Status: Pending

The 2014 Ken Cole Memorial will be THE seeding tournament of 2014.

The Ken Cole Memorial always fields a great slate of competitors.  But as it is held a week or, as is the case this year, a fortnight after the Louisiana Classic, it is usually a place for those who do not earn high seed via their performance in the LA Classic a chance to solidify themselves as second, third or fourth seeds.

But not this year.  The 2014 Ken Cole Memorial will be the last chance (for most Division I wrestlers at least) to garner the top spot on February 21st.

The reason, according to scuttlebutt, lays in the state of Tennessee and some lax skin-checks which resulted in the Brother Martin Crusaders having to take three weeks off, which included their missing the LA Classic.  As such, Brother Martin needs to compete, and win, to justify higher seeds than those from schools which did participate in the LA Classic.  And those who did compete successfully in the Classic need to remove any doubt in the minds of State seeding committee members as to how LA Classic participants might have fared had the Crusaders participated.

Hence, along with the Crusaders there will be Jesuit, Catholic, Holy Cross, Rummel and St. Paul's from the New Orleans area - teams which do not often meet at full strength in tournaments before the state championships aside from at the LA Classic.

Expect most of the LA Classic winners to be the top seeds for the Ken Cole, though.  It will be the task of the Crusaders to prove which of their wrestlers merit changes in the third week of February.

Granted, these seeds will probably not satisfy a lot of wrestlers from northern Louisiana, particularly the Division I ones.  The LA Classic results are the only significant results the editor has regarding most potential matches between those wrestlers and their brethren in the south.  Historically, however, the Ken Cole Memorial has been an event in which they can advance their seeding potentials if they are not fortunate to fare in the upper echelon of the LA Classic.  Hence, wrestlers from the northwestern part of the state, please feel free to prove my seeds absolutely worthless.

After remedying the tremendous SNAFU on the LWN Website earlier this evening, and spending a couple of hours on this piece, the editor decided not to check to see if the Ken Cole Memorial seeds had been released prior to his publication of this piece.  If they are available after this article is published, the editor will amend this article to also include the decisions of the actual seeding committee.  (Actual information will be in red.  NW = Not Wrestling)  But expect them to look something like this:

UPDATE (2:30 p.m. Friday): Sixty teams are participating in this year's Ken Cole Memorial.  Wrestling will be held in the main gym, the smaller gym and in the cafeteria.  It is suggested that fans arrive early to attain adequate seating.

Apparently some teams are relying on LA Classic and GNO results.  Hence some athletes who very well might have been top seeds at the Ken Cole are not participating.  Catholic did not send any of its starters, which could result in two defending state champions not attaining the top seed at state.  It remains to be seen if either circumstance constitutes a mistake.

As per the last information received by the editor there will be 71 "pig-tail" matches to qualify for the 23-man championship brackets.  It is believed the ones who do not win their "Pig-tail" matches will be allowed to compete in the consolation brackets.

