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Cortez makes
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LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division III, 182
Pounds |
May 30th, 2018 | Written
by: Editor |
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Basile sophomore Isaac
Cortez pins Haven Dominguez, the #1 seed from Church Point, in 4:00 |
Place |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Name |
Isaac Cortez |
Haven Dominguez |
Connor Costello |
Brandon Young |
Trae Case |
Coedy Fonseca |
School |
Basile |
Church Point |
Ouachita Christian |
Brusly |
Kaplan |
De la Salle |
Seed |
2 |
1 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
7 |
Class |
Sophomore |
Junior |
Senior |
Senior |
Senior |
Junior |
Weight Class Synopsis
Church Point's Haven Dominguez was the second Bear wrestler to advance to a
finals match. Seeded #1, he posted a record of 19-6, which included wins
over Carencro's Billy Clay, Kaplan's Trae Case, East Ascension's Tyler Irvin and
Zachary's Caleb Mickelson. He also had a very important 8-4 victory over
second-seeded Isaac Cortez of Basile in an 8-4 Jacob McMillan finals. His
losses were to substantial foes. Thomas Arseneaux of Jesuit and Kamryn
Barton of Sam Houston only prevailed over Dominguez by two points each. He
almost went six minutes with Brother Martin's Michael Clapp, and lasted longer
than most people, 4:58, against Dane Harter of St. Michael. Dominguez had
an actual loss to #3 Connor Costello of Ouachita Christian in the Louisiana
Classic, and a win-by-forfeit over Costello in the Ken Cole. He was seeded
over Costello due primarily because Costello lost to Clay. Costello was
seeded third behind Basile's Isaac Cortez, which no doubt is due to following
seeding criteria, but nothing obvious stands out to explain it. Had Cortez
and Costello been seeded 3rd and 2nd, it really would not have mattered.
In round one Dominguez scored a fall in 5:21. Against St. Louis' William
Gage he had a much harder match, winning 8-5. In the semifinals, though,
he pinned Brandon Young of Brusly in 2:47.
Isaac Cortez has wrestled in the Division III state champions since he was in
7th-grade. He was 1-2 in 2014 at 132 lbs., losing in the quarterfinals to
this year's 160 lbs. champion Matthew Webre of Ouachita Christian. As an
8th-grader Cortez was seeded fifth and placed fourth at 132 lbs., losing a
quarterfinals match against the fourth-seeded Rhett Maturin of North Vermillion,
who went on to win the state title, his first of two. Last season at 138
lbs. Cortez placed third, exactly where he was seeded to finish. In that
bracket Cortez defeated Church Point's Bruce Arseneaux and Ouachita Christian's
Cole Ringle. Suffice to say, if anything does intimidate the
young man, it is not a state championship wrestling tournament.
Cortez brought a 26-4 record into the CenturyLink Center. His only
losses were to Alex Ormond of De la Salle, with whom he split matches, the one
to Dominguez, and then to two of the best in the state, defending Division I
state champion Matt Salinas of Airline and defending Division II state champion
Tyler Carrier of Rayne. All of those matches, the wins and the losses,
were at 195 lbs. The state championship was the only event in which
Cortez dropped to 182 lbs. After a bye in the first round Cortez used
falls in 4:20 and 2:29 (over Costello) to set-up a rematch with Dominguez.
Almost a minute elapsed before any points were scored in this match.
Dominguez then tried a double-leg shot but did not make it deep and Cortez
flattened him with a sprawl and spun behind for the first points of the match.
The score remained 2-0 until the first period ended. Cortez was on the
bottom to begin the second period, and he sat-out and turned to score an escape.
Next Dominguez tried to throw Cortez, but the Bearcat sophomore ducked below
Dominguez's arms, spun behind Dominguez and took him to the mat for another
takedown and a 5-0 lead. Now on the bottom, Dominguez caught Cortez
over-riding him. Cortez lost his balance on top and Dominguez stood up.
Cortez fell to the mat and Dominguez fell on top of him, scoring his first
points of the match via a reversal. Cortez, though, immediately
stood up and turned to face Dominguez. Down 5-2 with time running out,
Dominguez tried to lateral drop Cortez. Near the end of four minutes of
wrestling, most wrestlers are sweaty, and arms are hard to grasp tightly.
Dominguez slipped off Cortez, and the Basile wrestler planted himself on top of
his opponent, maneuvered into a head-and-arm lock and scored a fall at 4:00,
just before the buzzer sounded to end the second period.
Costello rebounded from his semifinals loss and scored a 17-6 major decision
over Kaplan senior Trae Case. On the other side, Young got past De la
Salle's Coedy Fonseca via a close 4-2 match. Costello confirmed his
third-seed position by defeating Young 12-8. For fifth-place, Case
required only 36 seconds to pin Fonseca.
Early Championship Rounds
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R1: (1) Haven Dominguez (CP) over Henry Stater (EPI) in 5:21 |
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Quarterfinals
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(1)
Haven Dominguez (CP) over (8) Wesley Maze (STL) 8-5 |
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(4)
Brandon Young (BRU) over (5) Trae Case (KAP) in 2:32 |
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(3) Connor Costello (OC) over (6) Trenton Connor (NV)
in 5:56 |
(2)
Isaac Cortez (BAS) over (7) Coedy Fonseca (DLS) in 4:20 |
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Semifinals
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(1)
Haven Dominguez (CP) over (4) Brandon Young (BRU) in 2:47 |
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(2) Isaac Cortez (BAS) over (3) Connor Costello (OC) in
2:29 |
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Consolation Rounds
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C1: Henry Stater (EPI) over Brendan David (HAN) in 3:00 |
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CSF: (4) Brandon Young (BRU) over (7) Coedy Fonseca
(DLS) 4-2 |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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(3)
Connor Costello (OC) defeated (4) Brandon Young (BRU) 12-8
to place 3rd |
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(5) Trae Case (KAP) pinned (7) Coedy Fonseca (DLS) in
0:36 to place 5th |
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Finals
(2) Isaac Cortez of Basile pinned (1) Haven Dominguez
of Church Point in 4:00 |
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