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WE ARE ADAPTIVE
WRESTLING-SPECIFIC MEDIA |
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Bates continues
the family tradition |
LHSAA State
Wrestling Tournament |
Division II - 160
Pounds |
August 20th, 2023| Written by:
Staff Writer |
Place |
1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
Podium |
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Name |
Lake Bates |
Isaac Dees |
Owen de Boisbanc |
Beau Rabalais |
Cameron Gandolfi |
Kaleb Sanders |
School |
North Desoto |
Caddo Magnate |
Teurlings |
Brusly |
Rummel |
Lakeshore |
Seed |
2 |
1 |
3 |
6 |
4 |
5 |
Record |
35-4 |
20-3 |
13-5 |
35-19 |
39-18 |
33-20 |
Class |
11 |
12 |
12 |
111 |
11 |
11 |
The editor is taking a chance the Lake Bates' first name is Christian.
There is not a Bates listed on North Desoto's 2021-22 TrackWrestling roster.
There is one listed on the 2020-21 roster, though, and then he was a freshman.
That fits his being a junior in the 2022-23 season. TW has bates with a
2-0 state championships record. One of those was a consolation semifinals
win, though, which indicates another match. As a freshman Bates was 4-2 at
the state championships and placed 4th at 145 lbs.
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Bates is the younger brother of Chase Bates, North Desoto's first state
champion in 2017. He was seeded third and knocked of #2 Ryan
Huckaby of Parkway before prevailing over top-seeded Eduardo Garcia of
Shaw 5-3.
For a kid with six varsity matches to his credit, Bates had an amazing
junior season. His losses came from Jesuit's Arthur Schott (D1
3rd), Brother Martin's Rory Horvath (D1 2nd), Fontainebleau's Aiden
Lindsey (D1 1st) and to former North Desoto state champion Isaac Dees,
who now competed for Caddo Magnate. Bates also had a win over
Lindsey, as well as Benton's Cooper Reagan (D1 6th), Luke Fontenot of
Basile (D3 3rd), Jacobi Clement of East Ascension, Neil Borne of Rummel
(D2 6th) and Michael Gilreath, now a two-time D3 state champion. |
Bates placed sixth at the Louisiana Classic but handily won the Ken Cole and
the North Louisiana Regionals. It was at the LACL that he fell to Dees
4-3, and that was just enough to yield the top seeding spot to Dees. In
the finals, though, Bates never trailed. He scored the only points with a
takedown in the first round, allowed only an escape in the second, and scored an
escape and a takedown in the third period, in which he only allowed Dees an
escape and a penalty point.
Dee's senior season, after he took a year off of the sport also, was
exceptional in itself. His only losses prior to the state finals came from
Nicholas DiGeralamo (D1 1st) and to Reagan. He defeated Schott, Zachary's
Sergio Houston (D1 4th), and Gilreath, twice. He won the David Beeson
Memorial, the North Louisiana Regionals and placed third at the LACL. And
do not feel too bad for the senior. He won a Division II state
championship in 2020, 12-9 over some Teurlings Catholic kid named Ethan
Boudreaux.
Quarterfinals
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(4) Cameron Gandolfi (RUM) pinned (5) Kaleb Sanders (LAK) in 2:54 |
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Semifinals
(1) Isaac Dees (CAD) defeated (4) Cameron Gandolfi (RUM) 10-2 MD |
(2) Lake Bates (ND) pinned (3) Owen de Boisbanc
(TC) in 2:47 |
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Consolation Rounds
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C2: Major McPherson (PKY) pinned Zyler Guidry (SH) in 2:49 |
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C3: Major McPherson (PKY) pinned Derrick
Edwards (HNT) in 3:00 |
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Championship Consolation Rounds
(3) Owen de Boisbanc (TC) defeated (6) Beau Rabalais (BRU) 3-2
to place 3rd |
(4) Cameron Gandolfi (RUM) pinned (5)
Kaleb Sanders (LAK) in 4:31 to place 5th |
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Finals
(2) Lake Bates of North Desoto defeated (1)
Isaac Dees of Caddo Magnate 5-3 |
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