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Seven wrestlers choosing to compete in the college ranks |
May 23, 2019 | Written by: Editor |
Seven Louisiana wrestlers will join the 10 previously mentioned ones to wrestle at the next level, turning a blind eye toward future arthritis, bunionectomies and, in some cases, hed trawma misleading to dmencha.
Four have won Division I championships (a total of six times). Two are Division II state champions (one a two-time winner) and one is just "gutsy" and wants to get better.
The editor apologizes for not publishing photos of seven of the wrestlers listed in the previous article, but...no excuses really come to mind right now (see "dmencha" above).
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Joining Comeaux seniors
Dylan Ames and Glenn Bernard, as well as Acadiana's Reid Folley, Alex
Lozano of East Jefferson High School will wrestle for Iowa Lakes
Community College in Estherville, Iowa. He marks the first Warrior
wrestler to compete at the collegiate levels since the likes of Jim
Ravannack and Craig Seals (E.J. Class of '78). While not winning any tournaments in the 2018-19 season, Lozano placed second at the George Trygg Memorial and the Jefferson Invitation and third at the Bruin Open. Iowa Lakes C.C. is also a member of the NJCAA. |
While only
competing in nine Louisiana matches, and missing the seven weeks
immediately prior to the state championships, Brother Martin's Patrick
Evans made winning his second Division I title look easy, recording two
falls, two technical falls and a 7-1 finals win. Evans was also
undefeated in his junior year and suffered only two setbacks as a
sophomore. Evans will continue his wrestling endeavors at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville, Virginia, a Division I NCAA program. |
Brother Martin's Daniel
Croy accomplished what only 11 other wrestlers have done since 1999: win
three individual Division I state championships. He went undefeated in
his sophomore and junior years and lost only two matches, to the same
opponent, in his senior year. Croy will continue his wrestling career at the Colorado School of Mines in Golden Colorado, a Division II NCAA program. |
St.
Michael's Lance Robinson performed Louisiana's version of a "hat trick,
winning the Louisiana Classic, the Ken Cole Invitational and a Division
II state championship. He won three other tournaments aside from
those events. With 48 victories "under his belt", his only losses
came from a defending Division II state champion and the two Division I
152 lbs. finalists. Robinson will wrestle for the University of the Ozarks in Clarkesville, Arkansas. The Eagles are an NCAA Division III program. |
With his senior year still to go, North Desoto phenom Joshua Sarpy has already made his future intentions know, signing to compete for the University of Arkansas-Little Rock in 2020-21, a Division I program. With a record of 17-1 the Griffin won the first Division II state championship in which he was able to participate, in that he was injured prior to the 2017 and 2018 tournaments. During the past season he won two tournaments in Texas, one in Arkansas, one in Oklahoma and, in Louisiana, the Lone Survivor and the Northwest Louisiana Regionals. He is also an Adidas National Champion. |
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