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A close-up view of a football being held in a player’s gloved hand.

DODEA-Europe football (Photo by Stars and Stripes)

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

Rules are rules, Guam High’s football team was told at the end of last regular season.

The Panthers not only had to forfeit their season-opening game due to equipment issues, but the government shutdown in early October cost them another game.

By league rule, that disqualified the Panthers from the island playoffs, which George Washington won, ending Father Duenas Memorial’s nine-year title run.

But new coach Billy Henry said he and the Panthers plan to put last season’s heartache behind them. Move forward and try to duplicate the feats of Henry’s father, also named Billy, who coached Guam High to its lone league title 16 seasons ago.

Read more at stripes.com.

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