investigation Command 29, pleaded guilty in the Western special agents, according to the District of Missouri to one count statement. of assault resulting in serious On May 30, 2017, she was inter- bodily injury and one count of viewed by the FBI about D.D.’s injuries and it was then that Bail- PHOTOS BY DAVID EDGE/Stars and Stripes making a false statement to a federal law enforcement officer, ac- lie admitted that sometime before The Ramstein cheer squad used strong tumbling and a flag as part of its routine during the DODEA- cording to a Justice Department the hospital visit she had squeezed Europe Cheer Tournament held at the Clay Kaserne Fitness Center on Saturday. statement. her son “into her chest too hard In 2016, Baillie Dickenson was causing his rib fractures.” living with her then-husband, She will be sentenced once a 17 DODEA-Europe cheer squads Derreck Dickenson, who was an U.S. district judge accepts her enlisted soldier serving in Kai- plea, according to the statement. serslautern, Germany. As part Her ex-husband Derreck Dick- compete for 25th tournament title of her guilty plea, she admitted enson pleaded guilty Dec. 11 to she and her husband brought one count of obstruction and one their 2-month-old son to Land- count of false statements. He has BY DAVID EDGE stuhl Regional Medical Center’s not been sentenced yet. Stars and Stripes emergency room on March 12, [email protected] 2016. The child, identified as D.D. Twitter: @caitlinmkenney WIESBADEN, Germany — in the statement, was found with Clay Kaserne Fitness Center was numerous bruises on his face and turned into a loud and boisterous body. spirit-filled atmosphere Saturday “Further examination of D.D. as 17 cheer squads from across at [Landstuhl Regional Medi- DODEA-Europe competed in the cal Center] and a local German 25th Annual Cheer Tournament. hospital revealed that D.D. had The winners: suffered a massive brain injury, numerous broken bones that Division I were in various stages of healing and many retinal hemorrhages,” Ramstein Division I was action packed, The ROTA cheer squad used signs as part of its routine during the Wiesbaden and defending cham- DODEA-Europe Cheer Tournament. pions Stuttgart were favored Chinese man arrested to snatch the crown, but it was for photographing base Ramstein squad that would take the title. KEY WEST, Fla. — A Chinese “I feel like we have been the un- man has pleaded guilty to taking derdogs for so long, it felt like we photographs of a U.S. Navy base had to put in more work to get the in the Florida Keys. same respect as some of the other The Miami Herald reports Ly- squads,” team captain Samantha uyou Liao, 27, appeared in U.S. Snoka said. “We were willing to District Court in Key West two put in the work and it totally paid months after he was arrested off for us.” using a cellphone to take photos in a restricted area of the Naval Division II Air Station known as the Truman Annex. ROTA The Wiesbaden cheer squad used strong partner stunts and signs . Liao was arrested and charged Division II came down to The Warriors placed second for the second year in a row. with entering Naval property for which squad could land a clean the purpose of photographing de- performance. effort practicing over two hours a runner-up Spangdahlem finally fense installations. When four-time defending day with a lot of blood sweat and took the top spot with a clean and On Friday, Liao pleaded guilty champion ROTA hit the mat, tears.” energy-packed performance. to one count of photographing or the Admirals knew that they “Coming here we had so much sketching defense installations. just needed to be clean and they Division III doubt in ourselves, we have a new He now faces up to one year in would be crowned for the fifth coach and only four returning prison. straight time. Spangdahlem members, we really were not ex- Liao’s arrest on Dec. 26 is simi- “There was so much work. We The competition started with a pecting to win,” co-captain Ash- lar to the cases of three other practice six times and on Satur- bang, as the Division III squads ton Abernathy said. “It was just Chinese nationals who were also days we have two or three prac- hit the mat to prove that their unreal to hear Spangdahlem’s caught taking photos at the Key tices,” team captain Savannah small cheer squads could rock name be called as the winner.” West base. Matteson said. “We put a lot of the crowd. Two-time Division III [email protected] From The Associated Press PAGE 6 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 VIRUS OUTBREAK Italy cancels Venice Carnival to try to halt spread of virus

Associated Press shut down after Sunday in Ven- to track down the source of the ice. The shutdown is expected to virus spread in the north, which CODOGNO, Italy — Italy last at least through March 1. surfaced last week when an Ital- stepped up measures Sunday to ian man in Codogno, in his late ban public gatherings amid rap- Authorities said three people 30s, became critically ill. idly rising numbers of COVID-19 in Venice have tested positive for For now, Angelo Borrelli, head cases in the country and a third the COVID-19 virus, all of them of the national Civil Protection death from the virus, calling off in their late 80s and who are hos- agency, told reporters in Rome, the famed Venice Carnival at- pitalized in critical condition. the strategy is to concentrate on tended by thousands of revelers. Zaia said among those infected closures and other restrictions to The decision to call off the Car- was a nurse. try to stem the spread in the coun- nival was announced by Veneto Nearly all of Italy’s 152 con- try, which already had taken such regional Gov. Luca Zaia as the firmed cases are clustered in the measures early on in the global numbers of confirmed coronavi- north, with 110 in Lombardy and virus alarm, including banning rus cases soared to 152, the larg- others in the regions of Veneto, direct flights from China, Hong est number outside Asia. Emilia-Romagnia and Piedmont. Kong, Taiwan and Macau. Italy “The ordinance is immediately Only two cases have been found has also tested millions of airport operative and will go into effect in the south, a Chinese couple in passengers arriving from other at midnight,” said Zaia, whose Rome earlier this month. places for any signs of fever. LUCA BRUNO/AP area includes Venice, where thou- The death on Sunday of an el- In Lombardy, the hardest-hit sands packed St. Mark’s Square. derly woman, who was already region with 90 cases, schools A woman wearing a mask passes by a police car that is checking Carnival would have run through suffering from cancer and who and universities were ordered to movements to and from the cordoned area in Casalpusterlengo, Tuesday. contracted the virus, raised the stay closed in the coming days, Northern Italy, on Sunday. Buses, trains and other forms nation’s death toll to three, said and sporting events were can- of public transport — including Lombardy regional official Gi- celed. Lombardy’s ban on public northern Piedmont region, a least cases of COVID-19 was reported boats in Venice — were being dis- ulio Gallera. All three deaths oc- events also extended to Masses three cases were diagnosed. That by authorities in Lombardy, a infected, Zaia told reporters. Mu- curred in the north. in churches in the predominantly region also announced the closure populous region which includes seums, a top tourist draw anytime Authorities expressed frustra- Roman Catholic nation. of all schools and universities. the country’s financial capital, of the year, were also ordered to tion that they haven’t been able In Turin, the main city of the The biggest jump in confirmed Milan. Walker: Soldiers diverted from usual duties to act as health screeners

FROM FRONT PAGE mally spend the weekend with have a feeling it will probably get Civilians have been encouraged ‘ When I first heard about the virus I really his South Korean girlfriend, but worse with the strict rules and the to follow the same guidance. Base wasn’t giving it so much thought. Once it he had to settle for video phone lockdown, but at this moment it’s entry restrictions have been tight- chats. not horrible.” ened to forbid most visitors, al- hit Korea, once it hit Seoul and once it hit “We can only go from one base Jennifer Long, an Army wife though authorized South Koreans to another. For me it’s very limit- who teaches at the temporarily were allowed to come to work. Daegu, then I was like ‘OK this is real.’ ’ ing because I like to be outside, be closed child development center, Col. Edward Ballanco, the gar- Pvt. Hector Mercado in the coffeeshops and get to know said she’s enjoying time with her rison’s commander, said precau- the culture,” he said. “So, it’s a infant daughter. tions were necessary but there little frustrating, it’s a little irri- “I’m not in panic mode,” she tating, but it is what it is.” was no reason to panic. Chaplains held virtual church the Temple of the Tabernacle of said after grocery shopping at the “We don’t know of a single The garrison commander noted commissary on Saturday. “But services Sunday on the garrison’s the Testimony, which has a chap- the military already has a well- American or Korean who has I would not go off post right now Facebook page. ter about a mile from one of Camp developed evacuation plan to re- tested positive who has stepped just because I have such a small The commissary extended the Walker’s gates in Daegu. move civilians from the divided foot on a U.S. installation,” he told number of days it’s open next The usually crowded sidewalks peninsula if needed due to the one, and because we don’t know Stars and Stripes during an in- week. Businesses asked custom- in the city of 2.5 million people threat from North Korea. who has this or where it’s been, so terview at his office on Saturday. ers to use hand sanitizer before were mostly empty this weekend, “We’re not there yet. I mean I feel safer on post right now.” “And that remains true here in entering. and nearly everybody who ven- it’s something we’re capable of Jacky Porter, 51, is trying to stay Daegu even with the outbreak.” And several soldiers and med- tured out wore face masks. doing,” Ballanco said Saturday in her apartment outside the gates The garrison, which oversees ics were diverted from their usual U.S. Forces Korea raised the after apologizing for not shak- as much as possible, although she Camp Walker and several other duties to act as health screeners at risk level for the military coming hands to avoid any chance of waited for nearly three hours for installations in the region, also has the gates, in addition to the usual munity to moderate earlier this contamination. a new shipment of masks to arrive implemented health checks at the guards who check IDs. They used week but insisted on Sunday that He stressed that the military at the post exchange on Saturday. gates. Soldiers screen all entrants thermal thermometers to avoid “there remains zero confirmed has advantages in preventing the “I just come to the PX and the with a questionnaire about pos- touching people. cases of USFK personnel with virus. commissary, buy what I need and sible exposure to the respiratory Anybody with symptoms, which COVID-19.” “One, our population is a healthy then drive home,” she said, wear- virus and temperature checks. are similar to the flu, was encour- It also put several facilities off- one. We’re outside a lot. We’re ing a T-shirt emblazoned with the However, the military lacks the aged to first call a hotline at the limits near the main U.S. base mostly fit,” he said. “We also have word “OK.” ability to do its own testing for military hospital on Camp Hum- Camp Humphreys after a case the ability to seclude ourselves Melinda Shonk, who lives with coronavirus on post so suspect- phreys. Tests were being routed was confirmed in the surround- from the population quite a bit.” her soldier husband and five chil- ed cases have to be sent to local through local hospitals. ing area of Pyeongtaek. Pvt. Daija Gillam, 22, of Atlan- dren in family housing, recalled hospitals. “We are not testing the soldiers “When I first heard about the ta, said she and her buddies were the start of the Daegu outbreak on Officials were struggling to on post; we’re sending them off- virus I really wasn’t giving it so cooking and watching movies in Wednesday. She and her daughter facilitate the needs of a commu- post to test,” Ballanco said in re- much thought,” Pvt. Hector Mer- the barracks instead of going out nity finding itself essentially on were walking back to base after sponse to a question on Sunday. cado said Saturday in between in the city as they usually would buying ice cream in the city. lockdown. The spike in infections followed checking drivers lined up to enter on a weekend. “Everybody had masks on and Face masks with the ability to weeks of relatively low numbers in Camp Walker. “However, once it “Daegu is very ghost-town like,” was looking at us like we were filter pathogens were disappear- South Korea after the coronavirus hit Korea, once it hit Seoul and she said on Saturday. crazy. Moms were pulling their ing from the shelves of base stores appeared in China in December, once it hit Daegu, then I was like Sgt. Joseph Evola, 22, of Long within an hour of delivery. killing more than 2,000 people on OK this is real.” Island, N.Y., said the bases had kids out of the way as we were Schools that were shuttered last the mainland before spreading to “I’m not scared, but I am wor- plenty of entertainment to keep walking down the street,” she week were to remain closed at other countries. ried because this is causing a lot people busy, including restau- said. “We didn’t have masks on least through Friday as a precau- South Korea’s Center for Dis- of harm, and it’s something you rants, a bowling alley, bar and because we were licking our ice tionary measure, the Department ease Control said Sunday that can’t see. It’s something you can’t grill and theaters. cream cones, and they were walk- of Defense Education Activity said more than half of the country’s touch,” the 23-year-old Puerto “At least people can still go out ing around us like we had the late Sunday. Ballanco said ear- infections were linked to a secre- Rican said. “It’s not like some- and do something even though plague.” lier that online classes were being tive religious movement called body is attacking you.” they can’t leave post, so it’s not [email protected] considered as an alternative. the Shincheonji Church of Jesus Mercado said he would nor- horrible honestly,” he said. “I Twitter: @kimgamel Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 7 WAR/MILITARY US leads training exercises in West Africa

BY CARLEY PETESCH ships across the international Associated Press community, and it takes close partnership within the region in THIES, Senegal — Crouching order to be effective,” he said. in the sparse brush, maneuvering Extremists don’t respect bor- into formations through a divide, ders, so intelligence sharing is and then shooting at a target, vital, he said. That involves build- about 10 soldiers from Burkina ing trust and relationships across Faso are among a select group of borders: “Ultimately, that’s what African soldiers being trained to leads to stability, and that stabil- battle West Africa’s fast-growing ity is what we need.” extremist threat. But a five-nation regional coun- They are carrying out drills as terterrorism force, the G5 Sahel, part of the U.S. military-led an- has suffered from insufficient nual counterterrorism exercise funding. in West Africa, which this year In Burkina Faso, which has takes place in the shadow of pos- seen a growing number of attacks sible U.S. troop cuts in Africa although extremist attacks in the as extremists move over the bor- region have reached a worrying der from Mali and Niger, the mili- new level. tary has been accused by human A Pentagon decision on the size rights groups of abuses in coun- of the U.S. force in Africa is pend- terterror efforts that risk alien- ing as part of a global review with ating young people and sending the aim of better countering Rus- them to join the extremists. sia and China. Burkina Faso’s military needs More than 1,500 service mem- CHEIKH A.T SY/AP more training to fight against growing extremism, said Lt. bers from the armies of 34 Afri- Dutch special forces supervise Burkina Faso paratroopers during a U.S. military-led annual can and partner training nations counterterrorism exercise in Thies, Senegal, on Tuesday. David Ouedraogo, who leads the have assembled for the Flintlock group of Burkinabe soldiers train- exercises in Senegal and Mauri- France’s 5,000-strong force lead- to support in security areas. We cans,” he added. “They are ing as special forces. His forces tania, the two countries in West ing the counterterror fight in the hope they will continue to support aware of the situation and I’m will be deployed to hold the line Africa’s sprawling Sahel region Sahel, the region just below the us in training and intelligence,” sure they’ll make a decision that against the extremists’ expansion that so far have not been hit by Sahara Desert. French leaders he said of U.S. forces. makes good sense.” southward toward the capital. violence from extremists linked have appealed to Washington to Extremists know no bound- Security in the Sahel region “We must always adapt and to al-Qaida or the Islamic State. keep U.S. troops in place. aries, Col. Magatte Ndiaye, a continues to deteriorate and re- continue training,” he said as his The U.S. Africa Command, Senegalese Foreign Minister spokesman for Senegal’s armed quires international participation, team ran drills led by the Dutch. which organizes the two weeks of Amadou Ba during a visit last forces, told The Associated Press. said the commander of Special “The threat has changed ... the at- training, defers questions about week by U.S. Secretary of State “We must have a synergy of in- Operations Command Africa, tacks on positions, the attacks on the possible troop cuts to the Mike Pompeo made it clear the ternational action to face this U.S. Air Force Brig. Gen. Dagvin military camps and on civilians. Pentagon. It has said European region is under threat. threat,” he said. Anderson. “It’s not just a U.S. or This is all a threat that has grown nations should step up to help “We hope they will continue “We have trust in the Ameri- Western effort. It takes partner- against our country.” Forces: Military in Africa concerned over teaming up of major extremists

FROM BACK PAGE in coastal Mauritania, officials said the and dominating villages with surprising Defense Department has made no decision force, according to interviews with more as it considers shifting resources to the than a dozen senior officials and military Asia-Pacific region to counter China and leaders from the United States, France and Russia. West Africa. France, which has about 4,500 troops The groups are not declaring “caliph- in West Africa — the most of any foreign ates,” so as to avoid scrutiny from the West, partner by far — has urged the United States to stay in the battle and other Euro- officials said, buying time to train, gather pean powers to step up. force and plot attacks that could ultimately While al-Qaida and ISIS are enemies reach major international targets. in Syria and Yemen, allegiances in West DANIELLE PAQUETTE/The Washington Post A coalition of al-Qaida loyalists called Africa tend to be more fluid, bolstered by JNIM has as many as 2,000 fighters in Burkinabe special forces practice responding to attacks at a military training exercise tribal ties and practical concerns rather run by the United States in Thies, Senegal, on Wednesday . West Africa, according to a U.S. report than ideology. The affiliates have common released this month. The Islamic State in foes — the West and local governments the roads, the official said. ies: no art, no popular music, no sports, no the Greater Sahara, which staged the 2017 from which they’re trying to wrest control, attack that killed four American soldiers The extremists are “more organized and modern education. the military leaders said. they’re more mobile,” said a high-ranking Militants recruit youth in the vulnerable in Niger, is also thought to be hundreds U.S. officials have long worried about French military official who spoke on the countryside with stacks of cash, he said, or strong and recruiting combatants in north- the possibility of alliances between the condition of anonymity to discuss military at gunpoint after burning villages to dust. eastern Mali. world’s most notorious terrorist organiza- “This cancer will spread far beyond here assessments. “They’re carrying out pro- They provoke ethnic feuds and then offer tions, and the concerns have intensified in fessional attacks like we’ve never seen.” if we don’t fight together to end it,” said protection. They slip through porous bor- the months since the collapse of ISIS’ self- The militants , the officials said, have Gen. Ibrahim Fane, secretary-general of declared caliphate in Iraq and Syria. ders from one country to another. employed a more “complex” approach to Leaders are known to meet in forested Mali’s ministry of defense, whose country American agencies watched late last year grabbing power, according to unclassified hideouts — particularly near the tri-state has lost more than 100 soldiers in routine as al-Qaida and ISIS affiliates launched a U.S. Africa Command slides obtained by border of Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso clashes since October. seemingly coordinated campaign to isolate The Washington Post: They’re destroying The warnings come as the Pentagon Ouagadougou, the capital in Burkina Faso, infrastructure, assassinating local leaders — to plan ambushes, share intelligence weighs pulling forces from West Africa, by periodically seizing control of highways and emptying key army posts in coordi- and exchange battle tips, including how to where about 1,400 troops provide intel- into the city of 2.2 million, said a counter- nated strikes to separate people from the make roadside bombs, Malian army lead- ligence and drone support, among other terrorism official in Washington who spoke government. ers say. forms of military help. About 4,400 Ameri- on the condition of anonymity to discuss The militants see an opportunity to drill The militants are gaining ground, said can troops are based in East Africa, where sensitive intelligence assessments. Islamist values into one of the youngest Gen. Oumar Dao, chief of staff for the Ma- the U.S. military advises African forces They bombed bridges and attacked and fastest-growing populations on Earth, lian president. fighting al-Shabab. military convoys, managing to halt transit military leaders in the region said. They “We can’t afford to lose any help,” he At a U.S.-led training exercise this week until government forces arrived to reopen aim to shape new fundamentalist societ- said. “This is a matter of basic survival.” PAGE 8 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 NATION Sanders wins Nevada, takes national Dem lead

