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WRESTLING-SPECIFIC MEDIA

Louisiana Classic - 160 pounds
DiGeralamo joins Clementi as sophomores with two LACL titles

March 31st, 2023 | Written by: Staff writer

CHAMPION
(2) Nicholas DiGeralamo
Holy Cross

2nd	3rd	4th
(8) Rory Horvath Brother Martin	(7) Isaac Dees Caddo Magnet	(3) Arthur Schott Jesuit

Holy Cross sophomore and defending LACL champion Nicholas DiGeralamo was seeded second because he did not have an opportunity to avenge the one loss to a Louisiana wrestler on his record. East Ascension's Jacobi Clement was able to avenge his one loss and thus technically earned the top spot re seeding. Oddly enough, the wrestler DiGeralamo lost to in the finals of his first event of the season, Aiden Lindsey of Fontainebleau, knocked Clementi out of the 2022 LACL before making the medal rounds. A couple of hours later DiGeralamo was winning the 2022 title as a freshman.

After their resounding win at the Public-Schools Wrestling Championships the LACL was not kind to East Ascension, and it showed in the quarterfinals when eighth-seeded Rory Horvath upset Clement in 4:22. Horvath then defeated unseeded Lake Bates of North Desoto 8-3. Bates knocked off #4 Miles Edwards of Mandeville in Round One via a disqualification. Bates, though, was winning 6-2 in the second period prior to the DQ.

DiGeralamo cruised easily into the semifinals via a 20-9 MD, a fall in 0:24 and a 17-4 MD. He defeated Jesuit's Arthur Schott 5-2 in the semifinals via a 3-0 third period. That was a close match, but he had survived two other close matches with Schott prior to that one. The Tiger sophomore had also gotten past Horvath twice before, both by major decisions. This one was no different as DiGeralamo only allowed Horvath to score three escape points in an 11-3 MD. DiGeralamo was now halfway through the process of joining Airline's Matt Rabinowitz, Korey Miller of St. Paul, Ernie Perry, III and possibly Richie Clementi as four-time LACL champions.

Quarterfinals