For the first time since 2007, ASIJ has won the league regular season conference title!
Thanks to Kinnick's win over St. Mary's tonight, and ASIJ's victory last week over Kinnick, all three teams finished the Kanto Plain Association of Secondary Schools (KPASS) regular season with a record of 4-1 and a share of the regular season conference championship. How it happened ASIJ kicked off the conference dual meet schedule against Yokota December 4th, getting pins match after match to send the visitors away with a 54-9 beating (1-0). On January 15th, ASIJ hosted St. Mary's and Zama, losing the first half of the double header against St. Mary's by a hair, 32-28 (1-1), followed by winning big against Zama 51-10 in the second half of the night (2-1). On January 23rd, ASIJ gave several JV wrestlers a chance to represent the team and still left the CAJ gym with a 44-13 win (3-1). Closing out the regular season, ASIJ's last dual meet was against Kinnick on January 29th. The Mustangs came, saw, and conquered, leaving the Navy base with a 32-22 win and 4-1 record Dani was the lone ASIJ wrestler with a 5-0 record in the dual meet regular season, but there were 18 Mustangs who contributed at least 1 conference dual meet win to the team's effort. Among the many great wins were team captains Rin and Ira winning their matches against St. Mary's and Kinnick opponents to lead the team by example when the spotlight was the brightest. St. Mary's record: vs Yokota: W 48-13, 1-0 vs Zama: W 51-10, 2-0 vs ASIJ: W 32-28. 3-0 vs CAJ: W 48-6, 4-0 vs Kinnick: L 14-45, 4-1 Kinnick's record: vs Yokota: W 35-18, 1-0 vs ASIJ: L 22-34, 1-1 vs Zama: W 47-14, 2-1 vs St. Mary's: W 45-14, 3-1 vs CAJ: W (forfeit), 4-1 After finishing within one match of each other at the conference tournament on Saturday, we can expect more tough matches against St. Mary's and Kinnick at Far East February 13-15, along with the best from around the entire Far East region, including Kubasaki from Okinawa and Humphreys and Seoul Foreign from Korea.
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