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Fontainebleau's Ethan Eisenhardt tries to secure the leg of Lafayette's Rodrigo Diaz in the Division I finals.

Division I Bracket	Division II Bracket	Division III Bracket
Place Name School 1 (1) Ethan Eisenhardt Fontainebleau 2 (2) Rodrigo Diaz Lafayette 3 (4) Robert Hudgins Rummel 4 (5) K.J. Wilson CAT 5 (6) Stephen Cloud Hahnville 6 (7) Collin Francis St. Paul's	Place Name School 1 (1) Nicholas Simoneaux Live Oak 2 (2) Kellen Lockhart Sam Houston 3 Ethan Wood St. Thomas More 4 Lee Schwarzenbach Teurlings Catholic 5 (6) Michael Mason Belle Chasse 6 (5) Bradley Brignac St. Michael	Place Name School 1 (1) Donald Johnson Brusly 2 (2) Mason Rabel Dunham 3 (4) Trenton Anderson De la Salle 4 (5) Xavier Mitchel John Curtis 5 (3) Kelvin McNeil, Jr. Evangel 6 Brendon Holiday University Lab

Division I

Season Synopsis

When compared to the state championships the rest of the season must have been a breeze for Fontainebleau's Ethan Eisenhardt.  In his 34 wins (including out-of-state competitors) he had only three matches that were not wins by at least a major decision or a fall.  He had no losses and during the season won the Trey Culotta, went undefeated in the Huntsville, Alabama, Battlefield Duals, won the Rayne Invitational, the Ken Cole and the St. Paul's Invitational tournaments.  He was an easy choice for the #1 seed in Division I.

The #2 seed took a little while to get his season started on the right track.  Lafayette junior Rodrigo Diaz lost two matches in November.  He did not get a chance to avenge his first loss, a 3-1 Sudden Victory affair with Catholic's Nicholas Cashio, but he did get even and surpass the soon-to-be Division II state champion Nicholas Simoneaux of Live Oak.  Diaz beat Simoneaux at the Griffin Open 9-8, but Simoneaux defeated Diaz in the Spartan Open semifinals 19-13.   Diaz returned the favor (with interest) at the Live Oak Duals and at the Ken Cole.  Between his loss to Simoneaux and the state tournament Diaz did lose two matches to Hahnville's Kendrick Jones, but, then, who didn't?  Diaz did successfully defend his 2013-14 Ronnie Suarez District 5A Tournament and Lafayette Metro Tournament titles and brought 42 victories with him to the state championships.

Brother Martin's Jacob Clapp was seeded third and Rummel's Robert Hudgins was the #4 seed. 

Preliminary Rounds

Round 2: Rodrigo Diaz (LAF) defeated Darian Jackson (McK) in 1:16

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Quarterfinals

(1) Ethan Eisenhardt (FNT) defeated (8) Darian Mitchell (BAR) 2-1 Mitchell was the first of three matches Eisenhardt wrestler which were determined by one point.

(4) Robert Hudgins (RUM) defeated (5) K.J. Wilson (CAT) 4-3

(6) Stephen Cloud (HNV) defeated (3) Jacob Clapp (BM) 9-4 SV Cloud avenged a loss in 4:29 to Clapp at the Trey Culotta

(2) Rodrigo Diaz (LAF) defeated (7) Collin Francis (StP) via a 17-2 TF

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Semifinals

(1) Ethan Eisenhardt (FNT) defeated (4) Robert Hudgins (RUM) 3-2 Hudgins' only other losses on the season were to #2 Diaz and #3 Clapp

(2) Rodrigo Diaz (LAF) defeated (6) Stephen Cloud (HNV) in 5:21

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Consolation Rounds

3rd Place Match: (4) Robert Hudgins (RUM) defeated (5) K.J. Wilson (CAT) 13-5

5th Place Match: (6) Stephen Cloud (HNV) defeated (7) Collin Francis (StP) 5-1

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Finals

(1) Ethan Eisenhardt (FNT) defeated (2) Rodrigo Diaz (LAF) 3-2  The first time these two met was in the finals of the Ken Cole, a match won by Eisenhardt 3-1 in a Sudden Victory period.  This match was almost a repeat.  No points were scored in the first period.  Eisenhardt scored an escape early in the second period but neither wrestler could score a takedown in the remainder of that period.  In the third Diaz tied the score with an escape after 20 seconds had gone by, and it looked as though another Sudden Victory round would be in play.  But 10 seconds later Eisenhardt broke the standoff with a double-leg takedown to take a 3-1 lead.  Diaz escaped with 54 seconds remaining to make the score 3-2, but Eisenhardt was able, without appearing to stall, to hold on and complete his undefeated season with a state championship for Fontainebleau.  Eisenhardt finished with a 33-0 record against Louisiana wrestlers and a 38-0 overall record.  Diaz finished 44-7 and 45-7.

