Kubasaki's Jordan Patterson pins ASIJ's Ruby Hannam in the 145-pound final. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Things didn’t look good for Lucia Ada as she tweaked a thigh muscle during her first match Wednesday at 101 pounds.
But the Zama sophomore battled through the pain and emerged as one of 13 weight-class champions on historic Day 1 of the first Far East High School Girls Wrestling Tournament.
“It feels amazing. I’m so proud of myself,” Ada said after her final bout, a defensive struggle in which she came out on top 5-0 over Kadena’s Jasmin Davis.
Ada was expecting to go up against three-time Kanto Plain champion Annika Farin of Nile C. Kinnick, but Farin suffered a left-shoulder injury in her first-round bout against Davis, sidelining her.
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