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Holy Cross sophomore Jake Rando controls an arm and an ankle of St. Paul's' Hunter Bourgeois in the 138 lbs. Division I finals.

Division I Bracket	Division II Bracket	Division III Bracket
Place Name School 1 (1) Jake Rando Holy Cross 2 (6) Hunter Bourgeois St. Paul's 3 (2) Blaine Eisensohn Brother Martin 4 (7) Jake Rovira (Jesuit) 5 (4) Antonio Lococo Airline 6 (5) Mitch Vidrine Catholic	Place Name School 1 (2) Hunter Huckaby Parkway 2 (4) Timothy Hillard Pearl River 3 (1) Tristan Lee Teurlings Catholic 4 (5) Anthony Bailey Sam Houston 5 (3) Brennan Webb Live Oak 6 Peyton Matherne Shaw	Place Name School 1 (1) Brennen Landry North Vermillion 2 (3) Raekwon Thomas De la Salle 3 (2) T.J. Broussard Kaplan 4 (4) Troy Bourgeois Fisher 5 (5) Augustus Sole St. Louis 6 Ross Dahlen South Cameron

Division I

Season Synopsis

Early in the season it looked as if 138 lbs. might end up a contest between Brother Martin senior Blaine Eisensohn and St. Paul's junior Hunter Bourgeois.  Eisensohn was the preseason favorite, and a pool round shellacking of Bourgeois at the Trey Culotta bolstered that opinion.  Bourgeois, however, worked his way back to the finals of the event and turned the tables on Eisensohn with a 13-8 decision that did not look as close as the score indicated.  They had another close match at the Holy Innocence Prep Slam VII, won by Eisensohn 3-0.  After that Bourgeois' stock declined as Holy Cross' Joey Foret and Eisensohn split matches held over four days (Foret won 3-2 in a dual meet while Eisensohn won the Louisiana Classic over Foret by a score of 5-4).  Meanwhile, at the Louisiana Classic, Bourgeois lost matches to Airline's Antonio Lococo, St. Amant's Joshua Averette and was disqualified against Catholic's Mitch Vidrine.

When Holy Cross readjusted its lineup after the Louisiana Classic Foret dropped out of the picture and was replaced by Jake Rando, who had great success at 145 lbs. except against Brother Martin's Mason Williams. At 145 lbs.  Rando won the Mandeville Open and the Spartan Invitational while taking second at the Louisiana Classic and third at the Las Vegas Holiday Classic.  At 138 lbs. though, if the Ken Cole Invitational was any indication, Rando was a perfect fit.  His closest match in the event was his first match against former Jesuit teammate Jake Rovira, and that was a six point win.  In winning the Ken Cole Rando defeated solid contenders in Rovira, Kyle Cascio of Brusly, Sulphur's Brennan Taylor and, in the finals, Tristan Lee of Teurlings Catholic.

Seeding for the state tournament was decided the following week at the St. Paul's invitational.  Rando defeated Eisensohn in the finals by an 11-3 major decision to secure a #1 seed at the state tournament.  Bourgeois placed third at that event, but due to his Louisiana Classic losses merited a mere sixth seed.

Preliminary Rounds

Top - Round 1 - (7) Jacob Rovira (JES) defeated Tyler Joyeux (EA) in 4:26; Bottom left three photos - Round 2: (3) Jordan Averett (StA) defeated Nicholas Ernst (MND) in 1:44; Bottom right photo - Round 2: (5) Mitch Vidrine (CAT) over Brison Adams (COV) in 1:23

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Quarterfinals

Bourgeois was nominated for this season's "Seed-Buster" award for his win over Eisensohn in the Trey Culotta.  He earned the title in the quarterfinals with a 4-1 win over third-seeded Joshua Averett of St. Amant.

(1) Jake Rando (HC) defeated (8) Brennan Taylor (SUL) 12-6

Left three photos: (5) Mitch Vidrine (CAT) defeated (4) Antonio Lococo (AIR) via disqualification; Right two photos: (6) Hunter Bourgeois (StP) defeated (3) Jordan Averett (StA) 4-1, avenging an 8-5 loss to Averett in the Louisiana Classic.

(2) Blaine Eisensohn (BM) defeated (7) Jacob Rovira (JES) 4-1

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Semifinals

Bourgeois' upset over Averett put him in the semifinals against Eisensohn, a 4-1 winner over Rovira in the quarterfinals.  In a very close match, Bourgeois secured this season's "Seed-Buster" award with an 8-7 win.  Bourgeois would face Rando in the finals, who advanced via a forfeit by Mitch Vidrine after the Catholic wrestler suffered an injury in the previous day's quarterfinals.

(1) Jake Rando (HC) defeated (5) Mitch Vidrine (CAT) via forfeit

(6) Hunter Bourgeois (StP) defeated (2) Blaine Eisensohn (BM) 8-7

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Consolation Rounds

Left two photos - Consolation Round 1: Carlin Johnson (BR) defeated Justin McMasters (McK) in 1:26; Right three photos - Consolations Round 1: Abigail Nette (DES) defeated Bobby Villaronga (BON) (bracket indicates via forfeit)

3rd Place Match: (2) Blaine Eisensohn (BM) defeated (7) Jake Rovira (JES) 11-5

5th Place Match: (4) Antonio Lococo (AIR) defeated (5) Mitch Vidrine (CAT) via forfeit

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Finals

(1) Jake Rando (HC) defeated (6) Hunter Bourgeois (StP) 11-6 Bourgeois scored the first takedown after a little over a minute had elapsed, but 20 seconds later Rando escaped and 20 seconds after that took a 3-2 lead before the period ended.  In the second Rando again escaped and again took Bourgeois down.  Bourgeois escaped again but Rando was able to grab a single-leg and Bourgeois' head for another takedown and an 8-3 lead.  Rando rode Bourgeois for the majority of the third period, but he allowed an escape and a takedown with 30 seconds remaining.  Rando, however, did not sit on his 8-6 lead and almost immediately escaped, shucked Bourgeois down and spun behind him for another takedown and an 11-6 state championship.  Against Louisiana wrestlers Rando finished 28-2. Against all competitors the Tiger was 34-3.  Bourgeois finished the season 25-9 and 33-12.

