2022 LHSAA State Wrestling Championships February 11th-12th 2022 Raising Cane's River Center Baton Rouge, Louisiana

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Podium
Name	Quinn Collins	Joel Lanclos	Chad Gooden	Garrett Billeaud	Marques Hamilton	Robert Breaux
School	Carencro	Teurlings Catholic	Shaw	North Vermillion	North Desoto	Rayne
Seed	1	2	3	4	NS	6
Class	12	12	12	11	11	10
Final Record*	10-0	23-8	13-6	27-7	2-2	11-6

*    Records include all wins but only losses to Louisiana wrestlers.  Forfeits and defaults are not counted.

In 2021, Quinn Collins of Carencro was undefeated upon entering the state championships.  He was only 3-0 as he did not wrestle a match until January 16th, but he was still the #1 seed a 220 lbs., and he looked pretty strong, spending all of 1:12 during his two matches prior to the finals.  The lack of mat time may have been a factor in his loss to #3 Joel Lanclos of Teurlings Catholic.  Collins scored takedowns in the first and second period while limiting Lanclos to a mere escape.  In the third period, though, Lanclos outscored Collins 6-3, and the score was tied 7-7 prior to Lanclos recording a fall in 5:19.  This season, four more wins, in particular one over Lanclos, made for a different ending to the story 

Seeding Synopsis

In the 2021-22 season, the senior from Carencro also started late, on January 8^th.  Come the state tournament, he was 7-0 with a 7-4 win over Lanclos and a fall over Garrett Billeaud, who was seeded fourth, in the Lafayette Metro Championships finals.  Despite only having seven matches, whereas Lanclos had 27,  the win over Lanclos sealed him as the #1 seed.

Lanclos was 20-7 entering the event.  He placed third at the Louisiana Classic and was the runner-up at the Ken Cole.  Collins and Shaw’s Nigel Whitehead were the only two Division II wrestlers to whom Lanclos lost.  Every other loss came from a Division I or III state placer.  He defeated Roger Holmes of St. Michael (D3 3rd) and Joel Marchand of Hannan (D3 4th).  He split with Kristofer Mesloh of Parkway (D1 3rd) and Blayden Laidlaw of Sulphur (D1 4th).  He placed fifth at the Black Horse, third at the LACL, second at the Ken Cole and won the Jacob McMillan.

Shaw’s Chad Gooden was seeded third.  Gooden was 9-5 and placed fourth at the Ken Cole.  Garrett Billeaud of North Vermillion, the Lafayette Metro runner-up, was seeded fourth.  He place fifth at the Ken Cole, third at the Jacob McMillan and won the Spartan Invitational and Acadiana Varsity Invitational. 

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Quarterfinals

Only North Desoto’s Marques Hampton rocked the seeding boat in the first round by defeating #5 John Simmons, III, 13-8.  The quarterfinals would stop that  from happening again…in the championship bracket, at least.

(1) Quinn Collins (CAR) pinned (8) Jack Seither (RUM) in 1:13

(4) Garrett Billleaud (NV) pinned Marques Hampton (ND) in 1:49

(3) Chad Gooden, Sr. (SHW) pinned (6) Robert Breaux (RAY) in 4:31

(2) Joel Lanclos (TC) defeated (7) Kenneth Flores (BNT) 3-1

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Semifinals

Collins and Lanclos ensured a rematch of the 2021 finals match.  Collins did it quickly, in 0:57.  Lanclos was pushed the distance by Gooden in a 5-2 win.

(1) Quinn Collins (CAR) pinned (4) Garrett Billeaud (NV) 0:57

(2) Joel Lanclos (TC) defeated (3) Chad Gooden, Jr. (SHW) 5-2

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Championship Consolation Rounds

Billeaud pinned Breaux after over five minutes in the Lafayette Metro.  He only required 2:29 to defeat him again in the CSFs.  Gooden was a different story as the Shaw Eagle recorded a fall over Billeaud in 2:27 to place third.

Hampton blew through his first two consolation rounds in 1:55  and 0:26 before Gooden derailed him.  He rebounded to defeat #6 Robert Breaux of Rayne in 1:22 to place fifth.

(3) Chad Gooden, Jr. (SHW) pinned (4) Garrett Billeaud (NV) in 2:27 to place 3rd

Marques Hampton (ND) pinned (6) Robert Breaux (RAY) in 1:22 to place 5th

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Finals

The extra matches this season may have paid off for Collins…barely.  He shutout Lanclos in the first two periods while scoring two takedowns and an escape to open a 5-0 lead.  In the final period, he got tired, but Lanclos still could not score offensively.  His only three points came from stalling penalties on Collins.  One more would have cost Collins the match, but he held on just long enough to give the Bears their only championship of the event.

(1) Quinn Collins (CAR) defeated (2) Joel Lanclos (TC) 5-3

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