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Aaden Otteson makes contact.

Far East Division I champion Aaden Otteson returns for Kinnick. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – A change to the Far East tournament format will keep last year’s Division I and II boys singles champions from facing each other in a state championship-equivalent rematch.

For the first time, the Far East divisional tournaments will be played in separate locations, Division I at Kadena and Division II at last year’s Far East site, Matthew C. Perry.

Aaden Otteson of Nile C. Kinnick won the D-I title last year and Yokota’s Ryunosuke Roesch the D-II before going on to beat Otteson for his third straight overall Far East title last October.

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