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Running back Kameron Ramos rushed for a touchdown for the Samurai, 26-22 victors over Yokota.

Running back Kameron Ramos rushed for a touchdown for the Samurai, 26-22 victors over Yokota. (Kevin Rossiter/Special to Stripe)

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION IWAKUNI, Japan – Call Friday’s Matthew C. Perry homecoming game the Preston Ramirez showcase.

The Samurai sophomore caught two touchdown passes and booted two field goals as Perry outlasted a second-half rally by Yokota for a 26-22 victory that put the Samurai in position to possibly host a Division II semifinal game on Oct. 18.

“We got healthy,” Perry coach Daniel Burns said of a team that lost three weeks ago at home 20-0 to Robert D. Edgren, but has beaten both Yokota and Zama since.

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