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| Friday Ken Cole Briefs & Windbreaker |
| January 9th, 2026| Written by: Staff writer |
After the first day of competition St. Thomas More holds a tenuous 1/2-point lead over Rummel in the 49th Annual Ken Cole Invitational, held at Comeaux High School in Lafayette, Louisiana on January 9th and 10th. Jesuit High School, with only 10 scoring wrestlers, is in third place with 95 points, followed by the two other contenders for the Division II State Team Championship in North Desoto with 94 points and Teurlings Catholic with 87 points. None of the top-five schools have a full team. The two leaders, St. Thomas More and Rummel, have 13 scoring wrestlers. North Desoto has 12, as does Teurlings Catholic.
Team Scores after Friday's Wrestling
| Place | School | Points |
| 1 | St. Thomas More | 127.5 |
| 2 | Rummel | 127 |
| 3 | Jesuit | 95 |
| 4 | North Desoto | 94 |
| 5 | Teurlings Catholic | 87 |
No top seeds were beaten, but three second seeds were, and some very unexpected wrestlers survived to get to the semifinals on Saturday.
Those not supposed to be in the semifinals are:
| Weight | Wrestler | Seed | Notes |
| 113 | William Roniger Jesuit |
#7 | Defeated # 2 Cody Hypolite (CAR) 10-7 |
| 132 | Philip Adams Shaw |
#12 | Defeated #5 Bennett Lewis (BYR) in 1:20; Beat #29 Tristan Nolfo (CAT) in 3:51. Nolfo had defeated #4 Karson Rozas (PKY) 15-0 TF |
| 132 | Cooper Richard (COM) | #10 | Defeated #7 Blaise Watson (TC) 9-6 SV and then #2 Will Haun (HGT) 17-8 MD |
| 138 | Sebastian Clark (TC) | #10 | Defeated #6 Caleb Walker (SUL) 19-3 TF and #3 Cayden Myers (COV) due to an injury default |
| 157 | Matthew Pierce (SLI) | #6 | Defeated #3 Jose Argenal (COM) 3-2 |
| 175 | Alex Hernandez (RUM) | #21 | Defeated # 12 Liam Beard (SUL), #5 Evan Poole (BRU) in 4:54 and #4 Avery Price (PKY) in 5:58 |
| 215 | Hayden Bell North Desoto |
#6 | Defeated #3 Caleb Preece (ROS) in 0:33 |
| 285 | Will Berry Jesuit |
#10 | Defeated #7 Lucas Guidry (TC) in 1:31 and #2 Jayvier Hollis (SLI) 10-3 |
The information above was the "Briefs." Now for the "Windbreaker." That would be the National Wrestling Hall of Fame windbreaker which I received last April. Well, I was lollygagging in Ochsner at the time, so my daughter took care of the induction ceremony requirements for me. She did bring it over to the hospital when the ceremony was over.
I wanted a photograph of Ms. Elaine and me wearing our windbreakers, as she was also inducted last April. That was a large part of my wanting to go to the tournament this year. Mind you, I always want to go, but circumstances do not allow me to go to a lot of events like I once did. It is doubtful, however, that Ms. Elaine will be able to go. But I already booked a hotel room and found a way that would allow me to spend Saturday night in Lafayette.
Weather permitting, I am going to wear it. I can wear it when I run errands, but nobody knows what the windbreaker means. Some people at the tournament this weekend will know, though, and I have to stop pretending to be so modest. I am not. Yet too few people look at the 1980 and 1981 results in the tournament's program, so I am going to treat myself to a little glory, weather permitting.
Frankly I hope people will notice the Canterbury Tales tie over the windbreaker. When I quote Chaucer in Middle English, I am bragging.
Also, I have not seen a lot of teams in the last couple of years, and newer people might not know about the complications re my vision. Visual complications limit me to photographing only the finals of events. That is in case someone is wondering why I am not taking photographs of the semifinals.
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