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Florencia Wiggins nears a championship-clinching pin.

Kadena freshman Florencia Wiggins pins Kinnick's Lindsey Bennett at 190 pounds, sealing the Panthers' Division I dual-meet triumph. (Dave Ornauer/Stars and Stripes)

KADENA AIR BASE, Okinawa – Just when Kadena needed a big move, a Panthers freshman came through.

Florencia Wiggins scored a pinfall victory in 20 seconds over Lindsey Bennett at 190 pounds on the heels of a big throw.

It gave the Panthers the points margin needed in a 35-30 victory over Nile C. Kinnick in the Far East Girls Wrestling Tournament’s Division I dual-meet final.

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