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Division II - 170 pounds: Rummel's Ramirez completes perfect season

March 25th, 2016 | Written by: Editor

Though his team dropped to Division II this season, Josh Ramirez of Rummel wrestled as one would expect a defending Division I wrestler would. Counting the state championships, Ramirez went 41-0, mostly at 182 lbs. but often at 195 lbs. It was not until January 27th that he competed at 170 lbs., which he did for two matches prior to the trip to Bossier City. There he recorded two falls and two technical falls, the last of which was a 20-4 decision over Huntington's D'Anta Anderson in the finals. Actually, Ramirez has not lost a match since the finals of the 2015 Louisiana Classic.

Synopsis

Ramirez won everything, and in convincing manner. In tournament finals matches his bouts ended as follows: the Raider Invitational - a fall in 4:40; the Brusly 8 - a fall in 0:53; the Trey Culotta - an 18-7 major decision; the Louisiana Classic - a fall in 0:50; the Division II state championships - a 20-4 technical fall. Along the way he defeated two soon-to-be Division II champions, two defending Division III state champions, and the best of Division I's 182 lbs. competitors, including Airline's Keegan Gilligan, Travis Viener of Brother Martin, the surprise Division I finalists Matthew Putnam of Holy Cross and Brandon Greer of Jesuit, and Division I 195 lbs. finalist Trevon Honor of Hahnville.

His opponent in the finals was defending Division II state champion D'Anta Anderson of Huntington. Anderson had 18 wins on the season, including tournament wins at the Lone Survivor and the Shreveport City Championships. His only losses were to Airline's Keegan Gilligan, who would be the Division I 182 lbs. #1 seed, in a dual meet, and to Comeaux's Kole Miller in the Ken Cole finals.

A surprise in the weight class was the third-place finish of Benton sophomore Jordan Miles, who was seeded seventh. Miles officially came under the radar LWN at the Ken Cole, at which he lost his first round match via a 22-9 major decision to Carencro's Kordell Williams, but battled back with to place fourth, two spots higher than Williams.

Placers

Place	Name	School	Seed	Year
1st	Josh Ramirez	Rummel	1	10
2nd	D'Anta Anderson	Huntington	2	11
3rd	Jordan Myles	Benton	7	10
4th	Charles Bowah	Tara	3	12
5th	Tyler Carriere	Rayne	4	10
6th	Kordell Williams	Carencro	5	11

1st	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th

Josh Ramirez	Josh Ramirez	D'Anta Anderson	Jordan Myles	Charles Bowah	Tyler Carriere	Kordell Williams

Friday Rounds

Round 2: (3) Charles Bowah of Tara over Ben Butkiewicz of Bossier in 3:49.
(Special attention was paid to Tara senior Charles Bowah as the Trojans, who have had several stand-out wrestlers since their program started in 1971, did not have a presence in the 2014 or 2015 state championships. Bowah, who placed fourth, led seven Tara wrestlers in Bossier City and five others during the season. Bowah placed second in the Lone Survivor and third in the Jacob McMillan Memorial.