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Hahnville's Kendrick Jones fends off a takedown shot by Jesuit's Guy Patron, Jr.

Division I Bracket	Division II Bracket	Division III Bracket
Place Name School 1 (1) Kendrick Jones Hahnville 2 (2) Guy Patron, Jr. Jesuit 3 (3) Travis Viener Brother Martin 4 (4) Calvin Griffin Comeaux 5 (8) Jimmy Do Baton Rouge 6 James DeLee Catholic	Place Name School 1 (1) Brody Bonura Live Oak 2 (2) David Quiring St. Thomas More 3 (5) Isaiah McKinsey Bossier 4 Cole Weber Teurlings Catholic 5 (4) Justin Gaston North DeSoto 6 (3) Jacob Spohrer Pearl River	Place Name School 1 (1) Matt Adams Fisher 2 (2) Justice Henson Calvary Baptist 3 (6) Yoni Canales Redemptorist 4 Jacob McGehee Brusly 5 (3) Lane Joubert Basile 6 (4) Braxton Williamson SPL

Division I

Season Synopsis

This weight class was another two-man race all season.

In 2014 Hahnville's Kendrick Jones, the third seed at 195 lbs., went for broke in the Division I finals with an immediate takedown shot in the Sudden Victory period to defeat Holy Cross' Daniel Relayson.  This season, Jones had the swagger of a defending state champion.  Although at times he would put himself in a little trouble, he never seemed worried when he did, and that led to a perfect 49-0 season against Louisiana opponents and a 57-0 total record.  Jones won the Griffin Open, the Jefferson Invitational, the Zachary Big Horse, the Trey Culotta, went undefeated in the Deep South Bayou Duals, won the Louisiana Classic, went undefeated in the Wewahitchka, Florida, Gator Bowl and won the District 7-8 Tournament.  Most importantly, however, in the Louisiana Classic finals, he defeated Jesuit's 2014 Division I runner-up Guy Patron, Jr., 8-4.

Aside from the loss to Jones in the Louisiana Classic finals, Jesuit's Guy Patron, Jr. only lost one other match.  That was to Stillwater, Oklahoma's Jordan Dieringer, the younger brother of Oklahoma State's 2015 Division I NCAA champion Alex Dieringer, in the finals of the Kansas City Stampede tournament.  Patron won the Warrior Open, the Mandeville Open, destroyed the competition at the South Walton Border Wars, won the Greater New Orleans Championship, the Ken Cole and the St. Paul's Invitational. 

Preliminary Rounds

A minor upset was recorded in the second round when unseeded Mason Williams of Holy Cross defeated #7 Austin Guedry of East Ascension 4-1. 

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Quarterfinals

(1) Kendrick Jones (HNV) defeated (8) Jimmy Do (BR) in 0:39

(4) Calvin Griffin (COM) defeated (5) Tyler Almond (AIR) 6-4

(3) Travis Viener (BM) defeated (6) Matthew Caswell (SUL) in 1:33

(2) Guy Patron, Jr. (JES) defeated Mason Williams (HC) in 3:10

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Semifinals

(1) Kendrick Jones (HNV) defeated (4) Calvin Griffin (COM) in 1:49

(2) Guy Patron, Jr. (JES) defeated (3) Travis Viener (BM) via a 15-0 TF

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Consolation Rounds

3rd Place Match: (3) Travis Viener (BM) defeated (4) Calvin Griffin (COM) in 4:34

5th Place Match: (8) Jimmy Do (BR) defeated James DeLee (CAT) 5-3

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Finals

(1) Kendrick Jones (HNV) defeated (2) Guy Patron, Jr. (JES) 10-8 Jones started the scoring with a double-leg takedown in the first 25 seconds, but about 25 seconds later Patron switched Jones and the first period ended in a 2-2 tie.  In the second period Jones took a 4-2 lead via a reversal, but Patron crept closer with an escape, and the second period ended with Jones ahead 4-3.  Patron tied the score at 4-4 with an escape within 15 seconds of the start of the third period, but Jones was able to score another takedown for a 6-4 lead.  Patron again cut the lead to one point, 6-5, with an escape, but it was Jones taking an 8-5 lead with another double-leg takedown with 1:12 remaining.  Patron escaped again 10 seconds later, making the difference two points at 8-6, but Jones, with 25 seconds remaining, scored yet another takedown for a 10-6 lead.  With eight seconds remaining Patron reversed Jones again, but time ran out and Jones had his second Division I state title via a10-8 score.  Jones finished the season 53-0 against Louisiana opponents and 61-0 against all opponents.  Patron finished 30-3 and 45-4.

