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WRESTLING-SPECIFIC MEDIA

Freshman Caden Judice prevails as the first of five Eagles finalists

LHSAA State Wrestling Tournament

Division III - 106 Pounds

August 20th, 2023| Written by: Staff Writer

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Podium
Name	Caden Judice	Patrick Fontenot	Lance Leblanc	Parish Chambers	Jake Volz	Avery Benton	Master Benton
School	Shaw	Basile	Fisher	Evangel	Hannan	John Curtis	gets a second
Seed	1	3	NS	2	NS	4	photo as a
Record	40-6	18-8	8-9	21-5	5-11	16-20	7th-grade placer
Class	9	9	11	10	9	7	A lion says "ROAR!"*

* My son taught me that.

In a stellar freshman class at 106 lbs. it is hard to imagine that Shaw's Caden Judice only merits being the third best. His one 7-3 loss to North Desoto's Jacob Kershaw in the Ken Cole consolation finals did that. Worse than that might have been that he had to face Alex Rozas of Teurlings Catholic five times this season. What did a 14 or 15 year-old kid do to deserve that? Twenty-six seconds into his Division III finals match seemed to make that unfairness disappear. It also cost the young man a lot of finals photos, but he will get over that, in time.

Judice did get a Warrior Open championship out of the season, and fared well in the tournaments he did not win. He placed second at the Tiger Invitational and the Jacob McMillan, and third at the Louisiana Classic. At the Ken Cole he got both Rozas and Kershaw, yet still placed fourth. He defeated Brother Martin's Anthony Oubre (D1 3rd), St. Amant's Johnny Laris (D1 6th), Lakeshore's Bryce Latino (D2 3rd), Holy Cross' Vincent Vidacovich (D1 4th) and Michael Finders of Airline (D1 4th), so the season definitely had its perks prior to winning a state championship.

Basile freshman Patrick Fontenot was seeded third and reached the finals via an upset of Evangels second-seeded Parish Chambers. Fontenot won the Jimmy Vidrine Division III tournament, placed second at the Acadiana Invitational and fourth at the Rayne Invitational.

Early Championship Rounds