Associated Press logical revolution that leaves out most Democrats.” WASHINGTON — Bernie “Not to mention most Ameri- Sanders’ commanding Nevada cans,” Buttigieg said. caucus victory made him a top Biden, whose struggling cam- target for his Democratic rivals paign got only a slight boost in and a growing source of anxi- Nevada, took an indirect swipe ety for establishment Democrats both billionaire candidate Mike /AP worried that the nomination of a BRIANA SANCHES, THE EL PASO TIMES Bloomberg and Sanders, who is self-avowed democratic socialist an independent and not a member Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders, I-Vt., with his wife, Jane O’Meara Sanders, could cost the party the White of the party he’s seeking to repre- waves during a rally in El Paso, Texas, on Saturday. House. Sanders’ win solidified his sent in November. front-runner status in the crowd- “I ain’t a socialist. I’m not a ed field as the race turns to Sat- plutocrat. I’m a Democrat,” Biden urday’s presidential primary in told supporters. Sanders’ path has echoes But some Democrats are wor- South Carolina, where his moderate opponents will scramble to ried that the new focus on Sand- try to blunt the Vermont senator’s ers may be too little, too late. momentum. Just three days after Democratic strategist James of Trump’s 2016 campaign Carville bemoaned the fact that that contest, 14 states vote on Super Tuesday, March 3, when until recently, most of Sanders’ BY JULIE PACE party elders who can step in to with a significant percentage one-third of the delegates are opponents have largely failed to Associated Press help cull the field. of black voters, who make up awarded. attack Sanders or draw scrutiny And so, the Democratic field is the backbone of the Democratic A strong showing in those states to his record. WASHINGTON — A burn- expected to stay crowded, despite Party. He’ll likely need that vic- could put Sanders on a glide path If Sanders is the nominee, Car- it-down candidate is topping a the realization among many cam- tory to be a resounding one, both to the nomination against Repub- ville said, “the risk in losing the splintered field of more moderate paigns that time is running out to ease voters’ anxieties about his lican President Donald Trump. election is deep and profound.” contenders and setting the party’s to stop Sanders. If he amasses a own rocky start and to draw out That prospect has amplified He added: “We just gotta pray.” establishment significant delegate lead in the wealthy donors who have been re- concerns for Democrats who Indeed, Trump gloated on social media, continuing his ANALYSIS wing on edge. Super Tuesday contests on March luctant to support his candidacy. believe Sanders’ liberal policies It’s how Don- 3, when big prizes like California As the Nevada results came will drive away moderate and in- weekslong push to sow discord ald Trump and Texas are up for grabs, it in, Klobuchar, who seemed con- dependent voters in the general between Sanders and his Demo- began his un- could be impossible for other can- signed to a single-digit finish, election in November. South Car- cratic rivals. “Looks like Crazy likely road to the Republican didates to stop his march to the also vowed to keep going for- olina Rep. Jim Clyburn, the top- Bernie is doing well in the Great nomination in 2016. And four nomination. ward. So did Warren, who hasn’t ranking black leader in Congress, State of Nevada. Biden & the years later, it’s how Sen. Bernie Advisers to multiple Democrat- finished higher than third in the warned of added risk for Demo- rest look weak,” Trump tweeted. “Congratulations Bernie, & don’t Sanders has cemented himself as ic campaigns privately conceded first three contests. crats if Sanders was the nominee. let them take it away from you!” the front-runner for the Demo- on Saturday that they expect up to “We have a lot of states to go and “I think it would be a real bur- All the Democratic candidates cratic nomination. five other candidates to remain in right now I feel the momentum. den for us in these states or con- are pledging to stay in the race The Vermont senator won his the race through Super Tuesday: So let’s stay in this fight,” Warren gressional districts that we have through South Carolina, and second straight contest on Satur- former Vice President Joe Biden, said during a rally in Washington to do well in,” Clyburn told “This some candidates were already day with a convincing victory in Sens. Elizabeth Warren and Amy state, which votes on March 10. Week” on ABC. campaigning Sunday in Super Nevada, the first racially diverse Klobuchar, Pete Buttigieg and Warren’s rationale for staying He noted that congressional Tuesday states. state on the primary calendar, Mike Bloomberg. in the race hinges on her strong districts that helped Democrats after winning the New Hampshire win back the House are moderate Nevada’s caucuses were the Bloomberg, the billionaire for- debate performance last week, first chance for White House primary the week before. He also mer New York mayor, isn’t com- which re-energized her campaign and conservative. effectively tied for first place in Sanders’ campaign argue the hopefuls to demonstrate appeal to peting in the first four contests and, crucially, her fundraising. a diverse group of voters in a state the opening contest in Iowa. but is blitzing the airwaves with But her campaign advisers have candidate will bring in new vot- Sanders’ surge has energized ers — largely progressives, young far more representative of the an unprecedented amount of pri- not publicly identified which country as a whole than Iowa and his legion of liberal supporters, mary advertising in the Super states they believe they can win people and voters of color — who including young people drawn to have been alienated by politics. New Hampshire. Sanders won by Tuesday states and beyond. But in the next round of voting. rallying his fiercely loyal base his calls for a government-run He successfully relied on that his shock-and-awe entry into the Then there’s Buttigieg, the 38- and tapping into support from the health care system and eliminat- coalition Saturday to dominate race was tempered by a shaky year-old former mayor of South state’s large Latino community. ing student debt. But it’s sparked his Democratic rivals in Nevada, performance in last week’s Dem- Bend, Ind . He’s gotten the closest Saturday’s win built on his an outcry from rival campaigns pulling far ahead of second-place ocratic debate. to defeating Sanders in the early victory earlier this month in the and other moderate Democrats finisher former Vice President Bloomberg is among the most contests, virtually tying him in Joe Biden and Pete Buttigieg, the New Hampshire primary. He es- that mirrors the worries of Re- aggressive candidates in warn- Iowa and finishing less than two sentially tied for first place in the publicans who tried, but failed, to former mayor of South Bend, Ind., ing about the risks of Sanders’ percentage points behind in New who came in third. Massachusetts Iowa caucuses with Buttigieg, block Trump’s path in 2016. nomination. His campaign said Hampshire. Those results, he ar- Sen. Elizabeth Warren landed who has sought to position him- They warn that Sanders, a self- Saturday that the Nevada results gued on Saturday, prove that he in fourth, while Minnesota Sen. self as an ideological counter to declared democratic socialist, underscore that a “fragmented is the best candidate to take on Amy Klobuchar and Tom Steyer Sanders’ unabashedly progres- can’t win in the general election. field” is putting the Vermont sen- Sanders down the stretch. were still in a close race for fifth sive politics. They warn that he would badly ator on pace for the nomination — But the outcome in Nevada, on Sunday. But for all the energy and at- damage Democratic congressio- despite the fact that Bloomberg’s where Buttigieg was in third “We are bringing our people tention devoted to the first three nal candidates facing tough com- candidacy is only fragmenting place, raises questions about together,” Sanders said Saturday states, they award only a tiny petition in swing states. And they the field further. his viability in the more diverse night. “In Nevada we have just fraction of the delegates needed warn that his nomination is all but He’s far from the only candidate states that are up next on the pri- brought together a multigenera- to capture the nomination. After inevitable unless other candidates who sees himself as the solution mary calendar. He’s struggling in tional, multiracial coalition which South Carolina, the contest be- start dropping out and stop split- to the Sanders dilemma, and the particular with black voters, ac- is not only going to win in Nevada, comes national in scope, putting a ting up the anti-Sanders vote. rest of the field as the problem. cording to public polling. it’s going to sweep this country.” premium on candidates who have “Moderates need to either con- “We’re alive and we’re coming Sanders, for his part, is relish- Sanders’ new status was clear the resources to compete in states solidate or see Bernie run away back and we’re going to win,” said ing both his front-runner status as both Buttigieg and Biden went as large as California and Texas. with it,” said Maria Cardona, a Biden, who was on track to finish and the anxiousness it’s creating after him harder than they have That’s when Bloomberg, the Democratic strategist. “It’s time a distant second to Sanders in Ne- among his more moderate rivals. before. former New York mayor who for some decisions or live with the vada after dismal showings in the Like Trump, he’s been unafraid In his speech to supporters in dominated the political conversa- outcome.” opening states. to challenge his own party’s tra- Las Vegas, Buttigieg denounced tion this week after a poor debate- But none of Sanders’ rivals ap- Biden is hoping to claim his ditional assumptions about what Sanders in his sharpest terms stage debut, intends to become a pears ready to make those tough first victory next week in South it takes to win both the primary yet, cha rging that the senator was factor after skipping the first four decisions. And there are no real Carolina, the first state to vote and the general election. calling for an “inflexible, ideo- contests. Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 9 NATION Second person in days killed by Mardi Gras float

Associated Press River port city. The float was cordoned off by NEW ORLEANS — A man was police on horseback and on foot. struck and killed by a Mardi Gras All around, streets were strewn float during a raucous Saturday with tossed bead necklaces and night street parade in New Or- trinkets thrown from the floats, leans, becoming the second per- along with other party debris. A son in days killed along a parade somber mood had taken hold of route during this year’s Carnival members of the parade group, TV season, authorities said. stations reported. The man was fatally injured The fatality came as New Or- just before 7 p.m. as the popular leans was still mourning the Krewe of Endymion was rolling, death of a 58-year-old woman who New Orleans police said in a state- was run over by a parade float ment. He was pronounced dead at Wednesday night, witnesses said. the scene, and the Orleans Parish Mayor LaToya Cantrell said Coroner’s Office was to release Saturday night that the south Lou- his name and cause of death after isiana city was grieving. completing an autopsy and notify- “To be confronted with such ing his family. tragedy a second time at the The remainder of Endymion’s height of our Carnival celebra- parade was scrapped Saturday tions seems an unimaginable evening. Police said that 13 floats burden to bear. The City and the had already gone ahead when the people of New Orleans will come accident occurred with the 14th together, we will grieve together, float in the formation. Remaining and we will persevere together,” floats that followed, along with Cantrell said in a statement. “Our marching groups, were diverted hearts break for those lost and for MAX BECHERER, THE (NEW ORLEANS) ADVOCATE/AP from the accident scene on Canal their loved ones, and our prayers Street, a wide route popular with and deepest sympathies are with A police officer works the scene where a man was reportedly hit and killed by a float of the Krewe of parade viewers in the Mississippi them.” Endymion parade in the runup to Mardi Gras in New Orleans. Multiple Wells Fargo to pay deaths in San Diego $3B to resolve fake bus rollover account probes

The San Diego Union-Tribune Associated Press For example a number of Wells Fargo customers, notably the el- LOS ANGELES — Wells Fargo NORTH COUNTY, Calif. — A derly, were signed up for online agreed Friday to pay $3 billion to charter bus rolled down an em- banking when they did not have settle criminal and civil investi- bankment off a rain-slicked In- internet access. gations into a long-running prac- terstate 15 in North San Diego The behavior by Wells’ employ- tice where company employees County Saturday morning, killing ees caused damage to customers’ three people and injuring 18. opened millions of unauthorized credit scores and cost some of The crash occurred in the bank accounts in order to meet them money in fees. southbound lanes south of state unrealistic sales goals. The documents that lay out the Route 76 about 10:20 a.m., accord- Since the fake-accounts scan- charges against Wells Fargo lean ing to the North County Fire Pro- dal came to light in 2016, Wells on the behavior of “Executive A,” tection District. DON BOOMER, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE/AP Fargo has paid out billions in described as the head of Wells’ The bus, carrying adults and fines to state and federal regula- community bank business and children, had departed from the A bus rolled down an embankment off Interstate 15 in North San tors, reshuffled its board of di- Diego County Saturday, killing several people and injuring others. the regional bank division from Los Angeles area and was head- rectors and seen two CEOs and 2002 until 2017. ed to San Ysidro, said California other top-level executives leave Carrie Tolstedt held those po- Highway Patrol Officer Mark Three people died at the scene, Inland Valley Medical Center, of- the company. sitions during that time period. Latulippe. with one of the deceased still ficials said. “Wells Fargo traded its hard- Tolstedt was aware of employees It was raining when the bus trapped inside the bus, said Fire The bus driver, a man from earned reputation for short-term using false means to achieve sales driver swerved and lost control. Chief Stephen Abbott. Eighteen Whittier, suffered minor inju- profits” said U.S. Attorney Nick goals as early as 2004, according The vehicle slid down an embank- others were transported to hos- ries and initially remained at the Hanna for the Central District of ment and landed on its roof, said pitals: Palomar Medical Center, scene, Latulippe said. He was later California. to the DOJ. Latulippe. Temecula Valley Hospital and taken to a station for questioning. Before the scandal broke, Wells “Ms. Tolstedt acted appro- Fargo was considered to have a priately and in good faith at all sterling reputation among the big times, and the effort to scapegoat banks. her is both unfair and unfound- Hero in Hanukkah attack declining $20K reward from groups over Zionism Bank executives referred to its ed,” said Enu Mainigi, a lawyer branches as “stores,” and once for Tolstedt. WEST NYACK, N.Y. — An Or- by Josef Gluck’s decision to turn away the funds. had a policy of trying to get each The settlement with the De- thodox Jewish man credited as a down the reward, the newspaper The reward presentation event Wells Fargo customer to have partment of Justice covers Wells hero for attacking a knife-wield- reported Friday. was scheduled for Feb. 6, but eight financial products with the Fargo as a company, and the DOJ could still go after individuals for ing man who stabbed five people “The reward would have been Gluck said that he had a family company. during a Hanukkah celebration for anybody who offered informa- Behind the scenes, Wells’ top violating bank laws. emergency, Allenson said. north of New York City is refus- tion that would lead to an arrest,” management was pushing sales The Office of the Comptroller of ing to take a $20,000 reward from said Miriam Allenson, spokes- Rabbi Dovid Feldman of Mon- goals that were both aggressive the Currency, one of the nation’s established Jewish groups be- person for the Jewish Federation sey said that Gluck’s decision and unrealistic. bank regulators, fined several of cause he considers them Zionists, & Foundation of Rockland Coun- stems from the discomfort he and Bank employees were berated Wells’ former top executives ear- according to a rabbi who knows ty. “That was what was on our some other Hasidic and ultra-Or- for not making bloated quotas, lier this year for their role in the him. minds.” thodox Jews have with organiza- sometimes leading to mental scandal. Officials with the Jewish Fed- Allenson said that there were tions like the Jewish Federation health breakdowns, and ultimate- Current Wells Fargo CEO eration and the Anti-Defamation no strings with the money and ly resulting in many employees Charlie Scharf has staked his and Anti-Defamation League. League told The Journal News that the groups had “no idea” re- gaming the bank’s sales system early reputation on resolving all that they were caught off guard garding Gluck’s decision to turn From The Associated Press in order to meet the targets. of the bank’s legal questions. PAGE 10 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 NATION High court to hear arguments on critical pipeline permit

