1981: 5th
Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*
January, 1981
Lafayette High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
Twenty-five teams competed in the 1981 tournament with the
Carencro Golden Bears, coached by Ron Reed and Jimmy Vidrine, edging the
Jeanerette Tigers, coached by Glenn Eldridge and Mike Mouton by a final team
score of 147.5 to 146.5.Redemptorist was third with 142.5 points. Carencro
won the tournament on team depth with only two wrestlers in the finals.
Stephen LeMaire placed second at 98 lbs. and Carencro's last wrestler in the
finals, David Estilette, won at 105 lbs. to complete the team scoring for
Carencro. Jeanerette had four in the finals, all wrestling after
Carencro's team scoring was complete. Jeanerette had two champions in
Richard Guillotte and the tournament's Oustanding Wrestler, Jerry Lewis (155
lbs.). The highlight of the battle for the team championship was at 185
lbs. in which Mike Prejean, the last Jeanerette wrestler in the finals, was
defeated 5-3 by Steve Sifton of the Acadiana Wrecking Rams, preserving
Carencro's team championship by one point. The Most Pins-Least Time trophy
was won by Lafayette's Carl LeBlanc at 126 lbs. with five pins in 16 minutes, 47
seconds (4:35, 5:20, 1:52, 2:06 & 2:45).
* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
1 |
Carencro |
147.5 |
10 |
Brusly |
85 |
19 |
Sulphur |
33 |
2 |
Jeanerette |
146.5 |
11 |
Capitol |
78 |
20 |
St. Martin's |
28.5 |
3 |
Redemptorist |
142.5 |
12 |
Robert E. Lee |
69 |
21 |
Northwood |
22 |
4 |
Tara |
111 |
13 |
Baton Rouge |
68 |
22 |
Basile |
21.5 |
5 |
Acadiana |
109.5 |
14 |
Buras |
59 |
23 |
LA School for the Deaf |
20 |
6 |
Haughton |
107 |
15 |
Grace King |
52.5 |
24 |
LA School for the Visually Impaired |
12 |
7 |
Natchitoches Central |
93.5 |
16 |
Comeaux |
48 |
25 |
John Curtis |
10 |
8 |
Lafayette |
90.5 |
17 |
Riverdale |
36 |
|
|
|
9 |
Northside |
88.5 |
18 |
Hackberry |
34.5 |
|
|
|
Champions & Runners-Up
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Weight Class
98 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Derrick Rispone |
Redemptorist |
|
2 |
Stephan LaMaire |
Carencro |
|
3 |
Robin Albrecht |
Riverdale |
|
4 |
Tony Williams |
Northside |
|
5 |
Ed Burch |
Robert E. Lee |
|
6 |
C. Stages |
Jeanerette |
|
|
105 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
David Estilette |
Carencro |
|
2 |
Lonnie Wale |
Grace King |
|
3 |
Benny Lane |
Northwood |
|
4 |
B. Begnaud |
Northside |
|
5 |
B. Barthelemy |
Port Sulphur |
|
6 |
G. Mazroy |
Robert E. Lee |
|
|
112 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Craig Mistretta |
Redemptorist |
|
2 |
Doug Chiles |
Tara |
|
3 |
Budd Caskey |
Haughton |
|
4 |
C. Williams |
Capitol |
|
5 |
Ronnie Wale |
Grace King |
|
6 |
T. Prelow |
Natchitoches Central |
|
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119 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Richard Guillotte |
Jeanerette |
|
2 |
Rob Dubois |
Natchitoches Central |
|
3 |
Tim Leblanc |
Brusly |
|
4 |
T. Chabreck |
Robert E. Lee |
|
5 |
Stephon Jefferson |
Buras |
|
6 |
G. Rome |
Redemptorist |
|
|
126 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Ray Jeter |
Haughton |
|
2 |
Joel Thomas |
Baton Rouge |
|
3 |
Carl LeBlanc |
Lafayette |
2:45 |
4 |
Cal Cossich |
Buras |
|
5 |
Kevin Dennis |
Natchitoches Central |
|
6 |
G. Compagna |
Redemptorist |
|
|
132 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Mark Lerille |
Redemptorist |
|
2 |
Jeff Cronan |
Tara |
|
3 |
Lane LeJeune |
Baton Rouge |
|
4 |
Brent Rhodes |
Brusly |
|
5 |
D.Prejean |
Brusly |
|
6 |
D. East |
Hackberry |
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138
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Robert Roland |
Robert E. Lee |
|
2 |
M. Bourgeois |
Redemptorist |
|
3 |
Wayne Prejean |
Brusly |
|
4 |
J. Brown |
Capitol |
|
5 |
Troy Sonnier |
Acadiana |
|
6 |
Edmund Druihlet |
Northside |
|
|
145
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Martin
Muller |
St. Martin's |
9-0 |
2 |
(2) Robert Shelton |
Jeanerette |
9-0 |
3 |
Hank Hebert |
Carencro |
|
4 |
(1) Mark Sylvester |
Tara |
|
5 |
Rhett Richoux |
Acadiana |
|
6 |
Scott Schoor |
Redemptorist |
|
|
155 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Jerry Lewis (OW) |
Jeanerette |
|
2 |
James Guidry |
Lafayette |
|
3 |
Jeff Starnes |
Natchitoches Central |
|
4 |
Matt Scott |
Comeaux |
|
5 |
L. Pellerin |
Acadiana |
|
6 |
G. Greenblatt |
Redemptorist |
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167 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Joe Brown |
Capitol |
|
2 |
Troy Byle |
Hackberry |
|
3 |
Will Arledge |
Natchitoches Central |
|
4 |
Todd Leverea |
Redemptorist |
|
5 |
S. Wilson |
Haughton |
|
6 |
K. Kimball |
Northside |
|
|
185 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Steve Sifton |
Acadiana |
|
2 |
Mike Prejean |
Jeanerette |
|
3 |
Gene Strogen |
Haughton |
|
4 |
D. Lanerie |
Carencro |
|
5 |
Davie Raine |
Grace King |
|
6 |
D. Port |
LA School for the Deaf |
|
|
HWT
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Roger Halphen |
Buras |
|
2 |
Kevin Cyrus |
Baton Rouge |
|
3 |
Kevin Taylor |
Tara |
|
4 |
Ed Brown |
Acadiana |
|
5 |
Scott Sibile |
Lafayette |
|
6 |
A. Nelson |
Jeanerette |
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