| Only three wrestlers were seeded out of the thirteen in the
145 pound weight class. First was Dutchtown junior
Brandon Cowell, the Central "Wildcat Open" champion and
Griffon Open runner-up, who was 6-1. Seeded second was
Brother Martin sophomore Pierce Williams, who placed second
at Mandeville and had a 5-1 record. Rummel's Zach
Bowman was seeded third. |
Cowell and Williams
advanced to the finals.
Cowell started the finals in strong fashion,
opening up a 2-0 lead after 35 seconds with an
ankle pick. Williams was able to stand up
and escape, but that led to a Cowell high-crotch
takedown. Trying to tilt Williams, the
Crusader rolled on top of him and almost had a
reversal as time ran out. It was scored
an escape and Cowell led 4-2.
On top for
the second round start, Cowell rode Williams
well, thwarting two stand-up attempts very well.
But when Cowell took Williams down from his
third stand-up, Williams arm-rolled him for a
two point reversal and added two near-fall
points. Then Williams scored three more
back points. As the round ended Williams
led 9-4.
On bottom for the third, Cowell
had a tough time escaping from the Crusader's
crab ride. A stalemate afforded a
repositioning and near the end of the match
Cowell caught Williams riding "high" and was
able to back out for a reversal, resulting in
the final 9-6 score. |
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| Pierce Williams uses his legs to keep
Brandon Cowell from escaping his grasp. |
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| SEMIFINALS: |
| Cowell dominated his semifinals match, pinning
Vidrine in 40 seconds to make the finals. The
other semifinal proved much harder for Brother Martin's
Pierce Williams, who got past Preston Robichaux of Holy
Cross 6-3. |
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| CONSOLATIONS: |
| Neither semifinals loser made it to the consolation
finals. After losing to Vidrine in the
quarterfinals, Wilson Lindsey of C. E. Byrd defeated
Central's Russell Ball in 2:30, Pearl River's C. J.
Hilliard 4-0 and Preston Robichaux of Holy Cross 10-4.
It was Dakota Hebert of Teurlings Catholic, who lost to
the top-seeded Cowell in Round 1, who advanced past St.
Amant's Brockton Waguespack in 2:36, third seed Zach
Bowman of Rummel in 1:58 and Vidrine 7-6. Hebert placed
third via the fact that the consolation finals would
have been Lindsey's sixth match. |
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