Associated Press parts of the Appalachian Trail, of the National Park System and the historic footpath that stretch- RICHMOND, Va. — When only Congress can approve such es from Georgia to Maine. plans for the 605-mile Atlantic a crossing. In its ruling, a three-judge panel Coast Pipeline were first unveiled In its ruling, the 4th Circuit of the Richmond-based 4th U.S. found that the Forest Service in 2014, supporters of the natural Circuit Court of Appeals sharply had “serious environmental con- gas project brimmed with enthu- criticized the U.S. Forest Service cerns” about the project that were siasm and promises. for granting a special-use per- The pipeline would bring nat- mit to build the pipeline through “suddenly, and mysteriously, as- STEVE HELBER/AP ural gas from West Virginia to suaged in time to meet a private parts of the George Washington The crew for the Space Shuttle Challenger flight 51-L leaves their growing markets in Virginia and and Monongahela National For- pipeline company’s deadlines.” quarters Jan. 27, 1986, for the launch pad at the Kennedy Space North Carolina, and with it, would ests, and to cross the Appalachian Environmental groups say the Center in Florida. Mission Specialist Ronald McNair, center, was only come economic development, Trail. pipeline would scar pristine land- the second African American chosen to go to space. thousands of jobs and reduced The court found that the Forest scapes, put numerous rivers and energy costs for consumers, sup- Service did not have the statu- streams at risk of increased sedi- porters said. tory authority to approve the mentation and harm sensitive Since then, the project has trail crossing and said the agency species. ‘Black in Space’ faced one setback after another, had “abdicated its responsibil- Dominion has some heavy-hit- with legal challenges brought by ity to preserve national forest ters on its side, with support from environmental groups — prompt- resources.” takes look at final ing the dismissal or suspension The question before the Su- 18 state attorneys general, more of eight permits and halting con- preme Court is whether the For- than 60 members of Congress, struction for more than a year. est Service has authority to grant trade associations and labor frontier of civil rights Now, three years behind sched- rights-of-way for gas pipelines unions. ule, with a price tag that has through lands crossed by the Ap- A host of environmentalists, Associated Press selected for a trainee program nearly doubled to $8 billion, the palachian Trail within national land owners and communities and became an overnight hero project is headed to the U.S. Su- forests. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — In along the pipeline route have in the black press. However, the preme Court for a hearing Mon- The project developers, joined 1959, Ronald Erwin McNair urged the Supreme Court to up- NASA program did not select him day on a critical permit. by U.S. Solicitor General Noel walked into a South Carolina li- hold the 4th Circuit’s ruling. for the astronaut program. Backed by the Trump admin- Francisco, say the answer is yes, brary. The 9-year-old aspiring “The bottom line is, no matter U.S. Air Force officer Robert istration, the project developers arguing the Forest Service is the astronaut wanted to check out Henry Lawrence Jr. was chosen. — Dominion Energy and Duke what happens on Monday, there agency that holds jurisdiction a calculus book, but a librarian The U.S. Air Force selected the Energy — will ask the high court are others issues,” said Lew Free- over land in the George Wash- threatened to call the police if he Chicago-born Lawrence as the to reverse a federal appeals court ington National Forest. But the man, executive director of the Al- didn’t leave. McNair was black. legheny-Blue Ridge Alliance, a first African American astronaut, ruling that threw out a permit environmental groups say the an- Years later, McNair was select- and he may have made it to the nonprofit coalition of 51 organiza- needed for the pipeline to cross swer is no because the 2,200-mile ed to become only the second Af- moon. Unfortunately, Lawrence two national forests, including scenic trail is considered a unit tions opposing the pipeline. rican American to travel to space, died after his F-104 Starfighter overcoming segregation, poverty, crashed in 1967 at Edwards Air and stereotypes in an intellectual Force Base, Calif. act of resistance that inspired a No African Americans would generation. Tragically, McNair make it to the moon. Missing Calif. couple found alive died in the 1986 Space Shuttle During this era, Star Trek Challenger tragedy. Communication Officer Lieuten- Associated Press McNair’s story and those of ant Uhura, played by Nichelle other black astronauts are shared Nichols in the 1960s NBC televi- INVERNESS, Calif. — An ac- in a new documentary that looks sion series, got the closest even ademic couple who got lost dur- at the final frontier of civil rights: though she was a fictional char- ing a Valentine’s Day hike in the getting black astronauts into acter. Nichols would later speak woods of Northern California was space amid Jim Crow, danger, out in public service announce- found Saturday by rescuers who discrimination and the Cold War. ments to recruit black scientists spent almost a week looking for Within four generations, they and pilots to NASA. them and had given up hopes of went from slavery to space. Frederick Gregory, now 79, saw finding them alive. “Black in Space: Breaking some of those ads. Carol Kiparsky, 77, and Ian the Color Barrier,” scheduled to “She was inside my TV one Irwin, 72, were found in a densely air Monday on the Smithsonian morning. She pointed at me and forested area near Tomales Bay, a Channel, examines the race to get said, ‘I want you to apply for the narrow inlet about 30 miles north black astronauts into the heavens NASA program,’” Gregory said. of San Francisco, and were air- while fighting for human rights “She was talking to me.” lifted to a hospital for treatment on Earth. It shows how the astro- The U.S. Air Force pilot would of hypothermia, Marin County nauts surmounted racial barriers apply and later become the first Sheriff’s Sgt. Brenton Schneider and hostile commanders to get African American shuttle pilot. said at a news conference. close to the stars. Guion Bluford would become Kiparsky and Irwin were last “They really are the first of the the first African American as- MARIN COUNTY SHERIFF’S OFFICE/AP seen Feb. 14 at a vacation cottage first,” filmmaker Laurens Grant tronaut. The aerospace engineer said. “And they are the elite of the near Inverness, a town at the foot Carol Kiparsky and Ian Irwin vanished during a Feb. 14 hike in the made it to space in 1983 as a elite.” of the bay. woods in Northern California. They were found safe Saturday . member of the crew of the Orbiter Not only did these aspiring Challenger. His trip came nearly space travelers have to navigate 20 years after Kennedy sought to the racial politics of their time, get a black man in space. they also had to study cutting- In an interview with The Asso- Rocket crash kills self-proclaimed daredevil edge science and engineering to ciated Press, Gregory said he re- compete with others, Grant said. calls looking down at Earth while Associated Press about 1:52 p.m. near Highway which might have torn the para- And it didn’t always end floating in space and traveling at 247, the Daily Press of Victorville chutes attached to it, Chapman happily. high speed. BARSTOW, Calif. — A self- reported. The road to get black astronauts “Your concept of neighbor styled daredevil died Satur- said. Waldo Stakes, a colleague who The rocket came straight down into space in the U.S. began under changes significantly,” Gregory day after a rocket in which he President John. F. Kennedy. His said. “I began saying, ‘Hey, this is was at the rocket launch, said into the ground, Chapman said. launched himself crashed into the Hughes, 64, was killed. brother, Attorney General Rob- a world, and we are all part of it.’ ground, a colleague and a witness Justin Chapman, a freelance In March 2018, Hughes, who ert Kennedy, pressured an Air When you go to space, you don’t said. journalist, told the AP that he and believed the Earth is flat, pro- Force program to make sure its see boundaries on the ground. “Mad“ Mike Hughes died after his wife witnessed the crash. pelled himself about 1,875 feet astronaut project had a person of You wonder, why do these people the homemade rocket crashed on The rocket appeared to rub into the air before a hard landing color. dislike each other. Your concept private property near Barstow against the launch apparatus, in the Mojave Desert. Air Force Capt. Ed Dwight was of what your home is changes.” Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 11 AMERICAN ROUNDUP Monastery vandalized with spray paint

FARMINGTON — CT Farmington police responded to reports of several instances of spray paint on monastery grounds that left the patrons “in shock” and may be investigated as a hate crime, the Hartford Courant reported. Portions of the grounds of the Holy Family Passionist Retreat Center were “marred ” by spray paint, according to a Facebook post by the monastery. The post said that the Peace Garden created in honor of Father John Bap- tist was desecrated. Farmington police spokesper- son Lt. Timothy McKenzie said the security footage of the monastery showed two vehicles pull into the parking lot but he did not go into specifics because of the ongoing investigation. 2019 was hottest year on record for Oahu

HONOLULU — Oahu HI experienced its hottest year on record in 2019, according to federal officials and municipal authorities. The National Oceanic and At- mospheric Administration said the island reached its highest temperatures last year, and the Na- tional Weather Service said 273 daily temperature records were tied or broken across the state, Hawaii Public Radio reported . A separate study by the City and County of Honolulu also found the state experienced its hottest recorded day last year. W oman dials 911 when parents end cell service JULIO CORTEZ/AP

CANTON — An Ohio OH woman was arrested Scouting Graffiti Alley for calling 911 when her parents cut off her cellphone service, authorities said. Rapper Duke Jackson, right, walks with JPaul Bonan as they scout Baltimore’s Graffiti Alley prior to filming a music video . The alley allows Seloni Khetarpal was arrested local artists to tag the walls legally in the art district of the city. by Massillon police and charged with disrupting police services, a some of the cattle were killed. THE CENSUS ing driver arrived, Ahmad alleg- fourth-degree felony, The Canton Crews worked to remove the cows edly took the key out of that car’s Repository reported. from the trailer. The average amount of seafood in pounds that ignition, got a gun from his vehi- Records show that Khetarpal, Americans consumed in 2018, according to the Na- cle and fired shots at the victims. 36, repeatedly called emergency Manatee deaths drop tional Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration in dispatchers because her parents to 606 in 2019 16.1 its annual Fisheries of the United States Report. In Wendy’s pays to resolve had terminated her cellphone ser- 2017, the average was a tenth of a pound less. The labor law allegations vice, which they paid for. FORT LAUDER- increase brought seafood consumption to its highest point since 2007, though it is An officer advised her to call DALE— Statewide, still well below the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s recommended amount: about BOSTON — Fast-food emergency services only for FL manatee deaths decreased to 606 26 pounds per year. chain Wendy’s agreed emergencies. MA deaths last year, down from 824 to pay $400,000 to resolve allega- Two hours later, she called again tions that it violated child labor and “was belligerent and stated in 2018. Experts said it appears the University’s bands and orchestral laws by having teenage employ- she believed it to be a legitimate Uber driver fires gun ees at dozens of Massachusetts issue, ” according to jail records. main cause of the decline in program will be named after a deaths is the reduced effect of red Florida couple who donated $10 at backseat drivers restaurants work later and longer Truck carrying 41 cattle tide algae on manatees. Twenty- million toward the project. than allowed, the state attorney one manatees died of red tide in Purdue President Mitch Dan- NEW ORLEANS — An general’s office announced. “We are committed to being a overturns, killing some 2019, compared with 288 in 2018, iels announced the donation came LA Uber driver accused of firing shots at passengers who responsible employer, with the said Jaclyn Lopez, a spokeswom- from Marc and Sharon Hagle. WINSTON-SALEM an for the Florida Center for Bio- told him he was driving in the goal that all employees have a Marc Hagle is president of the rewarding experience as valued NC — A truck carrying 41 logical Diversity. wrong direction was arrested . Florida-based real estate com- members of our team,“ Dublin, cattle crashed on a North Caro- The Sun-Sentinel reported that Ahmad Ahmad, 53, picked pany Tricor International. He Ohio-based Wendy’s said. lina highway, and at least some of boats and other watercraft were up the passengers from a bar in graduated from Purdue in 1971 The office began investigating the animals on board died. the biggest cause of manatee New Orleans, news outlets re- with a bachelor’s degree and in after a minor employed at a Wen- The Winston-Salem Journal re- deaths last year, causing at least ported. When Ahmad began driv- ported that the crash occurred on 1972 with a master’s. ing across the Mississippi River, dy’s in Worcester complained 136 of the fatalities — or about As a student, he performed in that teenagers were working too Interstate 40. 22% for the year. the passengers informed him he State police said that the driver the symphonic band and in the was going in the wrong direction, late into the night and too many of the truck veered off the high- marching band drum line, includ- New Orleans police said in a news hours per day. way, and his rig overturned. College music hall to be ing at the 1967 Rose Bowl. release. An argument began and Investigators estimated more The unidentified driver suffered named after donor Construction of the $20 million Ahmad stopped the car. than 2,100 violations at 46 corpo- minor injuries. project is expected to begin in One of the victims called police rate-owned Wendy’s Internation- Officials from the Winston- WEST LAFAYETTE — A September and finish by the end while another ordered another al LLC locations across the state. Salem Fire Department said that IN new building for Purdue of 2021. Uber. After the second ride-hail- From wire reports PAGE 12 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 WORLD 2 earthquakes Sunday shake Turkey, Iran

Associated Press The U.S. Geological Survey put the second earthquake’s magni- ANKARA, Turkey — Nine peo- tude at 6.0. Varying magnitudes ple were killed in eastern Turkey RAJESH KUMAR SINGH/AP by a magnitude 5.7 earthquake are common in the immediate early Sunday morning, Turkish aftermath. A man walks past a giant board welcoming President Donald Trump in Agra, India, on Sunday. Health Minister Fahrettin Koca Turkish broadcaster NTV said. showed images of locals and sol- The quake centered just east diers digging through the rubble across the border in neighboring of collapsed buildings on Sunday, India preps for Trump mega-rally Iran, west of the Iranian city of as families sat in snowy streets Khoy, and affected villages in the fearing further tremors. BY SHEIKH SAALIQ amid cheers from a battery of Modi’s Hindu nationalist gov- Turkish province of Van. Emergency teams were sent to Associated Press carefully picked and vetted Modi ernment is pulling out all the At least three of the dead were the remote mountainous region, loyalists and workers from his stops, at an expense of more than children, according to Turkish In- which has a history of powerful AHMEDABAD, India — The Bharatiya Janata Party who will $14 million, to woo the president terior Minister Suleyman Soylu. earthquakes. Last month, a quake sun-baked city of Ahmedabad stand for hours alongside the and first lady Melania Trump. But The health minister later said at centered on the eastern Turkish was jostling with activity Sunday neatly manicured 14-mile stretch experts have said that very little least 37 people were injured, in- city of Elazig killed more than 40 as workers cleaned roads, plant- of road to accord Trump a grand of substance will be achieved for cluding nine in critical but not people. In 2011, more than 600 ed flowers and hoisted hundreds welcome. either side beyond the pageantry of billboards featuring President life-threatening condition. were killed when a quake struck Tens of thousands of police of- and symbolism. Donald Trump, a day ahead of Iran’s official IRNA news agen- north of Van province’s capital. ficers will be on hand to keep For Modi, however, the event cy said at least 75 people had been his maiden two-day visit to India security tight and a new wall has could be a reprieve from opposi- According to the European injured inside Iran, six of whom after Prime Minister Narendra come up in front of a slum, appar- tion in the country against some Mediterranean Seismological were hospitalized. Modi promised him a boisterous ently to hide it from passersby. of his recent policies, a slumping A second earthquake — also Center, the first quake happened public reception. Monday’s event is the second economy and ongoing protests magnitude 5.7 — struck Sunday at 9:22 a.m. local time at a depth Hundreds of thousands of act of growing bonhomie between over a new citizenship law that evening in the same area in Iran, of 3 miles . The EMSC reported people in the northwestern city Trump and Modi after they shared excludes Muslims. according to the country’s seis- several further quakes that mea- are expected to greet Trump on a stage last year in Houston at a The slick extravaganza, to the mology center. sured up to magnitude 4.4. Monday for a road show leading rally called “Howdy, Modi!” that annoyance of some locals, has It was not immediately clear if Iran’s seismology center said to a massive rally at what has featured flashy Bollywood musi- not gone well for Modi’s rivals, the second quake caused further the second quake hit the Zarabad been touted as the world’s largest cal and dance numbers and was who have said Trump’s visit will damage or casualties in either district at 7:30 p.m. local time at a cricket stadium. organized by a nonprofit group not benefit India but is aimed at country. depth of 17 miles . Trump’s motorcade will travel with Hindu nationalist links. boosting the American economy. Iran says voter turnout dips below 50% in a first since 1979

Associated Press day’s ballot, as more than 7,000 potential with more than 1.2 million votes. Ayatollah Ali Khamenei blamed the “neg- candidates had been disqualified, most of Iran’s supreme leader early Sunday ac- ative propaganda” of Iran’s enemies for TEHRAN, Iran — Iran’s interior minis- them reformists and moderates. Among cused enemy “propaganda” of trying to trying to discourage people from voting in try said voter turnout in recent parliamen- those disqualified were 90 sitting mem- dissuade people from voting by amplifying Friday’s elections. tary elections stood at 42.57%, the first bers of Iran’s 290-seat Parliament who had the threat of the coronavirus. “Their media did not ignore the tiniest time it dipped below the 50% mark since wanted to run for re-election. A range of crises has beset Iran in the opportunity for discouraging people and the country’s 1979 revolution that ushered Iranian hardliners also won all 30 parlia- past year, including widespread anti-gov- resorting to the pretext of diseases and the in a Shiite theocratic establishment. mentary seats in the capital, Tehran, state ernment protests in November and U.S. virus,” he said. The lower turnout is widely seen as a TV reported on Sunday, but officials have sanctions piling pressure on the plunging Iran reported its first case of the virus measure of how Iranians view the coun- yet to announce the voter turnout from the economy. two days before the national polls, and try’s government, with low turnout a signal nationwide elections two days ago. On the eve of the vote in Iran, the Trump eight deaths have been reported due to of possible widespread dissatisfaction with State TV also said that former Tehran administration sanctioned five election of- the virus since then. That’s the highest Iran’s clerical rulers and the system they mayor Mohammad Bagher Qalibaf, a top ficials and Secretary of State Mike Pompeo death toll from the virus outside of China, preside over. contender for the post of parliamentary slammed the election as a “sham.” where the outbreak first emerged a couple Voters also had limited options on Fri- speaker, was the top winner in the capital, In remarks from his office in Tehran, months ago. Assange supporters call for no extradition

BY JILL LAWLESS ion designer Vivienne Westwood the 48-year-old Australian com- Associated Press joined the crowd protesting the puter expert with espionage over U.S. espionage charges against WikiLeaks’ publication of hun- LONDON — Hundreds of the founder of the secret-spilling dreds of thousands of confidential supporters of Julian Assange website. An extradition hearing government documents. If found marched through London on for Assange is due to begin in a guilty, he could be sentenced to Saturday to pressure the U.K. London court on Monday. up to 175 years in prison. government into refusing to ex- WikiLeaks spokesman Kris- Civil liberties groups and jour- tradite the WikiLeaks founder to tinn Hrafnsson told a rally outside nalism organizations, including the United States to face spying Parliament that the prosecution Amnesty International and Re- charges. of Assange represented “a dark porters Without Borders, have ALBERTO PEZZALI/AP Famous backers, including Pink force against (those) who want urged the U.S. to drop the charg- Demonstrators gather outside Australia House in London to protest Floyd’s Roger Waters, Pretenders justice, transparency and truth.” es, saying they set a chilling prec- against the extradition of Julian Assange on Saturday. singer Chrissie Hynde and fash- U.S. prosecutors have charged edent for freedom of the press. Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 13 WORLD Weather causes Transgender dancer cancelation of Berlin parades shatters Brazilian Associate Press BERLIN — Several cities in western Germany canceled their traditional carnival parades on short-notice Sunday, citing se- Carnival taboo vere weather conditions including gusty winds and heavy rains. Associated Press ties. Her duty was to dance infec- In Cologne, the famous school SAO PAULO — When dancer tiously for 65 minutes in front of and neighborhood parades were Camila Prins entered Sao Pau- the drummers, using her legs to canceled, and in nearby Duessel- lo’s Carnival parade grounds, a drive their rhythm while judges dorf the carnival celebrations on costume of feathers clinging to assessed the school’s parade. the city’s glitzy Koenigsallee bou- her sinuous body, she fulfilled a “Gorgeous women wanted to levard were also called off. dream of feminine beauty nearly be here. I’m very excited because “In order to protect all partici- pants along the route, the parades three decades old. this shows we can be anywhere. ANDRE PENNER/AP We can be godmother of the cannot take place,” Cologne city Prins says she first realized Transgender godmother Camila Prins, representing the Colorado drummers, we can be owners of a officials said in a statement. she wanted to be a woman at a do Bras samba school, performs Saturday at Carnival in the samba school,” Prins told The As- Some of the parades’ partici- Carnival party at age 11, when, Sambadrome in Sao Paulo, Brazil. pants were already on the way sociated Press before the parade. like the other boys, she was al- to the celebrations when parts of “Soon they will see many other lowed to dress like a girl as part city and host to the world’s larg- on her penetrating brown eyes, their costumes were blown away transgender girls, who will find it of the burlesque festivities. Now, est gay pride parade. Brazil has long blond hair, strong legs, open by the wind, the city statement in the final minutes of Saturday, easier than I did.” more slayings of transvestites smile and imposing breasts to said, explaining its last-minute she became the first transgender Colorado do Bras, which rose and transgender people than any help win points from the judges. decision to call off the parades. woman to lead the drum section to Sao Paulo’s top samba league country in the world. In 2019, 124 Sao Paulo is trying to root out About 8,000 people were sup- of a top samba school in either of only two years ago, made a bold were killed, 21 of them in Sao persecution of LGBT people dur- posed to participate in the Co- the renowned Carnival parades decision in picking Prins for the Paulo state. ing Carnival, and this year set logne parades . put on in Sao Paulo and Rio de role, despite Brazil’s Carnival As godmother of the drum sec- up 20 tents spread among major Other cities across Germany Janeiro. being a party at which few things tion, Prins teamed up with a drum street parties to handle cases of also canceled their carnival ac- Prins, 40, was hand-picked to have never been tried. queen who has a similar role, and violence against the community. tivities due to the storm, including be “godmother” of the Colorado Transgender people remain together they worked to dazzle Psychologists, police officers and Emmerich, Essen and Salzkot- do Bras samba school’s drum sec- something of a taboo among fans in the Sambadrome bleach- social workers are on hand until ten in the west as well as Heili- tion, an iconic role fought over by Brazilians, even in Sao Paulo, ers with their beauty and sex ap- Wednesday for revelers who are genstadt in Thuringia in central dozens of models and TV celebri- the country’s most cosmopolitan peal. Prins said she was counting victimized. Germany. PAGE 14 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 FACES Teen rom-com proved to be transformative Success of 2018 Netflix film ‘To All the Boys’ puts its leads on Hollywood’s radar

