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2012 Deep South Bayou Duals Final Results

Brusly High School coaches Jimmy Bible, Barrett Wilson, Rodney Sutherland and the rest of the Brusly wrestling "family" ran a stellar event in the Exhibition Hall of the Baton Rouge River Center.  Thanks also to the Louisiana National Guard for their sponsorship.  A total of 44 teams, 23 from states other than Louisiana, wrestled dual meets on 16 mats and the tournament was run almost exactly as scheduled.

Champions: MacArthur Highlanders MacArthur, Oklahoma	Runners-up: Catholic Bears Baton Rouge, Louisiana	Third Place: Brother Martin Crusaders New Orleans, Louisiana	Fourth Place: Jesuit Blue Jays New Orleans, Louisiana

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MacArthur High School of MacArthur, Oklahoma won the 2012 Deep South Bayou Duals with a 41-12 victory over the Baton Rouge Catholic Bears. Brother Martin and Jesuit placed 3rd and 4th representing New Orleans area schools.  [MacArthur-Catholic match results and photos.]

The MacArthur Highlanders (left) celebrate their victory at the 2012 Deep South Bayou Duals Saturday night.  MacArthur went 7-0, scoring 430 points to their opponents' 45, and defeating the returning Louisiana state champions from all three divisions.  Nevertheless, MacArthur coach Ellis Holt said he was very impressed with Louisiana's wrestlers.  But in MacArthur, they were facing a team ranked #2 in the 5A classification in Oklahoma, a state very well respected for its wrestling on all levels nationally In the semifinals MacArthur handed Brother Martin its first dual meet loss of the year, besting the Crusaders 31-24. MacArthur's Ricky McCarty (center of photo with white t-shirt), at 160 lbs., was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler in the "upper" weight classes after his 9-6 decision over Catholic's returning Division I state champion Brandon Luckett.

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Jesuit serves notice: The Blue Jays proved that Catholic is not the only team Brother Martin needs to contend with in order to repeat as Division I state champions.

After going 5-0 Friday in their "pool" matches, Jesuit faced a tough team from Phoenix High School of Syracuse, New York, in the quarterfinals.  The Phoenix teams (two were entered) are coached by Gene Mills, a two-time NCAA champions, a three-time World Cup champion and a member of the 1980 Olympic team (Moscow boycott games). 

After 10 matches the Blue Jays found themselves down 32-16.  Pins at 220 and 285 by Dominic Carmello and Zachary Creel put the Jays one pin away from victory.  Junior Nicky Charles did his best but came away with a four point major decision with a 11-2 win at 106 lbs., leaving Jesuit behind by one point.  The scenario could not have been scripted better for senior Mitch Capella at 113 lbs.  Capella, a Division I runner-up last year, has only been beaten twice this season, both times at the Mid-American Open in Tulsa, Oklahoma, where he placed 5th.  He won easily by a 16-4 major decision that gave Jesuit a 36-33 victory.

Phoenix's Nicholas Tighe at 138 lbs. was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler in the "lower" weight classes.  Tighe was 7-0 with six falls and a technical fall.

In the semifinals Catholic jumped ahead 12-0 after the first three matches, and won three of the next four for a 23-3 lead.  But Jimmy Brown led a Jesuit come-back in which they won six out of seven matches.  For all practical purposes, the deciding match should again have been Capella's 6-2 win over Phillip Nauta, resulting in a Jesuit 27-26 win.  But at some point during the match a Jesuit assistant coach was penalized a team point, resulting in a 26-26 tie.  Both teams won seven matches, and the first tie-breaking criterion goes against teams with penalty points, giving Catholic the win and vaulting them into the finals.

The match for 3rd and 4th place between Jesuit and Brother Martin was somewhat of a disappointment for the fans.  Jesuit forfeited five matches and most of their wrestlers were not starters.  The Crusaders won easily 70-0.  The two schools will meet again in a dual meet on January 23rd where it is hoped both teams will vie for dual meet supremacy in New Orleans.

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MacArthur 41-Catholic 12: This match was closer than the final score indicated.  MacArthur won three matches by one point (one of which was highly controversial) and two more by three points of less.  In three matches, though, Catholic gave up the only three pins of the evening.  But MacArthur was dominant, winning 10 of the 14 matches contested.  The match started with the 132 lb. weight class.