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Division II

Season Synopsis

Live Oak's Nicholas Simoneaux had a great season.  With 44 wins, his only losses to Louisiana wrestlers were all to very good opponents, including the Division I state finalists Eisenhardt and Diaz (whom Simoneaux also beat once), Nick Cashio of Catholic (who probably would have been a high seed at the DI state championships but who was injured during the Louisiana Classic), Austin Guedry of East Ascension (seeded #7 in DI at 195 lbs. and whom Simoneaux defeated three other times) and to Brusly's Donald Johnson, whom Simoneaux later defeated in a dual meet and at the Greater Baton Rouge Championships finals.  Aside from the GBRs Simoneaux also took home titles from the Zachary Big Horse, the Parkway Lone Survivor and the cream of the crop - the Louisiana Classic, in which he defeated Centreville's Brian Arnett and Brother Martin's Jacob Clapp. 

Sam Houston's Kellen Lockhart brought a 24-11 Louisiana record to the state championships.  Lockhart won the Jesse James Southwest Shootout, avenging a December loss to Darian Mitchell of Barbe.  Lockhart, seeded second behind Simoneaux, had one thing against him, though: Simoneaux had beaten him twice: 6-0 and via a fall in 3:00.

Pearl River's Robert McNeil was seeded third and Huntington's Kasell Fair was seeded fourth.  Those two really left the weight class a Simoneaux-Lockhart affair, though, as McNeil at 1-2 and Fair at 0-2 exited the event early.

Preliminary Rounds

In the first round Bossier's Brandon Simpson upset #8 Lee Schwarzenbach of Teurlings Catholic in 1:51and Rayne's Michael Gossen defeated #7 Kyser Franklin of Riverdale in 4:28.

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Quarterfinals

Belle Chasse's #6 Michael Mason upset Pearl River's #3 Robert McNeil in 3:30 to reach the semifinals against Lockhart.  McNeil had defeated Mason in 3:27 at the Belle Chasse Duals on January 10th.

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Semifinals

(1) Nicholas Simoneaux (LO) defeated (5) Bradley Brignac (STMA) in 1:58

(2) Kellen Lockhart (SH) defeated (6) Michael Mason (BC) 7-1

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) Nicholas Simoneaux (LO) defeated (2) Kellen Lockhart in 2:57 Lockhart started the scoring with a takedown after a minute had passed in the first period, but in the space of about five seconds Simoneaux escaped and took Lockhart down with an ankle-pick to take a 3-2 lead, which is how the period ended.  In the second period Simoneaux started on the top and stayed there, turning Lockhart to his back with a tight-waist and a chicken-wing, and securing a fall in 2:57 for Live Oak's third state title of the evening.  Simoneaux finished his senior year 43-11 against Louisiana wrestlers and 4-14 against all competitors.  Lockhart finished 27-12 and 29-13.

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Division III

Season Synopsis

In 2014 Brusly's Donald Johnson was seeded first at 220 lbs. in Division III but was upset in the semifinals and had to settle for third place.  This year Johnson was seeded #1 again, bringing 38 wins to the state tournament.  Of his 11 losses to Louisiana wrestlers all had come from prominent Division I wrestlers the likes of Eisenhardt (FNT), Diaz (LAF) and Clapp (BM), and two to the Division II champion Simoneaux of Live Oak.  More importantly as far as the state championships were concerned, however, he also defeated #2 seed Mason Rabel of Dunham at the Ken Cole in 50 seconds.

Rabel had 24 wins and all of his losses were to Division I or Division II opponents.  He also had some wins over some high-quality opponents including St. Paul's Chase Cochran, Sam Houston's Kellen Lockhart, McKinley's Darian Jackson and the #3 seed, Kelvin McNeil, Jr. of Evangel.

Preliminary Rounds

No upsets were recorded in the first round.

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Quarterfinals

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Semifinals

(1) Donald Johnson (BRU) defeated (4) Trenton Anderson (DLS) 5-2

(2) Mason Rabel (DUN) defeated (3) Kelvin McNeil, Jr. in 3:43

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Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(1) Donald Johnson (BRU) defeated (2) Mason Rabel (DUN) 16-4 Johnson manhandled Rabel in this match, scoring takedowns and then nearfall points at will with cradles.  When it was over the Brusly senior had defeated the Dunham sophomore by a major 16-4 decision and earned Brusly its sixth title of the night.  Johnson finished the season 34-11 against Louisiana opponents and 41-13 against all opponents.  Rabel finished 26-9 and 26-10.

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