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May 12th, 2017 2017 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships Editor and many others

Volume V, No. 12, March, 2017

March, 2017 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
March 30th 2017 Camp of Champs at North Desoto High School
with Clinician Chris Notte - July 5th-8th
Dustin Burton
March 26th Still time to register for Ohio Tournament of Champions on April 25th in Columbus, Ohio Bart Friedenberg
March 26th
Clay and Nugent lead Louisiana contingent in Virginia Beach
Raven Guidry goes 3-2 at the 2017 U.S. Marine Corps Girls Folkstyle Nationals in Oklahoma City
Editor
March 25th Basile's Christ leads the Louisiana contingent with a 3-1 record on the first day of the NHSCA Nationals Editor
March 24th-26th National High School Coaches Association National Championships
Flowrestling Brackets
Editor
March 19th 
Louisiana to be well-represented in Virginia Beach
or...
Twenty-two and counting more reasons the state article will be delayed
Editor, Glenn Bernard, Stacy Walden, Pat Mahoney, Pappy Manuel, Brian Hess, William Croy, John Tademy, Gavin Christ, Shandra Robinson, Tony Ingram...
March 16th
Louisiana USA Wrestling 2017 Schedule
Arlington, Texas, Border Wars Takedown Challenge - April 29th
Matt Pinero, Mike Decker
March 15th Former Crusader Kyle Delaune ends college career with 2nd NAIA All-American finish Editor, Kenny Whittle, Robert Dauterive
March 11th
Guy Patron, Jr. places 3rd in his first NCAA Division III Championships
Editor | Photos by Larry Radloff of d3photography.com via James Naprstek
March 10th Patron, Jr. sole Louisiana survivor to compete on Saturday Editor
March 10th Three Louisianans vie for NCAA Division III titles Editor
March 3rd USA Louisiana Dual State Tournament - March 25th in Shreveport
Elementary and Middle School Divisions
Coach Dustin Burton
March 3rd Louisianans Connor Campo, Quinn Gilliam and Guy Patron, Jr. to compete in the Division III NCAA Tournament March 10th and 11th Editor

Volume V, No. 11, February, 2017

February, 2017 ARTICLE
Working on:   LHSAA State Championships, remainder of Ken Cole Invitational and Bruin Invitational   
CONTRIBUTOR(S)
February 14th Louisiana USA Wrestling Folkstyle Schedule Matt Pinero
February 14th 28th Annual NHSCA National Wrestling Championships - Virginia Beach, VA of March 24th-26th - PDF Flyer Brian Hess
February 13th STATE - Tigers unseat Crusaders in Division I, Teurlings Catholic and De la Salle repeat - STATE Editor
February 10th STATE - Team championship contenders separate from the rest of the field at the state championships - STATE Editor
February 9th STATE - 2017 State championships notes - STATE Editor
February 9th St. Amant shows off new Dollamur mats Editor
February 7th  "Cabaret on the Red" RV Parking Editor | Eue Easom Partin
February 5th Photos of Jesuit at Holy Cross - from February 1st Dual Meet Editor
February 5th Cardinals outpace Patriots by nine points for Bruin Invitational title Editor
February 5th Brother Martin "B" team, plus Steven Shields, dominates Ken Cole Invitational Editor
February 5th Brother Martin's second-string-plus-one takes Ken Cole title Editor
February 4th Friday at the Ken Cole Editor
February 4th
Dollamur to unveil new mats and equipment at St. Amant on Tuesday
Editor
February 3rd 25th Ohio Tournament of Champions Invitation Editor | Bart Freidenberg
February 2nd
Holy Cross handles Jesuit for the GNO Catholic League championship
Editor
February 1st January 28th tournaments summaries
Bruin Inv., Greater Baton Rouge, Ketelsen Memorial, Lafayette METRO, Jesse James SW Shootout, NW LA Regionals
New photographs added - 02/01/17
Editor

