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On Wednesday evening there were five defending Division I state champions in the Brother Martin Conlin Gymnasium for the dual meet between Brother Martin and Holy Cross.  One, Mason Massicot of the Crusaders, was in "street clothes" while recovering from an injury that occurred last weekend at the Prep Slam in Atlanta.  The other four were competing.  Holy Cross' Evan Frost and Brother Martin's Alex Duncan used a technical fall and a pin to win their matches rather easily.  That was not the case for the remaining state champions.  At 120 lbs., sophomore Tiger Jacob Evans faced Crusader junior Logan Bertot in the match of the evening (match described below).

Overall the Crusaders won nine of the 14 matches, and seven of those were via falls by Mason Elsensohn, Connor Hoffman, Alex Duncan, Riley Horvath, Rocco Horvath, Eli Hope and Cameron Frederick.  Ethan Castex won by a regual decision a defending 2019 runner-up Kyle West scored a major decision.

Of Holy Cross' five wins, Hayden Brodnax scored a fall.  Evan Frost scored a technical fall and Jacob Frost won via a major decision.  Tigers Charles Sauerwin, III and Cole Baiamonte won by regular decision  Sauerwin and Baiamonte matches (matches described below).

Matches

106 Pounds

Mason Elsensohn (BM) pinned Brandon Gainy (HC) in the third period.

Elsensohn has had a very good year so far.  He won the Mandeville Open and the Dark Horse tournament in Tennessee.  He placed second in the Gulf Coast Clash and the Trey Culotta.  His only losses in Louisiana have come from Jacob Houser of St. Paul via scores of 3-0 and 4-4 UTB.  The freshman Gainy is no slouch, however.  He lost to Houser by only a 4-1 score and going into the third period of this match was only down 2-0 before Elsensohn was able to turn him to his back and pin him.

Brother Martin 6 - Holy Cross 0

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113 Pounds

Evan Frost (HC) defeated Kent Burandt (BM) via a 17-1 technical fall

Brother Martin 6  - Holy Cross 5

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120 Pounds

Jacob Frost (HC) defeated Logan Bertot (BM via a 12-4 major decision

Bertot shot first with a single-leg on Frost.  Quite possibly there is only one wrestler who would not have afforded Bertot the takedown after that shot, and that is Jacob Frost.  Instead Frost took down Bertot and was able to expose his back for three nearfall points.  It looked like this might become an easy match for Frost, but Bertot gave the Crusaders some hope with a reversal near the end of the first period.  In the second period, however, Frost rode Bertot for the entire two minutes and the score remained 5-2.  In the third period Frost escaped and took down Bertot again to lead 8-2.  Frost let Bertot escape and then took the Crusader down two more times to garner a 12-4 major decision.  It should be noted that this was only Bertot's tenth match of the season, and he had not competed since December 9th.  Expect him to get a lot better.

Brother Martin 6 - Holy Cross 9

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126 Pounds

Ethan Castex (BM) defeated Dylan Lauriano (HC) 5-0

Brother Martin 9 -  Holy Cross 9

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132 Pounds

Charles Sauerwin, III defeated Quinn Williams (BM) 4-2

Charles Sauerwin, III, competing at 132, gave up a first-round takedown to Williams who lead 2-0 when the first period ended.  Sauerwin rode Williams for the entire second round and thus it was Sauerwin on the bottom to start the third period.  Sauerwin stood up fast and tried to jump out of Williams' grasp.  But the junior Crusader held onto Sauerwin's ankles and did not let him go.  Unfortunately, just holding an opponent's knees or ankles to prevent an escape, rather than letting the opponent go or pulling one's self up to the opponent's back, constitutes the top man not working toward a pin, which is considered stalling and results in a penalty point without cautions being mandated first.  On their next restart Sauerwin did the same thing hoping Williams would as well, and Williams complied.  Sauerwin gained another point and was still on the bottom in a 2-2 match.  With about 30 seconds left Sauerwin started a switch and was able to reverse Williams and hold him until the match ended.

Brother Martin  9 - Holy Cross 12

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138 Pounds

Connor Hoffman (BM) pinned Amore' Clark in the third period

Brother Martin 15 - Holy Cross 12

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145 Pounds

Alex Duncan (BM) pinned Cameron Doyle (HC) in the third period

Brother Martin 21- Holy Cross 12

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152 Pounds

Riley Horvath (BM) pinned Russell Solomon (HC) in the first period

Brother Martin 27 - Holy Cross 12

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160 Pounds

Rocco Horvath (BM) pinned Jake Romig (HC) in the first period

The younger of the Horvath brothers, sophomore Rocco, did fine in Massicot's stead as he pinned his opponent in the first period

Brother Martin 33 -   Holy Cross 12

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170 Pounds

Eli Hope (BM) pinned Vincent Bourgeois (HC) in the first period

Brother Martin 39 - Holy Cross 12

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182 Pounds

Hayden Brodnax (HC) pinned Anton Brown (BM) in the first period

Brother Martin 39 - Holy Cross 18

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195 Pounds

Cameron Frederick (BM) pinned Kade Morgan in the second period

Brother Martin 45 - Holy Cross 185

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220 Pounds

Kyle West (BM) defeated Beau Verdi (HC) via an 8-0 major decision

Brother Martin 49 - Holy Cross 15

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285 Pounds

Cole Baiamonte (HC) defeated Adam Bourgeois (BM) 1-0

Low scores are normal in matches at 285 lbs.  This one was no different as neither wrestler scored in the first period.  Baiamonte, the plucky sophomore that he is, rode the junior Brown for the full two minutes in the second round.  In the third period Baiamonte scored an escape which won the match for him as the two again could not score any takedowns.  Baiamonte should be a force at 285 lbs. this season.  He has a record of 13-5.  His only loss to a Louisiana wrestler was to Comeaux's Donald Paul, and that was a 1-0 match in the finals of the Jacob McMillan Memorial.  Paul, who is undefeated, also won the Trey Culotta.  Baiamonte's other four losses came at the South Walton Border Wars and the Kansas City Stampede.  He also has a win over a very strong Tony Gibson of Church Point.

Brother Martin 49 - Holy Cross 21

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