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In a battle of
state champions, Shields wins his fourth state title while Clement and
Holy Cross take home the Division I Brother Melchior trophy |
LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division I, 132
Pounds |
May 12th, 2017 | Written by:
Editor |
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#1 Steven Shields of
Brother Martin defeated #2, defending state champion Cole Clement of
Holy Cross, 5-2, to become the second wrestler in the modern era to win four consecutive
individual Division I state championships. (Paul Klein of Brother
Martin did it from
2012 to 2015.) |
Only two years ago Brother Martin's Paul Klein won his fourth consecutive
Division I state championship. In the finals at 132 lbs. Crusader senior
Steven Shields had a chance to match that mark. Previously he defeated
Nicholas Lirette of Hahnville (a 2016 state champion), Beau Bush of Holy Cross
and Joseph Dupree of Jesuit. His opponent would be Holy Cross senior Cole
Clement, who won a Division I state championship in 2016..
Shields wrestled at 126 lbs. through the Prep Slam in Atlanta and them moved up
to 132 lbs. for six dual meets before the Louisiana Classic. He had
already won the Cinco Ranch Big 12, the Spartan Invitational and the Trey
Culotta, and finished in third place at the Prep Slam. Feasibly Brother
Martin may have wanted to test Shields against Clement, as knocking off a
defending state champion would benefit the Crusaders more than Shields winning
at 126 lbs. and Clement at 132 lbs. at the state championships.
At the Louisiana Classic nothing went as expected. After a first round bye
second-seeded Cole Clement, a defending Division I state champion from Holy
Cross, lost to Jesuit's Jackson DeGruy 5-3. DeGruy would make it to the
finals, but not versus the top-seeded Shields. The Crusader was shocked by
East Ascension freshman Trent Mahoney, who was seeded fourth, via a fall in
3:21. DeGruy and Mahoney made it to the finals, and Mahoney scored a fall
in 2:57 to win the championship. Mahoney was also voted the Outstanding
Wrestler of the tournament.
As for Shields and Clement, they met in the consolation finals in a match won by
Shields 3-1. Shields would probably have been the top seed at the state
championships as he would bring in a record of 42-1, whereas Mahoney had 12
losses to go with his 56 wins. Just to be sure, though, Shields joined a
Brother Martin "B" team at the Ken Cole, and in the finals Shields beat Mahoney
9-2.
Shields advanced to the finals with falls in 0:56, 0:49 and then advanced out of
the semifinals due to an injury to fourth-seeded Cameron Carpenter of Catholic.
Clement brought a 27-2 record to the state championships. He won the
Cashio-Shriever, placed third at the South Walton Border Wars and placed fifth
at the Louisiana Classic. He started the state championships strong with a
fall in 0:20, an 11-0 Major Decision and a 1-0 decision over the third-seeded
Dyllon Bernard of Comeaux.
In a tight match Shields won 5-2 to become the second Crusader to win four
consecutive Division I individual championships.
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
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Steven Shields |
Cole Clement |
Jackson DeGruy |
Dyllon Bernard |
Patrick Mahoney |
Cameron Carpenter |
Brother Martin |
Holy Cross |
Jesuit |
Comeaux |
East Ascension |
Catholic |
#1 Seed |
#2 Seed |
#6 Seed |
#3 Seed |
#5 Seed |
#4 Seed |
Senior |
Senior |
Senior |
Sophomore |
Freshman |
Senior |
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Early Championship Rounds
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Round 1 (left two photos):
#8 Isaiah Johnson (McK) pinned Jarden James (BRB) in 5:52 | Round 1
(right photo): Hunter Gustin (SUL) defeated Joseph Cagayo (StA) 7-4. |
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Round 1: Gianni Toce (MND) defeated Jacob Yawn
(BYR) 17-11. |
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Round 2: Kendrick Sandifer (HNV) pinned Tanner
Mergist (ACA) in 5:03. |
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Round 2: #4 Cameron Carpenter (CAT) defeated
Mason Impastato (StP) via a 21-9 Major Decision. |
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Round 2: #3 Dyllon Bernard (COM) defeated Jude
Torres (DST) 8-1. |
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Quarterfinals
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#1 Steven Shields (BM) pinned Kendrick Sandifer
(HNV) in 0:49. |
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#4 Cameron Carpenter (CAT) defeated #5 Patrick Mahoney (EA) 8-5. |
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#3 Dyllon Bernard (COM) defeated #6 Jackson DeGruy (JES) via a 14-5
Major Decision. |
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#2 Cole Clement (HC) defeated #7 Tucker Almond (AIR) via an 11-0 Major
Decision. |
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Semifinals
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#1 Steven Shields (BM) defeated #3 Cameron
Carpenter via an injury @ 5:35. |
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#2 Cole Clement (HC) defeated #3 Dyllon Bernard (COM) 1-0. |
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Consolation Rounds
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C1: Seth Poret (COV) defeated Gianni Toce (MND)
9-4 |
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C1: #8 Jarden James (BRB) defeated Kaleb Verdin (WLK) in 0:14 |
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C3: #6 Jackson DeGruy (JES) defeated Seth Poret
(COV) 5-2. |
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C3: Trent Mahoney (EA) defeated Charles Pocorello (FNT) 12-6 |
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C4: #6 Jackson DeGruy (JES) defeated #7 Tucker
Almond (AIR) 12-5. |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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#6 Jackson DeGruy (JES) defeated #3 Dyllon Bernard (COM)
to place 3rd. Bernard defeated DeGruy via a Major Decision 14-5 in
the quarterfinals. |
#5 Trent Mahoney (EA) received a forfeit from #4 Cameron Carpenter (CAT)
to place 5th. |
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Finals
#1 Steven Shields of
Brother Martin defeated #2 Cole Clement of Holy Cross, 5-2. |
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