Volume V, No. 10, January, 2017

January, 2017 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
January 31st Blue Jays' Senior Night ceremonies followed by shutout of Shaw Editor
January 30th
Crusaders remain Division I favorites after Louisiana Classic win
Editor
January 24th Jesuit 33-Brother Martin 28 - additional photos Editor
January 24th Altus, OK, wins, Jesuit places fourth in Deep South Bayou Duals Editor
January 22nd Brother Martin's second-string-plus-one takes Ken Cole title  Editor
January 21st Friday at the Ken Cole Editor
January 20th Brief catch-up of last week and what's on this week Editor
January 15th
Brief LA Classic Notes
Editor
January 13th Blue Jays take first day lead at the Louisiana Classic Editor
January 12th Louisiana Classic seeds released Editor | Coach Ben DiPalma
January 12th Jesuit defeats Brother Martin 33-28; Blue Jays first to more than just posit that this year may be different Editor
January 9th A busy wrestling weekend preparing for the Louisiana Classic Editor (and a lot of FB posters)
January 6th Parity rules on Friday in Bossier City and Lafayette Editor
January 6th Division III Patriots defeat two Division II contenders and a Division I foe Editor
January 3rd
Crusaders win sixth consecutive Trey Culotta Invitational - Final
Editor
January 1st 27 Jefferson Invitational semifinals matches photographs published
and one consolation semifinals match
Editor
January 1st A long overdue thanks Editor

Volume V, No. 9, December, 2016

December, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
December 31st 2016-12-31 Brief update: Deep South Bayou Duals, Prep Slam IX, Allen "Texas Outlaw"
New Prep Slam IX photographs as of 6 p.m. on 12/31
Editor | Contributors: Craig Ketelsen, John Tademy, Stacy Walden, Robin Clement
December 29th Louisiana teams hoping for a third at Deep South Bayou Duals; Parkway wins Evangel Holiday Classic; Brother Martin leads Prep Slam VIII Editor | John Tademy
December 29th Crusaders take fifth consecutive Jefferson Invitational Editor
December 28th
Louisiana only has one top-seeded team in Bayou Duals pools
Editor
December 26th
Holy Cross wins "wire-to-wire while Jesuit earns the runner-up spot at the 4th annual South Walton Border Wars
Editor, Tobi Marez, Cary Nick, Chris Pickren
December 25th
8th Annual Deep South Bayou Duals to start on Thursday
Editor | Barrett Wilson
December 23rd Crusaders win sixth consecutive Trey Culotta Invitational Editor
December 23rd Brother Martin builds a sizable lead after the first day of the Trey Culotta Editor
December 22nd Wrestling across the USA - last weekend's highlights Editor
December 22nd Seven Blue Jays advance to the Gold tournament at the Kansas City Stampede Editor | Kelly Giewat's enthusiasm
December 16th Tigers in contention after first day in Vegas Editor
December 16th
A fortnight's review, at least
Brother Martin took home the Jefferson Invitational title
Editor
December 9th Brother Martin crushes opponents at the Spartan Open Editor | additional photos by Glenn Bernard and Natalie Revere
December 7th Tigers take seven of nine matches vs. Ramirez-less Raiders Editor
December 7th Holy Cross holds nothing back in Jesuit Invitational Editor
December 6th Weekend of December 2nd and 3rd
2016 SWBW Champs
Holy Cross Tigers
2016 SWBW Runner-up
Jesuit Blue Jays
2016 Trygg Champs
Belle Chasse Cardinals
Suarez District
3-5A champs
Suarez 3-5A
individual
champs
2016
Riot on the Red Champs
Parkway Panthers
2016
Riot on the Red Runners-Up
Airline Vikings
2016 Blackhorse
Champions:
Brother Martin Crusaders
2016 Jennings, McCrory,
Petit Jean Champs:
Rayne Wolves
Editor, Brian Hess, Stolen Facebook Photos
December 3rd Tigers dominate first day of Border Wars
UPDATE:  9:30 a.m. on Saturday
Editor
December 2nd Four New Orleans area teams will vie at this year's Border Wars Editor, Chris Pickren

