In the final tournament before the State tournament, Brother Martin reached the finals in 13 of 14 weight classes, and won eight titles on their way to a 1st place finish in the St. Paul’s Invitational. The Crusaders won with 268 points followed by host St. Paul’s with 161 points, Jesuit (146.5), Holy Cross (128), Destrehan (55), Fontainebleau (54), John Ehret (34), Mandeville (34), and Covington (33). Good luck in the State tournament, Crusaders!
Weight Class Finals
106 –Luke Cotton, Brother Martin def. Adam Larriviere, Jesuit, SV-1 (11-9)
113 – Steven Shields, Brother Martin def. Beau Bush, Holy Cross, Decision (7-2)
120 –Nicholas des Bordes, Mandeville def. Collin Guerra, Holy Cross, Decision (6-2)
126 – Joseph Lucas, John Ehret def. Seth Gambill, Brother Martin, Decision (7-2)
132 – Paul Klein, Brother Martin def. Joey Foret, Holy Cross, Major Decision (14-5)
138 – Jake Rando, Holy Cross def. Blaine Elsensohn, Brother Martin, Major Decision (11-3)
145 – Mason Williams, Brother Martin def. Griffin Mason, Jesuit, Major Decision (15-5)
152 – Seth Johnson, Brother Martin def. Sam Dufour, St. Paul’s, Decision (3-2)
160 –Chase Menendez, Destrehan def. Daniel Evans, Brother Martin, Decision (5-2)
170 – Pierce Williams, Brother Martin def. Chase Cochran, St. Paul’s, Major Decision (17-5)
182 – Yehia Riles, Brother Martin def. Brandon Verges, Fontainebleau, injury
195 – Guy Patron, Jesuit won by forfeit over Travis Viener, Brother Martin
220 – Ethan Eisenhardt, Fontainebleau def. Jacob Clapp, Brother Martin, Major Decision (10-2)
285 – Matt Montalbano, Brother Martin def. Christian Fortner, St. Paul’s, Fall (4:11)
The Junior High wrestling team scored 313.5 points and won the Middle School State Championship. The Crusaders placed 13 in the championship finals and won 5 individual titles. Patrick Evans capped of an undefeated season and was joined by Ryan Templet, Riley Horvath, Michael Clapp and Mack Brown as individual state champions. Finishing as state runnerups were Kohl Prest, Colby Franovich, Seth Alfonso, Bailey Stretzinger, John Stemke, Stephen Nash, Wyatt Vaughn and John Scalise. Placing 3rd were Daniel Croy, Dominic Fouchi, Aidan Davis, Jack Romano, Noah Williams and John Miltenberger. Finishing in 4th place were Alex Duncan, Jacob Roy, Logan Coulon and Kyle West.
