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Basile's Alex Menier had a tough time doing it, but he stayed in the running to become the fourth Basile wrestler to win four division III state championships.  With a minute remaining in the third period, Brusly's Kaul Kayser scored a takedown, knotting the finals match at 3-3.  Six seconds later Menier escaped to take a 4-3 lead and neither wrestler could take the other down in the remaining time.

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Place	1	2	3	4	5	6
Name	Alex Menier	Kaul Kayser	Collin Veron	Sean King	George Kim	Wiley Boudreaux
School	Basile	Brusly	De la Salle	John Curtis	St. Michael	Erath
Seed	1	3	2	6	5	4
Final Record	18-3	31-2	24-6	19-15	12-6	13-9
Grade	Junior	Junior	Sophomore	Sophomore	Junior	Freshman

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Synopsis

In his junior year Basile's Alex Menier lost only three matches, and all three were to wrestlers who would be on Division I podiums at the end of the state championships.  His first loss was a very close 5-4 match against Carter Duet of St. Paul in the finals of the Trey Culotta.  (Duet would later be a Division I runner-up.)  A little more than a month later he lost a Ken Cole semifinals match to Parkway's Joshua Keeler, who would later be on the top of a Division I podium.  In the Ken Cole consolation finals the third-seeded Menier lost to the fourth-seeded Reed Bergeron of the hosting Comeaux Spartans.  His wins included three at the Trey Culotta from very good schools: Vestavia Hills, Alabama, St. Thomas of Houston, Texas and the Woodward Academy of the Atlanta, Georgia area.  He won the Brusly Invitational and the Rayne Invitational, both via three falls.  In this event Menier defeated his first two opponents via falls of 1:41 and 2:50 to advance to his third consecutive Division III finals match. 

Kayser, also a junior, won the Raider 8 and the Griffin Open.  He placed second to Holy Cross' Jacob Frost in the Brusly 8.  Kayser's road to the finals included a fall in 0:09, a 13-9 decision over Sean King (JC) and a semifinals fall over second-seeded Collin Veron (DLS) in 3:02

Early Rounds, Quarterfinals, Semifinals, Early Consolation Rounds

Consolation Finals

Finals

(1) Alex Menier of Basile defeated (3) Kaul Kayser of Brusly 4-3

Video

Apathy and avarice on the part of two entities have prevented completing a comprehensive pictorial article on the 2020 Louisiana state wrestling championships.

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