{"id":64243,"date":"2023-12-11T23:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-12-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=64243"},"modified":"2023-12-13T02:23:39","modified_gmt":"2023-12-13T02:23:39","slug":"camp-zama-tops-atsugi-in-annual-army-navy-flag-football-match-up","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=64243","title":{"rendered":"Camp Zama tops Atsugi in annual Army-Navy flag football match-up"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Army player Lenworth Lennon, left, tries to break free from a Navy defender during the annual Army-Navy flag football game Dec. 9 at Zama Middle High School\u2019s Trojan Field at Camp Zama, Japan. Camp Zama\u2019s Army team defeated Naval Air Facility Atsugi 28-13.
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CAMP ZAMA, Japan \u2013 Camp Zama\u2019s Army team defeated the Navy team from Naval Air Facility Atsugi 28-13 in their annual flag football game Saturday at Zama Middle High School\u2019s Trojan Field here.<\/p>\n

Their victory came on the same day \u2014 Eastern Standard Time \u2014 that Army defeated Navy for the second straight year in the longstanding college rivalry match-up, held this year in Foxborough, Massachusetts.<\/p>\n

The Camp Zama players formed a circle on the field to receive the winner\u2019s trophy from Col. Marcus Hunter, commander of U.S. Army Garrison Japan, who congratulated both teams on the good, friendly competition.<\/p>\n

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\n Camp Zama Army team members celebrate their 28-13 victory against Naval Air Facility Atsugi in the annual Army-Navy flag football game Dec. 9 at Zama Middle High School\u2019s Trojan Field at Camp Zama, Japan.
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Lenworth Lennon, co-captain of the Army team, said the game was fun and that their neighboring Navy rivals made for some formidable opposition.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was a hard-fought battle,\u201d said Lennon, assigned to the 311th Military Intelligence Battalion. \u201cThose guys played a tough game.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Army team came together just as the installation\u2019s intramural flag football tournament was wrapping up. Assembled from players from many different units, the team did not have the chance to practice as a group before Saturday\u2019s game. Lennon thought this factor might have made cohesion a challenge, but the team was able to come together quickly \u2014 a feat he and the other players compared to the fast camaraderie Soldiers forge in basic training.<\/p>\n

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Christopher Dilidili, also assigned to 311th, attributed the Army win to the fact that they started strong in the first half and kept that momentum going, and because each player was well-suited for his or her position.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe definitely had good preparation today before the game,\u201d Dilidili said. \u201cWe did a god job with talent management.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\n Camp Zama and Naval Air Facility Atsugi team members pose for a group photo following the annual Army-Navy flag football game Dec. 9 at Zama Middle High School\u2019s Trojan Field at Camp Zama, Japan. Camp Zama\u2019s Army team defeated Naval Air Facility Atsugi 28-13.
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Like his teammates, Dilidili said the Navy players\u2019 athleticism made for a challenging game. Beyond the competition it provides, the annual match-up also allows the communities of both services the chance to come together.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s awesome to have a friendly match [like this] every year because it helps the Army engage with the Navy and remind both of us that we have a sister branch close by,\u201d Dilidili said. \u201cAnd the game also brings family, friends and the community together.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Army player Lenworth Lennon, left, tries to break free from a Navy defender during the annual Army-Navy flag football game Dec. 9 at Zama Middle High School\u2019s Trojan Field at Camp Zama, Japan. Camp Zama\u2019s Army team defeated Naval Air Facility Atsugi 28-13. (Photo Credit: Noriko Kudo, U.S. Army Garrison Japan Public Affairs) VIEW ORIGINAL […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":64245,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-64243","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64243","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=64243"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64243\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64250,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64243\/revisions\/64250"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/64245"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=64243"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=64243"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=64243"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}