Based on the publicly available results of all matches in Japan, here are the top five wrestlers in each weight class. There is always room for debate, and there may be some errors in the data, but... these are rankings are right ;-) 1(t). Douglass Tackney (Edgren) 3-0 Building on his dual meet wins at the 2020 Far East, Douglass has soared to new heights this year. He's undefeated in three dual meets for the Eagles. He's also the only one with prior varsity experience in Japan at this weight class. 1(t). Jeremiah Drummer (Kadena) 3-0 Starting off your first three matches as your school's varsity representative with a tech, a pin, and a tech is pretty, pretty good. Can't wait to see Jeremiah wrestle outside of Okinawa. 3(t). James Curtis (ASIJ) 2-0 When your entire wrestling experience in Japan can be boiled down to two victories in about a minute on the mat total, you know there's a little magic there. James needs more opportunities. 3(t). Jatarius Watkins (Kinnick) 2-0 Is this a relative of Lucas? A 10-for-10 in team points against EJ King and MC Perry so far is an indicator that Jatarius is on to something. We need these guys to all go against each other. 5. Dylan Thomson (ASIJ) 4-2 Creating opportunities for himself, Dylan has 2-3 times the number of matches that the rest of the Top Five have. He's undefeated against 168-ers, and he's stuck with top of the class at 158 when trying his hand there: win vs Joshua (#5), losses to Jo (#4) and Kurt (#1). This weight class is up for grabs at the moment. When your Top Five are all undefeated against other 168-pounders, there needs to be a lot more matches. One of these five, or maybe someone from another weight class, or maybe someone who just hasn't had the opportunity to compete yet, has to come forward to take the crown at 168.
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