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Division II

Season Synopsis

Aside from his loss to Dieringer of Oklahoma, Brother Martin's Yehia Riles' closest match was a 3-1 tie-breaker win in the finals of the Dutchtown Griffin Open.  That was against Live Oak's Brody Bonura, a Division II fourth-place finisher in 2013 and a runner-up in 2014.  Bonura's only other loss of the season was also to Riles in the finals of the Louisiana Classic.  His 47 wins against Louisiana opponents included matches over Division I runner-up Brandon Verges of Fontainebleau, Division I semifinalists Keegan Gilligan of Airline and Tyler Ventress of McKinley, Jordan Averett of St. Amant and the 170 lbs. Division I state champion Brice Duhe of Holy Cross (albeit Duhe moved up a weight for that match).  Bonura won the Warrior Open, the Central Wildcat Open, the Spartan Open, the Zachary Big Horse, was undefeated at the Deep South Bayou Duals, won the Lone Survivor, the Ken Cole and the Greater Baton Rouge Championships.

However, each of those wins was at 182 lbs.  For the state tournament, in an effort to help Live Oak do as well as possible as a team, Bonura competed in the 195 lbs. weight class.

The second seed was St. Thomas More senior David Quiring who, at least since his sophomore year, had put together a very impressive wrestling career on a team with very few members.  This season Quiring did not compete until January 10th, but he started off well in winning the Lone Survivor Tournament at Parkway, and he also won the Lafayette Metro tournament.  His only loss to a Louisiana wrestler in his seven matches prior to the state tournament was at the Louisiana Classic in which Brother Martin's Travis Viener, the Division I 195 lbs. third-place finisher, defeated him 5-2.

Preliminary Rounds

One upset was recorded in the first round when unseeded Cole weber of Teurlings Catholic defeated #4 Justin Gaskin of North DeSoto 4-2.

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

(1) Brody Bonura (LO) defeated (5) Isaiah McKinsey (BOS) 14-4

(2) David Quiring (StM) defeated (3) Jacob Spohrer (PR) 11-5

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) Brody Bonura (LO) defeated (2) David Quiring (StM) 3-2 This was wholly a defensive contest.  Bonura scored an escape with 1:44 remaining in the second period to take a 1-0 lead.  Quiring tied the score in the third period with an escape, but then Bonura scored the only takedown of the match to pull ahead 3-1.  Quiring scored another escape with 14 seconds remaining, but Bonura was able to hold off Quiring's takedown attempts to secure the championship 3-2.  Bonura finished the year 50-2 against Louisiana opponents and 58-2 overall.  Quiring was 8-2 and 8-3.

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Division III

Season Synopsis

Despite having only a 5-1 record prior to the state championships Fisher's Matt Adams was a defending Division III state champion, and his only loss was to Division I senior Travis Viener of Brother Martin at the St. Paul's Invitational (in which Adams placed third).  One of those wins was a fall in 1:24 over South Plaquemine's Braxton Williamson.

Calvary Baptist's Justice Henson also had a pretty good, albeit also rather short, season.  Henson was 13-3 and, while two of his losses were to Division I and II competitors, his other loss was to Williamson.  Henson, however, avenged that loss at the Brusly Invitational and thus was seeded second.  Lane Joubert of Basile was seeded third as he beat #4 Williamson at the Brusly Invitational.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first round. 

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

(1) Matt Adams (FSH) defeated (4) Braxton Williamson 19-6

(2) Justice Henson (CB) defeated (3) Lane Joubert (BAS) in 1:06

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

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