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Above, Jesuit's Brody Martin controls Rummel's Blake Mateu in the 106 lbs. Division I finals.

Division I Bracket	Division II Bracket	Division III Bracket
Place Name School 1 (1) Brody Martin Jesuit 2 (2) Blake Mateu Rummel 3 (3) Chris Zea Holy Cross 4 (4) Luke Cotton Brother Martin 5 (5) Kiefer Fuselier Sulphur 6 (7) Blake Menard Comeaux	Place Name School 1 (1) Austin Gouedy Central 2 (2) Dane Langley Teurlings Catholic 3 (3) Cooper Simon Rayne 4 (5) Tristan Pittenger Grace King 5 (4) Navy Tedder Live Oak 6 (6) Charles Simon Riverdale	Place Name School 1 (1) John Rollins Episcopal 2 (2) Sam Pitts Ouachita Christian 3 (3) Brennan Langley Basile 4 (4) Adam Gaspard Kaplan 5 (6) Hogan Melebeck North Vermillion 6 (5) Jeffrey Heffner De la Salle

Division I

Season Synopsis

In Division I the 106 lbs. weight class was dominated by two wrestlers.  Another got close but was not able to break into the winner's circle against the others.

Brody Martin of Jesuit finished fifth at 106 pounds in 2014.  Blake Mateu of Rummel was in 8th grade and did not wrestle in the 2014 state championships.  Holy Cross' Chris Zea placed third in 2014 and may have been a favorite in the weight class at the beginning of the season.  The Jesuit senior and Rummel freshman, however, showed early that they were the ones to beat to advance to the state finals.

Martin got past Mateau first in the semifinals of the Warrior Open (won by Martin).  Almost a month later Mateu returned the favor, defeating Martin in the semifinals of the South Walton Border Wars in Destin, Florida (won by Mateu).  At the Deep South Bayou Duals, Martin regained his place as the top seed at the upcoming Louisiana Classic, but then promptly lost it a few hours later during a second DSBD match between Jesuit and Rummel.  Unfortunately for the young Raider, that would be the last time he would defeat the seasoned Blue Jay senior.  Martin defeated Mateu in the finals of the Louisiana Classic and the two would not meet again until the state finals.

Chris Zea had a very respectable season.  He placed second to Martin at Mandeville, third at the Louisiana Classic (behind Martin and Mateu) and 1st in the Greater New Orleans Championships.  In fact, his only losses to Louisiana wrestlers prior to the state tournament were to Martin (four times) and Mateu (once during a Rummel vs. Holy Cross dual meet).

Preliminary Rounds

All eight top seeds advanced to the quarterfinals.

Clay Celli of Byrd defeated Greyson Pellegrin of Mandeville in 1:05 in Round 1

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Quarterfinals

Top: (1) Brody Martin (JES) defeated (8) Jeremiah Johnson (McK) 11-0; Bottom: (4) Luke Cotton (BM) defeated (5) Kiefer Fuselier (SUL) 11-5

Top: (3) Chris Zea (HC) defeated (6) Cole Houser (StP) in 4:52; Bottom: (2) Blake Mateu (RUM) defeated (7) Blake Menard (COM) TF 21-5

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Semifinals

(1) Brody Martin (JES) defeated (4) Luke Cotton (BM) 6-0

(2) Blake Mateu (RUM) defeated (3) Chris Zea (HC) 10-3

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Consolation Rounds

3rd-4th: (3) Chris Zea (HC) defeated (4) Luke Cotton (BM) 10-3

5th-6th: (5) Kiefer Fuselier (SUL) defeated (7) Blake Menard (COM) 11-8

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Finals

(1) Brody Martin (JES) defeated (2) Blake Mateu (RUM) 1-0 In a very odd contest for a couple of 106 lbs. wrestlers, only one point was scored in the entire match.  The first round was scoreless, as was the second when Mateu rode Martin for the entire two minutes.  In the third period, however, with less than a minute remaining and Martin on top, Mateu was assessed a stalling penalty, giving Martin a 1-0 lead.  Martin maintained his position on top until time ran out and became the first Division I state champion of the season.  Martin finished the season 42-2 against Louisiana wrestlers and 42-6 against all competition.  Mateu was 45-4 and 45-5.

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Division II

Season Synopsis

As a sophomore Central's Austin Gouedy finished second to Live Oak's Colt Olinde in 2014, but while Olinde moved up this season, Gouedy remained at 106 lbs.  Against Division II and Division III competition he was undefeated.  His only losses came to Division I's Martin, Mateu, Kiefer Fuselier of Sulphur (5th in D1 state) and Jesuit's other talented 106-pounder, Adam Larriviere.  Gouedy won the Central Wildcat Open and the Zachary Big Horse Open, placed fifth at the Louisiana Classic and third at the Ken Cole.

 Gouedy's finals opponent was Teurlings Catholic junior Dane Langley.  Langley, the second seed, finished third at the Spartan Open, seventh at the Louisiana Classic, second at the Teurlings Catholic Rebel Open and sixth at the Ken Cole. 

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

(1) Austin Gouedy (CEN) defeated (5) Tristan Pittenger (GK) in 1:14

(2) Dane Langley (TC) defeated (3) Cooper Simon (RAY) 10-8

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) Austin Gouedy (CEN) defeated (2) Dane Langley (TC) 17-6 The Wildcat sophomore was too much for the Rebel junior from the start.  Fifteen seconds into the second round Gouedy led 6-0.  At the end of the round he was ahead 11-2.Langley managed to put six points on the board by the end, but by that time Gouedy had 17 points and a major decision.  Gouedy finished the season 36-6 against Louisiana Competition and 37-7 against all comers.  Langley was 32-12 and 35-14.

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Division III

Season Synopsis

Two freshmen were matched in the Division III finals.  John Rollins was 35-12, but only one of those losses was to a Division III opponent, namely one Sam Pitts of Ouachita Christian.  Rollins' other losses came to Division I and II wrestlers including Mateu, Larriviere, Zea, Gouedy and Dane Langley.  Pitts was 26-5 against Louisiana opponents, and two of those losses (vs. one victory) were to Rollins.  Against Division III Pitts also lost a match to Kaplan's Adam Gaspard in the Rayne Invitational quarterfinals, but Pitts came back to beat Gaspard for third place.  Otherwise, aside from two out-of-state losses, Pits only lost to three Division I wrestlers.

Preliminary Rounds

Bottom (Consolation Round 1): Hunter Richey (BRU) defeated Richard Lim (SPQ) 8-6

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Quarterfinals

(1) Rollins (EPI) defeated Routon (CPT) in 0:53

(4) Gaspard (KAP) defeated (5) Heffner (DLS) 12-3

(3) Langley (BAS) defeated (6) Melebeck (NV) 7-1

Above: (2) Sam Pitts (OCA) defeated (7) Gianni Toce LVI 24-14

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Semifinals

(1) John Rollins (EPI) defeated (4) Adam Gaspard (KAP) 10-9

(2) Sam Pitts (OCA) defeated (3) Brennan Langley (BAS) 8-2

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) John Rollins (EPI) defeated (2) Sam Pitts (OCA) 12-6 Rollins fell behind 2-0 after the first period, but then he started scoring.  In the second period he scored five unanswered points and by the end led Pitts by a score of 12-6, his most dominant win of their four matches against each other.  Rollins became Coach Phil Bode's first state champion since he started coaching at Episcopal in 2012.   Rollins finished the season with a 38-12 record.  Pitts finished 28-6 against Louisiana competition and 30-8 against all opposition.

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