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If Charles Travasos of Teurlings Catholic does
not think he earned his 145-pounds gold medal for winning the Trey Culotta, he
is wrong. He did everything he was able to do prior to and during
the event. He was 21-0 entering the tournament, with some quality wins
over Division II state champion Morgan Manuel, St. Paul's Ben Davidson,
Anthony Dodson of Live Oak and Brad Mahoney of East Ascension.
Travasos was 4-0 in his Friday pool matches, and beat Davidson again in
the quarterfinals before winning a tough 3-2 match over Jesuit's Colby Queyrouze
to reach the finals.
Patrick Evans of Brother Martin also went 4-0 on Friday and had little
trouble dispatching teammate Eli Hope in 23 seconds in the quarterfinals
on Saturday. His semifinals match was against Manuel, and it was
not an easy 10-6 win as Evans injured a knee that was already supported
with a brace. Though he did win the
match and reach the finals, it was decided it was too early in the
season to risk any further damage, so he opted out of the finals match,
giving first place honors to Travasos.
Had Evans not been hurt then the odds are he would have defeated
Travasos, but in such a case Travasos should still have held his head
very high based on his accomplishments by placing second. He
should feel very good about his performance, and getting the
championship medal and sweatshirt should be considered lagniappe.
Then again, now at 27-0, one does not know if Travasos might have won or
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