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Croy wins a second
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LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division I, 126
Pounds |
May 30th, 2018 | Written by:
Editor |
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Daniel Croy with his
second Division I wall decoration |
Place |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Name |
Daniel Croy |
Peyton Bass |
Jacob Spahn |
Brandon Stein |
Martin Helouin |
Demetri Teddie |
School |
Brother Martin |
Airline |
Holy Cross |
St. Paul's |
Catholic |
C. E. Byrd |
Seed |
1 |
3 |
5 |
2 |
8 |
Unseeded |
Class |
Junior |
Junior |
Senior |
Junior |
Sophomore |
Sophomore |
Weight Class Synopsis
Defending Division I state champion Daniel Croy owned the 126 lbs. weight
class in Louisiana. His closest match against a Louisiana opponent was a
7-3 win over Holy Cross senior Jacob Spahn on December 15th. Croy had
defeated second-seeded Brandon Stein of St. Paul's 10-1 in the Trey Culotta
finals and scored a fall in 1:02 over third-seeded Payton Bass of Airline.
Croy finished the season 30-0 against Louisiana competition, and 37-1
overall. His only loss was in
the finals of the Prep Slam, and that was a close 7-5 match. His closest
match in Louisiana was to an out-of-state wrestler. In the Louisiana
Classic finals, he defeated South Walton's Ethan Pickren in a highly contested
3-2 match. (Pickren went on to place third in the Florida Division 1
class.) In his half of the Division I bracket, Croy scored a fall in 1:38
and defeated eighth-seeded Martin
Helouin of Catholic in 3:13. In the semifinals he would face fifth-seeded
Spahn who defeated fourth-seeded Hunter Broussard of Comeaux 5-1. Croy dominated Spahn in the semifinals
with a fall in 1:09.
Sophomore Peyton Bass was 34-4 against Louisiana competition. He lost to
Brother Martin's Lane Boudreaux and Rummel's Chris Montalbano each 10-5, Rayne's
Cooper Simon 7-1, and his last loss was to second-seeded Brandon Stein of St.
Paul's, 7-2. After byes in the first and second rounds, Bass' first match
was a quarterfinals battle with talented John Ehret sophomore Gage Sonnier.
He had to work for a 5-0 win that gave him a rematch against Stein. In an
active match, the two were tied 8-8 after regulation ended, and it was Bass who
scored a takedown in the Sudden Victory period to advance to the finals.
Bass initially tried to out-muscle Croy, but the Crusader junior was much too wily
to allow
that. A bear-hug/lateral attempt failed and Croy countered for the only
takedown of the match. On bottom, Bass tried a Granby roll, but Croy
stepped over it straight into a half-nelson, and then pretty much barb-wired
Bass's head for a fall in 1:11. With the jubilation Bass exhibited after
his semifinals win over Stein, advancing to the finals, even against Croy,
probably did little to mar a great tournament for the Viking wrestler.
Croy and Crusader teammate Mack Brown (285 lbs.) were the only Division I
champions who pinned all of their opponents. Croy averaged 1:52 per match
and Brown averaged 2:45 (each had five matches.)
The Holy Cross senior Spahn made the consolation semifinals and finals very
exciting in opposite ways. He had a point-fest in a 14-2 major decision
over Byrd's Demetri Teddie, and followed that with a gut-wrenching 8-6 win in
Sudden Victory over Stein. Stein had defeated Helouin via a fall in 2:49,
but Helouin came back to place fifth with a 10-6 decision over Teddie.
Early Championship Rounds
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R1: Gahzy Mazlum (EA) over Alex Teope (COV) 15-5 MD |
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R2: (3) Peyton Bass (AIR) over Derrick Barker (ACA)
18-2 TF |
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R2: (4) Hunter Broussard (COM) over Landin Pizani (CHL) in 3:14 |
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R2: (8) Martin Helouin (CAT) over Noah Myers (LAF) in 5:33 |
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Quarterfinals
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(1)
Daniel Croy (BM) over (8) Martin Helouin (CAT) in 3:13 |
(5)
Jacob Spahn (HC) over (4) Hunter Broussard (COM) 5-1 |
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(3) Peyton Bass (AIR) over (6) Gage Sonnier (EHR) 5-0 |
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(2)
Brandon Stein (STP) over (7) Luke Battaglia (JES) 8-2 |
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Semifinals
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(1) Daniel Croy (BM) over (5) Jacob Spahn (HC) in 1:09 |
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(3) Peyton Bass (AIR) over (2) Brandon Stein (STP) 10-8
SV |
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Consolation Rounds
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C3: Derrick Barker (ACA) over Bradley Bouton (MND) in 2:48 |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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(5)
Jacob Spahn (HC) defeated (2) Brandon Stein (STP) 8-6 via SV
to place 3rd |
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(8) Martin Helouin (CAT) defeated Demetri Teddie
(BYR) 10-6 to place 5th |
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Finals
(1) Daniel Croy of Brother Martin pinned (3) Peyton
Bass of Airline in 1:11 |
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