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Holy Cross' Brice Duhe reverses Pierce Williams of Brother Martin on his way to winning a Division I state championship.

Division I Bracket	Division II Bracket	Division III Bracket
Place Name School 1 (1) Brice Duhe Holy Cross 2 (2) Pierce Williams Brother Martin 3 (3) Joseph Kerry Rummel 4 (5) Thomas Stremlau Baton Rouge 5 (8) Nick Wallis Zachary 6 Zachary Corzo Hahnville	Place Name School 1 (3) Cozenski Alfred Northside 2 (1) Kynan Sonnier Teurlings Catholic 3 (2) Jordan White Benton 4 (4) Logan Knox St. Michael 5 Jacob Hebert Rayne 6 Layton Thurman North DeSoto	Place Name School 1 (1) Blaze Olano Brusly 2 (2) Thomas Lambert Lakeside 3 (5) Clayton Kavanaugh Dunham 4 (3) Anica Logan Grand Lake 5 Christopher Harris De la Salle 6 Nigel Pascual Kaplan

Division I

Season Synopsis

A runner-up last year, this season the 170 lbs. weight class belonged to Holy Cross' Brice Duhe.  Duhe suffered only three losses - one in the finals of the Las Vergas Holiday Classic (7-5), one when he went up to 182 lbs. against Live Oak's Brody Bonura (5-3) and then one via what many though a questionable fall in a dual meet against Rummel's Joseph Kerry.  (That match would not have mattered re the seeding at the state tournament as Duhe had earlier defeated Kerry via a fall, an 8-0 major decision and then via another fall in 2:55 in the finals of the Louisiana Classic.  Duhe was the obvious #1 seed in Division I after winning the Mandeville Open, the Spartan Open, the Louisiana Classic and the Greater New Orleans championship during the season.

The #2 seed was pretty much up for grabs until the Brother Martin-Rummel dual meet of January 24th.  This was the first meeting between Kerry and Williams, both of whom had not lost to any other Louisiana wrestlers aside from Duhe (Williams lost to Duhe 15-6 in a dual meet and 8-1 in the Louisiana Classic semifinals).  In a very close match Williams prevailed 11-10.  However, these two seeding spots were pretty interchangeable as all signs indicated a semifinals match between the #2 Williams and the #3 Kerry.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first two rounds.

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Quarterfinals

A minor upset occurred when #5 Thomas Stremlau of Baton Rouge defeated #4 Chase Cochran of St. Paul's 3-2.

(1) Brice Duhe (HC) defeated (8) Nick Wallis (ZAC) in 3:34; (5) Thomas Stremlau (BR) defeated (4) Chase Cochran (StP) 3-2, avenging a 4-2 Louisiana Classic loss to Cochran.

(3) Joseph Kerry (RUM) defeated (6) Kyler Pisciotta (JES) 7-4

(2) Pierce Williams (BM) defeated (7) Luther Jones (DUT) in 3:35

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Semifinals

(1) Brice Duhe (HC) defeated (5) Thomas Stremlau (BR) via an 18-0 TF

(2) Pierce Williams (BM) defeated (3) Joseph Kerry (RUM) 10-7

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Consolation Rounds

3rd Place Match: (3) Joseph Kerry (RUM) defeated (5) Thomas Stremlau (BR) 12-4

5th Place Match: (8) Nick Wallis (ZAC) defeated Zachary Corzo (HNV) 11-4

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Finals

(1) Brice Duhe (HC) defeated (2) Pierce Williams (BM) 14-5 Duhe scored a takedown in the first 15 seconds, which was pretty indicative of how this match would be.  Williams escaped a minute later, but Duhe took him down, recorded two nearfall points and went into the second period with a 6-1 lead.  Duhe rode Williams for most of the second period, but with 40 seconds left Williams reversed him to cut the lead to 6-3.  Duhe, however, escaped and took Williams down again to take a 9-3 lead into the final period.  Duhe reversed Williams early in the third period for an 11-3 lead, but Duhe escaped and took Williams down once again, ending the match with a 14-5 win and a fourth state championship for the Tigers.  Duhe finished the season 27-2 against Louisiana opponents and 35-3 against all comers.  Williams, who could arguably be the most improved wrestler of the season as he did not even compete at the 2014 state championships, finished 25-4 and 37-8.

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Division II

Season Synopsis

The seeding of this weight class was a tad confusing.  Northside's Cozinski Alfred only had two losses, falling to defending Division II state champion Jordan White of Benton and Huntington's The'Anthony Taylor.  More interesting, however, is that one of Alfred's 13 wins before the state tournament was a 10-4 win over the #1 seed, Kynan Sonnier of Teurlings Catholic.  Aside from that loss, Sonnier had no other losses to Division II wrestlers.

Sonnier might have received the nod as, while White defeated Alfred soundly at the Ken Cole, Sonnier defeated White in the finals to win the tournament.  Sonnier also won the only other non-dual tournament in which both participated, the Teurlings Rebel Open, while Alfred was forced to withdraw do to an injury.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first round.

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

(1) Kynan Sonnier (TC) defeated (4) Logan Knox (StMA) in 3:36

(3) Cozinski Alfred (NS) turned the tables on (2) Jordan White (BEN), who beat him 12-5 at the Ken Cole, by a 16-7 decision

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(3) Cozinski Alfred (NS) defeated (1) Kynan Sonnier (TC) 8-6 SV This match was scoreless after the first period.  Sonnier took a 2-0 lead with a reversal in the second, but Alfred responded with one of his own with a little less than a minute remaining.  In the third period Sonnier managed an escape and a takedown to take a 5-2 lead.  Alfred responded with an escape and takedown of his own to tie the match at 5-5.  Sonnier escaped and took a 6-5 lead with seven seconds remaining, and another point was awarded to the Rebel as well.  After a meeting of the officials that point was negated and given to Alfred, tying the match and sending it to a Sudden Victory round.  This time Alfred again avenged a previous loss, giving Northside a state championship 8-6.  Later in the evening Alfred was awarded the Division II Outstanding Wrestler award.  Alfred finished the season 16-2.  Sonnier was 35-7 against Louisiana opponents and 36-9 overall.

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Division III

Season Synopsis

A third place finisher in the Division III state championships in 2014, Brusly junior Blayze Olano lost three matches early in the season (twice to a Division II opponent and once to one from Division I) but then won 15 of his next 19 matches, with  the four losses coming from out-of-state opponents at the Deep South Bayou Duals, and one from a Division I opponent.  Olano, however, did not compete again until the state championships, but his record still merited a #1 seed.

Lakeside senior Thomas Lambert brought a 16-9 record into the state championships, but all of his losses were to Division I or II opponents.  During the season Lambert won the Eagle Invitational, the Ark-La-Tex Classic and placed third at the Airline Invitational.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first round of this bracket.

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Quarterfinals

A minor upset was recorded when #5 Clayton Kavanaugh of Dunham defeated #4 Anica Logan of Grand Lake.

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Semifinals

(1) Blaze Olano (BRU) defeated (5) Clayton Kavanaugh (DUN) in 4:41

(2) Thomas Lambert (LK) defeated (3) Anica Logan (GL) in 1:57

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) Blaze Olano (BRU) defeated (2) Thomas Lambert (LK) 3-2 This was a very close match and could have gone either wrestler's way.  Lambert scored the first takedown for a 2-0 lead and at one point briefly had Olano in a cradle, but not long enough to earn nearfall points.  Olano answered with an escape and a takedown of his own, almost placing Lambert on his back, and was able to ride-out the senior for a 3-2 win and another state championship for the Panthers.

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