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St. Paul has a 13.5 lead over Brother Martin and Teurlings Catholic after the first day of the 49th Louisiana Classic, which started on Frday at the Lamar-Dixon EXPO Center in Gonzales, Louisiana.  The event concludes on Saturday, with wrestling starting at 10 a.m.

If only to be the first one to say it on this website - nobody has the full contingent of starters they may have wanted to participate in this tournament.  Many expected names are nowhere to be found on the brackets.  Yet, that means a lot of new kids are getting their feet wet for the first time, even if they are jumping into water at Cape Horn.  Look at the Friday-leading Wolve's 195 lbs. entrant.  Well, look harder then.  Oh, wait, they do not have one!  And guess what, some of your team's starters will probably not be allowed to participate in the few events remaining, including the Ken Cole and the upcoming city and district championships.  But someone is going to be there, and whomever is enteed will do the best they can.  To repeat for the five or so people who read the January 14th piece on the seedings - take solace in the silver linings.

In addition to their current lead, the Wolves also have the advantage of having eight semifinalists while the Crusaders and the Rebels each have five.  Four of St. Paul's semifinalists are seeded higher than their opponents.  The same may be said of four Brother Martin and two Teurlings Catholic semifinalists. 

While perhaps no longer in contention for the team title, Holy Cross, in fourth place with 115 points, and North Desoto, with 114 points, each have five semifinalists.  North Desoto will be aiming to catch Teurlings Catholic, and both will be chased by Shaw, to get a better idea of how the Division II state team championship looks.  John Curtis is currently 20th with 39 points, followed by De la Salle with 38 points and Hannan with 37.5 points in the Division III race.

Catholic senior Lance Landry gets Day One exposure due to the efforts of his mother Nikki.  Mrs. Landry, at left next to Landon Toups' mother, was kind enough to impliment Plan 6, variation E, of how to get the exhaled air from the editors mask from misting the editor's camera's viewfinder.

Lance Landry dominated 95% of his match against #7 Logan Pertuis of Live Oak.  However, he was only ahead 6-2 when Pertuis reversed him to his back to win 7-6.  Landry lost a tough first-round match to Sulphur's #8 Hugo Perez 11-5 and pinned Zachary's Lance Dupuy in 2:00 before his match with Pertuis.

Team Scores After Day One

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Semifinals Matchups

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Upsets of first through fourth seeds

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