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Cole Houser
defends 2016 title; Brother Martin's Cotton places second |
LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division I, 120
Pounds |
May 12th, 2017 | Written by:
Editor |
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Cole Houser of St. Paul's
puts Brother Martin's Luke Cotton safely back onto the mat. Houser
won the match 6-3 for his second state championship. |
The 120 lbs. weight class was a battle of two defending state champions.
St. Paul's Cole Houser was seeded first. Brother Martin's Luke Cotton was
seeded third due, in part, to a loss to Houser in a dual meet. Oddly, Holy
Cross junior Jacob Spahn was seeded second. This may be explained via
three matches. Against Jesuit, Luke Eccles beat Cotton 9-6. Against
Holy Cross, Spahn defeated Eccles 17-12. Hence, the seeding went Houser,
Spahn, Cotton and Eccles. If those matches were the criteria used, Eccles
should have been seeded third and Cotton fourth. But actually, Jacob Spahn
was a bit of an unknown entity this season. Against Louisiana opponents
Spahn was 3-2. He beat Anthony Ribando of Shaw, Ben Davidson of St. Pauls'
and Eccles. His losses were to Rummel's Blake Mateu and Brother Martin's
Alex Duncan (not a Crusader starter). Most of his matches were
out-of-state ones in Florida and Las Vegas. In his out-of-state matches
Spahn was 8-4. Make no mistake, Mr. Spahn is very good, but it is
questionable if he had the kind of season to merit a second seed at the state
tournament. Make no mistake, though - the state tournament may not have
been his best, and he should be a force to be reckoned with next season.
Houser was seed first due to a 40-1 record, with his only loss coming from
Brother Martin's Steven Shields. He placed first in the Raider 8, won the
Mandeville Open, placed fourth at the South Walton Border Wars, was a runner-up
at the Trey Culotta and then won the Louisiana Classic and the Ketelsen
Memorial.
Cotton, the number three seed from Holy Cross, has a record of 37-3. His
losses came from Blake Mateu of Rummel, Houser and Eccles. He won the
Cinco Ranch Big 12, the Spartan Invitational, the Blackhorse and the Trey
Culotta, and placed second at the Prep Slam and the Louisiana Classic.
The seeding, luckily, had little impact on the tournament. Houser scored
fall in 2:33 and 3:33 before winning his semifinals match against #4 Eccles 4-1.
Cotton Scored falls in 4:56 and 5:11 to make the semifinals. Joining him
there was Spahn, who scored falls in 1:14 and 0:50 before meeting Cotton in the
semifinals. Cotton won that match, and the right to meet Houser in the
finals, via a fall in 3:37.
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
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Cole Houser |
Luke Cotton |
Luke Eccles |
Perry-Jude Franklin |
Jacob Spahn |
Tyler Hanson |
St. Paul's |
Brother Martin |
Jesuit |
Catholic |
Holy Cross |
Comeaux |
#1 Seed |
#3 Seed |
#4 Seed |
#5 Seed |
#2 Seed |
#6 Seed |
Junior |
Junior |
Sophomore |
Senior |
Junior |
Senior |
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Early Championship Rounds
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Round 1: Sergio Mondalnado (BON) pinned Alexander
Rosario (HAN) in 2:41 |
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Round 1: Cung Thang (LAF) defeated Austin Martina (Dutchtown) 8-4 |
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Round 2: #3 Luke Cotton (BM) pinned Tyler
Eckman (Airline) in 4:56 |
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Round 2: #4 Eccles (JES) pinned Brandon Shepherd (CHL) in 1:54 |
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Round 2: #6 Hansen (COM) defeated Montalbano (BON) via a 17-1 Technical
Fall at 6:00 |
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Quarterfinals
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#1 Cole Houser (StP) pinned #8 Josh Fitzpatrick
(FNT) in 3:33. |
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#4 Luke Eccles (JES) defeated #5 Perry Jude Franklin (CAT) via a 14-1
Major Decision. |
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#3 Luke Cotton (BM) pinned #7 Tyler Hanson (COM) in 5:11. |
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#2 Jacob Spahn (HC) defeated Braedon Csaszar (ACA) in 0:50. |
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Semifinals
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#1 Cole Houser (StP) defeated #4 Luke Eccles (JES) 4-1. |
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#3 Cotton (BM) pinned #2 Jacob Spahn (HC) in 3:37. |
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Consolation Rounds
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Consolation Round 2: Martinez (DUT) pinned
Olinde (EA) in 3:44 |
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Consolation Round 2: #8 Josh Fitzpatrick (FNT) defeated Tyler Eckman
(AIR) via a 16-4 Major Decision |
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Consolation Round 2: Alexander Rosario (HAN) pinned Shepherd (CHL) in
1:33. |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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#4 Luke Eccles (JES) won via an injury at 4:00 over Perry Jude Franklin
of Catholic
to place 3rd |
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#2 Jacob Spahn (HC) defeated Tyler Hanson (COM) 4-2
to place 5th |
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Finals
#1 Cole Houser of St Paul's defeated #3 Luke
Cotton of Brother Martin 6-3 |
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