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Lanosga drives in the last nail to give Blue Jays the title

LHSAA State Wrestling Tournament

Division I - 285 Pounds

August 20th, 2023| Written by: Staff Writer

Place	1st	2nd	3rd	4th	5th	6th
Podium
Name	Spencer Lanosga	Ethan Simmons	Ethan Peron	William Perry	Nathaniel Theiss	Gabriel Milbern
School	Jesuit	Brother Martin	Southside	Lafayette	St. Paul	Walker
Seed	1	3	6	7	5	4
Record	7-0	42-7	34-13	34-19	25-12	41-8
Class	11	10	12	12	12	11

Before the Division I state finals, defending state champion Spencer Lanosga had wrestled three matches. two of them were against Brother Martin's Ethan Simmons. in those matches he scored falls of 1:48 and 2:36 over Simmons and 1:33 over Harry Spring of Rummel. In the state championships none of Lanosga's matches lasted 60 seconds.

Sophomore Ethan Simmons of Brother Martin had an excellent season. He won the Cinco Ranch Big 12, the Bulldog Brawl, the Saints Invitational II, placed fourth at the Trey Culotta, fifth at the Louisiana Classic and seventh at the Mid-Cals. His losses at the LACL were 3-1 to Division II state champion Kole Hayes of Teurlings Catholic and 4-3 to David Russell of Catholic. Prior to the LACL he lost to Russell 5-4 in a dual meet. Another shot at Russell was denied Simmons when #7 William Perry of Lafayette defeated Russell 3-1 SV in the quarterfinals. Perry did not make the semifinals easy, and Simmons prevailed 4-2.

Lanosga was the last person Catholic wanted to see. Of their six finals matches they only won one, at 182 lbs., which put the Bears up by two points. At the time Jesuit had only won one out of three finals matches, but nobody expected Lanosga to be challenged. Just a win over Simmons would give the Blue Jays the title by two points. The 0:41 fall, though, doubled that margin to four.

Early Championship Rounds