Going from Florida state champion to DODEA-Pacific Far East champion in the span of a year, Colin Nation also helped Kubasaki repeat as Far East individual freestyle team champion.
They finished fourth, losing four times in the Kanto Classic last January. But coach Daisy Whitaker-Hayes called the three-day tournament at American School In Japan a “pivotal point” in Zama’s bid for its first DODEA-Japan and Far East Division II Tournament titles.
While Bradley swept his two bouts at Daegu, China won his two bouts against Zama heavyweights and Perry scored a sweep of its three dual meets Saturday in a home tri-meet.
Osan’s Toy Williams scored his second victory of the season over Charles Lyons of Daegu at 141 pounds in the third Korea wrestling quad-meet of the season.
With defending league champion Humphreys not around, Osan won both of its dual meets in a Korea tri-meet at Osan, but not without a major scare at 180 pounds.
Brian Choe finished third last year and sixth two years ago at 180 pounds in Far East tournaments for Seoul American. But the school closed in June and he transferred to Seoul Foreign, which didn’t have a wrestling program until this year.
There were just two wrestlers in the Osan practice room two years ago, setting off concerns about an “empty room syndrome” at some of the smaller programs in Korea.
Every Airman in the Air Force has a hobby. Some people are more animated than others when it comes to their pastimes, and in this case, an 8th Fighter Wing Airman definitely has most people beat.
Though Shonan Military Academy won’t be at next month’s Far East Tournament, its presence at Saturday’s “Beast of the Far East” wrestling tournament was a blessing in disguise for DODEA and international school teams.
Sea snails are one of the popular cooking ingredients in Korea. You can find the dishes made of sea snails in Japan and France, but around 80 percent of sea snails caught in oceans around the world are consumed in South Korea.
KFC Korea opened its newest location in the country in Suyeong-gu over the weekend. The new location is located just outside exit 1 of the Suyeong Metro station.
