Fini

Phillips need just over a minute to secure De la Salle's second championship
LHSAA State Wrestling Tournament
Division III, 220 Pounds
May 9th, 2021 | Written by: Staff Writer




Weight Class Synopsis Quarterfinals Semifinals 3rd and 5th Finals

Place 1st 2nd 3rd 4th 5th 6th
Podium
Name Byron Phillips, III Bryson Walker Henry Milligan Joel Marchand Camden Maroon Aden LaBorde
School De la Salle Brusly St. Louis Hannan Church Point John Curtis
Seed 1 3 2 6 5 4
Class 12 12 10 9 11 10
Final Record 5-0 7-7 9-3 7-9 7-6 8-7

Final records include Louisiana losses but all wins

Weight Class Synopsis

The best record here was that of St. Louis sophomore Henry Milligan.  At 6-2 he won the Brusly Invitational with a 6-0 decision over second-seeded Bryson Walker of Brusly.  But in a dual meet he lost to East Ascension’s Nicholas Russell.  That docked him a spot because a full 50% of De la Salle’s Byron Phillips, III’s wins were one match over Russell.  Actually this weight class was seeded just fine, even though Phillips and fifth-seeded Camden Maroon of Church Point respected the seeding committee’s choices come awards time..

Walker avenged his Brusly Invitational loss to Milligan with a 4-3 win that put him in the finals.  Milligan cruised past Maroon in 1:05 to make the consolation finals.  There he met sixth-seeded Joel Marchand of Hannan, who avenged a quarterfinals 3-1 SV loss to fourth-seeded Aden Laborde of John Curtis with an 8-4 consolation semifinals win.  Milligan took third in 0:41 and Maroon defeated Laborde via a fall in 4:13 to place fifth.

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Quarterfinals

(1) Byron Phillips, III (DLS) pinned Antonio Tostan (LCP) in 0:24
(4) Aden LaBorde (JC) defeated (5) Camden Maroon (CP) 3-1 SV
(3) Bryson Walker (BRU) pinned (6) Joel Marchand (HAN) in 1:36
(2) Henry Milligan (StL) pinned Gavyn Elliot (SB) in 3:00

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Semifinals

(1) Byron Phillips, III (DLS) pinned (4) Aden LaBorde (JC) in 2:24
(3) Bryson Walker (BRU) defeated (2) Henry Milligan (StL) 4-3

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Championship Consolation Rounds

 (2) Henry Milligan (StL) pinned (6) Joel Marchand (HAN) in 1:41 to place 3rd
(5) Camden Maroon (CP) pinned (4) Aden LaBorde (JC) in 4:13, avenging a 3-1 SV match in the previous day's quarterfinals to place 5th

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Finals

Top-seeded senior Byron Phillips of De la Salle pinned third-seeded Bryson Walker of Brusly in 1:01
 
A Philips duck-under to a double-leg lift after 40 seconds put Walker on his back, and Phillips recorded the fall 21 second later.  Unfortunately, the action happened before the LWN photographer was able to get back from the podium area to photograph it.

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