Weight	1st seed	Colluctatio Vitae & Notes	2nd Seed	Colluctatio Vitae & Notes	3rd Seed	Colluctatio Vitae & Notes
106	Alex Betteridge East Ascension Has not lost at 106	LA Classic - 1st Culotta - 2nd	Steven Shields (BM) Brody Martin Jesuit Beat Lirette (HAH), 1-1 vs. Olinde (LO)	Culotta - 2nd LA Classic - 3rd Wildcat - 3rd	Brody Martin (JES) Nick Lirette Hahnville Avenged loss to Zea (HC), beat Olinde (LO)	LA Classic - 2nd GNO - 1st
113	Kendon Lee-Kayser Brusly No losses to LA wrestlers and avenged loss to T. Rupert of OS, MS, beat Charles (JES)	LA Classic - 1st Brusly - 1st S. Walton, FL - 1st Warrior - 1st	Mason Mauro - Brother Martin Avenged Spartan loss to Breaud (RUM), beat Charles (JES)	Culotta - 1st Spartan - 2nd 1st - Mandeville 2nd - Soddy Daisy, TN	Nicky Charles Jesuit Unbeaten at 106 but lost to Betteridge (EA) at 113, 2-1 vs. Chenevert (LO)	LA Classic - 2nd Warrior - 3rd
120	Tristan Rupert (OS, MS) Dylan Soileau Holy Cross Only loss was to Pitts (PKY) at LA Classic but neither placed	GNO - 1st Raider - 1st Mandeville - 1st	Ben D'Antonio Jesuit Gets better at this time of year, beat Mire (RUM)	LA Classic - 2nd Culotta - 2nd	Baret Sanchez (BRU) Tyler Mire (NW) Rummel Beat Bonin (TC) who beat Pitts (PKY)	LA Classic - 3rd Culotta - 1st Mandeville - 2nd
126	Cody Hill Live Oak Avenged loss to Walden (AIR) - other two losses to Klein (BM) at 132, beat Lee (TC) twice	LA Classic - 1st Culotta - 2nd Spartan - 2nd Griffin - 1st	Chris Walden (AIR) Connor Stampley Comeaux Only loss to Kayser (BRU) at Warrior	1st - Woodlands, TX 1st - McMillan 1st - Big Horse 1st - Wildcat	Connor Stampley (COM) Taylor Gambill Brother Martin Sole LA loss to Mire (RUM) at Culotta	Culotta - 2nd Spartan - 1st Mandeville - 1st Trygg - 1st
	Paul Klein Brother Martin The two-time defending Division I state champion has not lost all season...anywhere	Culotta - 1st Spartan - 1st Spartan - 1st Trygg - 1st	George Benoit Holy Cross Better at 132 than 138, but then there is one Klein, Paul Klein (BM) to experience.  Has a win over LaCava (RUM)	LA Classic - 1st GNO - 1st Spartan - 3rd Las Vegas, NV - 3rd	Antonio Lococo (AIR) Brennan Taylor (NW) Sulphur Sole loss to Benoit (HC)	McMillan - 1st LA Classic - 2nd Raider - 1st Suarez - 1st
138	Trevor Schermer Brusly Avenged sole loss vs. Claitor (CAT), beat LaCava (RUM), Taylor (CAT), Mire (CAT)	LA Classic - 1st Brusly - 1st 1st Warrior 2nd - S. Walton, FL	Austin Meyn Brother Martin Beat Benoit (HC), LaCava (RUM), Taylor (CAT)	Culotta - 1st Spartan - 1st Mandeville- 1st Soddy Daisy, TN - 3rd	Seth Bosarge (LO) Brennan Taylor (NW) Catholic Beat Benoit (HC), Landry (BRU),	2nd - LA Classic 2nd - Spartan 1st - Warrior 1st - Hoover, AL
145	Danny Evans (BM) James Claitor - Catholic (NW) SV loss in LA Classic not enough to supplant him, 1-1 vs. Schermer (BRU)	LA Classic - 3rd Hoover, AL - 1st	Brandon Cowell (DUT) Danny Evans Brother Martin Beat LaCava (RUM), sole loss to Pickren of S. Walton	Culotta - 1st Griffin - 1st Mandeville - 1st Trygg - 2nd	Zack Funderburk (PKY) Rick LaCava (NW) Rummel Avenged loss to Benoit (HC)	LA Classic - 1st Raider - 1st Culotta - 2nd
