YOKOTA AIR BASE, Japan – With virtually the entire offense and most of its defense back from their school-first Far East Division I football championship, a Yokota repeat title might seem a cinch. Not a chance, coach and players say. It’s one thing to climb to the mountaintop, which the Panthers did 34-6 last Nov. 12 over Kubasaki; it takes sometimes twice that much work to stay atop the mountain. “We talked about it on the first day of practice,” said Tim Pujol, who’s coached the Panthers for 14 seasons, the most successful stretch in school history. “They know how much it takes to win. Now, we’ll find out how much harder it is to maintain...
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