Kadena's Forrest Romney tilts Kubasaki's Jayvon Mayers in the 107-pound final; Mayers righted the ship and pinned Romney in 2:47 for the title. (Photo by Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)
KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – For grapplers, coaches and teams, there were takeaways aplenty during Saturday’s 11th iteration of the Rumble on the Rock tournament.
Twenty-six individual champions were crowned, of course. Kadena and Kubasaki made it a 1-2 sweep of the boys and girls overall team titles, while E.J. King came out tops among the five Division II-level teams.
But more than anything, wrestlers said that mat time – and lots of it –was the biggest positive to the one-day event, completed over nine hours on two mats at Kadena High School’s gymnasium.
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