Division I 132 Lbs.

Fini

Third-seed Gordy follows Pitts' example - pin his way to 132 lbs. championship

LHSAA State Wrestling Tournament

Division III, 132 Pounds

May 30th, 2018 | Written by: Editor

Weight Class Synopsis

3rd and 5th

Ouachita Christian's Mikey Gordy pinned the #2 and #1 seeds for his first D III championship

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Name	Mikey Gordy	Jacob Routon	Calep Balcuns	Grant Gebo	Noah Berryhill	Cole Manuel
School	Ouachita Christian	Church Point	Brusly	De la Salle	St. Louis	Basile
Seed	3	1	2	4	5	6
Class	Junior	Senior	Sophomore	Junior	Junior	Freshman

Weight Class Synopsis

Church Point senior Jacob Routon had a great season. He posted a record of 22-7 entering the state championships, and his only loss to someone not in Division I or Division II was to Basile's Gavin Christ. He had Trey Fontenot of Parkway, a returning Division II state champion, scoreless and frustrated for 5:45 before giving up a five-point move in the Jacob McMillan finals. But he had a 7-4 win over Brusly's Calep Balcuns in the finals of the Brusly Invitational and was recognized as the #1 seed. He scored three falls to advance to the finals, including a 3:48 fall over fourth-seeded Grant Gebo of De la Salle.

Balcuns was the second seed, but after a first-period fall and a technical fall, he fell to third-seeded Mikey Gordy of Ouachita Christian. Gordy had a 31-8 record, and his only Division III loss was also the Gavin Christ. Gordy followed a first-round bye with a quarterfinals fall in 1:36 and made it to the finals via a 4:25 fall over Balcuns.

Gordy scored the only points of the first period with a lightning-quick fireman's carry at the edge of the mat with 50 seconds remaining. Down 2-0 to start the second period, Routon tried a switch with 1:20 remaining, and it merited the Church Point wrestler an escape point. No more points were scored in the second period and going into the third Gordy held on to a tenuous 2-1 lead. On bottom to start the third period Gordy stood-up and escaped quickly, increasing his lead to 3-1. A little later Gordy executed another fireman's carry that put Routon on his back. Gordy kept him there until he secured a fall in 4:35. Ouachita Christian now had two state champions with two-more top-seeded finalists yet to wrestle.

Balcuns reached the consolation finals via a close 6-3 match with St. Louis' Noah Berryhill. Grant Gebo had an easier role, getting by Basile's Cole Manuel via a 10-2 major decision. Balcuns reasserted himself and placed third via a 14-4 major decision. Berryhill, a junior, defeated the freshman from Brusly, Manuel, by a 13-4 major decision.

Quarterfinals