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Weight Class Synopsis

Nobody really wants to be in this weight class either.  When the season ended prematurely Brad Mahoney of East Ascension had a  record of 44-0.  Seeded second was Hannan's Mark Pennison with a record of 5-0, followed by Jesuit's Parker Anderson at 11-3.  Seeded fourth was Kade Moran of Baton Rouge.  Moran was 8-3, with a loss to Mahoney and two to St. Amant's Fred Garrison, Jr., albeit Moran won their third match.  Anderson's losses were to Blain Cascio of St. Paul, and out-of-state wrestler, and Division III's Jason Krail of De la Salle.  Moran could easily have been seeded third.

Mahoney cruised to the finals via pins in 1:45, 0:34, 2:30 and 3:31.  Pennison's path started easy with pins in 0:52 and 0:53 followed by a 16-1 technical fall.  Against sixth-seeded Andrew Gonzales of North Desoto, who upset Anderson 8-6 in the quarterfinals, things got tough.  Tied 4-4 after two periods, Gonzales chose to ride Pennison and start a Sudden Victory period as he scored the last takedown.  But it was Pennison who scored the winning takedown a little after 10 second had elapsed.

State Implications

Division I: It will be Mahoney, followed by Moran and at third should be Brother Martin's Luke Ohler, who placed fifth.  The fourth seed could very well be Comeaux's Morgan Burke, who placed sixth.  Logan Pertuis and Anderson should get the #5 and #6 spots..

Division II: A fourth-place finish should be enough for Gonzales to be the top seed in Division II, followed by Zack Watkins of Teurlings Catholic and Zalen Wilson of Shaw. 

Division III: Calvary Baptist's Christian Otzenberger was three points away from placing in the event and he knocked Anderson and Lakeshore's Hezekiah Chatelain out of the event.  This should place him in the third spot at State behind Pennison and John Reina of St. Louis.  Reina has a win over Burke, and it was Burke who knocked Otzenberger out of the event in a 9-7 match.

Quarterfinals

Mark Pennison (HAN) defeated James Baldwin (DUN) 16-1 TF

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Semifinals

Brad Mahoney (EA) pinned Kade Moran (BR) in 3:31

Mark Pennison (HAN) defeated Andrew Gonzales (ND) 6-4 SV

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Consolation Rounds

C2: (7) Logan Pertuis (LO) defeated Lance Landry (CAT) 7-6

C4: Logan Pertuis (LO) defeated Zack Watkins (TC) 8-7

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3rd-5th

Kade Moran (BR) pinned Andrew Gonzales (ND) in 2:59 to place 3rd

Luke Ohler (BM) defeated Morgan Burke (COM) 6-2 to place 5th

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Finals

Brad Mahoney of East Ascension pinned Mark Penniston of Hannan in 1:54.

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