Volume IV, No. 12, March, 2016

March, 2016	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
March 25th	Crusaders and Rebels repeat as Division I and Division II champions, Cavaliers oust Brusly in Division III Bossier City, CenturyLink Center deliver on promise of a very successful state wrestling tournament	Editor, Emily Hamman, Dionne Harter
March 13th	Michaels and Roman edged out in NCAA Division III finals matches	Editor
March 12th	Michael and Gerard lead Louisiana contingent in Wartburg's 12th NCAA Division III Championships title	Editor
March 7th	Former Zachary star Johnson places fourth in South Carolina	Editor

Volume IV, No. 11, February, 2016

February, 2016	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
February 28th	Kendon Lee places third in Oklahoma 6A state championships	Editor; Photos by Mandy Kayser
February 21st	What exactly makes the State article take so long?	Editor
February 14th	Your 2016 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships Team Victors: Division I Brother Martin Division II Teurlings Catholic Division III De la Salle (Hint: Do not click the images above.  They do nothing - they do not even open to a larger image.)	Editor
February 13th	Brother Martin, Teurlings Catholic and De la Salle are primed for team championshps	Editor
February 13th	DI and DIII favorites start distancing themselves; DII is still very close	Editor
February 12th	Close races abound after Session I of the 2016 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships Update	Editor, Emily Hamann
February 11th	Time to kill in Bossier City Pre-state update from Bossier City	Editor
February 10th	2016 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships seeding analysis (Because everybody should know what the editor thinks)	Editor
February 10th	Reeves Marine available for tailgating/overnights across from CenturyLink Center	Coach John Tademy
February 4th	Blue Jays nip Tigers in Senior Night season finale Jesuit 39-Holy Cross 32	Editor
February 1st	Catholic retains Greater Baton Rouge Championships title	Editor | Additional photos by Carol Messina

Volume IV, No. 10, January, 2016

January, 2016	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
January 31st	Catholic, Airline, Teurlings Catholic and Sulphur secure regional bragging rights	Editor
January 30th	Four events to provide bragging rights for a year Recap of last week's events	Editor
January 29th	Comeaux ends 27-year Ken Cole championship drought	Editor
January 26th	Greater New Orleans Championships for 2016 Cancelled	Eric Desormeaux
January 23rd	Host Comeaux takes early lead in 40th Ken Cole Invitational Teurlings Catholic in second, one point ahead of tied Holy Cross and Jesuit	Editor
January 21st	Middle weights carry Crusaders past Blue Jays 41-18	Editor
January 21st	Crusaders remain the Division I favorites after a dominating Louisiana Classic win	Editor
January 18th	Crusaders, Panthers and Greyhounds (yes - Greyhounds) earn titles over the weekend	Editor; Contributors: Nick DiGerolamo; Basile Wrestling Boosters
January 16th	Crusaders take comfortable lead after day one of the Louisiana Classic	Editor
January 14th	Gambill gambit pays off; Crusaders roll to a 72-3 victory over Hahnville [Left: Alfonso-Honor III; Right: Clapp-Cloud I]	Editor
January 13th	Louisiana Classic preview and seeding possibilities Editor's seeding grades compiled: January 15th	Editor
January 11th	Weekend review: 01-8th & 9th De la Salle, Live Oak, St. Paul's, Comeaux and Brother Martin (thrice) earn team championships	Editor; Contributors: Jay Olinde, Kevin Foote, David Menendez, Rayne Wrestling FB, Brother Martin Alumni FB, Fontainebleau FB contributor
January 10th	Cavaliers stake their claim as the Division III state favorites by dominating the Brusly Division III Invitational	Editor
January 9th	Bears in tough battle for third at Alabama's Hoover Invitational	Editor
January 8th	Crusaders place second, Wolves fourth, in stern Deep South Bayou Duals test Jesuit, Catholic, Teurlings Catholic and Holy Cross place in Top-16	Editor
January 8th	USA Wrestling Louisiana Folkstyle Tournament Schedule	Matt Pinero
January 3rd	WeekendS in review	Editor, Guy Patron, Sr., Brian Hess, Stacey Walden
January 2	Crusaders net two champions and place second at Prep Slam VIII	Editor, Trevor Carriere, Mark Cotton
January 1st	Crusaders take fifth straight Culotta title St. Paul's continues to impress	Editor
January 1st	Boudreaux shines in Georgia at the Dixie Nationals	Editor; Brent Boudreaux

