Kubasaki's Tim Cope tilts CAJ's Timon Fambro with a gut wrench at 133 pounds. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
CAMP ZAMA, Japan – On a day in which multiple Far East weight-class champions shined and others were dethroned, American School In Japan snapped a 30-year Far East wrestling Division I title drought.
Senior Cadell Lee was one of four wrestlers who repeated as Far East champions, winning at 127 pounds, and Mustangs teammates Isreal Rodriguez (172), Micah Eickbush (160) and Lee’s brother, Malcolm (139) joined him on the victory stand as ASIJ won the D-I title by a point.
It was a close chase Tuesday in the D-I individual freestyle team standings. The Mustangs scored 63 points, St. Mary’s 62, Kadena 56, defending champion Kubasaki 53 and Nile C. Kinnick 51, a 12-point spread among the top five teams.
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