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Volume VIII, No. 12, March, 2020

March, 2020	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
March 46th	2020 State Championships
March 21st	Parkway wins the 2020 Ken Cole Memorial	Editor, Camille Tyra
March 8th	CANCELED - 2020 Ark-La-Tex Classic - March 14th - CANCELED	Dustin Burton

Volume VIII, No. 11, February, 2020

February, 2020	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
February 27th	CANCELED - Ocean Springs High School to host Wrestle4Hope K-8 girls Hahnville Tiger Clash in March - CANCELED	Editor
February 15th	Brother Martin trails St. Paul by 0.5 points going into the finals; Teurlings Catholic and Basile have clinched Divisions II and III	Editor
February 15th	Catholic takes the lead after Friday's matches; Brother Martin and St. Paul within 6.5 points; Teurlings Catholic and Basile lead Division II and III	Editor
February 10th	Seniors at the 2020 state wrestling championships	Editor
February 4th	Crusaders win their seventh consecutive Louisiana Classic title	Editor

Volume VIII, No. 10, January, 2020

January, 2020	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
January 30th	There are 106 miles to Chicago, we have a full tank of gas, half a pack of cigarettes, it's dark and we're wearing sunglasses	Editor
January 27th	Parkway storms back on Saturday to win the Ken Cole Memorial	Editor | Contributing photographer: Camille Tyra
January 24th	Rebels lead after Friday's matches at the Ken Cole	Editor | Contributing photographer: Camille Tyra
January 21st	Spartans chase the Tigers down the Mississippi to, well, Gentilly, at the 2020 Battle of New Orleans	Editor
January 21st	Loose Tigers in "The Birdcage" eat up the Blue Jays	Editor
January 19th	Depleted Crusaders still comfortably win another Louisiana Classic	Editor
January 17th	Brother Martin takes a 20 point lead into Saturday's matches at the Louisiana Classic	Editor
January 15th	Louisiana Classic seeds...	Editor | Coach Brian Dipalma
January 15th	What we think we know now...	Editor
January 14th	Not to forget where it all starts - kids take home a lot of hardware from events in Texas and Illinois (Updated 01-14-20)	Editor
January 12th	East Ascension, Basile, Parkway and Teurlings Catholic win weekend events	Editor
January 10th	Brother Martin dominates Holy Cross 49-21 on Crusaders' Senior Night	Editor
January 7th	Louisiana wrestling loses another giant: Sam Sara - 1946-2020	Editor
January 7th	Brother Martin wins another Trey Culotta Invitational	Editor
January 5th	The Janus Report	Editor
January 1st	A few random photos from the December 4th East Ascension and Mandeville at Grace King tri-meet	Editor
January 1st	Crusaders place second in Alabama's Gulf Coast Clash Holy Cross wins three championships, Rummel and Covington one apiece	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 9, December, 2019

December, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
December 31st	Depleted Chalmette team wins Trygg Memorial	Editor
December 31st	Eight Crusaders enough to win eighth consecutive Billy Duplessis Invitational by one point	Editor
December 27th	St. Paul legitimizes challenge to Brother Martin in dual meet win	Editor
December 22nd	Brother Martin secures ninth consecutive Trey Culotta title; related "quirky insight"	Editor
December 20th	Brother Martin is paving the way to a ninth Trey Culotta team title	Editor
December 20th	Acadiana High School Junior Varsity and Varsity events on December 27th and 28th (See schedules page)	Editor | Coach Brandon Wheatley
December 16th	Excellent wrestling weekend in Louisiana, Oklahoma and Arkansas St. Amant @ Big Horse Mahoney Holy Cross @ McMillan North Desoto in AR Brother Martin at Duplessis Evangel XMAS Classic Ernie Perry, III	Editor
December 14th	Louisiana's top-two teams do not disappoint: St. Paul gets the best of Brother Martin 34-29	Editor
December 12th	A once-in-five-year dual as Brother Martin travels to St. Paul Amended on 12-13-19	Editor
December 11th	St. Amant avenges loss to East Ascension at Griffin Open at the Spartan Invitational Three girls-only weight classes in Monday's JH/JV Spartan Invitational	Editor
December 6th	Of Politics, Statesmen, Wars, Michael Corleone, Sports Information, Metairie, Santa Rosa Beach, Germantown and Atlanta	Editor
December 4th	Editor had it wrong.  The Trygg Memorial is Friday and Saturday, December 6th and 7th	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 8, November, 2019

November, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
November 29th	Gulf Coast Clash an opportunity to see some of Greater New Orleans' best teams Recaps of other events from last week	Editor | Heath Invitational Photos courtesy of Dustin Burton | Spartan Invitation JV Girls photos complements of Phayne Waguespack Braud
November 28th	Gulf Coast Clash an opportunity to see some of Greater New Orleans' best teams Friday Night Coverage - More on the event to be published later	Editor
November 27th	Please share this link with anyone who may be able to help Coach Sam can use our help   Arguably the best high school wrestling coach in Louisiana, Coach Surachai Harnsongkram (Coach Sam) started coaching at Jesuit in 1969.  Within his first three years he would make Jesuit the team to beat in Louisiana.  His Blue Jays won 18 state championships, including 11-consecutive ones from 1987 to 1998 wham he retired.  He was instrumental in creating the format of the LHSAA state championship Battle of New Orleans and bringing children's wrestling to Louisiana via USA-Wrestling.  Now we have the rare opportunity to give back to one who has given us so much. Jesuit Alum Kyle Sherman and Coach Sam Archivist LHSWA (Martin Muller) and Coach Sam	Editor | Kyle Sherman | Others
November 22nd	2020 Lakeshore Open shows great promise	Editor
November 22nd	Parkway leads a top Louisiana contingent in Mobile's Gulf Coast Classic	Editor
November 20th	Mahoney sets Louisiana high school career pins record	Editor | Phayne Waguespack Braud
November 19th	Mahoney one pin away from setting the Louisiana career pins record	Editor
November 16th	Shaw and Parkway win team championships; Holy Cross wins four consecutive championships	Editor
November 15th	November 16th Battle of New Orleans previews	Editor
November 13th	November 9th update	Editor
November 13th	Shaw gets first Division II dual meet win over NOMMA	Editor | Photos courtesy of Chase Cox
November 2nd	15th Annual Warrior Open to kick-off the 2019-20 season	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 7, October, 2019

October, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
October 26th	Destrehan High School's Abby Nette to compete in World U23 Team Championships in Budapest	Editor | Contributor - John Nette

Volume VIII, No. 6, September, 2019

September, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
September 3rd	Rewritten: Pre-season predictions which are not worth their weight in pyrite (How much do Websites weigh, anyway?)	Editor
September 1st	Brandon Wright Clinic on September 28th in New Orleans	Tamarris Durham

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Volume VIII, No. 5, August, 2019

July, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
August 16th	Louisiana wrestlers have a home at Loras College	Editor
August 13th	Bonnabel High School looking for a head coach	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 4, July, 2019

July, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
July 23rd	11th Annual Bayou Duals set for December 27th-28th at Lamar the Dixon Expo Center Flyer	Editor
July 18th-19th	Final Louisiana results from Fargo (Now with team photos)	Editor | Photos compliments of Coach Chuck Sojka and Cody Hesser
July 15th	Team Nicola Train (TNT) wrestling seminar	Editor
July 14th	USMC Sunday Junior freestyle results Trent Mahoney advances to Monday matches	Editor
July 12th	St. Amant High School - September 7th-8th Team Midwest Extreme Tour “Train like a Norseman”	Coach William Huebner
July 11th	Small Louisiana team enters Fargo Junior Nationals	Editor
July 8th	Central High School of Baton Rouge seeking new head coach	Editor | Gabe Kelly
July 5th	Brother Martin's Patrick Evans wins coveted 2020 Dave Schultz High School Excellence Award	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 3, June, 2019

June, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
June 27th	FINAL: 2020 Jazz Town Duals	Editor, Camille Tyra
June 23rd	Louisiana team leaves Tulsa on a winning note	Editor
June 22nd	Friday's U.S. Junior National Freestyle Duals pool rounds competition was whatever word means "worse than ferocious"	Editor
June 20th	Tough day for Louisiana wrestlers in the 2020 U.S. Junior National Duals Looking forward to the freestyle competition	Editor
June 19th	Louisiana places fifth in U.S. Junior National Duals Greco-Roman pool round	Editor
June 18th		Editor
June 18th	Louisiana is sending 17 wrestlers to the 2020 Junior National Duals	Editor
June 17th	Morris Fitness nips Manatee 40-37 to win the 2020 Jazz Town Duals	Editor
June 15th	Pre-Father's Day at the Jazz Town Duals	Editor
June 15th	Raven Guidry CO-ED wrestling camp on June 19th-20th at Acadiana High School	Editor
June 14th	2020 Jazz Town Duals schedule and teams	Editor
June 14th	Late June Clinics	Editor
June 3rd	2020 Louisiana Wrestling News Best of 2018-19 paperweight winners Amended on June 4th	Editor

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Volume VIII, No. 2, May, 2019

May, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
May 19th	Seven wrestlers choosing to compete in the college ranks	Editor
May 19th	Photos of Louisianans at the NHSCA High School Nationals	Editor; Numerous others who sent photographs
May 19th	Seniors seek new level of competition	Editor
May 8th	2019 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships D I Champions Brother Martin D II Champions Parkway D III Champions Basile	Editor

Volume VIII, No. 1, April, 2019

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Volume VII, No.12 March, 2019

March, 2019	ARTICLE	CONTRIBUTOR(S)
March 28th-30th	March 30th as of 4:45 p.m. Updated September 3rd March 30th at 2:40 p.m. Louisianans at the NHSCA High School Nationals	Editor
March 26th	Flyer: Brother Martin Wrestling Camps: June 10th-12th and July 8th-11th	Coach Andrew Nicola
March 26th	New Flyer: Kyle Dake Camp - June 15th at Brown Pelican Gym in Pelican Park in Mandeville	Coach Jimmy Ballantyne
March 15th	Andrew Nicola Named Head Wrestling Coach at Brother Martin	Megan Whalen Community Relations Director Brother Martin High School
March 13th	Rob Waller’s All American Wrestling Camp  “Bringing Pennsylvania Style to the Swamp”  June 3rd-7th @ North Desoto High School Flyer and entry form	Coach Dustin Burton
March 11th	Warrior Wrestling Camp: June 24th-27th at Southeastern Louisiana University - Flyer and Registration Form	Coach Stephen Veret
March 4th	Saturday, March 9th: 2020 Crusader Open Flyer	Andrew P. Nicola

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