Status: Fini

A 9-7 Sudden Victory decision at the Louisiana Classic gave Chase Cochran of St. Paul's the top seeding position in this weight class, putting Teurlings Catholic's Kynan Sonnier in the #2 spot.  A rematch, however, was not to be as Cochran succumbed to a tournament ending injury against Dutchtown's Luther Jones in the second round.  That left the door open for the defending Division II state champion from Benton, Jordan White, to make his way to the finals.  White, who was only seeded 8th despite having avenged his only loss against 15 wins (including a 1-0 record against 6th-seeded Keegan Gilligan of Airline), breezed through his next two matches 11-2 and 12-5 to make the finals.

Sonnier's path to the finals was wrought with peril, but the junior survived.  After scoring falls in his first two matches he required an ultimate tie-breaker period to get by Gilligan, riding the Airline wrestler for the last 30 seconds to win a 4-4 match.  Next, he faced third-seeded Eric Duhon, Jr., who controlled Sonnier for much of the match until he made a crucial third round mistake upon which Sonnier pounced.  Eschewing a stalemate from a neutral position, Duhon tried to get away from Sonnier, which gave the Rebel a chance to catch both of Duhon's ankles and work his way up to control and a two-point takedown.  Sonnier won 7-6.

The finals was a rematch of last year's Division II finals, in which the second-seeded White recorded a third period fall over the top-seeded Sonnier.  White appeared in control for a majority of the match but was never able to gain a significant advantage over Sonnier, who clawed his way back to a point where he was only down 5-4 and in the neutral position with 49 seconds remaining.  Both wrestlers had to be aggressive - Sonnier to try to score and White to avoid stalling calls - and it was Sonnier who pulled White's head down to White's knee to collapse White for a two-point takedown and a 6-5 championship.  This match should again place Sonnier and White in the #1 and #2 positions in the Division II state championships. 

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Early Rounds

Left: Round 2 - Alfred (NS) over Hebert (RAY) in 5:43 Center: Round 2 - Duhon (ACA) over Fread (HAU) in 1:04 Right: Round 2 - STremlau (BR) over Palmisano (JES) 5-1

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Semifinals

Jordan White of Benton defeated Cozenski Alfred of Northside 12-5

Kynan Sonnier of Teurlings Catholic defeated Eric Duhon, Jr., of Acadiana 7-6

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Consolation Finals

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Finals

Kynan Sonnier of Teurlings Catholic defeated Jordan White of Benton 6-5

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