2012-13 Results and Media Coverage

Wrestling: Jesuit takes team title at Ken Cole Invitational

Posted by: Ken Trahan--Executive Producer in Prep Sports on Jan 28, 2013

BLUE JAYS CONTINUE DOMINANCE IN EVENT

On the mats, 13 is lucky for Jesuit.

The Blue Jays captured the prestigious 37th Annual Ken Cole Invitational Wrestling Tournament at Comeaux High School in Lafayette for the 13th time in the 37 year history of the event, finishing 20 points ahead of host Comeaux this past weekend. Division II defending state champion Teurlings Catholic was third with 187 points while defending Division III state champion Brusly fourth at 144 points and Sulphur fifth with 132 points among 49 participating schools.

Individual champions for Jesuit included Ben D'Antonio (106), Will LaFranca (126), and Manny Armour (195). Jesuit had second place finishers in Jackie Robinson (132) and Dom Carmello (220). Guy Patron (160) finished third for the Blue Jays while Zac Creel (285) placed fourth.

Comeaux had the most individual champions with four, including Connor Stampley (113), Jacob Dale (120), Abram Sellers (138) and defending state champion Tyrek Malveaux (152).

Other individual champions included defending state champion Trevor Schermer of Brusly (132), Anthony Taylor of Huntington (145), Louis Stutes of St. Louis Catholic (160), Jack Ingalls of Mandeville (170), Billy Marcantel of Rayne (182), Daniel Kincade of Northside (220) and Spencer Lemoine of John Curtis (285).

Taylor earned Most Outstanding Wrestler honors in the lower weight classes while Marcantel captured the award for higher weight classes.

New Orleans area power programs started participating in the Ken Cole Invitational Wrestling Tournament in Lafayette in 1985. Since then, New Orleans area teams have won 20 of the 29 tournaments staged.

Indeed, area wrestling programs make themselves at home at the always competitive event. Jesuit won the event in 1998, 1990, 1991, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2010 and 2012 while Brother Martin won it in 2001, 2008 and 2011. Rummel won in 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 and 2009. East St. John captured the title in 1985.

Jesuit won despite sending about half of their starters, according to head coach Spencer Harris.  "We experimented again and it worked out," said Harris. "We sent wrestlers to compete in 12 of the 14 weight classes. We went there to get some mat time for some of our young guys. What stood out for me was that some of our newer guys took advantage of opportunities and wrestled well while gaining confidence. I think I figured out my lineup for the state tournament--finally!"  Jesuit has a dual meet at Rummel Wednesday before participating in the City Tournament at Holy Cross this weekend. "We are not sure how we will approach the city event yet but we will decide later this week," Harris said.

The state championships are set for February 15-16 at the Pontchartrain Center in Kenner.

Here are the results of the Ken Cole Invitational.

TEAM STANDINGS

1. Jesuit 235.5

2. Comeaux 215.5

3. Teurlings Catholic 187

4. Brusly 144

5. Sulphur 132.5

6. Northside 131.5

7. St. Louis Catholic 124

8. Parkway 113.5

9. Lafayette High 109.5

10. Mandeville 106.5

11. North Vermilion 105

12. Rayne 95

13. Huntington 94.5

14. Catholic-BR 93

15. Bossier 84

16. John Curtis Christian 78.5

17. Airline 68

18. Basile 65.5

19. Sam Houston 63.5

20. Byrd 63

21. Calvary Baptist 54

22. Acadiana 51

23. Benton 48

24. Comeaux-JV 40

25. De La Salle 38

26. Pearl River 35

27. Grand Lake 34.5

28. Haughton 31.5

29. Central 29

30. Redemptorist 29

31. St. Thomas More 28

32. Jesuit-JV 25

33. Northshore 23

34. Baton Rouge 22

35. (tie) Northwood 20

35 (tie) South Plaquemines 30

37. Dunham 18

38. Doyline 17.5

39. Kaplan 16.5

40. Holy Rosary 15

41. (tie) Calvary-JV 11

41. (tie) Northside JV 11

43. (tie) Barbe 10

43. (tie) Woodlawn 10

45. (tie) Comeaux Freshman 9

45. (tie) North Vermilion JV 9

45. (tie) Pearl River JV 9

48. Church Point 7

49. Parkview Baptist 5

OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Lower Classes)

Anthony Taylor, Huntington

OUTSTANDING WRESTLER (Upper Classes)

Billy Marcantel, Rayne

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

106 — 1. Ben D'Antonio, Jesuit dec. Brock Bonin, Teurlings Catholic, 7-4; 3. Nick Charles, Jesuit def. Nick desBordes, Mandeville, 11-2; 5. Dylan Holiday, Haughton pinned Evan Taylor, Bossier in 0:48.

