47th Far East High School Wrestling Tournament

Monday to Wednesday at Camp Humphreys, South Korea

Format — Combined individual freestyle and dual-meet tournament, freestyle bouts the first 1½ days, dual meets the last 1½ days.

Participating teams — Division I: Nile C. Kinnick, St. Mary’s, American School In Japan, Humphreys, Kadena, Kubasaki. Division II: Robert D. Edgren, Zama, Yokota, Matthew C. Perry, E.J. King, Christian Academy Japan, Osan, Daegu.

Returning champions – Ray Bragdon, Kubasaki (107); RiSu Choi, CAJ (121); Tim Cope, Kubasaki (two-time champion, 127 in 2024, 133 in 2025); Malcolm Lee, ASIJ (139); Jimin Kim, St. Mary’s (215)

Team championships – Combined, Division I: Kubasaki 29, St. Mary’s 20, Kinnick 12, Kadena 7, ASIJ 5, Seoul American 3, Zama 2, Yokota 2; Division II: Edgren 11, Yokota 6, CAJ 5, Zama 3, Perry 2, Osan 1

Outstanding wrestlers

1977, Mike Lewis, Kinnick

1978, Masaru Yamada, Kubasaki

1979, Dennis Higdon, Seoul American

1980, Clint Yamaoka, Yokota

1981, no tournament.

1982, Brian Webb, Seoul American

1983, Ariel Morano, Kubasaki

1984, Robert Westberg, Kubasaki

1985, John Higa, Kubasaki

1986, Antonio Pacheco, Kubasaki

1987, Brian Hughes, Kubasaki

1988, David Fish, ASIJ

1989, Elbert Bailey, Kubasaki

1990, Mike Greeson, Zama

1991, Jens Larsson, St. Mary’s

1992, Chris Gunderson, Kinnick

1993, Tom Chavez, Kubasaki

1994, Evan Moore, CAJ

1995, Sam Colby, Seoul American

1996, Kento Omori, St. Mary’s

1997, Eduardo Ayala, St. Mary’s

1998, Casey Vulcan, Seoul American

1999, Ken Nagao, St. Mary’s

2000, Randall Hull, Seoul American

2001, Ray Lamb, Seoul American

2002, Mundre Fleming, Kadena; and Bernam Tapang, Kubasaki

2003, Zolboo Enkhbayar, Brent International

2004, Zolboo Enkhbayar, Brent International

2005, David Burnett, Zama

2006, Steve Courtney, Kubasaki

2007, Carlos Albaladejo, Osan

2008, Cameron Butts, Kinnick

2009, Scott Wood, Kubasaki

2010, Harry Bloom, Kadena

2011, Michael Spencer, Zama

2012, Chad Wilder, Zama

2013, Kalik Battle, Yokota

2014, Kaleb Atchison, Edgren, and Jeff Koo, St. Mary’s

2015, Christian Fernandez, Kubasaki

2016, Kazuho Kawashima, St. Mary’s

2017, Hunter Lane, Daegu

2018, Hunter Lane, Daegu

2019, Rin Zoot, ASIJ

2020, Marshall China, Perry

2021, no tournament, coronavirus pandemic

2022, no tournament, coronavirus pandemic

2023, Jeremiah Drummer, Kadena

2024, Jeremiah Drummer, Kadena

2025, Cadell Lee, ASIJ