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By William May
（Japan Amateur Wrestling Federation, Public Information Committee：wmay52@hotmail.com）
MATSUMOTO WINS FOR INT'L SQUAD IN CURBY CUP
LA GRANGE, Illinois (May 21) – World silver medalist Ryutaro Matsumoto posted a win for the world select team, but the United States won the last three bouts of this special international dual meet to win the Curby Cup.
Matsumoto edged U.S. national champion Joe Betterman 2-1 at 60kg to give the world select team a 2-0 lead after 2010 Asia champion Choi Gyu-Jin (KOR) led off with a win at 55kg over U.S. Olympian Spenser Mango.
With the world team leading 3-1, however, newly crowned U.S. Open winner Jordan Holm sparked a U.S. comeback with a 2-1 win over reigning world champion Hristov Marinov (BUL) at 84kg.
The Curby Cup event was named for Jacob Curby, a promising young greco-roman wrestler from Illinois who died unexpectedly in January 2010 at the age of 25.
United States 4, World Select 3
55kg – Choi Gyu-Jin (KOR) df. Spenser Mango (USA), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
60kg – Ryutaro Matsumoto (JPN) df. Joe Betterman (USA), 2-1 (1-0, 0-2, 1-0)
66kg – Justin Lester (USA) df. Alexandar Maksimovic (SRB), 2-1 (3-0, 0-1, 2-1)
74kg – Peter Bacsi (HUN) df. Ben Provisor (USA), 2-1 (1-2, 4-1, 1-0)
84kg – Jordan Holm (USA) df. Hristo Marinov (BUL), 2-1 (0-3, 3-0, 2-0)
96kg – Justin Ruiz (USA) df. Jimmy Lidberg (SWE), 2-1 (1-0, 0-2, 1-0)
120kg – Dremiel Byers (USA) df. Mindaugas Mizgaitis (LTU), 2-0 (1-0, 2-0)
WASEDA ROLLS PAST TAKUSHOKU IN EAST JAPAN COLLEGE FINAL
TOKYO (May 20) – Defending champion Waseda University spotted Takushoku the first two bouts then roared back with five straight wins for a 5-2 victory in East Japan collegiate wrestling team championship.
Waseda, which won its first collegiate title in over six decades last year, notched its seventh title overall in the history of the meet.
After falling behind 0-2, Kotaro Tanaka (66kg) and Tomotsugu Ishida (74kg) evened the score before Kohei Kitamura (84kg) and Takeshi Yamaguchi (96kg) secured the win for Waseda.
In the second division, Nippon Sports Sciences University won all of its duals 7-0 and shut out the Japan Defense Academy to reclaim its position in first division.
NSSU was held out of the competition last year and dropped into the second division following a year-long ban on the team's activities following the arrest and conviction of the team member for sexual assault.
HACHIMANTAI NAMED NEW HOST CITY FOR HS NAT'LS
TOKYO (May 24) – The city of Hachimantai in Iwate prefecture was named as the replacement site for this summer's high school national championships, the national high school sports federation formally decided at its meeting on May 24.
The federation decided on Hachimantai after the coastal city of Miyako suffered considerable damage in the March 11 earthquake and tsunami.
The high school wrestling championships are being co-hosted by the four northern prefectures of the Tohoku region – Aomori, Iwate, Akita and Miyagi. The championships with team and individual competition in men's freestyle will be held August 1-4.
NIHON BUNRI WINS 2ND WEST JAPAN COLLEGE CROWN
SAKAI, Osaka (May 21-22) – Shogo Sasaki notched a fall at 66kg of the final in the West Japan collegiate wrestling spring championships to break a 3-3 tie with Chukyo Gakuin University and give Nihon Bunri University its second overall team title.
Nihon Bunri defeated spring defending champion Ritsumeikan 4-3 in its opening dual and then advanced to the final with another 4-3 win over Fukuoka University.
In the second division, Momoyama Gakuin went undefeated to claim the title and earn promotion to the first division for the autumn championships.
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