1977: 1st Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*

January, 1977

Lafayette High School, Lafayette, Louisiana

The initial tournament was held at Lafayette High School as the Lafayette High Invitational Wrestling Tournament.  Each school could enter an unlimited number of contestants in each weight class; however, only one could earn team points and that wrestler had to be designated before competition began.  Six schools participated in the one-day tournament won by the South Cameron Tarpons with 170.5 points.  The Tarpons, coached by Clarence Vidrine, also went on to win the Division II State Championship that year.  Tara was second with 126 points followed by Jeanerette with 123 points.  The winner of the first Outstanding Wrestler award was Bryan Lestrapes (132 lbs.) of Lafayette High.

* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992

Champions and Runners-Up

Final Team Standings

Place School Points
1 South Cameron 170.5
2 Tara 126
3 Jeanerette 123
4 Northside 114.5
5 Lafayette 101.5
6 Acadiana 39

Champions & Runners-Up

(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)

Most Pins-Least Time Award - Michael Roberts, Tara High School: 3 pins in 5:51 (3:02, 1:10, 1:39)

Weight Class

98 105 112 119 126 132 138 145 155 167 185 HWT

98 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Ward Theiot South Cameron  
2 Craig Theriot Acadiana  
3 Tony Lightfoot Tara  
4 Bobby Angelle Northside  

105 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Stewart Spencer Jeanerette  
2 David Gomez Lafayette  
3 Michael Roberts Tara 1:39
4 Pat Brown South Cameron  

112 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 James Boudreaux South Cameron  
2 Brian Knight Lafayette  
3 John Termini Tara  
4 Michael Johnson Tara  

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119 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Michael Fortier Jeanerette  
2 Paul LaSalle Jeanerette  
3 Albert Glaude Lafayette  
4 Tim Taylor South Cameron  

126 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Melvin Broussard Northside  
2 John Fernandez Tara  
3 Lyndon Miller South Cameron  
4 Dwayne Nelson Jeanerette  

132 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Bryan Lestrapes (OW) Lafayette  
2 Myron Mayard South Cameron  
3 Keith Courville Northside  
4 Irvin Bang South Cameron  

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138 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Danny Shay South Cameron  
2 Steve Clark Lafayette  
3 Dickie Roy Tara  
4 Chris Carriere Northside  

145 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Mark Theriot South Cameron  
2 David Caffery Lafayette  
3 Hector Garcia South Cameron  
4 Byron Comeaux Northside  

155 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Jeff McCall South Cameron  
2 Hank Chiles Tara  
3 Hardy Nix Acadiana  
4 Felix Richard Jeanerette  

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167 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Michael Channette Jeanerette  
2 Jon Connor Jeanerette  
3 Mike Arnold Northside  
4 Ruben Doxey South Cameron  

185 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Alfred Jones Jeanerette  
2 Ricky Babineaux Northside  
3 Buck Van Norman Tara  
4 Danny Domengeaux Northside  

HWT

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Dale Thomas Northside  
2 David Lapeyrouse Jeanerette  
3 Mark Van Norman Tara  
4 Allen Mika Tara  

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