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The 2019 Fargo Junior Nationals Team Louisiana and Coaches

Team Leader Chuck Sojka, freestyle coach Kevon Powell, Jacob Ramirez, Trent Mahoney, Peyton Bass, Coach John Kent and Coach Patrick Mahoney L-R: Jacob Ramirez, Camdyn Ingram, Trent Mahoney and Peyton Bass Kylie Davis of C.E. Byrd (competing for Team Arkansas)

Wednesday, July 18th, 2019

As he did in the Junior Freestyle competition, East Ascension's Trent Mahoney fared the best of the three Team Louisiana young men in the Junior Greco-Roman competition.  Mahoney posted a 4-2 record to go with his 3-2 record in freestyle, making the two-time defending Division I state champion's record 7-4 after the two events.  It took state champions from Ohio and Illinois to beat Mahoney, but he did defeat a Pennsylvania runner-up (very tough!) and a fourth-place finisher Colorado's 5A classification.  None of his other teammates on Team Louisiana were able to post a winning record in any event.

One reason for that was that Team Louisiana faced some stiff competition in the Greco-Roman event.  Camdyn Ingram, wrestling at 145 lbs., defeated an Alaskan Division II state champion, but next fell to a Colorado 4A runner-up.  In his fourth match Ingram lost to a 3A state champion from Minnesota.  Airline graduate Peyton Bass won his first match against a Texan, but then lost to studs from Pennsylvania and Michigan, albeit he fared well against the Pennsylvanian, losing only by four points, 18-14.

C.E. Byrd senior Kylie Davis competed for Team Arkansas, but will have to take solace in that, despite her 0-2 record, she probably learned a lot from just participating in a national competition.  That should benefit her during the upcoming season.  One should also know that she lost to a Californian, and California is one of the states that has a sanctioned "girls only" wrestling season.  Her other loss was to a young lady from Florida.  Even though that young lady did not qualify for the Florida state championships, she is nonetheless wrestling in a very strong wrestling state and probably faces stiff competition during practices.  Her Southwest Miami team placed third in the Florida Division AAA state championships, which consists of the largest Florida schools with wrestling programs.

The tournament brackets and standings may be found on

Louisiana officials at Fargo L-R: Brandon Biven, James Stinson, Cody Hesser and Andrew Mullet

Monday, June 15th, 2019

Trent Mahoney's run in the 145 lbs. freestyle Junior Nationals came to an end Monday morning against Payne Carr of Kentucky via a 12-2 TF.  Mahoney's tournament record was 3-2, and along the way he defeated state champions from South Carolina and Nebraska.

Sunday, July 13th, 2019

With apologies, the editor thought Rummel's Jacob Ramirez was wrestling in the Cadet class in the freestyle competition.  As he competed in the Junior event, he proved difficult to find in the Cadet brackets.  He competed at 138 lbs. on Sunday along with Peyton Bass and Trent Mahoney.

Ramirez lost his first match 12-2 TF against Oklahoma's Cade Manion, who placed third in the Class 6A Oklahoma state championships.  Next he faced Elijah Marques, a 2019 Class 2A eighth-placer from Washington.  Leading 12-10, Ramirez gave up a fall to Marquez in 2:31.  Sunday's updated results may be found below.  

The USMC Junior Nationals freestyle competition began on Sunday at the Fargo Dome in North Dakota.  Representing Louisiana were Airline High School stand-out and twice Division I runner-up Peyton Bass at 126 lbs., two-time defending Division I East Ascension High School state champion, Trent Mahoney, competing at 145 lbs. and Division II runner-up Jacob Ramirez.

After four tough matches, in which he was outscored 56-55, Mahoney notched a 3-1 record and will compete again on Monday. 

Bass had a tough opponent from the start in Washington's Chase Randall, whom he lost to 12-1 TF.  Bass next faced Ty Moose of Greenwood High School in Arkansas.  Moore, who won a 5A Arkansas state championship in 2019, defeated Bass in a 12-2 TF.  Moose once a Live Oak Wrestling Club member.  In the photo below are, from left to right: Moose, Jared Rupert and Christopher Marson.

(Photo compliments of Mike Marson.)

Mahoney also started against a 2019 state champion, Ryan Dobbs of South Carolina.  But Mahoney gave little credence to the caliber of his opponent and defeated Dobbs via a 12-2 TF.  In the "Round of 64" Mahoney met Blake Saito of Ohio.  Saito placed third in the Division I Ohio state championships.  The match was tied 17-17 with about two minutes remaining, but it appeared Mahoney might have been winded as Saito took him down and rolled him over three times to get eight points, leading to a 25-17 win.

In his first consolation match (Consolation Round 64 #2) Mahoney faced Jose Cervantes, a 6th-place finisher at the 6A Oklahoma East Regionals.  Nobody can afford to take any successful Oklahoma wrestler lightly.  Cervantes scored 21 points against Mahoney.  Luckily, Mahoney scored 21 points against Cervantes, and won via criteria.  Mahoney may give away a lot of points at times, but he can also score a lot "in the blink of an eye."

Next up for Mahoney (Consolation Round 32 #1) was Nebraska's Kaleb Canoyer, a 2019 state champion, like Mahoney, at 152 lbs.  Canoyer scored a takedown first but Mahoney countered with a one-point reversal and turned Canoyer for a 3-1 lead.  On the restart Canoyer scored on a very strong double-leg and exposed Mahoney's back, netting the Nebraska state champion four points and a 6-3 lead.  Mahoney dived for an ankle on the next restart, catching Canoyer and causing him to twist as he fell to the mat.  Mahoney was behind on 6-5 now, but during Canoyer's fall, he twisted a knee and was unable to continue.  Only 37 seconds had passed, and with 11 points being scored in that amount of time, there is no way to tell which wrestler may have won a full six-minute match.  Regardless, Mahoney moved the next round (Consolation Round 32 #2).  There he will face Kentucky's Payne Carr, who placed third in the 2019 Kentucky state championships.

Sunday's Junior Freestyle Results

Trent Mahoney during and after his 21-21 criteria win over Oklahoma's Jose Cervantes.

Trent Mahoney over Kaleb Canoyer of Nebraska via an injury default.

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