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Brusly's Hunter Trahan attempts to throw Hunter Langley of Basile in the 132 lbs. finals.  Trahan pinned all four of his opponents in winning his first state title.

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Podium
Name	Andrew Trahan	Hunter Langley	Evan Light	Tanner Foreman	Landon Toups	Gavin Gautier
School	Brusly	Basile	Dunham	St. Louis	Parkview Baptist	Hannan
Seed	2	1	4	3	5	7
Class	Sophomore	Junior	Senior	Senior	Sophomore	Freshman
Final Record*	24-9	27-7	21-14	25-14	20-15	17-14

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

Weight Class Synopsis

Without going through each step of the seeding criteria it is hard to tell why Hunter Langley of Basile and Andrew Trahan of Brusly were seeded first or second over the other.  Each had two losses to Division III opponents.  In common was Ouachita Christian's Mikey Gordy, to whom Langley lost 9-2 while Trahan lost by a fall may have been the difference.  Langley's runner-up finish at the Brusly Invitational, in which Trahan did not place, should not have mattered as much as Langley and Trahan were in different weight classes.  It did not appear anyone else were legitimate contenders for those two spots, except for Dunham's Evan Light.  Light had six Division III losses, but two were to Basile's Gavin Christ, which should not be counted against him (criteria dictates it does, though).  He had two losses to Brendon Wilcox of John Curtis, but those were at 138 lbs.  The senior from Dunham would make his place known by the end, however.

Langley did not win any tournaments this season, but he did place second in the Jacob McMillan Memorial, the Brusly Invitational and the Rayne Invitational, and sixth at the Ken Cole.  He advanced to the finals via a first-round bye, a second-round fall in 1:53, a quarterfinals pin in 1:53 and a nail-biting 3-1 win in the semifinals over Light.

Trahan did not win any Louisiana tournaments either, but placed second in the Raider 8, the Brusly 8 and the Greater Baton Rouge Championships.  He placed third at the Zachary Big Horse.  Trahan also received a first-round bye, a second-round fall in 0:37, and 3:25 fall in the quarterfinals and a 4:41 fall over third-seeded Tanner Foreman of St. Louis in 4:41. 

 Early Championship Rounds

R1: (4) Evan Light (DUN) defeated Collin Veron (DLS) 12-1 MD

R1: (6) Caden Gaudet (JC) pinned Demond Celestine (BLT) in 1:28

R2: (1) Hunter Langley (BAS) pinned Jesse Garon (EPI) in 1:53

R2: (8) Jace Jordan (TJ) pinned Josh Shepherd (SPL) in 5:31

R2: (5) Landon Toups (PKB) pinned Zack Necaise (NV) in 3:10

R2: (4) Evan Light (DUN) defeated Brayden Dauer (LKS) 17-2 TF

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Quarterfinals

(1) Hunter Langley (BAS) pinned (8) Jace Jordan (TJ) in 1:58

(4) Evan Light (DUN) defeated (5) Landon Toups (PVB) 9-4

(3) Tanner Foreman (StL) defeated (6) Caden Gaudet (JC) 11-1 MD

(2) Andrew Trahan (BRU) pinned (7) Gavin Gautier (HAN) in 3:25

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Semifinals

(1) Hunter Langley (BAS) defeated (4) Evan Light (DUN) 3-1 SV

(2) Andrew Trahan (BRU) pinned (3) Tanner Foreman (StL) in 4:41

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Consolation Rounds

C2: Collin Veron (DLS) pinned Jackson Windham (CAL) in 5:00

C3: Christian Pierce (CRC) defeated (8) Jace Jordan (TJ)  7-4

C3: Brayden Dauer (LKS) pinned Zack Necaise (NV) in 2:52

C3: Josh Shepherd (SPL) pinned Jesse Garon (EPI) in 4:34

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Championship Consolation Rounds

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Finals

(2) Andrew Trahan of Brusly pinned (1) Hunter Langley of Basile in 2:42

Trahan scored first with a strong head shuck that allowed him to get behind Langley and bring him to the mat after 25 seconds had elapsed in the first period.  Langley used a stand-up to escape with 30 seconds remaining and then five seconds later scored on Trahan with a deep double-leg takedown.  Trahan escaped with five seconds remaining and the first period ended with the two tied 3-3.  Langley won the toss but deferred to Trahan who chose to start on bottom.  Langley stood up, turned slightly into Langley to grab a head and arm and brought Langley down to the mat for a two-point reversal and a three-point nearfall, taking an 8-3 lead before the action was stopped due to Langley's mouth being covered via the pinning combination.  From the restart Trahan grabbed Langley's right hand and was able to lift it straight up, opening up a half-nelson upon which Trahan pounced.  Trahan used a leg to prohibit Langley from rolling out of the hold and a fall was counted at 2:42.

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