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First, may I say that if the photos are not in focus, that was not me, nor can that be said about the South Park images.  I trust that the text will be in focus…to someone.

A Y-chromosome selection of Team Louisiana

Over 20 Louisiana wrestlers paid homage to the state in which I was born last weekend by participation in the High School Coaches Association Nationals on Friday, Saturday and Sunday.  Three come back as All-Americans, and all in ways that allowed them to be smiling as they left.

Sam Houston senior Tyson Roach and Teurlings Catholic's sophomore and freshman Alex Rozas and Carter Macha.

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Sam Houston senior Tyson Roach and Teurlings Catholic sophomore Alex Rozas placed third.  Carter Macha, also of Teurlings Catholic, placed fifth.   While they were gallivanting in my Commonwealth, I found that H & R Block can be really useful this time of year, had surgery that, according to the surgeon when he got there, I did not need, got mad a two doctors (not the surgeon) but stayed in to recuperate a tad. 

As expected I realized the weight classes and ages of only three wrestlers once the NHSCA Nationals were over.  I do not usually get that lucky driving to Breaux Mart.

Have I mentioned lately how much I really cannot stand FloWrestling?  Just to rip on South Park and probably several hundred uses before Stan got the devil fish for Halloween, I will refer to it as Aunt Flo.  That is the reference I am using tonight.  (And hey, Mr. Trump, this is an instance where free speech is protected!)

One must understand that after publishing the LA-MS match photos Tuesday I had a couple of “bad eye” days.  And yesterday a Doc ‘n a Box accused me of being an opiate addict because I asked for six, six mind you, Percodan for a severely torn oblique.  So, unless collecting rent money I thought it best that I stay in doors for the lest few days.  I have not practiced with my .45, .38 or .22 in ages, and I just want to be sure to go to a gun range when I do.

Over the weekend I could click on the “team” section for each weight class on Aunt Flo, and I would be shown which round the kids were in, or what place they were wrestling for in their next match.  This is where Aunt Flo reminds me of over-the-counter pain pills.  They all say do not exceed “such-and such” dosage in 24 hours, especially when one has liver damage.  As one with liver damage, it might be nice to add “or you will bleed internally again, and how did that work out for you the first time?”

It would have been nice to have been told that I better write down the names, ages and weight classes in which our kids participated.  But I did not.  I remember several kids who did well in the winner’s bracket, but only the ages and weight classes of Tyson Roach, Alex Rozas and Carter Macha stuck.

Roach, the senior from Sam Houston who is headed to UA-Little Rock \next season won a Division I state championship in 2022, a Division I state championship in 2023 and a Division II runner-up spot placed third in the seniors 120 lbs. weight class.

Roach won his first two contests by technical falls in 2:17 and 3:30, not event the full length of on match.  He followed those matches with a 10-3 technical fall to reach the quarterfinals in which he won a close 17-15 match.  In the semifinals he fell to Gabriel Tellez of Florida 7-6. In the consolation semifinals he demolished N’atani Prado of Las Vegas 7-0 and the went back to an 18-1 technical fall against Joseph Calvin of Tennessee in 3:53.

Also placing third was Teurlings Catholic sophomore Alex Rozas, the only Louisiana wrestler to defeat Roach in the 2023-23 season.

Rozas was in the sophomore 120 lbs. division.  Rozas also won his first two matches by technical falls of 19-4 and 18-3.  Then he won his next two by 15-0 and 16-1 TFs.  He won his quarterfinals match 8-5 but was on the wrong end of a 5-0 in his semifinals match to the eventual winner of the weight class.  Rozas scored a major decision, 10-0, over his consolation semifinals opponent and scored a 12-2 major decision to place third.

Freshman Division II state champions Carta Macha of Teurlings Catholic competed in the freshman 182 lbs. weight class.  Macha started with a fall in ):41 and followed that with an 8-1 decision.   After a 12-2 quarterfinals win he fell in a tight 9-6 match in the semifinals.  In consolation semifinals he fell in 1:44 but won the fifth-place match via a fall in 3:48 after he was ahead 14-1.

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The Walker contingent of Toni Jarreau, Kye Karcher and Danny Karcher

Teurlings Catholic's freshman Carter Macha on the podium and the whole podium

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Richie Clementi placed second and Rory Horvath 3rd at the Reno Worlds.

Richie and Rory Horvath; the rest of the Gladiators team

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