1985: 9th Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*

January, 1985

Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana

Thirty-one schools competed, a record number of teams to date.  The East St. John Wildcats coached by Harold Bourgeois made their first appearance at the tournament a success by capturing the team title with 155 points.  East St. John had two champions, Darnell Howard (112 lbs.) and Alvin Scimineaux (132 lbs.), one runner-up, Johnell Howard (119 lbs.) and four others who placed in the top six.  The defending champion Northside Vikings finished second with 126.5 points.  The Haughton Buccaneers edged the Robert E. Lee Rebels for third place with 118.5 points to 118 points for Lee.  Carencro was fifth with 114 points followed by Comeaux in sixt place with 111 points.  The Comeaux Spartans, the host school since 1982, had their first individual champion with Brian McCauley winning the 155 lb. weight class.  Later in the season, McCauley also became Comeaux's first individual State Champion winning the 155 lb. Division I title.

* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992

Champions and Runners-Up

Final Team Standings

Place School Points Place School Points Place School Points
1 East St. John 155 12 Bonnabel 80.5 T-23 Holy Cross 39
2 Northside 126.5 13 Brusly 74.5 T-23 John Curtis 39
3 Haughton 118.5 14 Baker 69 25 Jeanerette 30.5
4 Robert E. Lee 118 15 Sulphur 64.5 T-26 Port Sulphur 18
5 Carencro 114 16 West Jefferson 63.5 T-26 Shreve Christian 18
6 Comeaux 111 17 Buras 60.5 28 Teurlings Catholic 16
7 Acadiana 95.5 18 Tara 55 29 Lafayette 15.5
8 Bossier 91.5 T-19 Basile 53 30 Hackberry 11
9 Belaire 90.5 T-19 St. Martinville 53 31 Mississippi School for the Deaf 6
10 Natchitoches Central 87.5 21 Capitol 49      
11 South Cameron 83 22 Northwood 42      

Champions & Runners-Up

(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)

Most Pins-Least Time - Mark Estes - 185 lbs. - Basile: 5 pins in 14:45 (1:53, 3:27, 2:57, 1:41 & 4:47).

Weight Class

98 105 112 119 126 132 138 145 155 167 185 210 HWT
 

98 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Tim Smith Bossier  
2 Bryan Davis South Cameron  
3 Dean Arevallo Bonnanel  
4 Scotty Roy Acadiana  
5 Durrell Howard East St. John  
6 Brent Mouton Carencro  

105 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Brent Goudeau Tara  
2 Brian Beavers Northwood
3 Joe Modeliste West Jefferson  
4 Anh Vo Buras  
5 Jimmy Bernard Northside  
6 Lance Webber East St. John  

112 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Darnell Howard East St. John  
2 Monty Montgomery Haughton  
3 Dennis Scott Sulphur  
4 Chris McPherson Bossier  
5 Chris Sibley Acadiana  
6 Billy Buras Buras  

119 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Ulysses Narcisse Northside  
2 Johnell Howard East St. John  
3 Mike Thomas Bossier  
4 Chad Stutzman Belaire  
5 Nelson Martinez Natchitoches Central  
6 Todd Sonnier Acadiana  

126 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Jim Wentzell (OW) Sulphur  
2 Thomas Brown Northside  
3 Randy LaBauve Brusly  
4 Andy Erikson East St. John  
5 David Anders Robert E. Lee  
6 Starline Hargrove Haughton  

132 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Alvin Scioneaux East St. John  
2 Shaun King Natchitoches Central  
3 Brian Henry Carencro  
4 Craig Chevalier Northside  
5 Bert LeJeune Acadiana  
6 Mark Prejean Brusly  

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138 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Chris Heiser Bonnabel
2 Gabe LaLande South Cameron  
3 Bryan Brayboy Robert E. Lee  
4 Darren Hargrove Haughton  
5 Freddie King Baker  
6 Willie Freeman Natchitoches Central  

145 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Frank McLaurin Belaire  
2 Mark Woodson Bonnabel 9-0
3 E. Narcisse Northside  
4 Eric Porter Carencro  
5 Mark Sonnier Basile  
6 Trae Lemieux Robert E. Lee  

155 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Brian McCauley Comeaux  
2 James Arceneaux Carencro  
3 Jon Guidry East St. John  
4 Darrell Roan Baker  
5 Harvey Dixon Robert E. Lee  
6 Ray Savoy West Jefferson  

167 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Victor Woods Brusly 3:03
2 Wilton Rivers Bossier  
3 Albert Duhon Comeaux  
4 Greg Stanford Robert E. Lee  
5 Blake Thibodeaux Carencro  
6 Glenn Nunez Holy Cross  

185 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Earl Vercher Natchitoches Central  
2 Phil Courts Comeaux  
3 Mark Estes Basile 4:47
4 Wayne Knight West Jefferson  
5 Tommy Walters Baker  
6 Mark Richard Acadiana  

210 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Scottie Fizer Haughton  
2 Billy Lambert Comeaux  
3 Norman Drake John Curtis  
4 Stephen Lotief Teurlings Catholic  
5 Mike McGuire Acadiana  
6 Tom Fereday Tara  

HWT

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Gregory Brown Capitol  
2 Mike Wells Belaire  
3 Dexter Harrison St. Martinville  
4 Wayne Smith Northside  
5 Billy McCartney Robert E. Lee  
6 Danny Dazet Holy Cross  

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