1984: 8th
Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*
January, 1984
Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
The Northside High Vikings overpowered the 28 team field
and set a new team scoring record in the process with 229 points, breaking the
team scoring record which had been set by South Cameron with 208 points in the
second tournament in 1978. No other team had reached 200 points.
There was a three-way battle for second, third and fourth with Baker finishing
second with 165.5 points, Acadiana finishing third with 161 and Bossier
finishing fourth with 159.5 points. Benny Lane of Northwood High School
was selected as the Outstanding Wrestler in winning the 119 lb. weight class.
The Most Pins-Least Time trophy was won by Tim Smith of Buras who finished third
at Heavyweight. He recorded four pins in 5:47. The Most Pins-Least
Time trophy had been won four times by wrestlers with four pins, but none had
their four pins in less time than recorded by Smith. In the first tournament,
the Most-Pins-Least Time trophy was won with three pins in a total of 5:51.
In the other three tournaments the Most Pins-Least Time was won by wrestlers
with five pins.
* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
1 |
Northside |
229 |
T-15 |
Carencro |
45 |
2 |
Baker |
165.5 |
T-15 |
John Curtis |
45 |
3 |
Acadiana |
161 |
T-15 |
South Cameron |
45 |
4 |
Bossier |
159.5 |
18 |
Belaire |
41 |
T-5 |
Buras |
88 |
19 |
Jeanerette |
38.5 |
T-5 |
Haughton |
88 |
20 |
Lafayette |
34 |
7 |
Capitol |
81.5 |
21 |
Sulphur |
29 |
8 |
Basile |
79.5 |
22 |
Tara |
27 |
T-9 |
Northwood |
68 |
23 |
Baton Rouge |
26 |
T-9 |
St. Martinville |
68 |
24 |
Christian Life Academy |
22.5 |
11 |
Natchitoches Central |
64 |
25 |
Port Sulphur |
22 |
12 |
Hackberry |
55.5 |
26 |
Mississippi School for the Deaf |
19 |
13 |
Robert E. Lee |
54 |
T-27 |
Johnson Bayou |
0 |
14 |
Comeaux |
49 |
T-27 |
Westlake |
0 |
Champions & Runners-Up
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Most Pins-Least Time - Tim Smith - Heavyweight - Buras:
5:47 (0:46, 0:19, 2:42, 2:00).
Weight Class
98 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Brent Goudeau |
Tara |
|
2 |
JimGaidry |
Robert E. Lee |
|
3 |
M. Montgomery |
Haughton |
|
4 |
Brian Bevers |
Northwood |
|
5 |
Chris McPherson |
Bossier |
|
6 |
Shannon Cast |
Northside |
|
|
105 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Shannon Trahan |
Northside |
|
2 |
Henry Cooks |
Capitol |
|
3 |
Mike Wright |
Jeanerette |
|
4 |
Dennis Scott |
Sulphur |
|
5 |
Todd Sonnier |
Acadiana |
|
6 |
Billy Buras |
Buras |
|
|
112 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Craig Clark |
Acadiana |
|
2 |
Mike Thomas |
Bossier |
|
3 |
Chad Stutzman |
Belaire |
|
4 |
Coy Shiver |
Hackberry |
|
5 |
Mark Bonin |
Jeanerette |
|
6 |
Brett Harris |
Natchitoches Central |
|
|
119 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Benny Lane (OW) |
Northwood |
|
2 |
Randy Conklin |
Bossier |
|
3 |
Brian Almond |
Baker |
|
4 |
Brian Briggs |
Buras |
|
5 |
Thomas Brown |
Northside |
|
6 |
Manzell Givens |
Capitol |
|
|
126 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Bryan Potier |
Acadiana |
|
2 |
Gary Washington |
Bossier |
|
3 |
Stephen Folmar |
Belaire |
|
4 |
Craig Chevalier |
Northside |
|
5 |
Van Bush |
Robert E. Lee |
|
6 |
Brian Hebert |
Carencro |
|
|
132 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Kerry Laderoot |
Haughton |
|
2 |
Willie Green |
Baker |
|
3 |
Shaun King |
Natchitoches Central |
|
4 |
Donnis Broussard |
Northside |
|
5 |
Vaughn Mallery |
St. Martinville |
|
6 |
George Wils |
Sulphur |
|
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138
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Chris Adams |
Basile |
|
2 |
Ronnie James |
Haughton |
|
3 |
Tim Harris |
Acadiana |
|
4 |
Robert Harris |
Natchitoches Central |
|
5 |
Owen Thompson |
Northside |
|
6 |
David Altman |
Baker |
|
|
145
Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Phil Crisp |
Acadiana |
|
2 |
Eugene Begnaud |
Northside |
9-0 |
3 |
Tim Miller |
Haughton |
|
4 |
Mark Raye |
Buras |
|
5 |
Tim Beane |
Baker |
|
6 |
John Hebert |
Carencro |
|
|
155 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Kevin Wade |
Northside |
|
2 |
Ben Cupit |
Baker |
|
3 |
Brad Person |
Basile |
|
4 |
Paul Weller |
Lafayette |
|
5 |
Chris Byler |
Hackberry |
|
6 |
Darren Culpepper |
Haughton |
|
|
167 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Keith Thibodeaux |
Northside |
3:03 |
2 |
Charlie Levert |
St. Martinville |
|
3 |
Otharee Spenser |
Mississipi School for the Deaf |
|
4 |
Todd Richard |
South Cameron |
|
5 |
Norman Drake |
John Curtis |
|
6 |
Joseph Alex |
Port Sulphur |
|
|
185 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Mark Drake |
John Curtis |
|
2 |
Mark Bacas |
Christian Life Academy |
|
3 |
Randy Hollier |
Acadiana |
|
4 |
Howard West |
Bossier |
|
5 |
Mark Estes |
Basile |
|
6 |
John Cormier |
St. Martinville |
|
|
210 Pounds
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Richard Jones |
Bossier |
|
2 |
Adam Bob |
Northside |
|
3 |
D. B. Tennant |
Baker |
|
4 |
Sean O'Neal |
Comeaux |
|
5 |
Todd Travis |
Acadiana |
|
6 |
Adam Dixon |
Capitol |
|
|
HWT
Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
1 |
Gregory Brown |
Capitol |
|
2 |
Billy Lambert |
Comeaux |
|
3 |
Tim Smith |
Buras |
2:00 |
4 |
Leon Brannan |
Haughton |
|
5 |
Conrad Decuire |
Northside |
|
6 |
Kirk Armit |
Bossier |
|
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