Volume IV, No. 9, December, 2015

December, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
December 30th	Jefferson, GA team upends game Crusader squad in Deep South Bayou Duals Wolves place fourth (More to follow)	Editor
December 28th	Crusaders, Wolves to face stiff competition in Deep South Bayou Duals semifinals	Editor
December 27th	Crusaders seek third consecutive Deep South Bayou Duals title	Editor
December 26th	Comeaux prevails at McMillan Basile's Christ, Lafayette's Diaz win OWs	Editor
December 24th	Crusaders take fifth straight Culotta title Undefeated list loses three [More to come]	Editor
December 23rd	Crusaders lead after the first day of the Trey Culotta Invitational	Editor
December 22nd	Weekend Review and Culotta Preview	Editor; photos contributed by Dana Fontenot, Steve Rando and Mandy Kayser
December 18th	Tigers in 5th place after first day in Vegas	Editor
December 16th	Crusaders take fourth consecutive Jefferson Invitational	Editor
December 16th	Heavyweight Hunter prevents King shutout vs. Live Oak Depleted Raiders dominate depleted Eagles 138 lbs. proving to be very tough Hawxhurst prevents sweep of matches vs. Rummel	Editor
December 11th	Vestavia Hill repeats as Border Wars champion Patron, Jr. repeats as 195 lbs. champion	Editor
December 8th	2015 Evangel Open Preview	Editor, John Tademy
December 7th	A busy weekend for Louisiana wrestlers in three states	Editor | Numerous FB users and Ms. Keren Davis
December 6th	Holy Cross places 2nd, Jesuit 3rd at 2015 South Walton Border Wars Vestavia Hills repeats as champions	Editor
December 5th	Gallant efforts all but Patron, Jr. is the sole Louisiana Border Wars champion Tigers have four, Blue Jays two in the 2015 Border Wars finals Pre-finals report (4:45 p.m.) A good Friday for a lot of Louisiana grapplers at 3rd South Walton Border Wars (2:30 a.m.)	Editor
December 4th	Border Wars about to get underway (1:30 p.m.)	Editor
December 2nd	Borders Wars field should test Louisiana's best NOTE: Rummel, Cambridge, GA not to participate as of 12/02/2016	Editor

Volume IV, No. 8, November, 2015

November, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
November 29th	Patron, Jr., Mateu, Pickren seek to repeat as Border Wars champions in Destin	Editor
November 28th	Brother Martin places 10 of 13 entrants to win Spartan Invitational championship St. Amant's Brownell earns second Outstanding Wrestler award	Editor
November 25th	Weekend in review: Crusaders take Spartan - Holy Cross, St. Amant & Comeaux have strong showings Airline's Walden wins State Games of Oklahoma	Editor | Airline photos provided by Stacy Walden
November 23rd	Lafayette's Rodrigo Diaz signs with Division I Missouri	Editor, with article by Kevin Foote
November 23rd	Spartan Invitational again attracts the toughest competition of the young season	Editor
November 22nd	Weekend review - Brother Martin, Catholic and St. Paul's reign supreme, while at Teurlings Catholic - just rain	Editor, Kent Masson, Brian Hess, Ezra Grant and Paul Ulfers
November 22nd	New Crusader starters keep Brother Martin the Division I favorite Brother Martin defeats East Ascension, St. Amant; Gators beat Spartans	Editor
November 20th	Louisiana's Gerald Roman (BM '12), Mat Pinero (RUM '12) and Conor Campo (StP '13) ranked 1, 2 & 3 in NCAA Division III for #1 Wartburg (See "Archived Stories" - 11-17-15)	Judy Roman
November 17th	DiGerolamo wins, Clementi takes second in Mayhem in Memphis	Editor, Nicholas DiGerolamo
November 17th	St. Paul's and Jesuit remain neck-and-neck after Mandeville Open	Editor
November 15th	Saturday results briefer than an LSU drive against Arkansas (Updated as of 8:20 p.m.)	Editor
November 13th	Brusly, Central and Mandeville to host events this weekend	Editor
November 12th	Jesuit and St. Amant make strong showings at 10th Warrior Open Airline and Catholic place six apiece Rayne's Simon and St. Amant's Brownell earn OWs (Photo-amended 02-01-16)	Editor
November 9th	Jesuit and St. Paul's make history in first outdoor match in Louisiana Jesuit slips past St. Paul's in a see-saw match Team scores had seven lead changes and four ties	Editor
November 4th	Belle Chasse tops NOMMA and East Jefferson in well contested tri-meet for all Cardinals dominate, but smaller NOMMA and East Jefferson teams show their mettle	Editor
November 1st	Jesuit and St. Paul's beat Iowa and Oklahoma State...for first outdoor dual meet Teurlings Rebel Open to follow suit on November 21st	Editor.  Contributors: Sheridan Moran, Craig Ketelsen, Kent Masson

Volume IV, No. 7, October, 2015

October, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
October 8th	Looking Back (just for fun)...	Editor
October 6th	Baton Rouge clinic on Sunday, October 11th, at Bayou Jiu Jitsu	Editor, Eric Manuel

Volume IV, No. 6, September, 2015

September, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
September 10th	2015-16 Preview	Editor
September 8th	State tournament moved up to February 12th and 13th, 2016	Editor, Michael Cronin
September 5th	State championships are won by those who work the hardest [...and into the valley of death rode the one guy in his 2003 Saturn L200 with just over 70K miles on it...]	Editor

