1981: 5th Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*

January, 1981

Lafayette High School, Lafayette, Louisiana

Twenty-five teams competed in the 1981 tournament with the Carencro Golden Bears, coached by Ron Reed and Jimmy Vidrine, edging the Jeanerette Tigers, coached by Glenn Eldridge and Mike Mouton by a final team score of 147.5 to 146.5.Redemptorist was third with 142.5 points.  Carencro won the tournament on team depth with only two wrestlers in the finals.  Stephen LeMaire placed second at 98 lbs. and Carencro's last wrestler in the finals, David Estilette, won at 105 lbs. to complete the team scoring for Carencro.  Jeanerette had four in the finals, all wrestling after Carencro's team scoring was complete.  Jeanerette had two champions in Richard Guillotte and the tournament's Oustanding Wrestler, Jerry Lewis (155 lbs.).  The highlight of the battle for the team championship was at 185 lbs. in which Mike Prejean, the last Jeanerette wrestler in the finals, was defeated 5-3 by Steve Sifton of the Acadiana Wrecking Rams, preserving Carencro's team championship by one point.  The Most Pins-Least Time trophy was won by Lafayette's Carl LeBlanc at 126 lbs. with five pins in 16 minutes, 47 seconds (4:35, 5:20, 1:52, 2:06 & 2:45).

* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992

Champions and Runners-Up

Final Team Standings

Place School Points Place School Points Place School Points
1 Carencro 147.5 10 Brusly 85 19 Sulphur 33
2 Jeanerette 146.5 11 Capitol 78 20 St. Martin's 28.5
3 Redemptorist 142.5 12 Robert E. Lee 69 21 Northwood 22
4 Tara 111 13 Baton Rouge 68 22 Basile 21.5
5 Acadiana 109.5 14 Buras 59 23 LA School for the Deaf 20
6 Haughton 107 15 Grace King 52.5 24 LA School for the Visually Impaired 12
7 Natchitoches Central 93.5 16 Comeaux 48 25 John Curtis 10
8 Lafayette 90.5 17 Riverdale 36      
9 Northside 88.5 18 Hackberry 34.5      

Champions & Runners-Up

(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)

Weight Class

98 105 112 119 126 132 138 145 155 167 185 HWT

98 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Derrick Rispone Redemptorist  
2 Stephan LaMaire Carencro  
3 Robin Albrecht Riverdale  
4 Tony Williams Northside  
5 Ed Burch Robert E. Lee  
6 C. Stages Jeanerette  

105 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 David Estilette Carencro  
2 Lonnie Wale Grace King  
3 Benny Lane Northwood  
4 B. Begnaud Northside  
5 B. Barthelemy Port Sulphur  
6 G. Mazroy Robert E. Lee  

112 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Craig Mistretta Redemptorist  
2 Doug Chiles Tara  
3 Budd Caskey Haughton  
4 C. Williams Capitol  
5 Ronnie Wale Grace King  
6 T. Prelow Natchitoches Central  

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119 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Richard Guillotte Jeanerette  
2 Rob Dubois Natchitoches Central  
3 Tim Leblanc Brusly  
4 T. Chabreck Robert E. Lee  
5 Stephon Jefferson Buras  
6 G. Rome Redemptorist  

126 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Ray Jeter Haughton  
2 Joel Thomas Baton Rouge  
3 Carl LeBlanc Lafayette 2:45
4 Cal Cossich Buras  
5 Kevin Dennis Natchitoches Central  
6 G. Compagna Redemptorist  

132 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Mark Lerille Redemptorist  
2 Jeff Cronan Tara  
3 Lane LeJeune Baton Rouge  
4 Brent Rhodes Brusly  
5 D.Prejean Brusly  
6 D. East Hackberry  

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138 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Robert Roland Robert E. Lee  
2 M. Bourgeois Redemptorist  
3 Wayne Prejean Brusly  
4 J. Brown Capitol  
5 Troy Sonnier Acadiana  
6 Edmund Druihlet Northside  

145 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Martin Muller St. Martin's 9-0
2 (2) Robert Shelton Jeanerette 9-0
3 Hank Hebert Carencro  
4 (1) Mark Sylvester Tara  
5 Rhett Richoux Acadiana  
6 Scott Schoor Redemptorist  

155 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Jerry Lewis (OW) Jeanerette  
2 James Guidry Lafayette  
3 Jeff Starnes Natchitoches Central  
4 Matt Scott Comeaux  
5 L. Pellerin Acadiana  
6 G. Greenblatt Redemptorist  

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167 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Joe Brown Capitol  
2 Troy Byle Hackberry  
3 Will Arledge Natchitoches Central  
4 Todd Leverea Redemptorist  
5 S. Wilson Haughton  
6 K. Kimball Northside  

185 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Steve Sifton Acadiana  
2 Mike Prejean Jeanerette  
3 Gene Strogen Haughton  
4 D. Lanerie Carencro  
5 Davie Raine Grace King  
6 D. Port LA School for the Deaf  

HWT

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Roger Halphen Buras  
2 Kevin Cyrus Baton Rouge  
3 Kevin Taylor Tara  
4 Ed Brown Acadiana  
5 Scott Sibile Lafayette  
6 A. Nelson Jeanerette  

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