| Porter Dazet merited the #1 seed with his
runner-up finish at Mandeville and a 3-1 record. Seeded second
was Brother Martin Nick Comardelle. Wrestling for the first
time since his freshman year, the Crusader senior compiled a 6-2
record before entering the tournament, with his losses coming from
Live Oak's Brody Bonura and Fontanebleau's Ethan Eisenhardt.
The third seed was St. Louis' Blake St. Romain who was followed by
McKinley's Tyler Ventress as the fourth seed. |
The first period started with Dazet
using a single-leg shot to a duck-under for a quick 2-0
lead. Dazet rode Comardelle for the remainder of the
period, primarily with a cross-body ride.
Starting the
second period on top, Dazet stopped Comardelle's stand-up
attempts by lifting him off of the mat and gently placing
him back down onto it. Comardelle did manage an escape
near the end, but Dazet countered with a single-leg takedown
followed by two nearfall points, taking a 6-1 lead.
Dazet started on the bottom in the third period and scored a
reversal midway through it for an 8-1 lead. After a
reset Dazet opted to start standing, giving Comardelle his
second point of the match. Dazet took the Crusader
down again to end the match with a 10-2 win. |
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| Holy Cross' Porter
Dazet lifts Brother Martin's Nick Comardelle off of the mat in
the 182 pounds final. |
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| QUARTERFINALS: |
| The top four seeds all advanced to
the semifinals, but in different ways. In the bottom
half of the bracket, Comardelle pinned East Ascension's Koi
Malarcher in 2:40 and St. Romain pinned St. Michael's Logan
Knox in 4:51. The top half proved much more difficult.
Rummel's Jimmy Young gave Dazet a very hard match before
falling 3-0, and Ventress had a little harder time getting
past Matthew Broussard of Baton Rouge by an 8-6 margin. |
| SEMIFINALS: |
| Comardelle seemed to score at will against his Division
III opponent from St. Louis. St. Romain could not find
a way to score on the Crusader, and the second seed won
easily 10-0. |
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| The top-seeded Dazet had even less trouble with his McKinley counterpart, pinning Ventress in 3:55. |
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| CONSOLATIONS: |
| St. Michael's Logan Knox and Rummel's Jimmy Young
advanced to the consolation finals, but the match was not
wrestled as each had already wrestled five matches on the
day. |
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