BY ALICIA RANCILIO filming the third chapter in the Associated Press franchise. Condor said she was “in deni- etflix’s 2018 teen rom- al” on her last day of filming, and com “To All the Boys choked up speaking about what I’ve Loved Before,” the role has meant to her. Nchanged the lives of “Lara Jean has been such a its stars, Lana Condor and Noah huge part of my life and it’s only Centineo, by putting them on been like two years, but I’ve spent Hollywood’s radar. so much time with her,” said Con- “People are taking me more se- dor, her voice cracking. “She’s riously,” said Condor, a 22-year- given me so many opportunities old Vietnamese American. “I feel that I’m so grateful for and so like I can take up way more space, kind of closing that chapter was and I really, really appreciate very hard for me.” being part of the conversation of Centineo says it wasn’t sad for representation. That’s something him to walk away because his that I feel so passionate about.” goodbye was only to the charac- Centineo, 23, has become a ter, not his co-stars. leading man. He will star as He- “I poured everything I could Man in the film “Masters of the Universe,” due out in 2021. into this character and this film A sequel, “To All the Boys: P.S. and this whole project — all three I Still Love You,” is now playing films — and we made a family out on Netflix. In it, Condor and Cen- of it and I think we were success- tineo reprise their roles as Lara ful on a personal level in creating Jean and Peter, who are embark- a lot of connection. So when it was ing on a real romance after fall- over it was OK. I didn’t have any ing in love in the first film. regrets. I didn’t feel like I didn’t The first movie introduced do something. I didn’t feel like I Lara Jean, a Korean American could’ve done something better.” teen whose younger sister mails Han says the experience of out a stash of hidden love letters bringing her books to life has been to former crushes that were never so exciting that she’s now doing intended to be read. To mask her screenwriting and wants to intro- embarrassment, Lara Jean fakes duce more diverse characters. a romance with one of those re- “People often think of stories NETFLIX/AP cipients, Peter, who is looking to about non-white characters as make his ex-girlfriend jealous. Lana Condor, left, and Noah Centineo are pictured in a scene from “To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love niche or that people will not be Things grow complicated when You.” The film is a sequel to “To All the Boys I’ve Loved Before,” which opened doors for both actors. able to relate to them for whatev- the pair falls in love. In the se- er reason and there’s so many dif- quel, another letter recipient (Jor- flix hadn’t bought it yet and it was “It’s hard to not be grateful (expletive) shallow and I get anxi- ferent ways to be an all American dan Fisher) surfaces. “To All the just kind of like, ‘Oh, I love the when you’ve done something ety attacks,’’ Centineo said. “But, girl, to be a teenage girl.” Boys” is adapted from a young movie. I love the story, but I hope that’s given you so much access I like to think that ... bravery is “To All the Boys” is opposite of adult book trilogy by Jenny Han. people will even see this.’ ” to so many amazing creators and despite being afraid to do some- what’s going on now, Condor said. “When we made the first movie, Centineo is quick to admit that professionals,” he said. thing, you still have the courage The world is rigid and scary, but we didn’t even know if anyone he’s learned becoming famous is “There are days where I think to do it anyway.” “this movie is soft and sweet and would see it,’’ Condor said. “Net- not all smooth sailing. I’m a fraud and I suck and I’m The cast also has completed gentle and kind.”

