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Division I - 113
pounds: Sophomore Houser gets past unexpected finalist Schmidt |
March 25th, 2016 | Written by:
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Cole Houser won the Division I 113 lbs. state championship without having to
go through top-seeded Adam Larriviere of Jesuit, the only Division I wrestler to
defeat him all season. Larriviere, wrestling his first event since
December 28th, was upset in the semifinals 8-4 by Brother Martin
senior Paul-Stephen Schmidt. Unlike Larriviere, Houser had some very
recent experience against the fourth-seeded Schmidt, having defeated the
Crusader 3-1 in the Dale Ketelsen Memorial three weeks earlier. The
experience counted as Houser again only got past Schmidt by two points in a 4-2
finals win.
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Synopsis
St. Paul's sophomore Cole Houser placed second in his first two tournaments,
losing first to Rummel's Blake Mateu and then to Adam Larriviere of Jesuit.
In a late November dual meet he lost to another Raider, Brandon Willis, and then
again to Mateu in the Trey Culotta finals. Yet starting at the Deep South
Bayou Duals, Houser did not lose to another Louisiana competitor, and he was
able to avenge his loss to Willis twice. While many may have thought his
3-2 Louisiana Classic finals win over Brother Martin's Luke Cotton to be
Houser's most important pre-state tournament match, as it turns out, the St.
Paul's Invitational was more prophetic. Renamed the Dale Ketelsen
Memorial, in honor of the Louisiana coaching legend and father of St. Paul's
athletic director and head wrestling coach Craig Ketelsen, the event enabled
Houser to compete against Schmidt, whom very few knew would be the Crusaders'
113 lbs. starter in the state championships.
Schmidt had a good season as a backup to Steven Shields and Luke Cotton.
He placed third at the Mandeville Open, second at the Black Horse (behind
Shields), second at the Jefferson Invitational and he won the Zachary Big Horse.
After placing sixth at the Trey Culotta, Schmidt only wrestled one match at the
Deep South Bayou Duals but had five matches at the Belle Chasse Cardinal Duals before the
Dale Ketelsen Memorial. In Brother Martin's final dual meet against St.
Paul's Houser did not compete for the Wolves. Neither did Cotton for the
Crusaders, so very few knew about Cotton moving down to 106 lbs. giving Schmidt
a starting
opportunity.
Comeaux freshman Dylan Ames had an interesting season in the he lost more
matches to Division II and Division III wrestlers (nine combined) than to
Division one opponents three). The Division III losses were to Cotton,
Houser and, at 120 lbs., Catholic's Cameron Carpenter. Seeded third, that
is exactly where he finished after his semifinals loss to Houser, a close 6-4
affair, which was a far cry from an earlier 15-0 technical fall by Houser.
The freshman the defeated 8th-seeded Josh Fitzpatrick of Fontainebleau in 2:18
before scoring a fall over Jacob Spahn of Holy Cross in 4:04 to place third.
Larriviere won the 5th-6th match over Fitzpatrick after losing 12-9 to Spahn
in the consolation semifinals.
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Placers
Place |
Name |
School |
Seed |
Year |
1st |
Cole Houser |
St. Paul's |
2 |
10 |
2nd |
Paul-Stephen Schmidt |
Brother Martin |
4 |
12 |
3rd |
Dylan Ames |
Comeaux |
3 |
9 |
4th |
Jacob Spahn |
Holy Cross |
6 |
10 |
5th |
Adam Larriviere |
Jesuit |
1 |
10 |
6th |
Josh Fitzpatrick |
Fontainebleau |
8 |
10 |
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Quarterfinals
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(1) Adam Larriviere (JES) defeated (8) Josh
Fitzpatrick (FNT via a 10-0 major decision. |
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(4) Paul-Stephen Schmidt (BM) pinned (5) Tucker
Almond of Airline in 2:56. |
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(3) Dylan Ames (COM) defeated (6) Jacob Spahn
(HC) via a 17-1 technical fall. |
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(2) Cole Houser (StP) defeated (7) Ruben
Lorenzo (McK) via a 10-1 major decision. |
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Semifinals
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(4) Paul-Stephen Schmidt (BM) defeated (1) Adam
Larriviere (JES) 8-4. |
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(3) Houser (StP) defeated Ames (CCOM) 6-4. |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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(3) Dylan Ames (COM) pinned (6) Jacob Spahn
(HC) in 4:04 to win 3rd place. |
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(1) Adam Larriviere (JES) pinned (8) Josh
Fitzpatrick (FNT) in 1:57 to win 5th place. |
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Finals
(2) Cole Houser of St. Paul's defeated (4)
Paul-Stephen Schmidt of Brother Martin 4-2. |
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