Volume V, No. 8, November, 2016

November, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
November 21st St. Amant, Comeaux and Brother Martin win Louisiana championships; Airline places third in Texas Editor, Brian Hess, Peter Signorelli, Stacy Walden
November 20th Catholic, Airline and Jesuit dominate Warrior Open Editor
November 14th Bayou Elite and Gladiator merge into a "Super Club" Landon Williams
November 13th First November Fortnight Review Editor; Facebook Photos
November 7th Patron nails first collegiate title
Two other Louisianans place second for Loras College
Editor, Duhawks.com, IAWrestle.com, Guy Patron, Sr.
November 3rd Holy Cross legend Ed Kavanaugh passes away
Editor, Sue Ellen Lyons, Eric Desormeaux
November 3rd At least three varsity 2016 South Walton Border Wars start off the 2016-17 wrestling season Editor

Volume V, No. 7, October, 2016

October, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
October 22nd Bates places fourth, Nette 14th, in Oklahoma City Editor
October 22nd Bates in championship bracket; Nette looking for ninth place Editor
October 21st Louisiana's Brittany Bates and Abby Nette in same weight this weekend at the Blue Chip OCU Open Editor
October 20th Brittany Bates wins first two college matches Editor
October 15th
Abby Nette wins first 2016 South Walton Border Wars as an Emmanuel College Lady Lion

Defeats Intermat's #7 twice in two days
Editor

Volume V, No. 6, September, 2016

September, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
September 26th Flooded St. Amant High School wrestling team needs help to rebuild Editor
September 26th 2016-17 Louisiana NFHS Wrestling Officials Continuing Education Clinic Paul Ulfers
September 26th
Raven Guidry signs "Letter of Intent" to compete for Oklahoma City University in 2017-18
Editor
September 20th Arizona State Coach Zeke Jones to hold clinic on October 8th at South Walton High School Chris Pickren
September 18th St. Amant wrestling deluged by the floods of August Editor
September 11th Bayou Elite and Crusader Wrestling clubs to host tournaments for younger wrestlers this season Editor, Landon Williams

Volume V, No. 5, August, 2016

August, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
April 17th Bayou Elite summer activities help prepare the Tigers for the upcoming season Landon Williams
August 16th Cardinals' summer wrestling concludes with seven placers in Florida 2016 South Walton Border Wars Michael Cronin
August 1st East Jefferson Warriors seeking a new head coach Editor, Nick Settoon
August 1st 2016 Olympics wrestling schedule and Team USA Editor

Volume V, No. 4, July, 2016

June, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
July 26th Ramirez lauded as FloWrestling's #2 "Fargo Big Winners" Editor
July 23rd
Teurlings Catholic's Brock Bonin wins Louisiana's Dave Schultz Award
Editor
July 17th-18th 2016 USAW Fargo Nationals
July 22nd, 2016:  Ramirez falls in semis; merits All-American status but finishes sixth due to injury
July 22nd, 2016: Ramirez in semifinals; Kayser eliminated in second Friday match
July 21st, 2016: Ramirez (Round of 16) and and Kayser (5-1 record) are sole Team Louisiana survivors after Thursday's competition
July 20th, 2016 Update: Stein and Hughes prevent Team Louisiana shutout in Cadet Freestyle
July 19th Update: July 19th, 2017 Update: 5th-place Nette and 7th-place Bates turn in All-American performances
July 18th, 2017 Update: Thieler's 5-2 record earns top-12 finish in Cadet Greco-Roman; Nette and Bates still in the championship hunt; Guidry scores first twice but loses early leads; Foret and Kayser looking forward to freestyle
Editor | Photos courtesy of Miss Raven Guidry, Coach John Smith and John Nette
July 13th
State champions Rando, Ramirez, Foret, Rabel and Kayser among those to compete for Team Louisiana in Fargo 2016 USAW Cadet/Junior Freestyle and Greco Roman Nationals:
July 16th-23rd
Editor, Coach Jon Orillion
July 11th Live Oak and Jesuit successful at weekend 2016 tournaments and camps Editor, Tony Ingram (LOWC),
Brian Brady (NOWC)
July 7th My Experience at the Junior National Duals

by Gavin Christ

Volume V, No. 3, June, 2016

June, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
June 19th
Ramirez, Jones and Diaz earn medals out of state and out of continent
Adam Porche, Jon Orillion, Editor
June 15th
Best Trained of Texas allowed all of 43 actual points scored against them in their 2016 Jazz Town Duals title run
Best Trained manhandles way to
2016 Jazz Town Duals title
Crusader WC places 4th, Bayou Elite 5th, for Louisiana
OW Tristan Sellmer of Floyd Central OW Bryce Rogers of the Gulf Coast PINitentiary
Editor
June 4th
Top seeds prevail while two third seeds jump up a spot
Editor
June 3rd 2016 Jazz Town Duals this Saturday and Sunday at Xavier Editor
June 1st 2016 Jazz Town Duals to showcase some of the best from Texas, Georgia and Florida Editor

