Louisiana High School Wrestling Archives

1988 12th Annual Lafayette Invitational Tournament*

January, 1988

Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana

Jesuit of New Orleans made its initial appearance in this tournament a memorable one by scoring 196 points to claim the team title.  The Blue Jays of Coach Sam Harnsongkram had four individual champions: Spencer Harris (119 lbs.), Scott Drews (126 lbs.), Shep Baumer (145 lbs.) and Greg Lacour (155 lbs.).  Kerry Bouman's (112 lbs.) of Comeaux and Larry Carter (138 lbs.) of Redemptorist each claimed his second Lafayette Invitational title.  A total of 37 teams participated.

* Renamed the Ken Cole Invitational in 1992

Champions and Runners-Up

Final Team Standings

Place School Points
1 Jesuit 196
2 Comeaux 177
3 Bonnabel 147.5
4 Parkway 128.5
5 Rummel 123.5
6 Redemptorist 89
7 Lafayette 87.5
8 Northside 79
9 Buras 78.5
10 Sulphur 75
11 Bossier 71.5
12 Brusly 63
13 Carencro 55
14 L. W. Higgins 54.5
14 Riverdale 54.5
16 Baker 49
17 John Curtis 47.5
18 John Ehret 47
19 Capitol 45
20 St. Martinville 42.5
20 Haughton 42.5
22 Basile 38
23 South Cameron 37.5
24 Airline 37
25 Zachary 35.5
26 De La Salle 33
27 Northwood 30
28 Port Sulphur 28
29 Tara 22.5
30 Acadiana 14
31 East Jefferson 12
32 McKinley 11.5
33 Hackberry 11
34 Belaire 4.5
35 West Jefferson 1
36 Fairview 0
36 Opelousas 0

Champions & Runner-Ups

(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)

Most Pins-Least Time - Emmette Sylve - 105 lbs. - Port Sulphur: 4 pins in 3:57 (0:22, 2:00, 0:43, & 0:52).

Weight Class

98 105 112 119 126 132 138 145 155 167 185 210 275
 

98 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 John Mistretta Redemptorist  
2 Marc Comeaux Lafayette  
3 Russell Arthur Bonnabel  
4 Michael Russ Parkway  
5 Kristen Baumer Jesuit  
6 Jason Pion Riverdale  

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105 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Anh Vo Buras  
2 Garry Bergeron Sulphur  
3 Mike Pizzolato Rummel  
4 Emmette Sylve Port Sulphur  
5 Calvin Bell Capitol  
6 Richard Prejean Carencro  

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112 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Kerry Boumans Comeaux  
2 Derrick Washington Buras  
3 Alan Prejean Brusly  
4 Billy Wood Riverdale  
5 Jose Otero Bossier  
6 Brian Price Bonnabel  

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119 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Spencer Harris Jesuit  
2 Rick Lawson Airline  
3 Drew Studdard John Curtis  
4 Chris Crump Rummel  
5 Chris McCarthy Comeaux  
6 Makael Welch Parkway  

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126 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Scott Drews Jesuit  
2 Ney Caballero Redemptorist  
3 Lance Rainwater Bossier  
4 Phillip Perry Parkway  
5 David Montie South Cameron  
6 Jason Ball Haughton  

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132 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Craig Vicknair Rummel  
2 Eddie Vess Parkway  
3 David Scott Northside  
4 Shannon Williams L. W. Higgins  
5 Larry Goodridge Brusly  
6 Karl Schmidt De La Salle  

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138 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Larry Carter Redemptorist  
2 Rennie Redler Bonnabel  
3 Kade Monlezun Carencro  
4 Marvin Rainwater Haughton  
5 Terry Williams Capitol  
6 David Markey Rummel  

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145 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Shep Baumer Jesuit  
2 Kevin Richard Comeaux 9-0
3 Dale Fink Parkway  
4 J. J. Burdin Lafayette  
5 Paul Evans De La Salle  
6 Virnado Woods Brusly  

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155 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Greg Latour Jesuit  
2 Dax Charles John Ehret  
3 Dewayne Bolden Bonnabel  
4 Deon Sharp Northside  
5 Teddy Ochoa L. W. Higgins  
6 Brad Turner Baker  

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167 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Corey Courts Comeaux  
2 Scott Heirs Parkway  
3 C. Washington Lafayette  
4 D. Dellavalentina Rummel  
5 Mike Meaux South Cameron  
6 Reggie Hilliard Baker  

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185 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 George Young Sulphur  
2 Toby Begnaud Comeaux  
3 Paul Leonard Jesuit  
4 Alan Abboud Rummel  
5 Chad Granger Northside  
6 Mike Capitina Bonnabel  

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210 Pounds

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Mike Duhon Comeaux  
2 Jimmy Ardoin Basile  
3 Mike Lavin Bonnabel  
4 Mike Hamsa Lafayette  
5 Lennie Cannizzaro Jesuit  
6 J. J. Coffman Northwood  

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275

Place Wrestler School Score
1 Floyd Flugence Comeaux  
2 Clifford Etienne St. Martinville  
3 Ben Fletcher Bonnabel  
4 Kenny Alonzo John Curtis  
5 James Campbell L. W. Higgins  
6 Rodney Begnaud Northside Northside

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