113 - 1. Connor Stampley, Comeaux dec. Hunter Taylor, Lafayette High, 11-5; 3. Raymond Bushnell, Basile def. Andrew Aucoin, Sam Houston 8-5; 5. Decoryn Howard, Huntington forfeit Alex Simmaly, Parkway.

120 — 1. Jacob Dale, Comeaux def. Wyatt LeJeune, Brusly, 14-7; 3. Jason Pitts, Parkway dec. Tristan Lee, Teurlings, 2-1; 5. Brennnan Taylor, Sulphur pinned Nicholas Bordelon, Cathoilc-New Iberia, 2:05.

126 — 1. Will Lafranca, Jesuit def. Austin Scalisi, North Vermilion, 9-6; 3. Adrian Ducote, Lafayette High pinned Xavier Chism, Bossier; 5. Zac Funderburk, Parkway pinned Landyn Thibodeaux, Rayne, 2:53.

132 — 1. Trevor Schermer, Brusly def. Jackie Robinson, Jesuit, 10-5; 3. Trey Duhon, Sulphur pinned Jacob Rees, Teurlings Catholic; 5. Andre Walther, St. Thomas More def. Javorski Batiste, Northside, 6-4.

138 — 1. Abram Sellers, Comeaux def. Raygan Suarez, Sulphur, 13-6; 3. Morgan Root, Catholic-Baton Rouge pinned Josh Wicke, Grand Lake, 4:20; 5. Pablo Marroquin, Airline pinned Andrew Pousson, St. Louis Catholic, 3:33.

145 — 1. Anthony Taylor, Huntington injury def. Grant Godso, Redemptorist; 3. Colin Laird, North Vermilion def. Cody Thomas, Parkway, 4-3; 5. Cody Manuel, Rayne def. Quinton Berthelot, Brusly, 6-4.

152 — 1. Tyrek Malveaux, Comeaux dec. Alex Martin, De La Salle, 10-4; 3. Koby Mancuso, Brusly def. Stephen Martin, Byrd, 5-0; 5. Ashton Queyrouze, Jesuit pinned Austin Bohne, Rayne, 0:48.

160 — 1. Louis Stutes, St. Louis Catholic def. Frankie Arena, Mandeville; 3. Guy Patron, Jesuit dec. Joffrian Gaines, Northside, 7-2; 5. Jon Robinson, Comeaux pinned Jacque Girouard, Comeaux, 1:19.

170 — 1. Jack Ingalls, Mandeville dec. Jimmie McBride, Teurlings Catholic, 9-5; 3. Conway LeBleu, St. Louis dec. Javian Adams, Northside, 4-1; 5. Robert Lobrano, Jesuit dec. Darrick Robinson, Byrd, 9-1.

182 — 1. Billy Marcantel, Rayne def. Nick Schneider, Teurlings Catholic 12-7; 3. Jalen Oliver, Bossier pinned Jared Smith, St. Louis Catholic, 0:53; 5. Michael Daiy, Lafayette High dec. Eric Duhon, Acadiana, 7-5.

195 — 1. Manny Armour, Jesuit pinned Orlando Calhoun, Northside, 3:35; 3. Tyler Sullivan, Calvary Baptist pinned Matthew Perez, Sulphur, 0:26; 5. Aaron Langlinais, Comeaux forfeit Quin Gilliam, Byrd.

220 — 1. Daniel Kincade, Northside pinned Dom Carmello, Jesuit, 3:29; 3. Wayne Broussard, Sulphur pinned Mason Pembo, John Curtis, 4:02; 5. Adam Garza, Teurlings Catholic dec. Matthew Tillman, Comeaux, 7-1.

285 — 1. Spencer Lemoine, John Curtis pinned Reginald MarKray, Huntington, 5:33; 3. Allen Kincade, Northside dec. Zac Creel, Jesuit, 2-0; 5. Greg Peltier, Carencro pinned Travis Santiago, Teurlings Catholic, 0:40.

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