Volume IV, No. 5, August, 2015

August, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
August 25th	Neil Erisman Clinic: August 29th at the SROTC at Rummel	Jon Orillion
August 25th	NEW DATE  - Jon Orillion Clinics: September 5th and 19th at the Wrestling Academy of Louisiana - NEW DATE	Jon Orillion
August 22nd	2015-16 Louisiana Wrestling Officials Rules Clinic October 3rd, 2015, at Catholic High School in Baton Rouge (in the wrestling room)	Paul Ulfers
August 15th	The Belle Chasse Wrestling Club competed in the 2015 North Florida Open from 7/31-8/1 at Tate High School in Pensacola, Florida.  Brodey Lege placed 1st and Zachary Edwards placed 2nd in the IBT tournament on Saturday. Other Louisiana competitors included three and four wrestlers from Holy Cross and Live Oak respectively.	Coach Michael Cronin (Belle Chasse)
August 11th	Younger and much older Louisiana grapplers fare well out-of-state this summer Spencer Lanosga, Richie Clementi, Landon Smith, Nicholas DiGerolamo, coach Chuck Stall and Coach James Casadaban all brought home hardware from tournaments in Wisconsin, Las Vegas and Alabama.	Editor, Nick DiGerolamo, Kimberly  Lanosga

Volume IV, No. 4, July, 2015

July, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
July 23rd	Lirette only Louisianan remaining in Junior Freestyle; Kayser one match from All-American placing in Cadets	Editor
June 22nd	Kayser places 6th in Greco-Roman Cadets-garners All-American status; is lone survivor of six LA wrestlers in the USAW Cadet Men's Freestyle Nationals	Editor
July 21st	Three Louisiana grapplers finish one match short of All-American status in Fargo	Editor
July 20th	Raven Guidry earns Louisiana's 1st All-American recognition in Fargo with 7th-place finish	Editor, Kenny Whittle
July 18th	Iowa's Team Valley takes the title; other out-of-state teams place 2nd-10th at the 2015 Jazz Town Duals	Editor
July 1st	2015 Brother Martin All-American Wrestling Camp - July 13th-17th	J.P. Pierre

Volume IV, No. 3, June, 2015

June, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
June 24th	Mark Perry Camp @ Rummel - July 7th-8th	Jon Orillion
June 22nd	Iowa's Team Valley dominates 2015 Jazz Town Duals Champions - Team Valley, Iowa Runner-up - Penn Gold, Indiana 3rd Place - Best Trained, Texas	Editor
June 21st	The I's have it: Three Indiana teams and one from Iowa join Texas' Best Trained as Saturday's pools winners at the Jazz Town Duals	Editor
June 18th	Young Lane Boudreaux continues to impress	Editor, Brent Boudreaux
June 18th	Riverdale Rebels in search of a head coach	Editor, Michael Savage
June 17th	2015 Jazz Town Duals schedule and Saturday's pools match-ups	Editor, Lance Nicholl
June 13th	Jazz Town Duals to attract some familiar faces and stalwart newcomers (Updated June 17th)	Editor
June 4th	Live Oak Camp with coaches Ryan King (King Select Wrestling) and Khris Whelan (formerly of Mizzou): June 13th	Chris Collier
June 1st	Luther College and St. Amant High School June 12th-13th at St. Amant	Jose Diaz

Volume IV, No. 2, May, 2015

May, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
May 27th	Buck Watkins Wrestling Camp at Rayne High School, July 13th-16th	Matthew Credeur
May 27th	University of Missouri/Teurlings Catholic Camp on July 20th-22st	Kent Masson
May 26th	Diaz and Priestly photos added to After State Update	Brandon Billeaud
May 26th	Jeff Ragan Clinic at Live Oak on July 17th-18th	Chris Collier
May 26th	Wrestling Academy of Louisiana (in Mandeville) General Information Future Champions Camp Ages 6-11 Varsity Camp Ages 12 & Up Summer Fundamentals All Ages N/A June 22nd-26th July 27th-July 31st June 2nd-July 23rd	Josh Kotter
May 17th	Louisiana Wrestling News "Best of 2014-15" Rankings	Editor
May 17th	Holy Cross hosts USAW Freestyle and Greco-Roman state championships	Editor
May 12th	After State Update:  LA teams place well at Dixie Duals; Bates, Phillips, K. Jones, Patron, Jr., Mateu, Diaz, J. Jones and Dublin garner national accolades at Brute Nationals, USAW/Cliff Keen and East Coast Nationals The LA Gold and LA Silver teams at the 2015 Alabama Dixie Duals.  LA Gold placed third overall and LA Silver placed third in the pool runners-up championships. Phillips and Bates won Brute Nationals Championships Jones placed 3rd and Patron Jr. placed 5th at the USAW/Cliff Keen Folkstyle Nationals Right: Corey Dublin of Jesuit placed 7th at the USAW/Cliff Keen Folkstyle Nationals Brittany Bates placed fourth in a bracket with five boys at the East Coast Nationals America Crown	Editor, John Smith, Steve Rando, Guy Patron, Sr.

Volume IV, No. 1, April, 2015

April, 2015	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
April 25th	2015 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships Explanations	Editor, Camille Tyra, Josh Matthews, Peyton Matherne
April 9th	Freestyle and Greco-Roman Junior Nationals at Fargo - July 17-26th - Application Included	Coach Jon Orillion
April 1st	Dax Charles Camp at John Ehret on April 11th	Coach Dean Tessitore

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