Police say robbery an unlikely motive Dan Brown writing children’s book in rapper’s killing From wire reports an immersive feast for eyes, ears, and mind, all at the same time.” Associated Press Dan Brown’s next book will have a lighter, more musical touch. Other news The home-invasion death of ris- The “Da Vinci Code” author is working on a ing rapper Pop Smoke in Los An- picture story, “Wild Symphony,“ scheduled to be A new book publishing imprint will be a plat- geles does not appear to be part of published Sept. 1. Rodale form for the podcasts of iHeart Radio. The im- a robbery, police said Thursday Kids, an imprint of Random print, announced Thursday, is called Stuff You as detectives sought to identify House Children’s Books, an- Should Read: An iHeartBook, and is a partnership the shooter and the music com- nounced the book Thursday with Flatiron Books. The first release is scheduled munity mourned. and called it an “entertain- for Sept. 29. It’s called “Stuff You Should Know: Investigators were not ruling” experience in which An Incomplete Compendium of Mostly Interest- ing out a robbery, but they were “the playful Maestro Mouse, ing Things,” and will be written by “Stuff You looking at other possible motives, trusty baton in hand, brings said Capt. Jonathan Tippet, head readers along as he visits a Should Know” podcast hosts Josh Clark and Chuck Bryant. of the Robbery-Homicide Divi- variety of animal friends, Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster, sion of the Los Angeles Police from cheetahs and kanga- A book by President Department. roos to elephants and blue Donald Trump’s second national security adviser, Brown will be out April 28. First announced in summer The 20-year-old Brooklyn rap- REPUBLIC RECORDS/AP whales.” per whose legal name is Bashar “Wild Symphony“ will be illustrated by Susan 2018, “Battlegrounds” will focus on national secu- Barakah Jackson was killed Pop Smoke, an up-and-coming Batori and will be accompanied by a release of rity and foreign policy, including his contentious Wednesday at a home in the Hol- rapper, was fatally shot during children’s classical music, written by Brown. time with Trump. lywood Hills. A 911 call from a a break-in early Wednesday. “I love storytelling, and my novels always at- Willie Nelson will release his 70th studio friend of someone in the house tempt to weave together varied themes,” Brown album, “First Rose of Spring,” on April 24, five days reported armed intruders inside Pop Smoke arrived on the rap said in a statement. “With ‘Wild Symphony,’ I was ahead of his 87th birthday. The 11-track collection the home, police said. scene in 2018 and broke out last excited to build on this idea and create a truly includes two songs he wrote with the album’s pro- An autopsy was planned after spring with “Welcome to the layered experience by using three different lan- ducer, Buddy Cannon, and others written by peers Pop Smoke was declared dead Party” a gangsta anthem with guages simultaneously — art, music, and words. and admirers including Chris Stapleton, Randy at a hospital. Police have not an- boasts about shootings, killings In the same way that an opera captivates its audi- Houser, Billy Joe Shaver and Toby Keith. The title nounced any arrests or named and drugs that became a huge ence by presenting beautiful sets, dramatic music, track is the first release from the album, and the any suspects. sensation. and lyrical drama, ‘Wild Symphony’ strives to be video is out now. Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 15 PAGE 16 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 OPINION Max D. Lederer Jr., Publisher Lt. Col. Sean Klimek, Europe commander Lt. Col. Richard McClintic, Pacific commander Men need to join the battle against overwork Caroline E. Miller, Europe Business Operations BY SARAH GREEN CARMICHAEL ancing work and family. were a betting man, I’d bet that a year from Joshua M. Lashbrook, Pacific Chief of Staff Bloomberg Opinion Others distanced themselves from their now I’m working somewhere else.” fears using humor, or by emphasizing that And that’s what happened. In fact, while EDITORIAL eople tend to think of work-fam- however bad they’d felt before, they felt the firm assumed women had a higher ily conflict as something that only better now — now that they’re not on a six- turnover rate, this wasn’t true — looking at Terry Leonard, Editor women experience, and assume month assignment in a foreign country, three years of data showed men were just [email protected] that it pushes women to quit their P now that only one of their kids cries when as likely to quit as women. Robert H. Reid, Senior Managing Editor jobs. But new research shows that men feel they leave for work, now that the 7-year- [email protected] it just as much as women do, and that it Nonetheless, when the researchers pre- old can “almost” make his own breakfast sented their findings to the firm’s leaders also undercuts their commitment to their (Pop-Tarts). Tina Croley, Managing Editor for Content — that the culture of overwork was hurt- employer. By contrast, the women were more frank [email protected] ing both men and women, but that women An article published this month in Har- about the work-family conflicts they feel. Sean Moores, Managing Editor for Presentation vard Business Review looks at why both They didn’t hide from them, or project were paying a disproportionate price for it [email protected] men and women feel work-family conflict, them onto someone else. The women were — these managers rejected this conclusion Joe Gromelski, Managing Editor for Digital but why men’s feelings on this remain also more likely to take action to try to reas well as the proposed gender-neutral [email protected] largely invisible. The authors, Robin Ely solve the conflict, like swapping a client- solutions. They insisted that work-family of Harvard Business School and Irene Pa- facing role for one with more-predictable conflict was women’s problem, and that davic at Florida State University, studied hours. As a result, though, the women gave any solution must target women specifi- BUREAU STAFF a global consulting firm for 18 months. In up power in the firm — and saw their prog- cally. (Since female-specific solutions only Europe/Mideast interviews with the research team, which ress stall. seem to derail women’s careers, adding yet Erik Slavin, Europe & Mideast Bureau Chief also included Erin Reid of McMaster Uni- Women made up 37% of junior associ- another isn’t likely to help.) [email protected] versity, the men expressed profound sad- ates, but only 10% of partners; and women We cannot keep pretending, in the face +49(0)631.3615.9350; DSN (314)583.9350 ness and guilt over not being there for their who made it to partner took two years lon- of mounting evidence, that work-family Pacific children and their partners. ger to get there than men did. conflict is only a woman’s problem, or that Aaron Kidd, Pacific Bureau Chief It’s not the only study to reveal that men While senior leaders assumed it was the only reason more women aren’t work- [email protected] feel work-family conflict — but it is re- women who struggled with the firm’s 24/7 +81.42.552.2511 ext. 88380; DSN (315)227.7380 ing 24/7 is because of their children. It’s markable for the portrait it paints of silent culture, men and women reported equal- closer to the truth to say that no one wants male suffering, and the way in which male Washington ly that the relentless pace was crushing to work 24/7 because it’s frankly a miser- silence and female openness conspire to Joseph Cacchioli, Washington Bureau Chief — and unnecessary. Consultants spoke of able way to live. [email protected] maintain the status quo. working through the night to make 100- Instead of offering women yet more (+1)(202)886-0033 One working dad painted a bleak portrait slide presentations they were all too aware poisoned chalices in the form of flex-time Brian Bowers, Assistant Managing Editor, News of his son playing alone with a toy train, the client couldn’t use, hadn’t asked for, [email protected] while a nanny looked coldly on. Another and probably wouldn’t even read, but no programs that only mark them for punish- CIRCULATION seemed sad that his young daughter always one at the firm seemed to think it was pos- ment, managers must target dysfunctional asked for his wife at bedtime — never for sible to stop producing them. work cultures that hinge on over-selling Mideast him. Yet while these men felt work-family If it sounds a little like a cult, that’s be- and over-delivering, driving both men and Robert Reismann, Mideast Circulation Manager conflict deeply, they also tended to sup- cause it kind of is — in which work is a kind women to seek other employment arrange- [email protected] press those feelings — minimizing their ments. Talented, hard-working people [email protected] of religion, and devotees show their faith DSN (314)583-9111 own feelings or displacing them onto not by shaving their heads or wearing hair have options. They also, quite frequently, women. shirts, but by working all the time. exercise them. Europe One described falling “chemically, deep- Men made it clear that working this way Karen Lewis, Community Engagement Manager Sarah Green Carmichael is an editor with [email protected] ly” in love with his newborn daughter and took a toll on their commitment to the firm. Bloomberg Opinion. She was previously [email protected] said it helped him “understand” why some One dad said he “wanted to quit then and managing editor of ideas and commentary at +49(0)631.3615.9090; DSN (314)583.9090 women wouldn’t want to go back to work there” when work caused him to miss his Barron’s, and an executive editor at Harvard after having kids. His takeaway wasn’t that son’s soccer game — and his son to burst Business Review, where she hosted the HBR Ideacast. This column does not necessarily Pacific he was entitled to his own mixed feelings, into tears. 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Sports College basketball College baseball Saturday’s men’s scores UC Riverside 61, Cal Poly 49 Saturday’s scores Stetson 9, Hartford 0 on AFN UC Santa Barbara 70, UC Davis 56 Tennessee 8, Houston 4 EAST UCLA 70, Colorado 63 EAST The Citadel 10, Yale 3 Army 86, Navy 75, OT UNLV 66, San Diego St. 63 Delaware St. 1, Massachusetts 0, 7 in- Troy 7, Louisiana Tech 4 Clemson 82, Boston College 64 Utah Valley 92, Grand Canyon 80 nings UCF 7, Auburn 3 Cornell 63, Brown 45 Washington 87, California 52 La Salle 14, Hofstra 3 UNC-Asheville 7, UAB 4 Go to the American Forces Florida Gulf Coast 55, NJIT 39 Weber St. 82, S. Utah 71 La Salle 4, Hofstra 3 UNC-Greensboro 1, Fairfield 0 Hartford 75, Binghamton 74 Wyoming 78, Air Force 72 Massachusetts 6, Delaware St. 3 UNC-Greensboro 6, Fairfield 2 Network website for the most Harvard 69, Penn 65 Navy 5, Air Force 4 UT Martin 7, Siena 5 up-to-date TV schedules. Hofstra 78, Delaware 62 St. Bonaventure 11, Mount St. Mary’s Vanderbilt 9, Ill.-Chicago 3 La Salle 72, George Washington 62 Saturday’s women’s scores 2, 7 innings Villanova 7, Campbell 2 myafn.net Marshall 74, Old Dominion 66 EAST St. Bonaventure 11, Mount St. Mary’s Virginia 14, Bucknell 3 New Hampshire 68, Albany (NY) 56 American U. 55, Boston U. 54 9 Virginia Tech 3, Louisiana-Lafayette 2 Northeastern 77, Drexel 68 Army 62, Navy 52 West Virginia 5, Saint Joseph’s 1 VMI 9, Lafayette 1 Princeton 65, Dartmouth 62 Binghamton 78, Hartford 65 SOUTH W. Kentucky 7, Wright St. 2 Providence 84, Marquette 72 Albany 5, Md.-Eastern Shore 3, 7 in- Wagner 1, Penn St. 0 Deals Brown 77, Cornell 73 nings St. Bonaventure 75, Richmond 71 Bucknell 67, Lehigh 56 Western Michigan 12, Alabama A&M 0 Stony Brook 54, Maine 46 Albany 7, Md.-Eastern Shore 4 Western Michigan 32, Alabama A&M 4 Canisius 54, Monmouth (NJ) 53 Alcorn St. at Western Illinois, ccd. Saturday’s transactions Syracuse 79, Georgia Tech 72 Colgate 80, Holy Cross 69 William & Mary 12, Fairleigh Dickinson Towson 84, Elon 71 Belmont 4, Evansville 3, 11 innings 3 Columbia 74, Yale 65 Bethune-Cookman 1, CCSU 0 BASEBALL UMBC 66, Vermont 64 Fairfield 72, Quinnipiac 60 Winthrop 10, Canisius 2 Major League Baseball UMass 57, Fordham 49 Binghamton at Florida Atlantic, ppd.. Winthrop 3, Canisius 2 Florida Gulf Coast 68, NJIT 39 Bradley 11, Austin Peay 4 American League Virginia 59, Pittsburgh 56 Fordham 50, Dayton 38 Wofford 12, Brown 3 BOSTON RED SOX — Named Jerry Nar- Brown 3, Wofford 2, 7 innings MIDWEST Yale 83, Columbia 65 George Mason 54, Saint Joseph’s 49 Bucknell 14, Virginia 10 ron as bench coach. SOUTH Iowa 4, Arizona 1 CHICAGO WHITE SOX — Agreed to George Washington 72, Duquesne 65 Butler at UNC-Wilmington, ccd. Abilene Christian 75, SE Louisiana 69 La Salle 54, Rhode Island 42 Central Michigan 1, Jacksonville St. 0 Merrimack 3, Michigan St. 1 terms on a five-year contract with LHP Alabama 103, Mississippi 78 Merrimack 7, Michigan St. 5 Aaron Bummer. Agreed to terms on a Lafayette 76, Loyola (Md.) 65 Charlotte 4, UMBC 0 Alabama A&M 71, Alcorn St. 61 Manhattan 75, Niagara 61 Charlotte 6, UMBC 1 Miami (Ohio) 7, Purdue-Fort Wayne 3 one-year contract with INF Leury Garcia. Michigan 14, U Conn 2 Appalachian St. 68, Troy 59 New Hampshire 56, Albany (NY) 53 Clemson 1, Stony Brook 0, 10 innings Agreed to terms on 2020 contracts with Nebraska-Omaha 3, Indiana St. 2 Auburn 73, Tennessee 66 Old Dominion 64, Marshall 54 Coll. of Charleston 14, Youngstown St. RHP Zack Burdi, RHP Dylan Cease, RHP Northern Illinois 7, SE Missouri St. 5 Belmont 83, E. Kentucky 70 Penn 70, Harvard 48 4 Limmy Cordero, RHO Dane Dunning, LHP Bethune-Cookman 69, SC State 65, OT SE Missouri St. 16, Northern Illinois 15, Bernardo Flores Jr., RHP Matt Foster, LHP Princeton 87, Dartmouth 55 Dartmouth 6, Chicago St. 2 Charlotte 72, W. Kentucky 70 Davidson 5, Georgetown 4 10 innings Jace Fry, RHP Carson Fulmer, RHP Lucas Rutgers 59, Ohio St. 57 TCU 12, Minnesota 0 Coppin St. 98, Delaware St. 86 Siena 71, St. Peter’s 64 Delaware 4, North Carolina A&T 1 Giolito, RHP Ian Hamilton, RHP Michael Davidson 77, Rhode Island 75, OT Villanova 7, Maine 2 Kopech, RHP Jimmy Lampert, RHP, Rey- St. John’s 77, Seton Hall 76 Delawre 4, North Carolina A&T 1 Duke 88, Virginia Tech 64 Wichita St. 7, Texas Southern 2 naldo Lopez, RHP Jose, C Zack Collins, UConn 66, UCF 53 Duke 2, Cornell 0 ETSU 80, Samford 74 East Carolina 3, Georgia Southern 0 SOUTHWEST C Yemin Mercedes, C Seby Zavala, INF, UMBC 54, Vermont 47 Arkansas 5, Gonzaga 0 Danny Mendick, INF Yoan Moncada, OF FAU 65, UAB 58 Eastern Illinois 3, Oakland 1 Florida A&M 66, Norfolk St. 63 UMass 61, Davidson 48 Ball St. 6, Houston Baptist 3, 11 in- Micker Adolfo, OF Luis Basabe, OF Adam West Virginia 60, Kansas 53 Eastern Illinois 6, Alabama St. 1 Engel, and OF Blake Rutherford. Florida St. 67, NC State 61 Elon 5, Mass.-Lowell 2 nings Furman 67, Wofford 66 SOUTH FIU 16, George Mason 4 Baylor 7, Oral Roberts 4 FOOTBALL Abilene Christian 68, SE Louisiana 62 National Football League Gardner-Webb 73, Campbell 61 Florida 7, Miami 4, 10 innings Illinois St. 7, Oklahoma 5 George Mason 62, Saint Joseph’s 55 Alabama A&M 64, Alcorn St. 50 Florida A&M at Jackson St., ccd. Little Rock 11, Nicholls 4 CHICAGO BEARS - Re-signed Devonte Belmont 85, E. Kentucky 46 Bond to a one-year contract. Georgia 80, Vanderbilt 78 Florida St. 10, Cincinnati 5 McNeese 14, Little Rock 2 Grambling St. 63, Jackson St. 61 Bethune-Cookman 86, SC State 70 Furman 13, Northern Kentucky 4 New Orleans 11, Arkansas St. 0 SOCCER Campbell 81, Longwood 76 Major League Soccer Hampton 87, Winthrop 81 George Washington 6, Marist 4 Notre Dame 9, Toledo 2 Jacksonville 69, Kennesaw St. 55 Charlotte 59, Southern Miss. 55 Georgia 5, Santa Clara 4, 12 innings Oklahoma 3, Illinois St. 2 DC United — Placed M Paul Arriola on Chattanooga 64, Samford 58 IL with torn anterior curciate. Jacksonville St. 72, UT Martin 58 Georgia 6, Santa Clara 1 Oklahoma St. 11, Texas-Rio Grande Kentucky 65, Florida 59 Coastal Carolina 66, Georgia St. 50 Georgia St. 7, Bryant 4 Valley 7 LSU 86, South Carolina 80 Delaware St. 73, Coppin St. 66 Georgia Tech 5, Ohio St. 2 Sam Houston St. 5, Loyola Marymount Liberty 77, Stetson 49 ETSU 56, Mercer 54 High Point 4, Towson 0 3 Longwood 57, High Point 54 East Carolina 56, Temple 50 Illinois 5, Coastal Carolina 2 SE Louisiana 5, Jacksonville 4 Pro football Louisiana-Monroe 83, Louisiana-La- Gardner-Webb 54, Winthrop 49 Indiana 4, South Alabama 2 Stephen F. Austin 13, SIU-Edwardsville fayette 77 Georgia Southern 78, Appalachian St. Jacksonville St. 8, Central Michigan 0 1 Louisville 72, North Carolina 55 70 James Madison 7, Quinnipiac 0 Texas 2, Boise St. 1 XFL Memphis 60, Houston 59 Hampton 67, Presbyterian 53 Kansas 13, Charleston Southern 4 Texas A&M 6, Army 5 Mercer 85, Chattanooga 80 High Point 64, Radford 63 Kennesaw St. 12, W. Carolina 0 Texas A&M-CC 5, Kansas St. 2 Eastern Conference Middle Tennessee 61, Southern Miss. Jackson St. 82, Grambling St. 59 Kent St. 9, Florida Gulf Coast 2 Texas College 6, Prairie View A&M 2 W L Pct PF PA 53 Jacksonville 88, Kennesaw St. 81, OT Kentucky 21, Appalachian St. 4 Texas St. 4, Lamar 3 DC 2 0 1.000 58 19 Morehead St. 66, Tennessee St. 63 Liberty 73, Stetson 53 Liberty 3, Seton Hall 2 Texas Tech 7, Stanford 2 St. Louis 1 1 .500 39 37 Lipscomb 73, North Florida 66 Lipscomb 4, Missouri St. 0 Texas-Arlington 2, SIU-Edwardsville 1 New York 1 1 .500 23 30 NC A&T 71, Howard 67 NC Central 74, Md.-Eastern Shore 55 Louisiana Tech 62, FIU 52 Longwood 11, NJIT 7 Toledo 11, Incarnate Word 10, 10 in- Tampa Bay 0 2 .000 12 40 Louisiana-Monroe 7, Grambling 6 New Orleans 82, McNeese St. 77 Louisiana-Lafayette 62, Louisiana- nings Western Conference Louisville 6, Valparaiso 1 UTSA 4, Notre Dame 1 W L Pct PF PA North Florida 82, Lipscomb 74 Monroe 49 Morehead St. 69, Tennessee St. 60 LSU 6, Eastern Kentucky 3 WEST Houston 2 0 1.000 65 41 Radford 81, SC-Upstate 60 Marshall 5, Bowling Green 2 South Alabama 74, Coastal Carolina NC A&T 60, Howard 55 Arizona St. 8, Boston College 4 Seattle 1 1 .500 36 40 Memphis 3, Dayton 2 BYU 5, Cal Poly 4, 14 innings Dallas 1 1 .500 34 33 71 NC Central 78, Md.-Eastern Shore 70 Mercer 6, Radford 1 Los Angeles 0 2 .000 35 62 Southern U. 56, Alabama St. 44 New Orleans 85, McNeese St. 59 Cal Baptist at UC Riverside, ppd.. Mississippi 9, Xavier 0 Cal Poly 10, BYU 0 Saturday’s games Tennessee Tech 71, SE Missouri 62 Norfolk St. 69, Florida A&M 62 Mississippi St. 7, Oregon St. 4 Houston 34, Tampa Bay 27 Texas Southern 94, MVSU 92 Rice 74, UAB 65 Cal St. Fullerton 7, Tulane 5 Monmouth 15, Presbyterian 2 CS Bakersfield 8, San Francisco 4 Dallas 24, Seattle 12 Tulane 75, UCF 74 SE Missouri 72, Tennessee Tech 59 Morehead St. 5, Norfolk St. 4 Sunday’s games UNC-Asheville 75, Presbyterian 64 South Florida 68, Memphis 47 Murray St. 10, Saint Peter’s 3 CS Northridge at Fordham, ccd. New York at St. Louis UNC-Greensboro 71, VMI 68 Southern U. 61, Alabama St. 51 Murray St. 11, Saint Peter’s 1, 7 in- Long Beach St. 7, Wake Forest 3 DC at Los Angeles UNC-Wilmington 68, Coll. of Charles- Texas Southern 86, MVSU 79 nings Missouri 3, Utah 2 Saturday, Feb. 29 ton 55 Troy 79, Arkansas St. 64 NC State 8, Tennessee Tech 2 New Mexico St. 8, Iona 1 Los Angeles at New York W. Carolina 96, The Citadel 84 UALR 69, South Alabama 58 North Carolina 9, Dallas Baptist 0 New Mexico St. 9, Iona 6 Seattle at St. Louis William & Mary 78, James Madison 74 UNC-Asheville 53, SC-Upstate 45 North Carolina A&T 4, Gardner-Webb Northern Colorado at New Mexico, Sunday, March 1 MIDWEST UNC-Greensboro 61, Furman 53 2 ppd.. Houston at Dallas Akron 75, Miami (Ohio) 65 UT Martin 73, Jacksonville St. 56 Northeastern 10, South Florida 0 Oregon 3, Nevada 2 DC at Tampa Bay Ball St. 64, E. Michigan 55 VCU 67, Saint Louis 60 Northeastern 2, South Florida 0 Pacific 13, South Dakota St. 12 Saturday, March 7 Bowling Green 62, Ohio 61 W. Kentucky 69, FAU 56 Northwestern St. 4, North Alabama 3 Pepperdine 4, Akron 0 Seattle at Houston California Baptist 95, Chicago St. 53 Wofford 65, W. Carolina 58 Northwestern St. 5, North Alabama 0 Portland 11, Utah Valley 1 New York at Dallas Dayton 80, Duquesne 70 MIDWEST Old Dominion 5, Holy Cross 2 S. Illinois 3, Southern Cal 1 DePaul 74, Georgetown 68 Akron 79, Ohio 76 Pittsburgh 10, Eastern Michigan 4 Sacramento St. 8, Milwaukee 1 E. Illinois 83, Austin Peay 80, OT Buffalo 62, Bowling Green 56 Rhode Island 11, Maryland 8 San Diego 6, Seattle 2 Ill.-Chicago 77, IUPUI 72 Cent. Michigan 70, N. Illinois 66 Richmond 9, Lehigh 4 San Diego St. 4, Nebraska 2 San Jose St. 8, Creighton 4 Tennis Illinois St. 57, Drake 53 Drake 87, Illinois St. 82 Rider 7, ETSU 4 St. John’s 3, California 1 Michigan 71, Purdue 63 E. Illinois 73, Austin Peay 72 Rutgers 16, North Florida 4 Missouri St. 74, Loyola of Chicago 62 Sacred Heart 5, VCU 4 UC Davis 3, North Dakota St. 2 E. Michigan 61, Ball St. 58 UC Davis 3, North Dakota St. 2 WTA Doha Murray St. 59, SIU-Edwardsville 58 Indiana 75, Minnesota 69 Samford 5, Middle Tennessee 3 N. Illinois 82, Cent. Michigan 81, OT South Alabama 6, Siena 1 UC Irvine 2, Rice 1 Iowa 100, Penn St. 57 South Carolina 12, Northwestern 3 UCLA 7, Saint Mary’s 1 Sunday N. Kentucky 61, Youngstown St. 59 Kent St. 80, Miami (Ohio) 75 At Doha, Qatar Nebraska-Omaha 93, W. Illinois 86 Southern Miss. 5, Central Arkansas 4, UCSB 6, Abilene Christian 1 Murray St. 70, SIU-Edwardsville 61 10 innings Washington 3, Fresno St. 1 Purse: $2,939,695 North Dakota 71, N. Dakota St. 68 N. Iowa 64, Bradley 57 Surface: Hardcourt outdoor Texas 70, Kansas St. 59 Nebraska 80, Illinois 58 (seedings in parentheses): Texas Tech 87, Iowa St. 57 Nebraska-Omaha 65, Fort Wayne 51 Women’s Singles Toledo 68, W. Michigan 59 Northwestern 82, Wisconsin 66 Golf Round of 64 Valparaiso 90, Bradley 78 Rio Grande 74, New Mexico St. 63 Elise Mertens (16), Belgium, def. Wang Villanova 64, Xavier 55 South Dakota 77, S. Dakota St. 67 Qiang, China, 6-1, 6-2. Wright St. 81, Cleveland St. 74, OT Valparaiso 70, Loyola of Chicago 57 Mexico Championship Puerto Rico Open Karolina Muchova, Czech Republic, SOUTHWEST W. Michigan 70, Toledo 58 Arkansas 78, Missouri 68 def. Magda Linette, Poland, 6-3, 6-1. SOUTHWEST Saturday Saturday Cent. Arkansas 84, Nicholls 65 Laura Siegemund, Germany, def. Yaro- Ark.-Pine Bluff 69, Prairie View 54 Mexico City, Mexico Rio Grande, Puerto Rico Georgia Southern 81, Texas-Arlington slava Shvedova, Kazakhstan, 6-3, 6-2. Baylor 101, Oklahoma 69 Purse: $10.5 million Purse: $3 million 61 Svetlana Kuznetsova, Russia, def. Ca- Incarnate Word 60, Stephen F. Austin Yardage: 7,345; par 71 (35-36) Yardage: 7,569; par 72 (36-36) gla Buyukakcay, Turkey, 6-2, 6-2. Kansas 64, Baylor 61 Third Round Third Round Lamar 79, Texas A&M-CC 62 52 Veronika Kudermetova, Russia, def. Kansas St. 60, Texas 54 Justin Thomas 67-66-65—198 -15 Viktor Hovland 68-66-64—198 -18 Kristina Mladenovic, France, 7-6 (6), 0-6, Louisiana Tech 73, North Texas 71 Erik van Rooyen 70-62-67—199 -14 Martin Laird 67-69-63—199 -17 Oklahoma St. 83, Oklahoma 66 Middle Tennessee 92, UTEP 80 6-3. Nicholls 67, Cent. Arkansas 58 Patrick Reed 69-63-67—199 -14 Josh Teater 66-68-66—200 -16 Prairie View 69, Ark.-Pine Bluff 61 Jon Rahm 72-69-61—202 -11 Ajla Tomljanovic, Australia, def. Pris- North Texas 94, UTSA 55 Emiliano Grillo 66-68-69—203 -13 cilla Hon, Australia, 6-2, 6-4. Sam Houston St. 77, Houston Baptist Rory McIlroy 65-69-68—202 -11 Patrick Rodgers 70-68-66—204 -12 73 SMU 60, Houston 47 Bryson DeChambeau 68-63-71—202 -11 Bernarda Pera, United States, def. Car- Sam Houston St. 75, Houston Baptist Sam Ryder 70-65-69—204 -12 oline Garcia, France, 6-3, 6-1. Stephen F. Austin 80, Incarnate Word Tyrrell Hatton 69-68-66—203 -10 Ted Potter, Jr. 68-70-67—205 -11 56 60 Paul Casey 69-68-66—203 -10 Women’s Doubles Texas A&M-CC 64, Lamar 56 Tyler McCumber 70-68-67—205 -11 TCU 67, West Virginia 60, OT Gary Woodland 70-69-65—204 -9 Ben Martin 70-66-69—205 -11 Round of 32 Texas A&M 87, Mississippi St. 75 Texas-Arlington 69, Texas State 49 Kevin Na 71-68-65—204 -9 Bethanie Mattek-Sands, United FAR WEST David Lingmerth 71-65-69—205 -11 Texas State 86, Georgia St. 76 Hideki Matsuyama 69-64-71—204 -9 Kyle Stanley 64-70-71—205 -11 States, and Kirsten Flipkens, Belgium, Tulsa 79, SMU 57 Boise St. 95, New Mexico 76 Abraham Ancer 70-70-67—207 -6 def. Elina Svitolina and Dayana Yastrem- CS Bakersfield 55, Seattle 43 Xinjun Zhang 71-69-66—206 -10 UALR 81, Arkansas St. 78 Billy Horschel 68-71-68—207 -6 Doug Ghim 69-70-67—206 -10 ska, Ukraine, 6-3, 6-3. UTEP 68, Rice 62 CS Northridge 57, Cal St.-Fullerton 50 Benjamin Hebert 73-70-65—208 -5 Latisha Chan and Hao-Ching Chan Matt Kuchar 75-67-67—209 -4 Maverick McNealy 70-69-67—206 -10 FAR WEST California Baptist 103, Chicago St. 68 Rob Oppenheim 69-68-69—206 -10 (7), Taiwan, def. Shuko Aoyama and Ena Arizona St. 74, Oregon St. 73 Fresno St. 69, Nevada 58 Carlos Ortiz 75-68-66—209 -4 Shibahara, Japan, 6-3, 6-3. Rafa Cabrera Bello 71-71-67—209 -4 Adam Schenk 72-65-69—206 -10 BYU 91, Gonzaga 78 Gonzaga 64, Pepperdine 50 Chris Couch 66-71-69—206 -10 Lyudmyla Kichenok and Nadiia Kiche- Colorado St. 78, San Jose St. 71 Idaho 96, Sacramento St. 88 Kevin Kisner 73-69-67—209 -4 Justin Harding 71-71-67—209 -4 Wes Roach 67-70-69—206 -10 nok, Ukraine, def. Julia Goerges, Ger- E. Washington 80, N. Arizona 70 Idaho St. 71, N. Colorado 55 Robert Streb 69-68-69—206 -10 many, and Kiki Bertens, Netherlands, 7-5, Montana St. 92, Montana 78 Zach Murray 71-69-69—209 -4 Long Beach St. 64, Hawaii 60 Tommy Fleetwood 70-69-70—209 -4 Matthew NeSmith 70-71-66—207 -9 1-6, 10-3. Loyola Marymount 66, Portland 58 N. Arizona 63, E. Washington 58 Sangmoon Bae 74-67-66—207 -9 Pacific 65, Saint Mary’s (Cal) 53 Lee Westwood 69-70-70—209 -4 Montana 59, Montana St. 54 Sebastian Muir 71-66-72—209 -4 Julian Etulain 67-73-67—207 -9 Open 13 N. Colorado 85, Idaho St. 72 Portland 89, Loyola Marymount 78 Scottie Scheffler 73-70-67—210 -3 Brice Garnett 72-68-67—207 -9 Nevada 78, Fresno St. 76 S. Utah 82, Weber St. 66 Adam Scott 74-68-68—210 -3 Joseph Bramlett 71-67-69—207 -9 Sunday New Mexico St. 78, Rio Grande 62 San Francisco 60, BYU 58 Xander Schauffele 72-72-66—210 -3 Zack Sucher 70-69-69—208 -8 At Marseille, France Oregon 73, Arizona 72, OT San Jose St. 69, Colorado St. 64 Zander Lombard 73-68-69—210 -3 Will Gordon 70-68-70—208 -8 Purse: Euro691,880 Pacific 87, Santa Clara 74 Santa Clara 78, San Diego 66 Bubba Watson 67-72-71—210 -3 Rhein Gibson 66-70-72—208 -8 Surface: Hardcourt indoor Sacramento St. 67, Idaho 56 UC Irvine 54, Cal Poly 51 Corey Conners 68-70-72—210 -3 Bo Hoag 74-67-68—209 -7 Men’s Singles Saint Mary’s (Cal) 92, San Diego 63 UC Santa Barbara 65, UC Riverside 47 Lanto Griffin 72-69-70—211 -2 Austin Cook 74-67-68—209 -7 Championship San Francisco 63, Pepperdine 61, OT UNLV 72, San Diego St. 67 Sungjae Im 69-72-70—211 -2 Mark Anderson 68-73-68—209 -7 Stefanos Tsitsipas (2), Greece, def. Fe- Seattle 69, CS Bakersfield 54 Utah Valley 64, Grand Canyon 54 Danny Willett 73-68-70—211 -2 D.J. Trahan 72-69-68—209 -7 lix Auger-Aliassime (7), Canada, 6-3, 6-4. UC Irvine 87, CS Northridge 64 Wyoming 68, Air Force 52 Chez Reavie 71-73-67—211 -2 Cameron Davis 69-71-69—209 -7 PAGE 18 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 DODEA EUROPE BOYS BASKETBALL Pigge, Bucs make it 3 straight

