ASIJ wrestlers were raring and ready to go at the end-of-season Far East tournament. Kaisei literally got the first takedown after the first whistle was blown in the first match of the first day of the 3-day meat grinder set up to find the best individual and team.
After the first day of the individual tournament, the following Mustangs were still in the running for a placewinner finish: 1st: 108 Bryce - bye, W-tech St. Mary's, W-pin Zama 129 Take - bye, W-tech Yokota, W-tech MC Perry 148 Rin - bye, W-tech St. Mary's, W-tech Osan 215 Dani - bye, W-tech Osan, W-pin Humphreys 3rd: 122 Ira - bye, L-tech Yokota, W-tech St. Mary's, W-dec Kadena, W-tech MC Perry 135 Kai - W-pin Zama, L-tech Kubasaki, W-tech Osan, W-inj def Humphreys, W-tech Kadena 168 Liam - W-tech Zama, L-tech Kinnick, W-tech, Kubasaki, W-tech Osan (last year's Far East Champ) 5th: 101 Kaisei - W-pin MC Perry, W-pin Kinnick, L-pin Kubasaki, L-dec Kadena 158 Shawn - L-tech Edgren, W-pin EJ King, W-pin Yokota, W-inj def Kinnick, L-dec Humphreys HWT Nathanial - W-pin Kinnick, L-pin MC Perry, W-inj def Yokota, L-inj def Zama 115 Katsumi - L-tech CAJ, bye, W-pin Humphreys, L-pin Kadena (1 prior to medal round) 141 Ricky - W-pin Yokota, L-tech St. Mary's, L-pin Edgren (2 prior to medal round) As for team points, we can calculate a max (if every wrestler going for a top-6 finish won) and min (everyone loses) for the top 4 teams still with a chance to win it all. The max/min scores at the end of day one are as follows: Kubsaki (85/59), St. Mary's (79/57), Kinnick (79/57), and ASIJ (77/54). Each team is in the same situation: we want all our guys to win, but if they don't, we need the other three teams to lose to each other in equal portions (too much losing by one competitor would pump up another competitor too much). In terms of numbers of wrestlers, these 4 teams each have 4 wrestlers in the finals (16!) and a combined 38 of the remaining 78 wrestlers still going for a place. The other 40 placewinner hopefuls are sprinkled throughout the other 10 teams. You can bet these four will be seeing each other again in the semifinals and finals of the team tournament that starts tomorrow after the individual tournament wraps up.
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