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Turner uses Tie-breaker-1
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LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division III, 160
Pounds |
May 12th, 2017 | Written by:
Editor |
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South Plaquemines'
Brandon Turner became the Hurricanes' first two-time state champion with
a 10-9 win, after the first Tie-breaker round, over top-seeded Raekwon
Thomas of De LaSalle. |
Although he was a defending state champion, South Plaquemines' Brandon Turner
was seeded second at this event to Raekwon Thomas of De LaSalle. Turner
had a decent record of 25-7 going into the tournament, but Thomas' was much
better at 40-2.
Turner won the Bruin Open, finished second at the Mandeville Open, third at the
Brusly Invitational, fourth at the Trygg Memorial and sixth at the LA Classic.
Thomas won the Trygg Memorial and the Brusly Invitational, as well as the GNO D
III District tournament. He finished second at the Louisiana Classic and
the Ken Cole, the events that handed him his two losses (to Airline's Christian
Walden at the LA Classic) and St. Amant's Hunter Hawkins at the Ken Cole).
Finishing better than Turner in three tournaments would have gave Thomas the top
spot, and that choice was strengthened by defeating four common opponents who
defeated Turner during the season.
Thomas breezed to the finals via a forfeit and falls in 2:00 and 0:46.
Turner's path was more difficult. He started with a fall in 3:36, but then
went six minutes in a 16-4 Major Decision. In the semifinals, he met
a very tough Connor Costello from Ouachita Christian, and eked out an 11-10 win.
Turner, however, does not fear close matches. In 2016, he defeated De
LaSalle's Landon Dorsey in the 152 lbs. finals via a 6-4 match decided in a
Sudden Victory period. In the 2017 finals, Turner and Thomas were tied
after the first six minutes and after a Sudden Victory round. It took the
first Tie-breaker round for Turner to emerge as the winner. The 10-9 win
gave the junior Turner his second Division III title.
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
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Brandon Turner |
Raekwon Thomas |
Connor Costello |
Tyler Broussard |
William Gage |
Chase Spooner |
South Plaquemines |
De LaSalle |
Ouachita Christian |
North Vermillion |
St. Louis |
South Bearegard |
#2 Seed |
#1 Seed |
#3 Seed |
#6 Seed |
Unseeded |
#4 Seed |
Junior |
Senior |
Junior |
Junior |
Sophomore |
Freshman |
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Early Championship Rounds
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Round 1: #8 Cameron Berzas (BAS) pinned Chance
Sumner (SUN) in 2:16 |
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Quarterfinals
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#1 Raekwon Thomas (DLS) pinned #8 Cameron
Berzas in 2:00. |
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#4 Chase Spooner (SBR) defeated #5 Brandon Mockbee (JC) 13-10. |
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#3 Connor Costello (OC) pinned #6 Tyler Broussard of North Vermillion. |
#2 Brandon Turner (SPQ) defeated #7 Taylor Fulch (LKS) via a 14-4 Major
Decision, |
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Semifinals
#1 Raekwon Thomas (DLS) pinned #4 Chase Spooner
(SBR) in 0:46. |
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#2 Brandon Turner (SPQ) defeated #3 Connor Costello (OC) 11-10. |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
#3 Connor Costello (OC) defeated #6 Tyler Broussard (NV) via a 15-5
Major Decision
to place 3rd. |
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William Gage (StL) defeated #4 Chase Spooner (SBR)
to place 5th. |
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Finals
Second seeded Brandon Turner of South
Plaquemines defeated Top seed Raekwon Thomas of De LaSalle via a 10-9
Tie-breaker 1 match. |
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