BY GREGORY BROOME Stars and Stripes WIESBADEN, Germany — Chandler Pigge left the Baumholder Bucs with a parting gift Saturday. Namely, another championship. The Bucs won their third straight DODEA Eu- rope Division III boys basketball title Saturday at Clay Kaserne Fitness Center, steadily outpacing Ansbach 52-31 in a sequel to their more dramatic championship win over the Cougars a year earlier. “We knew what to do defensively,” Baumholder coach Dewayne Pigge said. “We knew kind of what would rattle them and we stuck with the plan. And it was executed excellently.” The Bucs outlasted Ansbach in a 70-65 thriller to win last year’s title game, but the Cougars claimed MICHAEL ABRAMS/Stars and Stripes an impressive regular-season upset that was Baum- holder’s only divisional loss this year. In theory, that Cameron Gaetos of Vilseck avoids Luis Figueroa to go in for a made Saturday’s final a fascinating rubber match. basket in the boys Division I final in Wiesbaden, Germany on But the title game was a fizzle by comparison as Saturday. Vilseck took the title with a 56-42 win. the Bucs built an early lead and Ansbach never man- aged a serious counterstrike. Baumholder nursed a double-digit lead with some drawn-out possessions in the second half, then twice twisted the knife by Vilseck emphatically ending those possessions with a crisp pass to the interior and a strong finish by senior center Laurence Huxtable. A high-arcing Chandler Pigge three- MICHAEL ABRAMS/Stars and Stripes pointer put the Bucs up 42-27 entering an anticli- Baumholder’s Chandler Pigge, left, fights his way dethrones Ramstein mactic fourth quarter. to the basket against Dustin Martin of Ansbach “We just came out with more aggressiveness,” said in the boys Division III championship game. The Chandler Pigge, contrasting Saturday’s effort with Bucs won their third title in a row . BY GREGORY BROOME Vilseck had a counter for all of his team’s regular-season loss to the Cougars. “This Stars and Stripes Ramstein’s championship-tested time we just came out and played the best game of of a player and coach. tactics. Bruising center Mat- our lives. Didn’t focus on the refs, didn’t focus on the “He’s my son and I love him a lot,” said Pigge, WIESBADEN, Germany — thews brought the heft and inte- crowd…just focusing on us as a team.” who plans to return next season as the Bucs’ coach. The Royals reign is over, taken rior touch to match Ramstein’s The win brings an apparent end to Pigge’s memo- “He’s made Baumholder what it is, along with his down by a Vilseck team hungry front line, long-limbed wing Josh rable career as a Buc. The gifted junior plans, who teammates. He just didn’t do it by himself.” for a championship. Valembrun disrupted its efforts led finished with a game-high 23 points, plans to What Chandler Pigge did was thrive as the physi- Vilseck blitzed five-time de- on the perimeter and Cameron transfer to a stateside program, possibly in his na- cal and emotional centerpiece of the Bucs. He or- fending champion Ramstein on Gaetos capably ran the point tive Texas, for his final prep season to hone his craft chestrated the Baumholder offense and took the big Saturday at Clay Kaserne Fitness under constant Royals pressure. and increase his visibility as a promising collegiate shot when necessary. He provided dynamic play- Center, claiming a 56-42 victory Given all that, Vilseck’s win prospect. making and a steady hand in a storm. He competed in a physical, raucous Division was not altogether shocking. But “This program has been awesome,” said Pigge, for loose balls and rebounds like a freshman desper- I title game that emphatically the severity of the beating was. the reigning Stars and Stripes boys basketball Ath- ate to earn more court time. ended a half-decade dynasty. Senior center Sean Bergosh hit lete of the Year. “Each year it’s gotten better and “He’s a leader,” Dewayne Pigge said. “I can’t ask “This was an unbelievable run a buzzer-beating three-pointer to better, the moments got better and better. It’s going for anything more.” by these guys,” Vilseck coach cap a stunning first half and put to be sad leaving them, but because of Baumholder Isaiah Daep scored 12 points on four first-half Rick Ritter said. “They really the Falcons up 25-14. I’m going to go off to great places.” three-pointers for the Bucs. Huxtable, named the came together.” If the Royals were counting on Bucs coach Dewayne Pigge, Chandler’s father, tournament’s most outstanding player, added eight Signs of Vilseck’s imminent a resurgent third quarter, tradi- has an obvious connection with his star beyond that points. coup were visible as the season tionally a time when playoff-test- wound down. ed champions assert themselves , The Falcons handled Black they were left wanting: Vilseck Forest Academy twice at the end only increased its lead, holdinh Naples outlasts Aviano in D-II final of the regular season to snatch the Royals to two points and ef- the tournament’s No. 2 seed . fectively broaching the blowout BY JENNIFER H. SVAN tourney stumble, a 34-23 loss to onds left in regulation and put Then they landed a direct blow to threshold on a twisting Valem- Stars and Stripes Rota on Friday, to beat Bahrain Naples up 40-35. the champion’s chin with a pool- brun layup for a 23-point lead and secure a spot in the final. “I knew when those last 50 sec- play defeat of the Royals. The going into the fourth quarter. WIESBADEN, Germany — The fourth-seeded Saints lost onds were on the clock, we got Falcons then bested Black Forest Ramstein tried to mount a rally, Much of Saturday’s Division II to Naples in round-robin play but it,” junior point guard Ti Hunter in the semifinals, to earn their hoisting three-pointers, picking boys title game between Naples earned the tie-breaker with Rota said. title shot. up its defensive intensity and div- and Aviano was a stalemate. and Vicenza — with all teams It was defense — and not of- Vilseck gained confidence with ing for every loose ball . Elisha The rivals from Italy exchanged at 4-2 — by beating both in the fense — that made the difference , each achievement . Williams swished a three-pointer baskets, hustle, rebounds and tournament. Hunter said. “We just recognized eight days from the top of the key to cut the turnovers and locked the score Saturday’s title game was close “Stopping the other team from ago that we controlled our own deficit to 13 with two and a half at 30 apiece at the end of three throughout. scoring is how we win,” he said. destiny,” Ritter said. “We just minutes to play, but the seasoned periods. Naples took a 13-10 lead when The Wildcats at times couldn’t started a little momentum. We Falcons were up to the task. But as the fourth quarter junior Mark Simmons hit a handle Aviano senior Ben started to trust ourselves.” Saturday represented the end wouned down , the fifth-seeded three-pointer at the first-quarter Broome, a 6-foot-5 center who On Thursday, Vilseck’s Jonas of an era for Ramstein, which will Wildcats outscored and outlasted buzzer. steamrolled his way to the net. Matthews brashly predicted the move forward without departing the Saints, 40-35, capping a mem- The Wildcats extended their “He’s a big dude,” Hunter said. events that would come to pass stars Jason Jones Jr. and Jerod orable run through the tourney. lead to 19-12 in the second quar- “We had to stop him. But they have two days later, describing the Little . It did not end the way Naples played as a Division I ter, but the Saints weren’t ready a lot of shooters on the outside,” growing feeling of a “champion- Coach Andrew O’Connor, who team in last year’s tournament, to concede and reined in Naples he added, referring to Brooks, a ship season” for the suddenly after Saturday’s game called the lost three games and was promptly with several buckets, including a 6-1 forward, and Zachary Villa, soaring Falcons. By Saturday, the Royals the “greatest basketball eliminated, recalled coach Craig three-pointer by senior Malachai a 6-foot point guard. “We focused senior center and his teammates program in DODEA history,” Lord. Brooks. At halftime, Naples was didn’t feel like underdogs. would have drawn it up. But this This year, “we lost a lot of up 23-20. on them,” Hunter said. “We were very confident,” said run will be remembered as much games” during the regular season, The teams continued to ex- Aviano junior Miguel Evans Matthews. Calling the Royals a for its triumphs as for Saturday’s he said, but “we always had faith change points into the fourth said Naples played good defense “really good” team, he nonethe- unceremonious end. that we could win. And we would quarter, when Naples’ Keshawn and outhustled the Saints. less knew the Falcons had the ca- “It’s a group of champions,” always just go back to practice and Holland drove in a layup that put “We knew it would be a dog- pacity to dethrone them. O’Connor said of his crestfallen figure it out. the Wildcats ahead 37-35 — a lead fight for the whole game,” he said. But Saturday’s defeat of team. “I love my guys, and I “Obviously, to come up and win they would never relinquish. “We’ll be back next year.” Ramstein was not simply a psy- wouldn’t want to win with any a championship is the dream and Tyrell Holland, who nabbed “We definitely played our chological undertaking or a force other group or lose with any other the goal, and we always had that the lion’s share of rebounds on hearts out,” Broome said. “I’m of collective will. The Falcons group.” in mind.” the night and earned Division proud of my team.” had the on-court goods to back up [email protected] To achieve the dream, the Wild- II Most Valuable Player honors, [email protected] their growing bravado. Twitter: @broomestripes cats had to shake off their only drew a foul with less than 50 sec- Twitter: @stripesktown Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 19 DODEA EUROPE GIRLS BASKETBALL Naples Unbeaten Stuttgart explodes in third wins 4th in a row BY GREGORY BROOME “Unfortunately, we came up Stars and Stripes a little short tonight,” Spartans for title coach Joe Cherrone said. “We got WIESBADEN, Germany — The into our groove a little later than BY JENNIFER H. SVAN dynasty continues. what we wanted to.” Stars and Stripes The Stuttgart Panthers won The five-point final margin was their fourth straight DODEA Eu- by far Stuttgart’s smallest of an WIESBADEN, Germany — It rope Division I girls basketball otherwise overwhelming postsea- was a tale of two halves in the championship Saturday at Clay son run. The Panthers won their DODEA Europe Division II girls Kaserne Fitness Center, finishing three preliminary games by an basketball title game Saturday off an undefeated season with a 28- average of 31 points and handled between the Naples Wildcats and 23 defeat of the SHAPE Spartans. Kaiserslautern in Friday’s semifi- Vicenza Cougars. While girls hoops titles are be- nal round by a comfortable 37-24 The Wildcats prevailed 44-35 coming an annual tradition for score. by overcoming a feisty Vicenza Stuttgart, each year’s team is a Ultimately the Spartans, who team that surged to an early lead, unique entity. Stuttgart coach mHess called “tenacious,” were still riding high from ousting top Robin Hess said this year’s Pan- the only team that offered any seed Aviano in round-robin play thers were built on an unbreak- meaningful resistance. While his Friday to secure a spot in the able chemistry that manifested team lost the game, Cherrone said championship. itself on the court. these Spartans accomplished the In the first half, Naples strug- “They support each other, they task of putting the program at gled to convert baskets and free encourage each other, they pat the “top of the scene” in Division throws, while Vicenza juniors each other on the back, they share I hoops after years of postseason BRIAN FERGUSON/Stars and Stripes Claire Troiano and Brealin Re- the ball,” Hess said. “They don’t insignficance. decker combined for nine points Naples’ Roxanne Sasse drives to the basket during the DODEA- get mad at each other. They talk “We’re definitely trying to make from behind the three-point arc Europe Division II girls basketball championship game against it out.” a name for ourselves,” Cherrone to help put the third-seeded Cou- Vicenza on Saturday. Naples won the game 44-35. SHAPE loomed as the primary said. gars ahead 18-16 at halftime. obstacle to another Stuttgart coro- Success such as SHAPE en- But the Wildcats returned to Tim Smith said of what gave the for Naples for four years – and re- nation, particularly after faring joyed this season can create a the Wiesbaden High School court No. 2-seeded Wildcats the advan- member the sting of falling short well in a 41-36 loss to the champs self-perpetuating cycle: winning a different team, explosive on of- tage. “We got some easy baskets. their sophomore year against in the teams’ regular-season fina- attracts more talent, which breeds fense and stingy on defense. Na- We drove pretty well. Roxie made Stuttgart in the Division I title le Feb. 15, and the Spartans were more winning, and so on. ples erupted for 22 third-quarter some good steals for layups. She game. very competitive again on Satur- “We want to try to keep it like points and held the Cougars to can turn the game around just “I’m so proud of our team,” said day as they played to an 8-8 draw that,” Cherrone said. “Hopefully only four. through eight minutes. like that.” Farinas, who nailed two three- we can encourage girls around The spark for Naples was Rox- But the Panthers were simply Roxanne Sasse, who was pointers in the first half. our community to come out and anne Sasse. The junior intercept- the superior team: bigger, faster, continue to play.” named the Division II Most Valu- For Vicenza, Troiano’s and ed passes and scrambled for loose better, more productive. A sec- Stuttgart represents the ideal- able Player for the tourney, said Redecker’s hot hands from the balls, converting at least four ond-quarter burst established a ized version of that model. Jaelyn three-point arc wasn’t enough to turnovers into layups. she likes going after loose balls. six-point halftime lead, and that Page, one of six seniors on the overcome the Wildcats’ balanced Senior Mia Rawlins also con- “That’s my specialty, I think.” multiple-possession advantage team, enjoyed a triumphant end to tributed with a three-point play; After struggling in the first attack. held up without incident until the a career spanning four years, and freshman Gabriela Sasse knocked half, the Wildcats headed into the “We wanted to start strong and final minute. four titles, with Hess and the Pan- in a couple of buckets and sopho- locker room and “we motivated our hope was to finish strong too,” A three-pointer by SHAPE ther dynasty. more Serina Alderson was per- ourselves,” Sasse said. “The sec- Troiano said. “It fell through a lit- guard Gabi Shultz with 30 seconds “It’s kind of sad that it’s over,” fect with three free throws after ond half, we really came out and tle bit, but I still think we played to play cut the lead to five points, said Page, who paired an outstand- being fouled while shooting be- did our stuff.” with whatever our hearts would and the Spartans forced an im- ing defensive performance with a yond the arc. The title was especially sweet give.” mediate turnover to heighten the six-point outing on the other side. “I just think our press worked for Rawlins and fellow senior [email protected] threat. But a string of timeouts “But I’m really happy that I could a little bit better,” Naples coach Mickey Farinas, who have played Twitter: @stripesktown and fouls over the final seconds spend all four years with her.” produced no more points for ei- Sophomore Rebekah Johnson Sentinels live up to favorite billing ther side. led six Stuttgart scorers with

BY GREGORY BROOME Tori Morris and Brussels’ Nina Duvnjak. Spangda- Stars and Stripes hlem countered with a talented and complementary lineup that no one could match, getting standout pe- WIESBADEN, Germany — The Spangdahlem rimeter play from Lorelai Vargo and Bridget Dono- Sentinels have been building toward a champion- van, all-around wing contributions from Destiny ship all winter. On Saturday, the construction was Hyler and a forceful interior presence from Izzy complete. Smith and Emerson Retka. Spangdahlem claimed the Division III girls bas- “We’re built to play off each other,” Sentinels ketball championship Saturday at Clay Kaserne coach Chris Howard said. “Anybody on the court Fitness Center, cruising past the Hohenfels Tigers can score at any time.” 37-21 to complete a rampage through the regular That dynamic wasn’t accomplished easily. As season and tournament. seamless as it looked from the outside, Spangda- Undefeated in divisional play, Spangdahlem was hlem’s championship season was marked by the the clear team to beat entering the tournament, and same internal struggles and personality clashes that nobody came close to doing so. The Sentinels won are common on high-school sports teams. their three preliminary games by a total of 95 points, “We went through a lot of team building, a lot of including a 44-5 defeat of eventual finals opponent discussions… That happens not only on the court, Hohenfels, and on Friday took down defending but it happens in school,” Howard said. “Everybody’s champion Sigonella in a lopsided 39-14 semifinal. got to trust in each other and have everybody’s back, That made Saturday’s final mostly a formality, even off the court.” though the fifth-seeded Tigers had given Spangda- “We definitely had to get through some ups and hlem some trouble in the regular season and boast- downs. Not everyone was compatible with each ed one of DODEA Europe’s most capable offensive other,” Izzy Smith said. “But as the season pro- players in junior guard June Smith. The Sentinels gressed we knew that whether we liked it or not, we simply smothered Smith with double teams that had to stay together. largely neutralized a Tigers offense that produced “Everyone had skills, we just had to play to each MICHAEL ABRAMS/Stars and Stripes just five points, all by Smith, in the first half. other’s strengths.” That was a theme for the Sentinels throughout Izzy Smith led the Sentinels with 16 points on Sat- Skye DaSilva Matis of Stuttgart pulls down a rebound against the year as they tangled with divisional rivals built urday while sophomore Vargo added 14. June Smith McKenzie Barden of SHAPE in the girls Division I final of the DODEA around a centerpiece talent like Smith, AFNORTH’s scored 17 in defeat. Europe basketball championships on Saturday. PAGE 20 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 NBA Bucks thrash 76ers Antetokounmpo’s 31 points, 17 rebounds lift Milwaukee

