Liam Douglas and Yokota are taking aim at victory on Friday against Robert D. Edgren in a nine-man format game. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A couple of DODEA-Pacific Division II football teams are forced to play nine-man format each week, simply because they don’t have enough players on their rosters to field 11-man teams.
But schools that have enough to field traditional 11-man teams at times find themselves having to shift between formats from week to week, depending on who they play. And it can be quite a chore, coaches say.
Take two-time defending D-II champion Yokota, for example. Three weeks ago, they visited Osan, which has a small enrollment and plays nine-man format every week. The Panthers won 53-22.
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