Brother Martin started a new dual meet winning streak on Saturday evening
easily outmatching the Rummel Raiders 58-9 at Brother Martin. The Crusaders'
dual meet record for 2012-13, stands at 17-1. Their sole loss came on
December 29th at the Deep South Bayou Duals against eventual tournament champion
MacArthur High School from Oklahoma.
The two matches that of major significance were Brother Martin's Austin Meyn
defeating Rummel's Matt Calcote 9-4 at 126 lbs. and the Crusaders' Daniel
Albrecht needing every second of a "Sudden Victory" period to defeat the
Raiders' Michael Darwin 4-2 at 160 lbs.
Both teams were lacking some "stand-out" competitors, but the overall
domination by the Crusaders still would have occurred had they been present.
Brother Martin was missing undefeated Dominic Casadaban at 138 lbs. and once
beaten Tyler Robertson at 145 lbs. The Raiders were without Tyler Frame at
145 lbs., the wrestler who gave Robertson his loss in overtime.
At the match former Brother Martin state champions were be recognized, as
well as members of the state championship team of 2003. In that year the
Crusaders edged nemesis Jesuit 269.5 to 246 with state championships from Marc
LoCoco (103), Joel Martinez (112), Jeff Smith (125), Brandon Hebert (145) and
John Green (171). The Brother Martin coach that year was Kenny Spellman.
| Weight |
Winner |
Synopsis |
|
Photos |
| 106 |
 |
| Mason Mauro 10-Devyn Breaud 6 |
| The difference in this match was in the
last 15 seconds of the first period when Mauro scored a takedown
and two nearfall points. In the second and third periods
both wrestlers escaped from the bottom position, took the other
down and scored three back points. Mauro waiting to score
the last six points when down 5-4 made it a very fun match to
watch. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 3 |
0 |
| 3 |
0 |
|
|
| 113 |
|
| Taylor Gambill 19-Damien Tornabene 4 |
| With Breaud at 106 and Tucker Boesch
unavailable, Rummel's Damien Tornabene got to face Brother
Martin's Taylor Gambill. The Crusaders' freshman showed
why he is now 24-1, routinely scoring takedowns and nearfalls
to win by a technical
fall. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 4 |
0 |
| 8 |
0 |
|
|
| 120 |
|
| Paul Klein 9-Tyler Mire 0 |
| Mire has only lost twice this year.
Once was against a Florida wrestler last week at the Deep South
Bayou Duals. The other loss was on November 10th, when
Klein pinned him in the first period. Mire has certainly
improved since then, but Klein did all he needed to do to win
and still did so via a major decision. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 4 |
0 |
| 11 |
0 |
|
|
| 126 |
|
| Austin Meyn 9-Matt Calcote 4 |
| The match with the most implications toward seeding at the
LA Classic was at 126 lbs. between Rummel's two-time defending
state champion Matt Calcote and the Crusaders' junior and
first-year started Austin Meyn. The wrestlers had not
faced each other before but had two things in common. Both
lost to Live Oaks' Cody Hill and both defeated Catholic's
Brennan Taylor. Calcote initially tried to "out-muscle"
his opponent, but when that did not work he took Meyn down more
routinely for a 2-0 lead. But Meyn escaped and took
Calcote down for a 3-2 lead after the first round. Meyn
chose the bottom position in the second period, escaped from
Calcote and took him down again for a 7-2 lead entering the
third period. Calcote chose the neutral position to start
the third, took Meyn down and let him escape. The strategy
did not work, however, as Meyn scored the last takedown to
preserve a 9-4 win. If Hill opts to wrestle at 120 lbs. at
the LA Classic, this match should make Meyn the top seed.