152	Mason Williams Brother Martin Beat Mire (CAT) at Spartan Has only lost to Eboigbe (JES - inactive) and Paugh of V.H., AL	Spartan - 1st Culotta - 2nd Trygg - 1st Soddy Daisy, TN - 1st	Jack Fontenot - (JE) Matthew Mire (NW) Catholic SV loss to Williams (BM) at Spartan, beat Fontenot (JE)	LA Classic - 1st Spartan - 2nd Hoover, AL - 2nd	Ashton Queyrouze (JES) Jack Fontenot John Ehret Beat Dufour (StP)	LA Classic - 2nd Jefferson Inv. - 1st GNO - 1st
160	Alex Martin (DLS) Tanner LeBlanc (NW) St. Paul's Avenged vs. Martin (DLS), defeated Quarterman (BM) and Eymard (JES)	LA Classic - 1st Culotta - 1st Trygg - 2nd S. Walton, FL - 1st	Travis Quarterman (BM) Alex Martin De la Salle One loss at 160 to Leblanc (StP)	LA Classic - 2nd GNO - 1st Brusly - 1st Trygg - 1st	Daniel Rittell (ZAC) Travis Quarterman Brother Martin Beat Eymard (JES), Woodson (SHW)	Culotta - 3rd Mandeville - 2nd Spartan - 2nd Soddy Daisy, TN - 3rd
170	Brice Duhe (HC) Jake Eccles (NW) Jesuit Beat Duhe (HC) in GNO	LA Classic - 2nd GNO - 1st	Blaze D'Aquin (JE) Brice Duhe Holy Cross Sole LA loss to Eccles (JES) (1-1), beat Quarterman (BM), Woodson (SHW)	LA Classic - 1st Spartan - 1st GNO - 2nd Mandeville - 1st	Frankie Arena (MND) Kody Woodson (NW) Shaw Beat Martin (DLS), Arena (MND)	LA Classic - 3rd Jefferson Inv. - 1st Mandeville - 3rd
182	Brendan Allen (COV) Guy Patron, Jr. (NW)  Jesuit 2 of 3 vs. Riles + LA Classic over Allen and Eisenhardt	LA Classic - 1st GNO - 1st Raider - 1st Culotta - 1st	Yehia Riles Brother Martin Beat Patron (JES) their last match but lost twice to him at Culotta - only other loss to Allen (COV)	Spartan - 1st Mandeville - 1st Soddy Daisy, TN - 1st Culotta - 2nd	Porter Dazet (HC) Brendan Allen Covington Beat Riles (BM) at Trygg	LA Classic - 2nd Mandeville - 1st Big Horse - 1st Trygg - 2nd
195	Josh Tapia (BM) Daniel Relayson Holy Cross Sole LA losses to Riles (BM)	LA Classic - 1st Spartan - 2nd Raider - 1st GNO - 1st	Daniel Relayson (HC) Josh Tapia Brother Martin Only loss to Gilliam (BYD)	Culotta - 1st Trygg - 1st Soddy Daisy, TN - 2nd	Logan Thompson (BC) Matthew Perez (NW) Sulphur Lost to Relayson (HC)	LA Classic - 3rd McMillan - 1st Raider - 2nd Suarez - 1st
220	Quinn Gilliam Byrd Undefeated against LA competition, including Yeatman  (HC) and Tapia (BM)	LA Classic - 1st Spartan - 1st Griffin - 1st Airline - 1st	Michael Yeatman Holy Cross Two losses to Gilliam (BYD)	Mandeville - 1st Raider - 1st GNO - 1st Spartan - 2nd	Jacob Clapp (BM) Rodrigo Diaz Lafayette	LA Classic - 3rd McMillan - 1st Teurlings - 1st 3-5A - 1st
285	Robert Kennedy (BC) Christian Ponson (NW) Fontainebleau Beat Hanley (RUM)	LA Classic - 1st Culotta - 2nd St. Tammany - 1st	Conor Karwath (EA) Ryan Hanley (NW) Rummel Only loss to Ponson (FNT), beat Conor Karwath (EA) in LA Classic, beat Kennedy (BC)	LA Classic - 2nd	Dominic Carmello (JES) O'Shea Dugas Northside Sole loss to Logan Williams (EVA)	McMillan - 1st Rayne - 1st Teurlings - 3rd

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