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Division II

Season Synopsis

Tristan Lee has been one of Teurlings Catholic's best wrestlers for the last two season, placing second in Division II in 2013 and 2014, and in the 2014-15 season he was undefeated against Division II opponents.  His only losses were to Division I opponents, and to some good ones including, at 145 lbs., Clint Brownell of St. Amant, Mason Williams, Jake Rando, Hayden Hill of Vestavia Hills, Alabama, Juwan Robinson of Allen, Texas, Nijahl Butler of Baton Rouge and, at 138 lbs., Vidrine, Lococo and Rando again in the Ken Cole Finals.

Parkway's Hunter Huckaby was also a 2014 Division II state runner-up and had a very good season going until he was injured at the Ken Cole.  Huckaby was 19-1 with his only loss coming from Lococo of Airline.   He had wins over Airline's Scott Prouty, North DeSoto's Chase Bates, Live Oak's Brennan Webb and Fontainebleau's Jackson Loupe.  Huckaby won the Airline Invitational, placed second at the Lone Survivor and won the Klein-Collins Hurricane Classic in Texas.

Due to his runner-up finish at the Ken Cole Lee was seeded first at 138 lbs. in Division II while Huckaby was 2nd.  Webb of Live Oak was the third seed and, seeded fourth with 38 wins and a George Trygg Memorial championship, was Pearl River senior Tim Hillard. 

Preliminary Rounds

Joshua Lutz of Belle Chasse upset #8 Dakoda Jones of Carencro in 2:26 and Shaw's Peyton Matherne upset # 6 Harley Grandstaff, Jr. of Grace King 9-0.

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

In the semifinals Lee once again was denied a state championship, and even another runner-up spot, when the fourth seeded Hillard took him into a Sudden Death period and took him down for a 4-1 semifinals victory.

(4) Tim Hillard (PR) defeated (1) Tristan Lee (TC) 4-2 TB-1

(2) Hunter Huckaby (PKY) defeated (3) Brennan Web (LO) 15-10

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(2) Hunter Huckaby (PKY) defeated (4) Tim Hillard (PR) 12-3 This match stayed close in the early rounds.  Huckaby scored a takedown in the first 45 seconds, and in the second the two wrestlers traded reversals.  By the third, though, Huckaby was able to reverse Hillard to his back for a 9-2 lead, and Huckaby added three more backpoints whereas Hillard only managed to score one more point.  Huckaby won the first of three consecutive titles for the Panthers.  Huckaby finished the season with a 31-7 record while Hillard was 41-12 against Louisiana opponents and 42-12 against all opposition.

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Division III

Season Synopsis

North Vermillion sophomore Brennen Landry was the top seed at 138 lbs. as through the course of the season he had only one loss to a Division III opponent.  That was to Basile's Devin Bazinet at the Jacob McMillan in December.  Twice after that, however, in the finals of the Brusly Invitational and in the Teurlings Catholic Rebel Open, Brennen avenged that setback.  Bazinet, however, was sidelined after January 24th which put Kaplan junior Tyrone Broussard in the #2 spot.  Due to losses to both Landry and Broussard, De la Salle's Raekwon Thomas was seeded third and Fisher's Troy Bourgeois was in the fourth spot.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first round.

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Quarterfinals

The quarterfinals went exactly as they were seeded.

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Semifinals

In the semifinals Brennan just got by Bourgeois 4-2, but Thomas avenged his first-round Brusly Invitational loss to Broussard with an 11-4 win to advance to the finals.

(1) Brennen Landry (NV) defeated (4) Troy Bourgeois (FSH) 10-8

(3) Raekwon Thomas (DLS) defeated (2) T.J. Broussard (KAP) 11-4

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Consolation Rounds

Consolation Round 1: Terrance Brooks (BRU) defeated Max Daigle (CPT) in 2:36

3rd Place Match: (2) T.J. Broussard (KAP) defeated (4) Troy Bourgeois (FSH) in 0:28

5th Place Match: (5) Augustus Sole (StL) defeated Ross Dahlen (SC) in 4:15

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Finals

(1) Brennen Landry (NV) defeated (3) Raekwon Thomas (DLS) 8-6 SV Landry previously defeated Thomas 9-6 in the third consolation round of the Ken Cole.  But, as he showed in his rematch with Broussard, Thomas came to wrestle.  In fact, with 19 seconds left Thomas had a 6-5 lead over Landry and was riding him just fine.  But then Thomas was assessed a crucial "locking hands" penalty, evening the score at 6-6 and sending the match into a Sudden Victory period.  After 20 seconds elapsed Landry caught Thomas with a double-leg shot near the edge of the mat, but kept his feet in the circle as Thomas went down, securing his first state championship.  Landry finished his season 31-7 while Thomas was 31-13 against Louisiana competition and 34-14 against all opponents.

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