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	Jayden Guillory	Bryce Fontenot	Jase Davis	Jack Wagoner	Wingston Avila	Kade Lounsberry
School	Basile	South Beauregard	Brusly	De la Salle	Evangel	St. Louis
Seed	2	1	4	5	3	6
Class	11	9	11	9	11	10
Final Record*	16-8	12-7	17-7	11-25	14-8	6-24

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

Jaden Guillory of Basile cast aside any precedent faster than...(Trouble, Will Robinson, trouble"... - any precedent that may have arisen from a 17-4 major decision loss to South Beauregard's Bryce Fontenot in the Brusly Invitational.  The second-seeded Bearcat junior had lost a state finals match in 2021.  It was not going to happen again.  Guilory dominated the Golden Knights' freshman to win the first of Basile's four individual titles via a 9-4 decision. 

Seeding Synopsis

The seeding was fine in this weight class.  The top three seeds mirrored the 120 lbs. results of the Brusly Invitational.  In that event South Beauregard freshman Bryce Fontenot avenged a January 6^th 4-2 dual meet loss to Basile’s Jaden Guillory with a 17-4 MD semifinals win en route to winning the tournament.  (Fontenot later defeated Guillory 6-2 in the Ken Cole, sealing a 2-1 record over the Basile junior.)  Guillory met third-seeded Wingston Avila in the consolation finals at Brusly and won decisively via a fall in 0:55.  Avila, an Evangel eighth-grader, was seeded third.  Fourth-seeded Jase Davis of Brusly placed fourth at the Brusly Invitational and placed third at the Brusly 8, both at 132 lbs.  Davis did not compete at 120 lbs. until the state championships, but his record was deemed better than the record of De la Salle freshman Jace Wagoner, who was seeded fifth.  Wagoner placed third at the George Trygg Memorial and 12^th at the Trey Culotta.  He was off of the mats, though, for almost a full month after that event and missed the Brusly Invitational.  Kade Lounsberry of St. Louis had eight losses to Division III opponents, including Fontenot, Guillory and Avila.  He and Wagoner both entered the Lakeshore Open, but Wagoner placed higher, giving the Cavalier the higher state championships seed.

The top six seeds were the top six placers at the state championships, but only Lounsberry behaved as he was expected, aside from a quarterfinals surprise.  The odds-makers lost on everybody else.

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Quarterfinals

Lounsberry was the first to “break form” when he upset the third-seeded Avila via a fall in 4:50 in the quarterfinals.  The match was close until the fall, but Avila only lead it for 33 seconds.  At the Brusly Invitational Avila defeated Lounsberry in a tight 4-3 match.

(1) Bryce Fontenot (SBR) Nandini Dee (HAN) ini 0:22

(4) Jace Davis (BRU) pinned (5) Jack Wagoner (DLS) in 5:42

(6) Kade Lounsberry (StL) pinned (3) Wingston Avila (EVA) in 4:50

(2) Jaden Guillory (BAS) pinned Joel Difranco (HAN) in 1:51

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Semifinals

Fontenot seemed not to care a whit that Davis had competed at 126 lbs., 132 lbs. and even 138 lbs. during the season.  He needed less than a minute to dispatch the Panther junior.  Guillory had met Lounsberry in a January 6^th dual meet and won via a fall in 2:54.  He would end their semifinals match accordingly with another second period fall.

(1) Bryce Fontenot (SBR) pinned (4) Jase Davis (BRU) in 0:56

(2) Jaden Guillory (BAS) pinned (6) Kade Lounsberry (StL) in 3:33

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Championship Consolation Rounds

In a rematch of their quarterfinals match, Davis and Wagoner met in the consolation finals.  Davis again prevailed via a third period fall.  In the fifth-place match, Avila and Lounsberry met to settle their now 1-1 season record against each other.  In the tie-breaking match, it was Avila who prevailed via a fall in 3:54

(4) Jase Davis (BRU) pinned (5) Jack Wagoner (DLS) in 3:46 to place 3rd

(3) Wingston Avila (EVA) pinned (6) Kade Lounsberry (StL) in 3:54 to place 5th

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Finals

Fontenot had a 2-1 season lead over Guillory come the 120 lbs. Division III finals match.  His 17-4 MD in the Brusly Invitational seemed a bit of a fluke, though, as the other two matches were much closer - 4-2 for Guillory and 6-2 for Fontenot.  Guillory did not allow Fontenot to score in the first 3:30 of this match.  The Basile junior scored a takedown and took a 2-0 lead into the second period.  He then put Fontenot on his back in the last minute of that round to take a 5-0 lead.  That lasted about two seconds as Fontenot scored a reversal, but Guillory did the same at the end of the round, taking a 7-2 lead into the third period.  To avoid a Fontenot escape and the point associated with it, Guillory chose to start the third period standing.  He needed just less than a minute to score a takedown.  Guillory was cited a stalling point with 45 seconds remaining, and Fontenot added an escape points, but with only seven seconds remaining.    Guillory prevailed 9-4 to win Basile’s first championship of the evening.

(2) Jaden Guillory (BAS) defeated (1) Bryce Fontenot (SBR) 9-4

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