Associated Press Antetokounmpo added eight assists as Milwaukee won for the 16th time in its last MILWAUKEE — The Milwaukee Bucks 18 games to improve its NBA-best record turned a tight game with the Philadelphia to 48-8. 76ers into a mismatch immediately in the The Bucks led 56-50 at the half before second half, led by the reigning league Antetokounmpo’s scoring outburst put the MVP. Bucks in control. Milwaukee would go on Giannis Antetokounmpo had 31 points to outscore the 76ers 37-23 in the period. and 17 rebounds, Khris Middleton scored Embiid, coming off a 39-point perfor- 25 points and the Bucks beat the 76ers 119- mance on Thursday night, had 17 points 98 on Saturday night in a matchup of East- and 11 rebounds but shot just 5-for-18. ern Conference rivals. Furkan Korkmaz and Shake Milton also Antetokounmpo scored Milwaukee’s first scored 17 points apiece for the 76ers, who 11 points in the third quarter as the Bucks fell to 9-20 on the road. took advantage of the absence of Philadel- “I liked what I was seeing in the first phia big man Joel Embiid, who went to the half, and the death knock was Joel sitting,” bench less a minute into the period after 76ers coach Brett Brown said. “We just picking up his fourth foul, and quickly put didn’t respond well to Milwaukee playing the game out of reach. their tails off, and they shot the heck out “We came out the third quarter and of the ball.” played fast,” Antetokounmpo said. “We Philadelphia lost All-Star Ben Sim- were able to rebound the ball and just at- mons early in the first quarter. Simmons, MORRY GASH/AP tack them. Joel had four fouls. That worked who missed the 76ers’ previous game with in our favor. We tried to be aggressive in lower back tightness, headed to the locker The Bucks’ Giannis Antetokounmpo dunks against the Philadelphia 76ers on Saturday the third quarter and set the tone.” room after consecutive driving layups. in Milwaukee. Antetokounmpo had a game-high 31 points in the Bucks’ 119-98 win. Roundup Scoreboard

Harden, Westbrook combine for 72 points in win Eastern Conference Atlantic Division W L Pct GB Toronto 41 15 .732 — Associated Press Boston 39 16 .709 1½ his season high-tying 33 points Cedi Osman led Cleveland with Philadelphia 35 22 .614 6½ in the first half and Seth Curry 19 points. Brooklyn 26 29 .473 14½ SALT LAKE CITY — Teams added 22 for the Mavericks. Kings 112, Clippers 103: New York 17 39 .304 24 are trying to get creative in Southeast Division The game was billed as a show- Kent Bazemore scored a season- Miami 36 20 .643 — guarding the Houston Rockets. Orlando 24 32 .429 12 down between Luka Doncic and high 23 points, Bogdan Bogda- Russell Westbrook doesn’t Washington 20 34 .370 15 Young, two second-year All-Stars novic added 20 and Sacramento Charlotte 19 37 .339 17 think the ploys are effective. Atlanta 17 41 .293 20 linked together since a draft-night won on the road for the second James Harden shrugged off Central Division trade in 2018, but the matchup time in less than a month. Milwaukee 48 8 .857 — traps to score 38 points, West- Indiana 33 23 .589 15 never materialized. De’Aaron Fox had 20 points Chicago 19 38 .333 29½ brook faced two-time Defensive Detroit 19 39 .328 30 Player of the Year Rudy Gobert Doncic, who led Dallas to a win and eight assists for the surg- Cleveland 15 41 .268 33 over Orlando the night before, ing Kings. They have won two and still had 34 and the Rockets Western Conference beat the Utah Jazz 120-110 on Sat- was held out so he could rest his straight out of the All-Star break ankle, meaning that he and Young and eight of 12 overall. Southwest Division urday night. W L Pct GB “I don’t know if it’s working. I won’t face each other again until Los Angeles’ Kawhi Leonard Houston 36 20 .643 — next season. Doncic missed a scored 31 points in his return Dallas 34 23 .596 2½ get whatever I want. I get to the Memphis 28 28 .500 8 basket. I shoot. I drive and kick. 123-100 Mavericks win against from his MVP performance in San Antonio 24 31 .436 11½ the Hawks earlier this month in Chicago, but the Clippers re- New Orleans 24 32 .429 12 The pace and speed you can’t Northwest Division scout for,” Westbrook said. Dallas with a similar injury. turned from the All-Star break Denver 38 18 .679 — The Mavericks also were with- with their first three-game losing Utah 36 20 .643 2 Harden (13-for-23, six three- KIM RAFF/AP Oklahoma City 34 22 .607 4 pointers) and Westbrook (14-for- out Kristaps Porzingis, sidelined streak of the season. Portland 25 32 .439 13 Houston Rockets point guard Minnesota 16 38 .296 21 26) were efficient all night and to rest his knee, and Willie Cau- Suns 112, Bulls 104: De- Pacific Division the Rockets rode a big third quar- Russell Westbrook had 34 ley-Stein, who missed the game Andre Ayton dominated with 28 L.A. Lakers 42 12 .778 — points in his team’s 120-110 L.A. Clippers 37 19 .661 6 ter to their third straight win. for personal reasons. points and 19 rebounds, Devin Sacramento 23 33 .411 20 win Saturday in Salt Lake City. Heat 124, Cavaliers 105: Booker had 29 points and Phoe- Phoenix 23 34 .404 20½ “It obviously didn’t work,” Golden State 12 44 .214 31 Harden said when asked about Miami was a worthy warmup nix won at Chicago. Friday’s games in the third quarter when they Dallas 122, Orlando 106 putting the 7-foot-1 Gobert on the act for Dwyane Wade’s jersey The Suns outscored the Bulls Cleveland 113, Washington 108 6-3 Westbrook. outscored the Jazz 38-19. retirement, breaking a 23-year- by 13 in the third quarter to wipe Indiana 106, New York 98 “When we don’t make shots, it Toronto 118, Phoenix 101 Eric Gordon and Ben old franchise record for points in out a 10-point halftime deficit and Boston 127, Minnesota 117 really impacts our defense. That the first half en route to a victory ended the game on a 17-4 run to Oklahoma City 113, Denver 101 McLemore each scored 12 off the San Antonio 113, Utah 104 bench for Houston. said, I thought in the third quar- over visiting Cleveland. come away with the win after New Orleans 128, Portland 115 ter, we didn’t have the same en- The Heat shot 77% in the first losing seven of nine. Chicago L.A. Lakers 117, Memphis 105 Donovan Mitchell scored 31 Saturday’s games and Jordan Clarkson had 22 for ergy we needed on the defensive half and then turned the stage dropped its eighth in a row. Sacramento 112, L.A. Clippers 103 end,” Utah coach Quin Snyder Brooklyn 115, Charlotte 86 the Jazz, who cut the Rockets’ over to Wade, whose No. 3 jersey Ricky Rubio added 18 points Atlanta 111, Dallas 107 lead to seven in the fourth quar- said. “We didn’t get our hands was hoisted to the rafters at half- and 11 assists, and Kelly Oubre Phoenix 112, Chicago 104 on balls, we didn’t get deflec- Miami 124, Cleveland 105 ter a couple times but could never time. The ceremony was part of Jr. had 14 points to help Phoe- Milwaukee 119, Philadelphia 98 get closer. tions, and we fouled just once a three-day celebration of Wade’s nix snap a five-game road losing Houston 120, Utah 110 Sunday’s games Houston made Salt Lake city which tells you a little about our career that included three NBA streak. Boston at L.A. Lakers aggressiveness.” titles with Miami. Bulls rookie Coby White set a Indiana at Toronto pay when it occasionally double- Minnesota at Denver teamed Harden and couldn’t ro- Westbrook capped a 14-2 run The Heat broke the franchise career high with 33 points and San Antonio at Oklahoma City with a jumper and Houston led record of 75 points in the first matched one by making seven Washington at Chicago tate fast enough to the perimeter New Orleans at Golden State shooters. After a season high- 100-85 entering the final period. half in November 1997 against three-pointers. Zach LaVine Detroit at Portland Hawks 111, Mavericks 107: Monday’s games tying 25 three-pointers in their the Los Angeles Clippers, a mark scored 20 points. Atlanta at Philadelphia last outing against Golden State, John Collins had 35 points and that predated Wade’s 16-year Nets 115, Hornets 86: Timo- Miami at Cleveland Milwaukee at Washington the Rockets made 20-for-48 from 17 rebounds, Trae Young scored NBA career. The game was so the Luwawu-Cabarrot scored Orlando at Brooklyn beyond the arc. 13 of his 27 points in the fourth lopsided that Wade’s close friend, 21 points and visiting Brooklyn New York at Houston Minnesota at Dallas “We have two guys, even more quarter and host Atlanta rallied Udonis Haslem, played for only ended Charlotte’s three-game Phoenix at Utah than two guys, that are able to put Saturday to beat Dallas. the third time this season during winning streak. Memphis at L.A. Clippers Tuesday’s games pressure on the rim. Teams are Collins’ follow shot, credited garbage time. Caris LeVert added 17 points, Charlotte at Indiana after a goaltending call was over- Rookie Kendrick Nunn led and Garrett Temple had 15 points Milwaukee at Toronto going to come and help and then Oklahoma City at Chicago our shooters have open shots,” turned, sealed it with 8.4 seconds Miami with 24 points. The Heat and 10 rebounds. Detroit at Denver Boston at Portland Harden said. remaining. shot a season-best 57% and made P.J. Washington had 16 points New Orleans at L.A. Lakers The Rockets made their move Tim Hardaway Jr. scored 20 of 19 three-pointers. for the Hornets. Sacramento at Golden State Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 21 NHL Capitals’ Ovechkin joins 700 club Scoreboard Eastern Conference Atlantic Division GP W L OT Pts GF GA Boston 63 39 12 12 90 208 159 Tampa Bay 62 40 17 5 85 221 171 Only Gretzky reached Toronto 63 32 23 8 72 220 210 Florida 62 32 24 6 70 217 212 Montreal 64 29 27 8 66 194 195 Buffalo 61 28 25 8 64 180 192 mark in fewer games Ottawa 62 21 30 11 53 164 212 Detroit 63 15 44 4 34 128 236 Metropolitan Division BY VIN A. CHERWOO Pittsburgh 60 37 17 6 80 198 163 Washington 61 37 18 6 80 213 187 Associated Press Philadelphia 62 35 20 7 77 206 183 N.Y. Islanders 60 34 20 6 74 172 163 NEWARK, N.J. — With power Carolina 61 35 22 4 74 201 172 Columbus 63 30 19 14 74 162 163 and a prodigious shot, Alex N.Y. Rangers 61 33 24 4 70 203 188 Ovechkin now stands where few New Jersey 61 24 27 10 58 167 210 in hockey have been. Western Conference He became the eighth NHL Central Division player to score 700 career goals, GP W L OT Pts GF GA reaching the milestone in the St. Louis 62 35 17 10 80 196 173 Colorado 61 36 18 7 79 212 166 third period of the Washington’ Dallas 61 35 20 6 76 165 158 Winnipeg 63 32 26 5 69 192 189 Capitals’ 3-2 loss to the New Jer- Nashville 61 30 23 8 68 195 196 sey Devils on Saturday. Minnesota 60 29 24 7 65 185 193 Chicago 61 27 26 8 62 181 195 “It’s a special moment,” Ovech- Pacific Division kin said. “When you get closer Vegas 63 33 22 8 74 202 191 Vancouver 61 33 22 6 72 203 187 you start thinking when it’s going Edmonton 61 32 22 7 71 194 190 to happen. Finally, it’s over so we Arizona 65 31 26 8 70 181 174 Calgary 62 31 25 6 68 183 194 don’t have to talk about it any- San Jose 61 26 31 4 56 158 199 more. We’re going to move on.” Anaheim 61 24 30 7 55 156 191 Los Angeles 62 22 34 6 50 154 199 The 34-year-old Russian for- Note: Two points for a win, one point ward one-timed a slap shot from for overtime loss. Top three teams in each division and two wild cards per the right circle that went in off conference advance to playoffs. Saturday’s games the left post 4:50 into the third pe- Buffalo 5, Pittsburgh 2 riod, tying the game at 2. It was Philadelphia 4, Winnipeg 2 New Jersey 3, Washington 2 his 42nd goal of the season, one N.Y. Rangers 3, San Jose 2 behind Boston’s David Pastrnak Montreal 3, Ottawa 0 Carolina 6, Toronto 3 and Toronto’s Auston Matthews Arizona 7, Tampa Bay 3 for the league lead, and came BILL KOSTROUN/AP Nashville 4, Columbus 3, SO on his second shot on goal of the Vegas 5, Florida 3 Washington Capitals left wing Alex Ovechkin, center, celebrates his 700th career goal with defenseman Vancouver 9, Boston 3 game. Colorado 2, Los Angeles 1, SO Michal Kempny, left, and defenseman Nick Jensen during the third period of Washington’s 3-2 loss Sunday’s games Capitals players rushed onto Saturday to the New Jersey Devils in Newark, N.J. Pittsburgh at Washington the ice to congratulate their team- Chicago at Dallas Winnipeg at Buffalo mate, and Devils fans gave him a Jaromir Jagr (766), Brett Hull five straight games before get- goals to 700 in 154 games, the San Jose vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nassau strong ovation. Veterans Memorial Coliseum (741), Marcel Dionne (731), Phil ting No. 699 against Montreal on fewest among the eight players to Calgary at Detroit “It was obviously a matter of St. Louis at Minnesota Esposito (717) and Mike Gartner Thursday night. He had 14 goals, reach the mark. time, but that was a huge goal Edmonton at Los Angeles (708). including three hat tricks, in his The first overall pick in the Vegas at Anaheim for us at the time,” said Todd Monday’s games Jagr and Gartner both spent previous seven games before the 2004 draft, Ovechkin has 1,270 Ottawa at Columbus Rierden, in his second season as Tuesday’s games Capitals coach after serving as some time with the Capitals but drought. points since the start of his rookie Calgary at Boston nether reached the mark while “I knew someday even if I season, just ahead of Penguins Dallas at Carolina an assistant the previous four. N.Y. Rangers vs. N.Y. Islanders at Nas- “Amazing to be able to watch it playing for the team. didn’t score today we still have 20 star Sidney Crosby (1,256) since sau Veterans Memorial Coliseum “It’s always special to be in that games, so one goal I would score,” they both debuted that year. San Jose at Philadelphia live and in person. To be able to Toronto at Tampa Bay go through the last six years with category,“ Ovechkin said. “But he said. “It’s pretty good compa- Despite Ovechkin’s climb, Vancouver at Montreal Winnipeg at Washington (Ovechkin) has been amazing to I would say without my team, ny. I am happy to be there.” Washington lost its fourth New Jersey at Detroit without my family, without the He needed 1,144 games to straight and fell to 3-7-1 in its Chicago at St. Louis watch. Certainly a superstar in Columbus at Minnesota my time, the best goal scorer that fans, the support that I have I reach the landmark, second fast- past 11 games to remain tied with Ottawa at Nashville would never reach that milestone. est behind Gretzky at 886 games. Pittsburgh atop the Metropolitan Florida at Arizona I’ve ever seen.” Edmonton at Anaheim Wayne Gretzky leads the ca- We have to continue to create And the player who has been tor- Division at 80 points — the Pen- Wednesday’s games Buffalo at Colorado reer list with 894 goals. He is history.” menting goalies since joining the guins have an edge with a game Edmonton at Vegas followed by Gordie Howe (801), Ovechkin had not scored in league in 2005 moved from 600 in hand. Pittsburgh at Los Angeles Roundup 42-year-old emergency goalie helps Hurricanes top Leafs

Associated Press throng of reporters. “I hadn’t seen the home. of the shootout, and host Nashville beat footage [of Mrazek’s injury]. I was in the Rangers 3, Sharks 2: Jesper Fast Columbus. TORONTO — Emergency backup goalie media room by myself and a guy came in scored twice, Igor Shesterkin made 44 Colton Sissons, Ryan Johansen and Mi- Dave Ayres made eight saves in relief of and said, ‘Get going. Get ready.’ saves and host New York won its third kael Granlund each scored, and Filip Fors- Carolina’s two injured netminders Satur- “It was wild, it was fun,” said Ayres, who straight game. berg had two assists for the Predators. day in the Hurricanes’ 6-3 victory over the gets paid $500 and gets to keep his jersey. Mika Zibanejad also scored and Artemi Canucks 9, Bruins 3: Tyler Toffoli Toronto Maple Leafs. The native of nearby Whitby, Ontario, Panarin extended his point streak to eight scored his first two goals with his new Ayres, who works as a Zamboni driver faces shots from professional players on an games with two assists as the Rangers won team and added an assist as host Vancou- for the Toronto Marlies of the American almost-daily basis during the season but for the seventh time in eight games. ver routed Boston. Hockey League, was forced into action never thought he’d be called into service in Sabres 5, Penguins 2: Jack Eichel Troy Stecher had a goal and two assists midway through the second period after an NHL game. scored twice as visiting Buffalo dealt Pitts- for a career-high three points, and J.T Carolina’s James Reimer and Petr Mrazek Coyotes 7, Lightning 3: Clayton Keller burgh its second blowout in three days. Miller had three assists. were injured. The Hurricanes were lead- and Conor Garland each had two goals and Zemgus Girgensons, Sam Reinhart and Golden Knights 5, Panthers 3: Reilly ing 3-1 when the 42-year-old Ayres took an assist, leading host Arizona past Tampa Jeff Skinner also scored for the Sabres. Con- Smith scored two goals, Marc-Andre over. Bay. nor Hutton turned away 41 shots as Buffalo Fleury made 31 saves and host Vegas beat Ayres allowed goals on the first two shots Derek Stepan, Carl Soderberg and Brad earned its second regulation victory in its Florida. he faced before settling down and stopping Richardson scored and Taylor Hall had last 20 meetings with the Penguins. The Golden Knights completed a five- the next eight in a suffocating defensive two assists. Antti Raanta made 27 saves. Canadiens 3, Senators 0: Max Domi game homestand 5-0-0 and catapulted to performance by his new teammates. Flyers 4, Jets 2: Scott Laughton scored had a pair of goals to help Montreal won the top of the Pacific Division, where they Warren Foegele scored twice, Martin two goals as host Philadelphia extended its at Ottawa. lead Edmonton by three points. Necas had a goal and an assist, and Lucas winning streak to three games with a win Carey Price stopped 30 shots for his Avalanche 2, Kings 1 (SO): Joonas Don- Wallmark, Nino Niederreiter and Teuvo over Winnipeg. fourth shutout of the season, while Paul skoi scored in the shootout and Colorado Teravainen also scored for Carolina. Sean Couturier and Tyler Pitlick also Byron also scored. earned its sixth straight road win. “I had a couple of text messages that told scored and Justin Braun had three assists Predators 4, Blue Jackets 3 (SO): Ryan Graves scored for the Avalanche, me to get in there,” Ayres said in front a for the Flyers, who improved to 21-5-4 at Rocco Grimaldi scored in the eighth round who have won 11 of their past 15 games. PAGE 22 F3HIJKLM •STARS AND STRIPES• Monday, February 24, 2020 BOXING/MLB Astros steal signs from heckling fans Crowd jeers Houston in spring opener vs. champion Nationals

