1982: 6th
Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*
January, 1982
Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
The 1982 tournament was hosted for the first time by the
Comeaux High School Spartans. The new location also brought about a new
name: The Lafayette Invitational High School Wrestling Tournament. At the
helm of the Spartans that year was Mike Mowad who was the head coach of
Lafayette High in 1977 at the tournament's inception. The Brusly High
Panthers, coached by Phil Bode and Larry Gilbert, dominated the 28-team field to
finish with 187.5 points. Carencro was second with 145 points followed by
Robert E. Lee with 143.5. Brusly was lead by three champions including Tim
Leblanc (126 lbs.) winning his second title. For the fourth year in a row,
the Outstanding Wrestler went to a wrestler from Jeanerette - Richard Guillotte
(119 lbs.). By successfully defending his title of the previous year at
the same weight class, he became a two-time Lafayette Invitational champion.
In addition to winning the Lafayette Invitational in his junior and senior
years, Guillotte was a Division II State Champion in each of his final three
years, being unbeaten against all competition including Division I wrestlers.
The last loss in his career was a a sophomore when he was beaten 3-2 by Dexter
Prejean of Carencro in the consolation semi-finals of the 1980 Lafayette
Invitational at 112 lbs. Guillotte won his next match to place fifth to
start his unbeaten streak.
* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
| Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Brusly |
187.5 |
8 |
Jeanerette |
104.5 |
15 |
Tara |
67 |
22 |
Comeaux |
20 |
| 2 |
Carencro |
145 |
9 |
West Jefferson |
103.5 |
T-16 |
Lafayette |
49 |
23 |
Buras |
13 |
| 3 |
Robert E. Lee |
143.5 |
10 |
Northside |
92.5 |
T-16 |
South Cameron |
49 |
24 |
Hackberry |
12 |
| 4 |
Belaire |
126.5 |
11 |
Acadiana |
88 |
18 |
Basile |
31 |
T-25 |
Bunkie |
10 |
| 4 |
Bossier |
126.5 |
12 |
Riverdale |
84 |
19 |
John Curtis |
28 |
T-25 |
St. Martin's |
10 |
| 6 |
Haughton |
111.5 |
T-13 |
Capitol |
81 |
20 |
Baton Rouge |
25 |
27 |
Port Sulphur |
6 |
| 7 |
Natchitoches Central |
108.5 |
T-13 |
Grace King |
81 |
21 |
Sulphur |
21 |
28 |
St. Martinville |
1 |
Champions & Runners-Up
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Most Pins-Least Time Award - Ed Burch, 98 lbs., Robert E.
Lee: 5 pins in 11:18 (0:15, 3:01, 3:12, 2:00, 2:50).
Weight Class
|
98 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Robin Albrecht |
Riverdale |
|
| 2 |
Galvey Vincent |
Acadiana |
|
| 3 |
Ed Burch |
Robert E. Lee |
2:50 |
| 4 |
Randy LaBauve |
Brusly |
|
| 5 |
Terry Sonnier |
Carencro |
|
| 6 |
Todd Huston |
Bossier |
|
|
105 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Steven LeMaire |
Carencro |
|
| 2 |
Lonnie Wale |
Grace King |
|
| 3 |
Van Bush |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 4 |
Matt Redding |
West Jefferson |
|
| 5 |
Jeffery Jones |
Capitol |
|
| 6 |
Matt LaBauve |
Brusly |
|
|
112 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Greg LeJeune |
Brusly |
|
| 2 |
Lenny Guillotte |
Jeanerette |
|
| 3 |
Donnie Gater |
Riverdale |
|
| 4 |
Doug Rainwater |
Haughton |
|
| 5 |
Danny Lantier |
Acadiana |
|
| 6 |
Lance Bullion |
Robert E. Lee |
|
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119 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Richard Guillotte (OW) |
Jeanerette |
|
| 2 |
Rob Dubois |
Natchitoches Central |
|
| 3 |
G. Washington |
Bossier |
|
| 4 |
Eugene Begnaud |
Northside |
|
| 5 |
Andy Browning |
Belaire |
|
| 6 |
Carlos Williams |
Capitol |
|
|
126 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Tim Leblanc |
Brusly |
|
| 2 |
Buddy Caskey |
Haughton |
|
| 3 |
Tommy Chabreck |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 4 |
Robert Mestayer |
Jeanerette |
|
| 5 |
Greg Lavergne |
Carencro |
|
| 6 |
Kevin Dennis |
Natchitoches Central |
|
|
132 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Robert Hill |
Tara |
|
| 2 |
Audie Wilson |
Brusly |
|
| 3 |
Mike Crooks |
West Jefferson |
|
| 4 |
Dean Fuselier |
Northside |
|
| 5 |
Art Riley |
Grace King |
|
| 6 |
Kerry Laderock |
Haughton |
|
|
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138
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Jeff Cronan |
Tara |
|
| 2 |
J. Brown |
Capitol |
|
| 3 |
Shane Breaux |
Belaire |
|
| 4 |
Earl Ivey |
Grace King |
|
| 5 |
Brent Rhodes |
Brusly |
|
| 6 |
Dean Hebert |
Carencro |
|
|
145
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Wayne Prejean |
Brusly |
|
| 2 |
Will Arledge |
Natchitoches Central |
9-0 |
| 3 |
Kenneth Simon |
Comeaux |
|
| 4 |
Keith Eccles |
West Jefferson |
|
| 5 |
Kelvin Wate |
Northside |
|
| 6 |
Phil Crisp |
Acadiana |
|
|
155 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Shawn Crane |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 2 |
Jeff Starnes |
Natchitoches Central |
|
| 3 |
Robert Shelton |
Jeanerette |
|
| 4 |
Roy Smith |
Bossier |
|
| 5 |
Joe Salsberry |
Capitol |
|
| 6 |
Charles Vincent |
South Cameron |
|
|
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167 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Erik Ketelsen |
Belaire |
|
| 2 |
E. Chamberlain |
Bossier |
|
| 3 |
Grant Witty |
Brusly |
|
| 4 |
Tony Sibille |
Lafayette |
|
| 5 |
Ronal Francis |
Northside |
|
| 6 |
Damon Laneriue |
Carencro |
|
|
185 Pounds
| Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| Steve Sifton |
Acadiana |
|
| Gene Strogen |
Haughton |
|
| James Shaheen |
Belaire |
|
| R. Washington |
Bossier |
|
| Wilson Landry |
Carencro |
|
| Chris Michie |
Sulphur |
|
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210 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Stanley Wilson |
Haughton |
|
| 2 |
Robb Wilson |
Belaire |
|
| 3 |
Wade Mercantel |
Basile |
|
| 4 |
Scott Sibille |
Lafayette |
|
| 5 |
Lyle Moreau |
Carencro |
|
| 6 |
Ricky Hall |
Baton Rouge |
|
|
HWT
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Mike Sheffield |
West Jefferson |
|
| 2 |
Danny Alexander |
Northside |
|
| 3 |
John Hall |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 4 |
Lee Green |
Capitol |
|
| 5 |
Emile Guillot |
John Curtis |
|
| 6 |
Richard Jones |
Bossier |
|
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