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Brother Martin won their sixth consecutive Trey Culotta Invitational team championship at the Bobby Conlin Gymnasium on Friday afternoon (December 23rd).  The Crusaders were led by champions Daniel Varnado, Luke Cotton, Steven Shields and Patrick Evans.  Vestavia Hills of Alabama placed second and Airline placed third.

Behind four individual championships, and the fact that the 10 remaining Crusaders wrestlers all placed at least sixth, Brother Martin won their sixth consecutive Trey Culotta Invitational team championship.

With four champions of their own, Vestavia Hills recorded their highest finish since placing second in 2013.	Third place Airline had champions in Matt Salinas at 195 lbs. (left), Christian Walden at 160 lbs. (right) and a third-place finisher in Darrell Evans at 182 lbs. (center)

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James Casadaban was the Master of Ceremonies which started with a group of Brother Martin wrestling Mom's presenting Mrs. Culotta with flowers.

Final Team Scores

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106 lbs. 113 lbs. 120 lbs. 126 lbs. 132 lbs. 138 lbs. 145 lbs. Daniel Varnado Brother Martin Cooper Simon Rayne Luke Cotton Brother Martin Steven Shields Brother Martin Jared Thieler St. Paul's Patrick Evans Brother Martin Jack Stoves Vestavia Hills

152 lbs. 160 lbs. 170 lbs. 182 lbs. 195 lbs. 220 lbs. 285 lbs. Peter Dazzio Vestavia Hills Christian Walden Airline David Fereday Catholic Sidney Mitchell East Ascension Matt Salinas Airline James Edwards Vestavia Hills Jacob Edwards Vestavia Hills

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LEFT: Daniel Varnado, wrestling at 106 lbs. for Brother Martin, won the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler Award (the weight of the trophy obviously causing Varnado to lean to the right).  Varnado pinned every one of his opponents in the Friday pool round in under a minute.  In the Championship Bracket Tournament on Saturday, Varnado scored one first period fall (1:17), another fall in less than 60 seconds fall (0:33), and finished the tournament with a fall in 1:12 over Teurlings Catholic's Colton Sonnier. RIGHT: For winning the 285 lbs. weight class, Jacob Edwards of Vestavia Hills was awarded the Trey Culotta Award by Mrs. Culotta.

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Airline	Belle Chasse	Brother Martin	Catholic	East Ascension	Hahnville	St. Paul's	Vestavia Hills

106

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7th & 8th Naven Dabria (BC) pinned Michael Rader (StP) on 0:42 to place 7th

Finals Daniel Varnado (BM) pinned Colten Sonnier (TC) in 1:12

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113

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5th & 6th Crett Jones (VH) Eric Gegenheimer (UNA) in 2:44 7th & 8th Hunter Goodson (CAT)  pinned Matthew Carrier )TC)

FINALS Cooper Simon (RAY) defeated Brandon Stein (StP 7-4

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120

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3rd & 4th Kinnear (HOU) defeated Eckman (AIR) 19-7

Finals Luke Cotten (BM) pinned Perry Franklin (CAT) in 1:52

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126

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Consolation Finals Isaiah Flowers (VH) defeated Morgan Manuel (RYY) in 4:27 to place third

Finals Steven Shields (BM) defeated Cole Houser (StP) 13-2

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132

Finals Jared Thieler (StP) defeated Dyllon Bernard (COM) 8-5

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138

Finals Patrick Evans (BM) defeated Shane Ulfers (StP) 3-2

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145

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5th & 6th Place Vincent Rizzo (UNA) defeated Jeremy Flieg (CAT 5-1

Finals Jack Stoves (VH) over Grant Hughes (StP) 7-3

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152

Finals Peter Dazzio (VH) over Fernando Diaz (BM) 4-2

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160

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Semifinals Christian Walden (AIR) defeated Paul Elmer (BM) 11-2

Consolation Finals Paul Elmer (BM) defeated Evan Ulfers 11-3 to place third

Finals Christian Walden (AIR) defeated Bowman Hill (VH) in 2:30

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170

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Semifinals Jacob Fereday (CAT) defeated Brice Fisher (BC) 5-0

5th & 6th Jake Arena (StP) defeated Michael clapp (BM) 4-3

Finals Jacob Fereday (CAT) defeated Brice Fisher 5-0

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182

Finals Sidney Mitchell (EA) defeated Rob Barrantine (VH) in 5:43

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195

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Consolation Round I Joe Clark (CAT) defeated Braydon Domingue (TC) 13-10

Semifinals Matt Salinas (Airline) over Garrett Legendre (BM) in 3:26

Finals Matt Salinas (AIR) over Tyler Carriere (RAY) in 1:17

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220

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Semifinals Mason Rabel (DUN) defeated Devon Clark (EA) in 3:30

Finals James Edwards (VH) defeated Mason Rabel (DUN) 16-10

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285

Finals Jacob Edwards (VH) defeated Jordan Campbell (EA) via a 19-3 Technical Fall

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