BY KRISTIE RIEKEN Associated Press WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Fans hoping to heckle the sign- stealing Houston Astros at their spring opener were met with quite the coincidence. They got their signs stolen. In the Astros’ first spring training game since their sign-stealing scandal rocked baseball, some fans brought signs jeering PHOTOS BY ISAAC BREKKEN/AP Houston, and ballpark personnel JOHN BAZEMORE/AP Tyson Fury lands a right on Deontay Wilder during Saturday’s WBC heavyweight title fight in Las Vegas. confiscated them before the ex- hibition opener against the World A Nationals fan reacts as the Series champion Washington Na- Houston Astros are introduced tionals on Saturday night. before Saturday’s spring training Throne: Fury deals Wilder first loss In a Series rematch, the Nats game against Washington in got hearty cheers, while everyone West Palm Beach, Fla. in an Astros jersey — including FROM BACK PAGE the mascot, Orbit — was booed. One fan in a Nationals jersey He also bloodied Wilder’s ear, and seemed to lick Houston did not use any players yelled: “Hey Altuve, are you the blood off his shoulder in a bizarre scene in the implicated in MLB’s probe. scared to play tonight?” Oth- sixth round. If that wasn’t enough fun for the night, Two men in Nationals gear sit- ers screamed “you suck!” and he tried to lead the crowd in a singalong of “Ameri- ting behind the Astros dugout “cheaters!” can Pie” after the fight. Fury knew all the words. briefly held up crudely drawn About a half-dozen fans wore The end came at 1:39 of the seventh round when signs just before first pitch. One shirts that read “bang foul poles, referee Kenny Bayless stopped the fight after Wild- read: “You see my hate?” in large not trash cans” in reference to er’s corner threw in the towel as he was getting block letters. And another said: Howie Kendrick’s decisive home pummeled in a neutral corner. Blood was pouring “Houston” with an asterisk below run for Washington in Game 7 of out of Wilder’s ear for several rounds before Fury it, suggesting the Astros’ 2017 last year’s World Series. went in for the shoulder lick. World Series title should be per- First-year Houston manager It was the first loss for Wilder in 44 fights, and it manently blemished because of Dusty Baker said he didn’t think came in the 11th defense of the title he won in 2015. the cheating. the reception was “too bad” and The men didn’t get to show off said his team will have to get used “Even the greatest have lost and come back,” their signs for long. A woman who to it. Wilder said. “I make no excuses. This is what big- worked for the ballpark quickly “You’ll probably get the same time boxing is all about.” approached to take the signs. reception most places you go, es- The two fighters are under contract for a third They didn’t argue, but did look pecially the first go-round,” he fight, though Wilder could opt out of it as the loser. If confused as she walked away with said. “So, you’ve just got to put the fight happens, Fury would get the better part of them folded in her arms. your big-boy pants on and then a 60-40 purse bid. The Astros and Nationals share just try to shut it out and just play Fury stalked Wilder almost from the opening a spring training complex. Hous- baseball .” bell, using his jab to control the early rounds. He ton was designated the home team Washington ace Max Scherzer, won every round on the scorecard of the Associated Saturday. who started Game 7 to help the Press and was in total command of the fight when Matthew Silliman, who held Nationals to their first title, also it ended. one of the signs, said he didn’t started Saturday and pitched two Ringside punch stats demonstrated Fury’s domi- know they were forbidden. scoreless innings. He was asked nance, showing him out-landing Wilder 82-34 in “I’m a big Nats fan and it’s if he thought the game would be total punches. Fury landed 58 power punches in less wrong,” said Silliman, who drove more dramatic considering what’s than seven rounds of the rematch after landing just to the game from Tampa Bay and going on with the Astros. 38 in the first fight. Wilder landed just 34 punches said he’s been waiting to let the “Maybe, I don’t know,” he said. all fight and just 18 power shots. Astros know what he thinks of “We won the World Series, so it Wilder briefly protested the stoppage, as a pro- them. “They’re cheaters.” wasn’t like I have a vendetta to Fury crowd of 15,816 at the MGM Grand hotel Tyson Fury celebrates after beating Deontay Wilder Commissioner Rob Manfred hold. So, for me over here we’re roared in delight. The highly anticipated fight drew for the WBC world heavyweight championship. concluded last month the Astros just trying to move forward and a heavyweight record $16.9 million gate and pro- violated rules by using a televi- get ready for our season.” moters believe it sold well on pay-per-view, too. match, vowing to change tactics and become the big sion camera to steal catchers’ Scherzer was a bit disappointed “I wish my corner would have let me go out on my puncher. He was true to his word, dominating early signs during their run to the 2017 that none of Houston’s starters shield,” Wilder said. “He did what he did. There’s with a jab that stopped Wilder in his tracks and then World Series title and again in the played Saturday. no excuses.” landing combinations to the head and body. 2018 season. Manager AJ Hinch “You want to face the best,” Wilder, who at 6-foot-7 and 231 pounds was the Fury (30-0-1, 21 KO) came into the ring carried and general manager Jeff Luh- said Scherzer, who allowed one smaller man in the ring to the 6-foot-9 British giant, aloft on a throne with a crown on his head. Then he now were suspended for one sea- hit and struck out two. “They’re a was backpedaling the entire fight, trying to catch son and then fired by the team, great lineup but I get it, it’s early showed he was really the Gypsy King as he made Fury coming in with a right hand. But he was never but players were not disciplined. in the spring — you’re not going to it an easy night against a fighter who had gone 12 able to throw it effectively, and unable to deal with Fans booed loudly every time see them.” Fury’s jab either. years without losing as a pro. the public address announcer said And while Silliman didn’t get to Two judges had Fury winning every round, while For Wilder it was a stunning end to an unbeaten “Astros,” and fans behind Hous- keep his signs, he said it wouldn’t the third gave Wilder one round. Fury had a point mark that had seen him knock out 41 of his previous ton’s dugout heckled Jose Altuve, stop him from heckling the Astros deducted for grabbing and pushing in the fifth 43 opponents. But his devastating right hand was Carlos Correa and Lance McCull- with his voice. round. never a factor, and Fury seemed to walk through it. ers Jr. as they stood on the dug- “Oh yeah,” he said. “They’re “He manned up and he really did show the heart That was unlike the first fight 14 months ago when out steps before the game. A few going to get it all.” of a champion,” Fury said. “He’s a warrior, he will Wilder knocked Fury down twice on his way to a fans banged on their metal seats, He didn’t have long. The game be back, he will be a champion again. But the king draw. attempting to mimic the banging was delayed because of rain after has returned.” Both fighters were guaranteed $5 million in the on a trash can the Astros used to two innings and canceled about Fury had bulked up to 273 pounds for the re- rematch but could make $40 million apiece. relay stolen signs to hitters. 90 minutes later . Monday, February 24, 2020 •STARS AND STRIPES• F3HIJKLM PAGE 23 COLLEGE BASKETBALL Runnin’ Rebels hand No. 4 San Diego State first loss this season Associated Press SAN DIEGO — Malachi Flynn sat slumped in his chair and glared straight ahead, the sting of San Diego State’s first loss of the season still painfully fresh. “We lost. It was the first time it happened, so it doesn’t feel good,” Flynn said moments after the fired-up UNLV Runnin’ Rebels beat SDSU 66-63 on Saturday night, snapping the Aztecs’ 26- game winning streak and ending their run as the nation’s only undefeated team. “Well we tasted defeat for the first time and it doesn’t taste very good,” San Diego State coach Brian Dutcher said. “Anybody /AP RAY CARLIN that was saying they thought a /AP Kansas guard Marcus Garrett, left, and guard Devon Dotson, right, pressure Baylor forward Freddie loss would be good for the Az- DENIS POROY Gillespie, center, during the No. 3 Jayhawks’ 64-61 defeat of the No. 1 Bears Saturday in Waco, Texas. tecs, we don’t feel that way at all. San Diego State forward Matt We’re vastly disappointed. We Mitchell, right, is fouled by UNLV Top 25 roundup wanted a perfect season, but it forward Cheikh Mbacke Diong didn’t happen, and that’s college during the Runnin’ Rebels’ 66- basketball.” 63 win Saturday in San Diego. Elijah Mitrou-Long scored 19 points, including two free throws the buzzer fell short. with 11.5 seconds left for UNLV. SDSU (26-1, 15-1 Mountain Kansas stops Baylor’s run The Aztecs erased almost all West) unveiled the regular-sea- of a 14-point deficit when they son conference banner before pulled to 64-63 on Flynn’s three- pointer with 14.5 seconds left. the game and then looked noth- Azubuike’s 23 points, 19 rebounds lead No. 3 Jayhawks past No. 1 Bears Mitrou-Long was fouled by Matt ing like the team that raced to Mitchell with 11.5 seconds left the best start in school history. and made both free throws. The Aztecs trailed by 14 midway Associated Press and five assists for Dayton (25-2, losing streak that knocked it out Flynn missed a contested three- through the second half and were 14-0 Atlantic 10), which has yet to of the league lead. down 11 with 4:32 to go. WACO, Texas — Udoka Azu- pointer with 3.3 seconds left and lose in regulation this season. No. 13 Auburn 73, Tennessee Amauri Hardy scored 17 points buike had 23 points and a ca- the ball went to the Runnin’ Reb- No. 5 Duke 77, Virginia Tech 66: Samir Doughty scored 22 and Bryce Hamilton added 11 reer-high 19 rebounds and No. els. After a long pass down the 64: Cassius Stanley scored 21 points and the host Tigers rallied points and 10 rebounds for UNLV 3 Kansas held on to beat No. 1 court, Mitchell ended up with the points and made a season-high from a 17-point deficit in the sec- Baylor 64-61 on Saturday, snap- ball and his desperation shot at (15-14, 10-6). five three-pointers to help the ond half to beat the Voluneers in a ping the Bears’ 23-game winning host Blue Devils. game marred by an ugly incident streak and likely ending their Matthew Hurt added 16 points Service Academies five-week hold on the No. 1 spot involving a fan. and a season-high 10 rebounds A student was ejected from the in the AP poll. for Duke (23-4, 13-3 Atlantic The Jayhawks (24-3, 13-1 Big game after directing a derogato- Coast Conference), which opened ry comment toward Tennessee’s Funk works overtime, Army 12) have won 12 in a row since with an 11-2 spurt, hitting three their first-ever home loss to Bay- Santiago Vescovi and will face a three-pointers. disciplinary hearing, an Auburn lor on Jan. 11. They had a 10-point No. 8 Florida State 67, North takes season sweep of Navy lead with 6½ minutes left but had official said. Carolina State 61: M.J. Walker No. 14 Oregon 73, No. 24 Ar- to hold off Baylor’s late charge. Associated Press scored all 12 of his points after izona 72 (OT): Payton Pritchard Army (14-13, 9-6 Patriot League), Isaiah Moss, who had 11 points, halftime to help the visiting Sem- adding seven rebounds and scored a career-high 38 points, WEST POINT, N.Y. — Tommy made two free throws for Kan- inoles take control in the second seven assists. King was 4-for-4 Shakur Juiston added all of his Funk scored eight of his 32 points sas with 7.9 seconds left before half. from deep and finished with 22 a timeout. The Bears (24-2, 13-1) team’s nine points in overtime in overtime as Army completed FSU (23-4, 13-3) spent much and the Ducks rallied to win on points. Caldwell added 14 points had one more shot, but Butler’s of the second half shooting bet- its first regular-season sweep of the road. and three steals and Matt Wilson three-pointer from beyond the ter than 50% and repeatedly got Navy since the 2011-12 season by TCU 67, No. 17 West Virginia added 13 points and grabbed 12 top of the key ricocheted off the into the interior of the Wolfpack dominating the extra period to 60 (OT): Kevin Samuel scored rebounds. front of the iron as time expired. defense. take an 86-75 victory on Saturday Davis finished with 28 points six of his 19 points in overtime No. 23 BYU 91. No. 2 Gon- No. 10 Kentucky 65, Florida afternoon. to lead the Midshipmen (13-14, and the Horned Frogs extended zaga 78: Yoeli Childs scored 28 59: Immanuel Quickley scored a Funk hit two free throws with 7-9). Greg Summers added 19 the Mountaineers’ Big 12 road points to help the host Cougars career-high 26 points, including 41 seconds left in regulation to points and John Carter, Jr. added woes. end the Bulldogs’ 19-game win- 15 of the host Wildcats’ 17 during give the Black Knights a 67-61 11 points and 11 rebounds while ning streak. a decisive second-half stretch as UCLA 70, No. 18 Colorado lead, but Army then missed four Luke Loehr grabbed 11 boards. Jake Toolson added 17 points they pushed past the Gators for 63: Tyger Campbell had seven of straight free throws in the final Wyoming 78, Air Force 72: and T.J. Haws had 16 points. their sixth consecutive victory. his 15 points during a 20-3 Bruins half-minute as the Midshipmen Greg Milton III came off the BYU (23-7, 12-3 WCC) never No. 11 Louisville 72, North run in the second half, and UCLA climbed back to tie after Cam bench and more than doubled trailed after halftime en route to Carolina 55: Jordan Nwora rallied from nine points down to Davis hit a three-pointer, Evan his previous career high with 28 its eighth straight victory. scored 18 points to lead the host win on the road and tie the Buffa- Wieck hit two free throws and points to help carry the Cowboys Killian Tillie scored 18 points Cardinals (23-5, 14-3 Atlantic loes atop the Pac-12 Conference. Davis added three more from the past the host Falcons. and Corey Kispert added 16 to Coast Conference), who won their Providence 84, No. 19 Mar- line. Milton, a 6-foot-3 sophomore, lead Gonzaga. Filip Petrusev second straight game and guar- quette 72: Luwane Pipkins Alex King hit a three and posted his prior career high of 12 added 14 points and Admon Gilder anteed they would stay in first scored 24 points and David Duke Funk fed Josh Caldwell for a points on Feb. 1 against San Jose chipped in 13. The Bulldogs (27-2, place in the conference. had 15 to lead the host Friars to layup to open overtime before State. Against Air Force, he had 18 13-1) won the previous five meet- No. 12 Villanova 64, Xavier their fourth straight victory over Funk scored twice at the basket by halftime. He finished 9-for-14 ings in Provo before Saturday. 55: Saddiq Bey scored 22 points a ranked team. and added a jumper that put the shooting, including 4-for-7 from No. 5 Dayton 80, Duquesne and the Wildcats extended their Memphis 60, No. 22 Houston Black Knights up by nine, 80-71 three-point range, and made 6 of 70: Obi Toppin had 28 points late-February surge, beating the 59: Precious Achiuwa scored 10 after holding Navy to just a layup 8 foul shots. He grabbed four reas the host Flyers won their host Musketeers for their fourth points, including the go-ahead through the first four minutes of bounds, distributed three assists 16th game in a row, beating the straight win. free throw with 28.2 seconds overtime. and committed just one turnover. Dukes. Villanova (21-6, 10-4 Big East) left, and the host Tigers beat the Funk scored in double figures Lavelle Scottie led the Falcons Jalen Crutcher added 17 points has recovered from a three-game Cougars. for the 23rd straight game for (10-18, 4-12) with 17 points . S TARS AND STRIPES Monday, February 24, 2020 F3HIJKLM Gaining on Gretzky Ovechkin joins 700-goal club SPORTS NHL, Page 21 ReturnBOXING to the throne Fury TKOs Wilder in 7th round to reclaim heavyweight crown

BY TIM DAHLBERG Associated Press LAS VEGAS yson Fury reinvented himself once again, and once again he’s a heavyweight champion. The Gypsy King dropped Deontay Wilder twice Sat- Turday night in their heavyweight title rematch, turning from boxer to puncher to win the title when Wilder’s ‘ (Wilder) is corner threw in the towel as a warrior, he he was taking a beating in the will be back, seventh round. he will be a It was a stunning turnaround champion for a fighter who came back from again. But drug and alcohol abuse to win the the king has title for a second returned. ’ time, made even more surprising Tyson Fury because Wilder Heavyweight champion was the devastating puncher in their first fight 14 months ago. “The king has returned to his throne,” proclaimed Fury, who fought to a draw with Wilder in their first fight. Fury dropped Wilder in the third round with a right hand that seemed to take the legs out of the champion. He put him down again in the fifth round, this time with a left hand to the body. SEE THRONE ON PAGE 22

Tyson Fury, left, hits Deontay Wilder with a left hand during their WBC heavyweight championship fight in Las Vegas on Saturday. Fury won by 7th-round TKO.

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