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Why You Should Travel To Lake Como During The Off Season

Edit Huffington Post 25 Nov 2015
It is like being at the center of the world with its villas reminiscent of One Thousand and One Nights, golf and windsurfing, the Campione and Lugano casinos from just beyond the mountains, Milan’s shopping and nightlife only an hour away, and a wealth of Hollywood A-listers (obviously like George Clooney, but many others as well) ... For dinner, go back to the other side, to the Crotto dei Platani di Brienno (crottodeiplatani ... ....

Insider’s Guide to Lake Como

Edit National Geographic News 09 Jul 2015
Italy’s third largest water body and one of Europe’s deepest, Lake Como has drawn vacationers for two millennia with its lucent waters, mountain landscapes, and Mediterranean climate ... Better bets ... Crotto dei Platani has perched over the lake in Brienno since 1855, making it the area’s oldest eatery; family-run and occupying one of the last traditional cellars in the region, it specializes in fresh lake fish and Italian wines....

Ramstein, Kaiserslautern place three each on All-Europe boys soccer first team

Edit Stars and Stripes 13 Jun 2014
Division I finalists Ramstein and Kaiserslautern placed three players apiece on the 2014 All-Europe boys soccer first team, released this week by DODDS-Europe athletic director Karen Seadore. Seniors Cameron Hansen, Brienno Illari and Devin McGeehan made the squad for the champion Royals, while seniors Steven Mamer and Anthony Walker and junior Sean Dunbar represented the runner-up Raiders ...   ... MF Brienno Illari, Ramstein (Sr.)....

Thomas' big skills led small school to title

Edit Stars and Stripes 28 May 2014
DODDS-Europe soccer fans know that the gap between Division III and Division I is substantial. So just imagine the leap Sigonella senior Alessandro Thomas is about to attempt ... “Opposite ends of the spectrum, right?,” Thomas said ... On an alternate timeline, Thomas would have stayed at Ramstein, where he spent part of his childhood, and suited up for the Royals alongside stars like Brienno Illari and Cameron Hansen ... time slot ... Twitter....

All-Tournament

Edit Stars and Stripes 23 May 2014
Division III All-Tournament. Boys. Mark Long, Incirlik. Alessandro Thomas, Sigonella (MVP). Mohammed Adaileh, Ankara. Yuuga Yamashiro, Lajes. Merab Chitanava, Brussels. Thomas Wray, Sigonella. Blake Cornforth, Brussels. Val Evans, Menwith Hill. Patrick Gallagher, Sigonella. Gabriel Cima, Brussels. Deniz Alibazoglu, Ankara. Shaun Brooks, Menwith Hill. Clay Warner, Menwith Hill.  . Girls. Paige Brown, Brussels ... Boys ...   ... Brienno Illari, Ramstein....

Close, but not quite enough for Kaiserslautern

Edit Stars and Stripes 22 May 2014
KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany – Everything was in place for the Kaiserslautern Raiders in Thursday’s 2014 DODDS-Europe Division I boys soccer championship game. Home-field advantage, complete with a raucous crowd. A hated rival in their house. The school’s first soccer championship shot in recent memory ... Brienno Illari scored six minutes into the game and McGeehan headed one in five minutes later for a two-goal Ramstein lead ... For now ... Twitter....

Bragging rights on line as Kaiserslautern meets Ramstein

Edit Stars and Stripes 21 May 2014
This article has been corrected. The premier rivalry in DODDS-Europe Division I athletics will play out Thursday on its biggest stage ... Ramstein 2, Patch 1. Man down ... It was a Brienno Illari cross kick midway through the second 10-minute overtime, some 95 minutes of game time into the grueling battle, that finally triggered Patch’s demise ... Brienno Illari was not credited with the winning assist in an earlier version of this article....

Soccer camp offers skills, chance to be seen

Edit Stars and Stripes 07 May 2014
For years, Ramstein coach Dominik Ludes has assembled a group of DODDS-Europe boys soccer standouts at season’s end and taken them to the United States, where the newly-formed team would play in a series of summer tournaments. This succeeded in getting a handful of DODDS-Europe’s best players in front of college coaches who might offer them scholarships ... Ramstein senior Brienno Illari will attend the camp for the second straight year....

Europe Scoreboard: April 26, 2014

Edit Stars and Stripes 26 Apr 2014
High school Baseball. Sigonella 8, Aviano 4. Saturday at Aviano. Sigonella  100 25 – 8  5  2. Aviano      111 01 – 4  4  3. Pitching – Sigonella. Tommy McManus 3 IP (2 H, 3 R, 3 BB, 6 K), Jake Britten 2 IP (2 H, 1 R, 2 BB, 4 K); Aviano. Dylan Kelly 4 IP (2 H, 3 R, 4 BB, 7 K). Hitting – Sigonella ... Sigonella 14, Aviano 0 ... Boys ... Lee DeBose 5, Hansen 5, Brienno Illari, Bryant Allred, Luke Stotts ... 16....

Europe Scoreboard: April 3, 2014

Edit Stars and Stripes 03 Apr 2014
High school Soccer. Boys. International School of Brussels 3, Brussels 1. Wednesday at Brussels. Halftime -- 3-0. Goals -- ISB. Asgeir Ingunnarson 2, Max De Bok; Brussels. Merab Chitanava. Assists -- ISB ...   ... Goals -- Brienno Illari 2, Devin McGeehan, Cameron Hansen....

Ramstein continues its Kaiserslautern hex

Edit Stars and Stripes 03 Apr 2014
KAISERSLAUTERN,Germany -- The visiting Ramstein Royals extended their mastery of the rival Kaiserslautern Raiders on Thursday night, snuffing out another regular season of Raider upset hopes with a boys and girls soccer sweep. Girls. Ramstein 1, Kaiserslautern 0. The Royal goal that seemed inevitable all game eventually came to pass. And what a pass it was ... Brienno Illari scored just before halftime and again soon after the intermission....

Field features old contenders, new challengers

Edit Stars and Stripes 16 Mar 2014
The 2014 DODDS-Europe boys soccer season opened last weekend on an unpredictable scene of contenders in flux at all three divisional levels ... Here’s a look at the season ahead. Division I. Frustrated 2013 also-rans, take note ... One member of last year’s final is officially out of the running ... The Royals, who took a perfect record into last season’s tournament, return a pair of All-Europe midfield stars in Cameron Hansen and Brienno Illari ... ....
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