Weight	Match Result & Photos	Catholic (Total - 12)	MacArthur (Total - 41)
132	Colby Powers (MAC) over Matthew Mire: Decision (CAT): 2-1	0 (0)	3 (3)
138	Brock Williams (MAC) over James Claitor (CAT): 8-7 (No photos available.)	0 (0)	3 (6)
145	Colton Jump (MAC) over Reid Burns (CAT): Major Decision: 16-2	0 (0)	4 (10)
152	Kevin Moran (CAT) over Blake Handley (MAC): 8-6 With Handley leading 6-5 in the 3rd, he let Moran go, tying the score at 6-6 with 1:18 to go.  Handley should not have relied on his takedowns, as at the end of the match Moran lateral-dropped him for a two-point takedown and an 8-6 victory.	3 (3)	0 (10)
160	Ricky McCarty (MAC) over Brandon Luckett (CAT): 9-6 Luckett scored a takedown first for a 2-0 lead, but McCarty soon surged ahead.  Luckett stayed close, behind only 8-6 with 0:51 second left, but McCarty was able to score an escape, preserving a 9-6 win.	0 (3)	3 (13)
170	Javi Laboy (MAC) over Matthew Moreau (CAT): Fall in 4:39	0 (3)	6 (19)
182	Christian Pittman (CAT) over Derek Black (MAC): 6-4	3 (6)	0 (19)
195	Caleb Sutton (CAT) over Derek Block (MAC): 7-3	3 (9)	0 (19)
220	Garrett Shaw (MAC) over Miles Nash (CAT): Fall in 4:49	0 (9)	6 (25)
285	Everett Knox (CAT) over Joseph Pollards (MAC): 6-1	3 (12)	0 (25)
106	Briar McAdams (MAC) over Jonathan Bradley (CAT): Fall in 0:27 (No photos available.)	0 (12)	6 (31)
113	Reed Piatt (MAC) over Mitch Napoli (CAT): 5-4 With 0:15 second left in the match Napoli was leading 4-3 and the wrestlers were in the neutral position.  At the very end Piatt was able to catch Napoli's legs and grasp his hand behind Napoli (bottom: center photo) gaining control, a two-point takedown and a 5-4 victory.  Catholic coach Tommy Prochaska protested, indicating that the clock visible to the wrestlers, coaches and fans, and which was used by the mat officials to determine the end of the match, was four seconds behind the table clock which officially timed the match.  By that time both clocks had run down to 0:00 and no proof existed of the discrepancy.  The result "stood," much to the chagrin of Catholic supporters, who were less than understanding and let the young man running the scoring table know their displeasure.	0 (12)	3 (34)
120	Adrian Gaines (MAC) over Phillip Nauta (CAT): 6-0	0 (12)	3 (37)
126	Adrian Gaines (MAC) over Brennan Taylor (CAT): Major Decision: 16-8	0 (12)	4 (41)

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Brother Martin loses first dual meet: Aside from beating Catholic in the finals, the Highlanders of MacArthur also gave Brother Martin their first dual meet loss in the semifinals 31-24.  The Crusaders won six of the 14 matches, led by a pin by Daniel Albrecht at 170 lbs. and major decisions by Devin LeBlanc (152 lbs.), Kyle Delaune (182 lbs.) and Yehia Riles (195 lbs.).  MacArthur had two pins and two major decisions.

The matches that will be remembered the most started and finished the match.  Adrian Games of the Highlanders and the Crusaders' Austin Meyn wrestled to a draw at the end of regulation time at 126 lbs.  Gaines eked out a victory after the first tie-break period, winning 5-4.  With Brother Martin down by four points their last hope was for returning Division I state champion Paul Klein to win by a four-point major decision, as a tie would go in favor of Brother Martin due to a MacArthur penalty point.  Klein's match also went into overtime, and like Meyn he lost by a point, 2-1.  It was only Klein's second loss of the season, with his other one also at the hands of a wrestler not from Louisiana.

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Miscellany: 

Although both weighed in at the 120 lb. weight class, coaches Robert Dauterive of Brother Martin and Keith Bergeron of Comeaux pitted defending Division I state champions Paul Klein (BM) and Jacob Dale (COM) at 126 lbs. for their "pool" match-up on Friday.  The two had not previously met.  Klein scored a takedown in the first period, and during the match he was able to counter the explosiveness of Dale, prevailing 4-3.

If only to show that he could, Live Oak's Cody Hill weighed in at 120 lbs.  Hill was not challenged by the Louisiana wrestlers he faced and defeated a previously unbeaten competitor from Jefferson County, Missouri.

Brother Martin flaunted its versatility by weighing-in Devin LeBlanc at 152 lbs. and Kyle Delaune at 170 pounds.  Delaune only wrestler at 182 lbs., though, and was undefeated.  LeBlanc lost to Comeaux's Tyrek Malveaux 8-4 at 160 lbs.  Malveaux weighed in at 152 lbs. but wrestled at 160 lbs. in all but one of his five victories.  His other match was at 170 lbs.

Luckett's loss was his second of the year, having previously lost 10-8 to Malveaux.

Catholic's James Claitor lost two matches, but they were to wrestlers from Oklahoma and Florida, so he remains unbeaten in Louisiana.  St. Paul's Mark Englehardt, at 145 lbs.,. also lost his first match of the year 7-4 to a wrestler from Jefferson City, Missouri.

Rummel's Rick LaCava lost his first match of the season when he was pinned by Connor Campo of St. Paul's.

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St. Paul's senior Connor Campo is always fun to watch.  He was undefeated in the Bayou Duals, is undefeated so far in the 2012-12 season, and was undefeated in is junior year in the 2011-12 season.  Here he pins his Clear Falls, TX, opponent in 0:41.  St. Paul's placed 12th in the 16-team Championship Bracket.

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