Nola.com recently featured Brother Martin Wrestling in an article regarding the Louisiana Classic:

"Brother Martin has won the past eight Louisiana Classic wrestling tournaments but could be challenged this weekend by a Teurlings Catholic team that edged the Crusaders in a dual meet last month.

Teurlings won by five points when the schools met in the finals of the Beast on the Bayou dual tournament Dec. 28 at Shaw, the main difference being the four pins Teurlings earned compared to Brother Martin’s two.

In the Classic, set for Friday and Saturday at the Lamar Dixon Expo Center in Gonzales, Brother Martin and Teurlings are unlikely to have all 14 of their entrants face each other, but most should advance deep into their respective brackets.

“I have zero doubt that Teurlings Catholic is going to be right there on our heels,” said Brother Martin coach Andrew Nicola, whose team also is the reigning Division I state champion. “I do believe we’re a better team even though we did lose to them in a dual. It’s going to be awfully tight.”

Brother Martin has one returning champion with sophomore Richie Clementi, who won at 113 pounds as a freshman and will compete this weekend at 132. Senior Kent Burandt is the other Brother Martin wrestler with a No. 1 seed, at 145 pounds after he placed third in that weight class last year."

It is our greatest challenges that reward us with the most strength. Through victory or defeat, having the courage to adhere to the challenge and face it head-on will make our Crusader Wrestlers all the better sportsmen through the experience and all the better young men through their bravery.

Join us in support of our Crusaders wrestlers in Gonzales on January 13th and 14th at the Louisiana Classic!

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