Louisiana High School Wrestling Archives
1997 21st
Annual Ken Cole Lafayette Invitational Tournament
January, 1997
Comeaux High School, Lafayette, Louisiana
Thirty-seven teams participated in the 21st edition of the
tournament. Jesuit took an unprecedented fourth straight team title.
Both Patrick Luke and Chad Boudreaux moved into the elite group of three-time
champions. Daniel Cormier was finally uninjured and won his first
individual Ken Cole tournament.
Champions
and Runners-Up
Final Team Standings
| Place |
School |
Points |
| 1 |
Jesuit |
276 |
| 2 |
Brother Martin |
251 |
| 3 |
Rummel |
201.5 |
| 4 |
Grace King |
181.5 |
| 5 |
Northside |
173 |
| 6 |
St. Paul's |
123 |
| 7 |
McKinley |
102.5 |
| 8 |
Catholic |
101.5 |
| 9 |
Sulphur |
99 |
| 10 |
Airline |
95 |
| 11 |
Robert E. Lee |
90.5 |
| 12 |
Buras |
88 |
| 13 |
Lafayette |
85 |
| 14 |
Northshore |
84.5 |
| 15 |
St. Martin's |
82 |
| 16 |
South Cameron |
79.5 |
| 17 |
John Ehret |
76 |
| 18 |
Basile |
70 |
| 19 |
East St. John |
64.5 |
| 20 |
De La Salle |
60.5 |
| 21 |
Andrew Jackson |
59 |
| 22 |
Acadiana |
55 |
| 23 |
Haughton |
54 |
| 24 |
Belaire |
53 |
| 25 |
Brusly |
48.5 |
| 26 |
Parkway |
48 |
| 27 |
Comeaux |
47 |
| 27 |
Hanson |
47 |
| 29 |
Rayne |
46 |
| 29 |
Istrouma |
46 |
| 31 |
Carencro |
45 |
| 31 |
Bossier |
45 |
| 33 |
Franklin |
38 |
| 34 |
Belle Chasse |
25.5 |
| 35 |
DeQuincy |
16 |
| 36 |
Port Sulphur |
10 |
| 37 |
Grand Lake |
3 |
Champions & Runner-Ups
(Outstanding Wrestler in Bold)
Most Pins-Least Time - Roxie Shelvin - 215 lbs. -
Franklin: 5 pins in 4:13 (0:20, 0:23, 0:17, 0:45 & 2:28).
Weight Class
103 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Leon Ngchee |
Grace King |
|
| 2 |
Garrett Gremillion |
Jesuit |
|
| 3 |
David Wagner |
McKinley |
|
| 4 |
James Stinson |
Sulphur |
|
| 5 |
Matt Lambert |
Brother Martin |
|
| 6 |
Brian Moody |
Rayne |
|
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112 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Creighton Mullins |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Wyman Alligood |
Buras |
|
| 3 |
Madison Carville |
Catholic |
|
| 4 |
Peyton Cavorac |
St. Martin's |
|
| 5 |
Greg Gagnon |
De La Salle |
|
| 6 |
Neal Harrison |
St. Paul's |
|
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119 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Patrick Luke |
Hanson |
|
| 2 |
Patrick Ritchie |
Rummel |
|
| 3 |
Nick Peppo |
East St. John |
|
| 4 |
Matt Barnes |
St. Paul's |
|
| 5 |
Taylor Sanders |
Catholic |
|
| 6 |
Tony Lama |
Brother Martin |
|
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125 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Nick Hanson |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
J. J. Sakobie |
Andrew Jackson |
|
| 3 |
Danny Navar |
St. Martin's |
|
| 4 |
Aaron Washington |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 5 |
George Pirovolos |
Grace King |
|
| 6 |
Ben Brouillette |
Rummel |
|
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130 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
David Pearson |
Brother Martin |
|
| 2 |
Jeremy Schudmak |
Grace King |
|
| 3 |
Scott Welty |
Rummel |
|
| 4 |
Arthur Kirsch |
Jesuit |
|
| 5 |
Jedd Faulk |
Lafayette |
|
| 6 |
Aubrey Gotch |
Northside |
|
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135 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Chad Boudreaux |
Rummel |
|
| 2 |
Roderick Ratcliff |
McKinley |
|
| 3 |
Eddy Webb |
Lafayette |
|
| 4 |
Marty Black |
St. Martin's |
|
| 5 |
Robert Harrison |
St. Paul's |
|
| 6 |
Gaven Gillen |
Jesuit |
|
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140 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Jacob Gruwell |
Brother Martin |
|
| 2 |
Todd Gilreath |
Rummel |
|
| 3 |
Casey Talamo |
Northshore |
|
| 4 |
Justin Roy |
Northside |
|
| 5 |
Steve Matthews |
Parkway |
|
| 6 |
John Carter |
South Cameron |
|
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145
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Jason Leckert |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Willard Pruitt |
South Cameron |
|
| 3 |
Josh Friedman |
Buras |
|
| 4 |
Matt Rhoads |
Brother Martin |
|
| 5 |
Joe Wimberly |
Catholic |
|
| 6 |
Zac Vollertsen |
Northshore |
|
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152
Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Brett D'Allesandro |
Brother Martin |
|
| 2 |
Trey Landry |
Jesuit |
9-0 |
| 3 |
Corey Lebouef |
Sulphur |
|
| 4 |
Tim Tenhundfeld |
Grace King |
|
| 5 |
Bill Briand |
De La Salle |
|
| 6 |
Brandon Scott |
Belaire |
|
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160 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Matt Orillion |
Jesuit |
|
| 2 |
Vontilla Stevens |
Northside |
|
| 3 |
Mike Gulotta |
Brother Martin |
|
| 4 |
Josh Galland |
Acadiana |
|
| 5 |
David Torres |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 6 |
Steven Fontenot |
Basile |
|
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171 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Ian Honore |
McKinley |
|
| 2 |
Patrick Noble |
Jesuit |
|
| 3 |
Mike Powers |
Airline |
|
| 4 |
Brian Seymour |
Brusly |
|
| 5 |
Eric Thompson |
Istrouma |
|
| 6 |
Jeff Vernetti |
Lafayette |
|
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189 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Daniel Cormier |
Northside |
Injury Forfeit |
| 2 |
Nick Bellini |
St. Paul's |
|
| 3 |
Ken Kiefer |
Brother Martin |
|
| 4 |
Carmen Cortez |
Basile |
|
| 5 |
Jeff Green |
Jesuit |
|
| 6 |
Ryan Estes |
Rummel |
|
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215 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Roxie Shelvin |
Franklin |
2:28 |
| 2 |
Julius Bessix |
Catholic |
|
| 3 |
Fred Patterson |
Grace King |
|
| 4 |
Carlus Walker |
Northside |
|
| 5 |
Gary Stephens |
Bossier |
|
| 6 |
Chris Comeaux |
Andrew Jackson |
|
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275 Pounds
| Place |
Wrestler |
School |
Score |
| 1 |
Keith Tomlinson |
Rummel |
|
| 2 |
Trey Culotta |
Brother Martin |
|
| 3 |
John Gee |
Northside |
|
| 4 |
Seth Overall |
Robert E. Lee |
|
| 5 |
Charles Morris |
Sulphur |
|
| 6 |
Ben Ziegler |
St. Paul's |
Northside |
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