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A third-place finisher in 2018, Sam Houston's Mataius Laving dominated the state championships to earn the second title of the night for the Mustangs.

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Podium
Name	Mataius Lavine	Miles Doucet	Austin Cook	Terrence Murray	Alton Bouligny	Isaiah Chatelain
School	Sam Houston	Rayne	Live Oak	Parkway	Caddo Magnate	Lakeshore
Seed	1	2	4	6	8	7
Class	Senior	Junior	Junior	Junior	Sophomore	Senior
Final Record*	23-3	26-8	39-15	28-14	14-14	17-15

*    Louisiana opponents only, not including any types of forfeits or byes.

Weight Class Synopsis

In his 26 matches during the 2018-19 season Sam Houston's Mataius Lavine lost two to two-time Division III state champion Isaac Cortez of Basile and to Division III runner-up Chase Spooner of South Beauregard.  His wins included matches over Division III runner-up Haven Dominguez, Division I placer Jeremiah Brooks of Acadiana, Division II third-place winner Austin Cook of Live Oak and Division III third-place winner William Maze of St. Louis.  Second-seeded Miles Doucet of Rayne had defeated both third-seeded Noah Garza of Teurlings Catholic and the fourth-seeded Cook.  Fifth-seeded Garrett Trimm had defeated sixth-seeded Terrence Murray of Parkway.  Hence, the seeding was flawless.

Lavine won the Jacob McMillan Memorial and the Lone Survivor and placed second in the Ken Cole.  To reach the finals he pinned his first-round opponent in 0:52, his second-round foe in 1:01, his quarterfinals match in 1:32 and he pinned the fourth-seeded Cook in 1:01 in the semifinals.

Doucet won the Rayne Invitational and the Lafayette Metro tournaments.  He placed 5th in the Ken Cole and ninth in the Trey Culotta.  He received a first-round bye, won his second-round match in 10 seconds, pinned his quarterfinals opponent in 0:59 and then pinned the sixth-seeded Murray, who previously defeated Garza 6-5, in a semifinals match that lasted 1:12. 

Quarterfinals

(1) Mataius Lavine (SH) pinned (8) Alton Bouligny (CAD) in 1:01

(3) Austin Cook (LO) pinned (5) Garrett Trim (HAU) in 1:04

(6) Terrence Murray (PKY) defeated (3) Noah Garza (TC) 6-5

(2) Miles Doucet (RAY) pinned (7) Isaiah Chatelain (LKS) in 0:59

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Semifinals

(1) Mataius Lavine (SH) pinned (4) Austin Cook (LO) in 1:01

(2) Miles Doucet (RAY) pinned (6) Terrence Murray (PKY) in 1:12

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Championship Consolation Rounds

(4) Austin Cook (LO) pinned (6) Terrence Murray (PKY) in 1:00 to place 3rd

(8) Alton Bouligny (CAD) pinned (7) Isaiah Chatelain (LAK) in 0:51 to place 5th

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Finals

(1) Mataius Lavine of Sam Houston defeated (2) Miles Doucet of Rayne 19-12

Lavin started the scoring with a quick single-leg shot and trip after the first 10 seconds.  Doucet escaped after the next 10 seconds but before Doucet could get "set" Lavine used a fireman's carry to get under Doucet and switched it to a double-leg to score another takedown.  This takedown, however, included Lavine lifting Doucet off of the mat and placing him on his back meriting three nearfall points.  Doucet freed himself from the pinning combination with 1:20 remaining and 15 seconds later he faced Lavine and escaped.  Again, Lavine immediately attacked again with a lateral drop that did not put Doucet on his back, but which did give Lavine the opportunity to grab one leg and the other ankle at Doucet tried to get out of bounds.  Lavine's feet were within the circle and he was awarded another takedown.  On the restart Doucet stood-up and Lavine tried to grab his head but missed.  Doucet just stood over a kneeling Lavine and jumped on top for a reversal.  Having not been on the bottom yet, Lavine was cautioned for stalling with 15 seconds remaining and as time ran out Lavine enjoyed a 9-4 lead. Doucet won the toss and chose to start on top of Lavine.  On the whistle Lavine tried a switch which, though he did not complete it, allowed him to grab one of Doucet's legs.  Lavine tried resorting to a double-leg, but Doucet reacted with a strong whizzer and as the two of them stood up Lavine earned an escape.  This time it was Doucet taking no time off by attempting a head-and-arm throw, but Lavine rolled through it for a reversal.  Trying to force a bar-arm nelson, Lavine ended-up too far to Doucet's side, and Doucet backed up just a little to find an opening to get back on top of Lavine for a reversal.  Simply lying prone on the mat, Lavine was cited again for stalling with little over a minute remaining, resulting in a penalty point for Doucet.  With 40 seconds remain Lavine was on his knees to the side of Doucet, who was riding a tad high, and Lavine used a Peterson roll to score a reversal and put Doucet on his back.  Doucet got out of the position with 30 seconds remaining, but not fast enough to prevent Lavine from scoring three more nearfall points.  Lavine rode-out Doucet for the remainder of the period, and the third period would start with Laving leading 17-7.  Lavine chose to start the final period on the bottom.  After 12 seconds Lavine was cited for stalling again and Doucet was awarded another penalty point, making the match score 17-8.  Lavine could only afford one more stalling citation, which would give Doucet two penalty points - a stalling call after that would results in Lavine's disqualification.  That fact got Lavine's attention and as he raised his body up from the neutral position, Doucet tried inserting a crab-ride but was too high.  Lavine ended-up with a single-leg that he lifted prior to tripping Doucet again for another takedown.  At 1:09 Lavine tried a weak nearside cradle but could not hold onto Doucet's leg.  Doucet stood-up but Lavine was obviously exhausted and was laying his head down on the mat, so Doucet jumped behind him for a reversal.  Doucet inserted a leg and broke-down Lavine and was able to maintain control when the two started rolling and moving in a flurry for about five seconds.  With 20 seconds remaining Doucet got a crab-ride behind Lavine, pulled him back to the mat and cross-face him to expose his should enough to score two nearfall points.  But those were the last points scored, and Lavine won the title in a 19-12 decision.

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