1996: 20th
Annual Ken Cole Invitational Tournament
January, 1996
Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
1996 marked the twentieth anniversary of the Ken Cole
Tournament. 376 wrestlers from 37 schools made this one of the largest
fields in tournament history. Jesuit became the tem champion for an
unprecedented third time in a row. For the second year, State Champion
Daniel Cormier was forced to forfeit in the championship round due to injury -
his first loss of the year.
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
| Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
Place |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Jesuit |
242.5 |
11 |
Bishop Sullivan |
96 |
T-20 |
Parkway |
49 |
31 |
East St. John |
19.5 |
| 2 |
Lafayette |
161 |
12 |
De La Salle |
88 |
22 |
Airline |
48.5 |
T-32 |
Belaire |
14 |
| 3 |
Robert E. Lee |
154.5 |
13 |
Northside |
82.5 |
T-23 |
Belle Chasse |
47 |
T-32 |
Bossier |
14 |
| 4 |
Brother Martin |
150 |
14 |
Andrew Jackson |
77 |
T-23 |
John Ehret |
47 |
34 |
Carencro |
12 |
| 5 |
Sulphur |
141.5 |
15 |
Haughton |
69 |
25 |
St. Martin's |
46 |
35 |
Northwood |
10 |
| 6 |
Brusly |
138.5 |
16 |
McKinley |
67.5 |
26 |
Franklin |
45 |
36 |
Grand Lake |
7 |
| 7 |
St. Paul
|
129.5 |
17 |
Buras |
66 |
27 |
Acadiana |
40.5 |
37 |
Port Sulphur |
1 |
| 8 |
Grace King |
125.5 |
18 |
South Cameron |
63 |
28 |
Hanson |
40 |
|
|
|
| 9 |
Comeaux |
113.5 |
19 |
Catholic |
56.5 |
29 |
Rayne |
36 |
|
|
|
| 10 |
Rummel |
108.5 |
T-20 |
Basile |
49 |
30 |
John Curtis |
32 |
|
|
|
Champions & Runners-Up
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Most Pins-Least Time - John Chevis - 275 lbs. -
Lafayette: 5 pins in 7:55 (1:50, 0:25, 2:33, 0:50 & 2:17).
Weight Class
103 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Greg Brune |
Comeaux |
|
| 2 |
Leon Ngchee |
Grace King |
|
| 3 |
Ronald Hemelt |
Jesuit |
|
| 4 |
Marc Peltier |
Andrew Jackson |
|
| 5 |
Brian Garland |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 6 |
Ben Parham |
Lafayette |
|
|
112 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Patrick Luke |
Hanson |
|
| 2 |
Omar George |
McKinley |
|
| 3 |
Tim Goodson |
Grace King |
|
| 4 |
Arthur Kirsch |
Jesuit |
|
| 5 |
Nick Hanson |
Unattached |
|
| 6 |
Pat Richie |
Rummel |
|
|
119 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Chad Boudreaux (OW) |
Rummel |
|
| 2 |
Brady Cunningham |
Sulphur |
|
| 3 |
Roderick Ratcliff |
McKinley |
|
| 4 |
Shannon Smith |
Acadiana |
|
| 5 |
Barrett Wilson |
Brusly |
|
| 6 |
David Louviere |
Jesuit |
|
|
|
125 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
David Raborn |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Brian Seghers |
Rummel |
|
| 3 |
Burt Walker |
Sulphur |
|
| 4 |
Josh High |
Haughton |
|
| 5 |
Josh Goodson |
Bishop Sullivan |
|
| 6 |
Brock Reaux |
Comeaux |
|
|
130 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Wayland Dinwiddie |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Dedrick Williams |
Brusly |
|
| 3 |
Jacob Gruwell |
Brother Martin |
|
| 4 |
Nathan Eddings |
Andrew Jackson |
|
| 5 |
Scott Welty |
Rummel |
|
| 6 |
Frank Laskowski |
Lafayette |
|
|
135 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Ricky Saucier |
Brusly |
|
| 2 |
Matt Orillion |
Jesuit |
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Ocmond |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 4 |
Jaik Faulk |
Lafayette |
|
| 5 |
Gavin Gillen |
Unattached (Jesuit) |
|
| 6 |
Steve Wilson |
John Curtis |
|
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140 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
David Reinhardt |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Willard Pruitt |
South Cameron |
|
| 3 |
Josh Friedman |
Buras |
|
| 4 |
Joe Briand |
De La Salle |
|
| 5 |
Jake Ortego |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 6 |
Brodie Richard |
Northside |
|
|
145
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Hiram Greer (OW) |
Brother Martin |
|
| 2 |
Brandon Reaux |
Comeaux |
|
| 3 |
Jason Leckert |
Jesuit |
|
| 4 |
Chad Cedotal |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 5 |
Jake Patton |
Lafayette |
|
| 6 |
Josh Fontenot |
Bishop Sullivan |
|
|
152
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Dennis Parker |
Catholic |
|
| 2 |
Marc Dugas |
Bishop Sullivan |
9-0 |
| 3 |
David O'Brien |
St. Paul
|
|
| 4 |
Matt Fiorella |
Jesuit |
|
| 5 |
Jeff Berg |
Lafayette |
|
| 6 |
Vontilla Stevens |
Northside |
|
|
|
160 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Todd Fernandez |
St. Paul
|
|
| 2 |
Duffy Rousselle |
Belle Chasse |
|
| 3 |
Jonathan Terry |
Grace King |
|
| 4 |
Clint Leboeuf |
Sulphur |
|
| 5 |
Kevin Kern |
Brother Martin |
|
| 6 |
Ian Honore |
McKinley |
|
|
171 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Jason Galjour |
De La Salle |
|
| 2 |
Ronnie Tenhunfeld |
Grace King |
|
| 3 |
Carmen Cortez |
Basile |
2:27 |
| 4 |
Brent D'Allsandro |
Brother Martin |
|
| 5 |
Jake Wright |
Lafayette |
|
| 6 |
Bryan Seymour |
Brusly |
|
|
189 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Matt Fersch |
St. Paul
|
Injury Forfeit |
| 2 |
Daniel Cormier |
Northside |
|
| 3 |
Tim Latour |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 4 |
Boue Wright |
John Ehret |
|
| 5 |
Shawn Fontenot |
Basile |
|
| 6 |
Jeff Vernetti |
Lafayette |
|
|
|
215 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Chip Seymour |
Brusly |
|
| 2 |
Keitric Barber |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 3 |
Donnie Vincent |
Sulphur |
|
| 4 |
Nick Gaspard |
Airline |
|
| 5 |
Roxie Shelvin |
Franklin |
|
| 6 |
Neil Waguespack |
Brother Martin |
|
|
275 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Billy Clay |
Unattached (Northside) |
|
| 2 |
Chris Collier |
Parkway |
|
| 3 |
John Chevis |
Lafayette |
2:17 |
| 4 |
John Dupre |
Lafayette |
|
| 5 |
Devon Theriot |
South Cameron |
|
| 6 |
Graham Jefferson |
De La Salle |
Northside |
|
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