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Nile C. Kinnick Invitational Wrestling Tournament results
Stars and Stripes
February 7, 2005
Yamato Cibulka, top, of Nile C. Kinnick tries to leg-tilt Sonny Libero of St. Mary's International during the 158-pound championship bout of Saturday's Nile C. Kinnick Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Cibulka decisioned Libero 10-5. (Dave Ornaeur / S&S)
Yamato Cibulka, top, of Nile C. Kinnick tries to leg-tilt Sonny Libero of St. Mary's International during the 158-pound championship bout of Saturday's Nile C. Kinnick Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan. Cibulka decisioned Libero 10-5. (Dave Ornaeur / S&S)
Ryland Geiger, left, of Brent International-Manila drags defending Far East champion Devon Copeland of Kadena onto the top of his head during the 168-pound championship bout. Geiger decisioned Copeland 5-1. (Dave Ornauer / S&S)
Zach Dopslaf, top, of Yokota gets the upper hand on Kiko Bratcher of Robert D. Edgren during the 180-pound championship. Dopslaf scored a 12-1 technical fall over Bratcher in 4 minutes, 6 seconds. (Dave Ornauer / S&S)
Results from the Nile C. Kinnick "Beast of the Far East" Invitational Wrestling Tournament, held Saturday, Feb. 5, at Yokosuka Naval Base, Japan:
Final team scores
1, St. Mary’s International, Tokyo 61.
2, Nile C. Kinnick, Japan 46.
3, Kadena, Okinawa 38.
4, Yokota, Japan 36.
5, Seoul American 29.
6 Kubasaki, Okinawa, and Robert D. Edgren, Japan 23.
8 Zama American, Japan, and American School In Japan, Tokyo 22.
10, Brent International, Philippines 20.
11, Christian Academy In Japan, Tokyo 15.
12, E.J. King, Japan 2.
13, Faith Academy, Philippines 1.
Weight-class results
101 pounds
Championship: Mikey Guilfoile, St. Mary’s, decisioned Reggie Barton, Kinnick, 8-5
Third place: Jack Abate, Kubasaki, superior decisioned Jeremiah Saffold, Yokota, 10-0, time unavailable
Fifth place: Luigi Deguzman, E.J. King, decisioned Chris Hoshaw, Kadena, 6-5
108 pounds
Championship: Patrick Pamintuan, Yokota, pinned Thomas Eldridge, St. Mary’s, 1:18
Third place: Scott Metts, ASIJ, pinned Bobby Antonio, Kinnick, time unavailable
Fifth place: Cameron Daugherty, Kubasaki, superior decisioned Zach Reinert, Kadena, 13-3, 5:11
115 pounds
Championship: Jackson Fischer, ASIJ, pinned Daisuke Kasagawa, St. Mary’s, 3:38
Third place: Jason Rodriguez, Yokota, pinned Yoshiya Morita, CAJ, 1:09
Fifth place: Adam Godfrey, Zama, decisioned Chris Isley, Kadena, 7-4
122 pounds
Championship: Jordan Foxwell, CAJ, pinned Anthony Garcia, Zama, 3:27
Third place: Jake Bloom, Kadena, superior decisioned Chris Steuerwald, Seoul, 12-1, time unavailable
Fifth place: David Heitstuman, E.J. King, decisioned George Gross, Yokota, 8-4
129 pounds
Championship: Louie Lee, Edgren, decisioned Shaun Schuster, St. Mary’s, 6-3
Third place-Alex Curtis, Kinnick, pinned Brandon McCullough, Kadena, 2:42
Fifth place-Matt Maza, Kubasaki, superior decisioned Matt Ellis, ASIJ, 12-2, time unavailable
135 pounds
Championship: Mark Striegl, St. Mary’s, decisioned Brenden Stanford, Kadena, 6-4
Third place: Mervin Ibanez, Kinnick, decisioned Matt Blankenship, Edgren, 3-0
Fifth place: Steve Elliott, Faith, decisioned Brandon Gilbert, E.J. King, 8-0
141 pounds
Championship: Kenji Doughty, Kinnick, decisioned John Crabtree, Seoul, 7-4
Third place: Austin Copeland, Kadena, pinned Dor Cohen, St. Mary’s, time unavailable
Fifth place: Daniel Zinke, CAJ, pinned David O’Brien, Zama, 4:34
148 pounds
Championship: Zolboo Enkhbayar, Brent-Subic, superior decisioned J.M. Kwak, St. Mary’s, 13-2, 3:18
Third place: Steve Courtney, Kubasaki, superior decisioned Josh Dowers, Seoul, 13-2, 5:38
Fifth place: Nick Villasana, Zama, decisioned Andrew Harvey, ASIJ, 12-9
158 pounds
Championship: Yamato Cibulka, Kinnick, decisioned Sonny Libero, St. Mary’s, 10-5
Third place: Andrew Satterlee, Kadena, superior decisioned Woong Lee, Seoul, 13-2, 4:48
Fifth place: Steve Hederstedt, CAJ, superior decisioned Chris Johnson, Zama, 12-1, time unavailable
168 pounds
Championship-Ryland Geiger, Brent-Manila, decisioned Devon Copeland, Kadena, 5-1
Third place-Joey Wood, Kinnick, superior decisioned Pavel Kachailov, St. Mary’s, 10-0, 5:05
Fifth place-Paul Jones, Zama, superior decisioned Kris Martinez, Kubasaki, 12-1, 4:09
180 pounds
Championship: Zach Dopslaf, Yokota, superior decisioned Kiko Bratcher, Edgren, 12-1, 4:06
Third place: Brandon Stout, Kadena, pinned Neil Hammit, Seoul, 2:18
Fifth place: David Miller, Kubasaki, pinned Adam Sherman, ASIJ, 1:40
215 pounds
Championship: Scott Tunis, Seoul, decisioned David Burnett, Zama, 8-1
Third place: Jim Scott, Yokota, decisioned Egan Dales, Edgren, 5-1
Fifth place: Grady Pennell, Kadena, decisioned Sam Lyons, ASIJ, 8-1
Heavyweight
Championship: Paul Haecherl, Kubasaki, superior decisioned Tim Jacobsson, ASIJ, 11-0, 3:00
Third place: Justin Planty, Zama, decisioned Randall Pelletier, Yokota, 10-7
Fifth place: Phil Ergus, Kinnick, pinned Jeff Yi, Seoul, :59