Jesuit, Catholic, Brother Martin locked in very tight battle for D1 state wrestling title

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BOSSIER CITY – The Division I and Division III LHSAA state wrestling championship divisions figured to be very close.

That has certainly proven to be the case through one day of competition, particularly in Division I after day one of competition at Brookshire Grocery Arena.

The three favorites who seemed as close as possible heading into the tournament were virtually inseparable as Jesuit holds a four-point edge over Catholic High of Baton Rouge and a five-point lead over Brother Martin.

Jesuit has the most through the semifinals with eight, Brother Martin has seven and Catholic has six wrestlers in the round of four.

Overall, the Blue Jays have 11 wrestlers still alive, including three in the place rounds Saturday. Leading the charge into the semifinals are top seeds Bodi Harris (113), Jackson Calderaro (182) and Spencer Lanosga (285).

“It’s a lot of fight out there, I’m excited about it,” Orillion said. “It’s what we asked our guys, to put ourselves in position to fight for championships. It’s what we’ve been talking about for a few years now. Day two is always the important day. Coming in, we knew there would be three teams. Everybody is fighting hard.”

Catholic has nine advancing to Saturday, including three in the place rounds. The Bears have no top seeds but have seven second-seeded wrestlers.

Brother Martin has nine still competing as well, including two in the place rounds. Leading the way for the Crusaders into the semifinals are top seeds Anthony Oubre (106), Richie Clementi (132) and Kent Burandt (145).

“It’s going to be a long day tomorrow,” Brother Martin coach Andrew Nicola said. “I would have liked to have seen two more of our guys on the podium. I think we left some points off the board. We’re going to scrap hard tomorrow.”

There are three head-to-head matchups, including Jose Rincon of Jesuit against Watts Goodson of Catholic at 120 pounds, Chase Haydel of Jesuit against Christian Rowley of Catholic at 132 pounds and Arthur Schott of Jesuit taking on Rory Horvath of Brother Martin at 160 pounds. Horvath has defeated Schott in two very competitive matches in the last three weeks.

In Division II Teurlings Catholic is poised to defend its title but it will not be easy, thanks to a strong showing from North DeSoto.  The Rebels hold a nine-point lead over the Griffins heading into Saturday.

The Rebels placed 13 of their 14 wrestlers in the semifinals. North DeSoto has 10 in the semifinals. Third-place Archbishop Rummel advanced six to the round of four and trails Teurlings Catholic by 24.5 points.

There is just one head-to-head matchup between Teurlings Catholic and North DeSoto and it is at 160 pounds where Owen de Boisblanc of the Rebels will meet Lake Bates of North DeSoto.

Division III is still competitive but defending champion Basile showed depth to build an 11.5 point lead over Archishop Shaw. De La Salle is third.

The Eagles have 10 of 14 wrestlers in the semifinals while Basile has nine. De La Salle has six in the round of four.

In head-to-head semifinal matchups, Kyle Smith of Basile will meet Blake Andre of Shaw at 113 pounds while at 120 pounds, Shane Barbarin of De La Salle squares off with Kobe Nguyen of Shaw. At 138, Malachi Benetrix of the Cavaliers will meet Carson Dalton of the Eagles while Matthew Krail of De La Salle battles James Nero of Shaw.

All No. 1 seeds held their seeds and advanced to the semifinals.

The semifinals are set for Saturday morning.

 

Division I Team Scores
1 Jesuit 171.5
2 Catholic, BR 167.5
3 Brother Martin 165.5
4 Holy Cross 143.5
5 East Ascension 132.5
5 St. Paul’s 132.5
7 St. Amant 87.5
8 Zachary 78.5
9 Dutchtown 76.5
10 Fontainebleau 71.5
11 Southside 69.0
12 Chalmette 66.0
13 Live Oak 61.5
14 Airline 61.0
15 Baton Rouge 58.5
16 Benton 56.0
17 Sulphur 53.0
18 Lafayette 48.0
19 Covington 47.5
20 Walker 40.5
21 Hahnville 31.0
22 Acadiana 28.0
23 Mandeville 27.0
24 C.E. Byrd 23.0
25 John Ehret 20.0
26 Haughton 19.5
27 Destrehan 18.0
28 Northshore 13.0
29 Central BR 11.0
30 Denham Springs 0.0
30 Scotlandville 0.0
30 Woodlawn – B.R. 0.0
Division II Team Scores
1 Teurlings Catholic 172.5
2 North Desoto 163.5
3 Archbishop Rummel 147.0
4 Brusly 117.5
5 Parkway 112.0
6 Rayne 95.0
7 Sam Houston Hs 88.0
8 Lakeshore 77.5
9 Comeaux 69.0
10 Terrebonne 54.0
11 Caddo Magnet 51.0
11 North Vermillion 51.0
13 St. Thomas More 47.5
14 Belle Chasse 37.0
15 Carencro 32.0
16 Pearl River 26.0
17 Grace King 24.0
17 Riverdale 24.0
19 Plaquemine 22.0
20 McDonogh #35 14.0
21 Kenner Discovery Health Science 13.0
21 McKinley 13.0
23 NO Military / Maritime Academy 10.0
24 Huntington 8.0
25 Bossier 3.0
25 Westgate 3.0
27 Broadmoor 0.0
27 East Jefferson 0.0
27 Istrouma 0.0
27 L. W. Higgins 0.0
27 Liberty 0.0
27 Salmen 0.0
27 Tara 0.0
27 Tioga 0.0
35 St. Augustine -3.0
Division III Team Scores
1 Basile 119.0
2 Archbishop Shaw 107.5
3 De La Salle 96.0
4 Evangel Christian Academy 81.5
5 Archbishop Hannan 78.0
6 St. Louis 71.0
7 John Curtis Christian School 69.5
8 Kaplan 31.0
9 St. Michael The Archangel 30.0
10 St. Mary`s 24.0
11 Vinton 22.0
12 DeQuincy 20.0
13 Haynes Academy 19.0
14 Thomas Jefferson 15.0
15 Episcopal 14.0
16 Glen Oaks 13.0
17 Dunham 12.0
17 South Beauregard 12.0
19 Springfield 10.0
20 Erath 9.0
20 Fisher 9.0
22 Church Point Hs 8.0
23 Rosepine 5.0
24 Abbeville 0.0
24 Albany 0.0
24 Bolton 0.0
24 Calvary Baptist 0.0
24 Crescent City 0.0
24 La. School for Visually Impaired 0.0
24 Lake Charles College Prep 0.0
24 Northside 0.0
24 Patrick Taylor – Science/Tech. 0.0
24 South Plaquemines 0.0

 

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