If not, then Meyn and Calcote may be headed for a semifinals
rematch. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 0 |
0 |
| 15 |
0 |
|
|
| 132 |
 |
| Rick LaCava 11-Mason Williams 8 |
| Starting the third period, when LaCava
let Williams escape, giving him a 6-2 lead, LaCava changed his
tactics toward takedowns only. It works as the score went
from there to 6-4, 7-4, 7-6 and 8-6 after LaCava let Williams go
again. LaCava's ensuing takedown also led to a three-point
near-fall, which was the difference in the match and put Rummel
"on the board." |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 0 |
3 |
| 15 |
3 |
|
|
| 138 |
|
| Joe Kerry pinned Daniel Evans in 1:07 |
| With Williams at 132, possibly in
preparation for Casadaban's return to the Crusaders' line-up,
Brother Martin put Daniel Evans against Rummel's up-and-coming
sophomore Joe Kerry. Both have a significant number of
matches this season, but Kerry has experience with much more
seasoned opponents. The difference showed with Kerry's
first round pin. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 0 |
6 |
| 15 |
9 |
|
|
| 145 |
|
| Patrick Hoppe pinned Christian Mire in 1:59 |
| Crusader senior Hoppe has done a very
admirable job filling-in for Tyler Robertson, whereas this was
only Mire's 10th match of the season filling-in for Tyler Frame. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 21 |
9 |
|
|
| 152 |
|
| Devin LeBlanc pinned Cody Lacoste in 0:34 |
| LaCoste was no match for the senior
Crusader LeBlanc, who arguably could be the second seed at the
LA Classic at 152 lbs. or 160 lbs. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 27 |
9 |
|
|
| 160 |
|
| Jordan Giroir pinned Guillermo Suarez in 0:56 |
| Suarez was another Raider filling in
for a "starter". Giroir, 25-4, has solid records at 152
lbs. and 160 lbs. and should start at whichever of those weights
LeBlanc leaves open. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 33 |
9 |
|
|
| 170 |
|
| Daniel Albrecht 4-Michael Darwin 2: SV |
| Rummel senior Darwin has only one loss
to a Louisiana wrestler, and that was a third-period fall at the
hands of Albrecht. But that was in early November.
Early in the first period the wrestlers "butted heads" and
Darwin was cut, leading to his head being bandaged. He was
not fazed though and, making full use of his height and agility,
kept the match scoreless after the first period. In
the second period Albrecht scored a reverse and Darwin countered
with an escape. But once again, and as would be the story in the
third period when Darwin scored an escape, the two could not
take each other down. Albrecht would come close, but Darwin
would stifle his attempts into stalemate. Before the third
period was over Darwin used some injury time and appeared to be
disoriented. But he was cleared to continue and the match
went into a "Sudden Victory" rounds. Darwin continued to
wrestle Albrecht tough, but with time running out Albrecht was
finally able to secure a match-winning takedown. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 3 |
0 |
| 36 |
9 |
|
|
| 182 |
|
| Kyle Delaune pinned Aaron Maddox in 1:09 |
| Delaune easily remained undefeated in
Louisiana this year with a "just plain wicked" cross-face cradle
pin. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 42 |
9 |
|
|
| 195 |
|
| Yehia Riles 14-Ryan Hanley 3 |
| Sophomore Crusader Riles only allowed
three escapes while he score one escape, four takedowns and
added five nearfall points in his major decision over Hanley. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 4 |
0 |
| 46 |
9 |
|
|
| 220 |
|
| Josh Tapia pinned Tyler Fontana in 0:53 |
| Fontana was also not a Raider "starter"
and Tapia took full advantage with his first period pin. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 52 |
9 |
|
|
| 285 |
|
| Ross Brister pinned Austin O'Donnell in
1:33 |
| The Brother Martin senior Brister
showed why his only losses have come from out-of-state
wrestlers. |
|
Brother
Martin |
Rummel |
| 6 |
0 |
| 58 |
9 |
|
|
Rummel's next scheduled event is the Lone Star Duals in
Texas on January 11th and 12th. Brother Martin has a dual meet at Catholic
of Baton Rouge on Wednesday, January 9th at 6:30 p.m.