Volume V, No. 2, May, 2016

May, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
May 29th Late May Recap: Experience gained in Texas; "Hardware" garnered in Atlanta Editor | Photos compliments of Dawn Dodson, Nick DiGerolamo, Steve Rando, John Ward, Valencia Shropshire
May 16th Holy Cross hosts USAW freestyle and Greco-Roman state championships Editor
May 11th The culture, stubbornness, tragedies and research that resulted in hydration testing Editor, Brian Hendrickson, with help from Ryan Hess and Phil Bode
May 9th Four new camps and clinics
Clinic flyers may be found via upper left-menu link
Editor
May 2nd Defending Division I, II and III team champs do not appear unassailable in 2017 Editor

 Volume V, No. 1, April, 2016

April, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
April 26th Memorial Day Weekend:
 Jordan Leen camp and Pre-Jazz Town Duals practices with Camden, GA, and "Back-in-Black" team
s
Chris Pickren
April 25th LISTING 2016 WRESTLING CLINICS INFORMATION
Clinic flyers may be found via upper left-menu link
Editor
April 24th Grapplers of all ages and sizes descend on Jesuit for freestyle and Greco-Roman competitions Editor
April 12th Doyline's Brittany Bates to wrestle for Pioneers
Editor, John Tademy | Photographs courtesy of John Tademy
April 9th Louisiana grade-schoolers bring home four national championships
Editor | Photographs stolen from: Pat Mahoney, Will Blanchard, Carl Griffin, Angela Hill, Toby Dodson, Evangel Eagles Wrestling Club.  Special thanks to Matthew Chenevert
April 8th Updated 9:40 p..m. with Photos
Brute National High School Results - Barbe's Mitchell wins championship;
Ames, Langley, Simon are runners-up; Christ, Bernard, Richards, Monroe, Jr., J. Johnson, Holliday, Fuselier place third
Editor | Photos stolen from Glenn Bernard, Adam Porche and Cassie Christ
April 7th Louisiana to be well represented at Brute Nationals Editor
April 3rd Updated at 10:45 on 04/03/16
Patron, Ramirez and Walden take All-American honors at NHSWC Nationals
Four earn USAW Cliff/Keen All-American honors in Cedar Rapids, Iowa
Editor | Photographs courtesy of Guy Patron, Sr., Jon Orillion, Glenn Bernard, Laura Brownell and Stacy Walden
April 2nd Holy Cross' Rando claims runner-up spot at 2016 USAW/Cliff Keen Nationals Editor
April 2nd Patron, Walden and Ramirez still lurking in Virginia Beach Editor
April 1st Rando is sole survivor after first day of USAW/Cliff Keen Nationals Editor, Glenn Bernard
April 1st Patron, Jr. advances to quarterfinals of NHSCA National in Virginia Beach Editor, Guy Patron, Sr. | Photograph courtesy of Glenn Bernard
April 1st Louisiana Wrestling News "Best of 2015-16" Rankings Editor

From Volume IV

March, 2016 ARTICLE CONTRIBUTOR(S)
March 25th Crusaders and Rebels repeat as Division I and Division II champions, Cavaliers oust Brusly in Division III
Bossier City, CenturyLink Center deliver on promise of a very successful state wrestling 2016 South Walton Border Wars
Editor, Emily Hamman, Dionne Harter
March 13th NEW PHOTOS
Michaels and Roman edged out in NCAA Division III finals matches
Editor
March 12th Michael and Gerard lead Louisiana contingent in Wartburg's 12th NCAA Division III Championships title Editor
March 7th Former Zachary star Johnson places fourth in South Carolina Editor

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