1979: 3rd
Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*
January, 1979
Lafayette High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
In 1979 the tournament field increased from 10 to 14 teams
and was changed from a one day to a two day event. Individual awards were
also increased from the first three to the first five place winners in each
weight class. Winning the team title was the host team, the Lafayette
Mighty Lions, with 131 points. The highlight for the team was the
championship match at 155 lbs. John Andrus of Lafayette High School
defeated the number 1 seed, John Ehret's eventual 1979 Division II State
Champion, Augusto Menendez, by the score of 6-3. As a result of that loss,
John Ehret not only did not win the tournament, but placed third to Capitol
which scored 126.5 to 125.5 for John Ehret. Jeanerette was fourth with 124
points. Six points separated the next four teams with Belaire fifth at
114.5, Baker sixth at 113 and Northside and South Cameron tying with 108.5.
Gilbert Joe of Jeanerette repeated as the 145 lb. champion and was also selected
as the Outstanding Wrestler. James Boudreaux of South Cameron successfully
defended his championship at 126 lbs. and became the tournament's first 3-time
winner.
* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
1 |
Lafayette |
131 |
T-7 |
South Cameron |
108.5 |
2 |
Capitol |
126.5 |
9 |
Brusly |
82 |
3 |
John Ehret |
125.5 |
10 |
Acadiana |
67 |
4 |
Jeanerette |
124 |
11 |
Tara |
64 |
5 |
Belaire |
114.5 |
12 |
Basile |
53 |
6 |
Baker |
113 |
13 |
Carencro |
32.5 |
T-7 |
Northside |
108.5 |
14 |
Comeaux |
3 |
Champions & Runners-Up
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Most Pins-Least Time Award - Bobby Sartain - Belaire: 4
pins in 10:51 (5:43), 0:37, 2:32, 1:49).
Weight Class
98 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Brett Boudreaux |
Lafayette |
|
2 |
Logan Fournerat |
Basile |
|
3 |
Roger Stokes |
Northside |
|
4 |
Tim Leblanc |
Brusly |
|
5 |
Richard Guillotte |
Jeanerette |
|
6 |
Darren Theriot |
South Cameron |
|
|
105 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Allen Baudoin |
Jeanerette |
|
2 |
Richard Dayries |
Brusly |
|
3 |
Tim Chidester |
Basile |
|
4 |
Pat Boutte |
Belaire |
|
5 |
Jonathan Brown |
Capitol |
|
6 |
Doug Chiles |
Tara |
|
|
112 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Bruce Bowman |
Baker |
|
2 |
Tony Lightfoot |
Tara |
|
3 |
Mark Lerille |
Lafayette |
|
4 |
Chris Bonin |
Acadiana |
|
5 |
John Eldridge |
Jeanerette |
|
6 |
Shane Theriot |
South Cameron |
|
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119 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Bryan Hawkins |
John Ehret |
|
2 |
Leonard Joseph |
Jeanerette |
|
3 |
Terry Clark |
Acadiana |
|
4 |
Nerry Dooley |
Northside |
|
5 |
Bobby Baron |
Lafayette |
|
6 |
George Cupit |
Baker |
|
|
126 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
James Boudreaux |
South Cameron |
|
2 |
Kevin Tabor |
Belaire |
|
3 |
Louis Pyle |
John Ehret |
|
4 |
Bryan Richard |
Brusly |
|
5 |
Ron Brooks |
Capitol |
|
6 |
Gary Achee |
Lafayette |
|
|
132 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Mike Kelly |
Baker |
|
2 |
Melvin Johnson |
Capitol |
|
3 |
Shannon Theriot |
South Cameron |
|
4 |
Randy Blanchard |
Tara |
|
5 |
Joey McCullough |
Tara |
|
6 |
John Burnham |
Lafayette |
|
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138
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Jerry Lewis |
Jeanerette |
|
2 |
Kent Boudreaux |
Lafayette |
|
3 |
Scott Forrester |
Belaire |
|
4 |
John Livings |
Carencro |
|
5 |
Daryl Vickers |
Tara |
|
6 |
Jody Combs |
Baker |
|
|
145
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Gilbert Joe (OW) |
Jeanerette |
|
2 |
Stuart Hart |
John Ehret |
9-0 |
3 |
Irvin Bang |
South Cameron |
|
4 |
Louis Marrionneaux |
Brusly |
|
5 |
Dana Ash |
Baker |
|
6 |
Joe Brown |
Capitol |
|
|
155 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
John Andrus |
Lafayette |
|
2 |
Augusto Menendez |
John Ehret |
|
3 |
Bobby Sartin |
Belaire |
1:49 |
4 |
Jonathan Andrus |
Northside |
|
5 |
Danile Calix |
Baker |
|
6 |
C. Fontenot |
Acadiana |
|
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167 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Claude Numa |
John Ehret |
|
2 |
Chris Carriere |
Northside |
|
3 |
Jack Carr |
Belaire |
|
4 |
Vernon Sanders |
Capitol |
|
5 |
Mike Bernard |
Carencro |
|
6 |
Larry LeBlanc |
Acadiana |
|
|
185 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Eric Elliott |
Capitol |
|
2 |
Mike Arnold |
Northside |
|
3 |
Jed Person |
Basile |
|
4 |
Craig Cannon |
Baker |
|
5 |
Mitchell Landry |
John Ehret |
|
6 |
Ladd Dyson |
South Cameron |
|
|
HWT
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Kelvin Gray |
Capitol |
|
2 |
Darryl Boudreaux |
Belaire |
|
3 |
Mark Barton |
Acadiana |
|
4 |
John Harvey |
Basile |
|
5 |
Ruben Doxey |
South Cameron |
|
6 |
Jeff Johnson |
Northside |
|
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