Kadena's Isaiah Kahl takes control over Kinnick's Brady Mauldin at 152 pounds. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa — Isaiah Kahl had won his first five bouts in a Kadena wrestling uniform.
Things were looking mighty good for the junior transfer from Murrieta, Calif., as he got set to wrestle in the Rumble on the Rock final against Okinawan Yukiharu Kinjo on Dec. 13.
Kahl did not win. He lost in an 11-0 technical fall at 152 pounds to his Japanese opponent. But Kahl got something he called much more valuable — lessons that made him a better wrestler as the season went along.
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