Warrior Wrestling

Warriors Open New Season

The Warrior Wrestling team opened the season at the 4th Annual Warrior Open. There were some exciting matches and the Warriors showed the true "Warrior Spirit" throughout the day. I was proud of the effort and fighting spirit. We have a long way to go to recah our goals at the end of the season. If this team continues to compete the way they did this weekend then we are well on our way to a special season. Thanks again to all of the parents, wrestlers and other teams that attended our tournament. I hope that everyone enjoyed the Warrior Open.  

112lbs. Dylan "Corndog" Corsentino - Dylan entered his first tournament against Varsity competition. Dylan did not win a match, but he fought valiantly and avoided being pinned in his 2 matches. I know Dylan will notch his first win soon.

112lbs. Charles "Chucky" Morgan - Charles started his Varsity season with a bang winning his first match of the season by fall. He then lost to eventual champ Austin Becnel (Cath). Charles fought back with 3 straight wins 2 of which came by fall over Sidney Rodriguez (Cath) and Jordan Hernandez (Live Oak). Charles then wrestled a great match posting a 4-0 decision over Michael Kron (Cath) to reach the consolation finals. There he had to forfeit because of the 5 match rule.

119lbs. Ben "Big Willy" Willeford - Ben is driven this season and is looking to make his marrk early. He wasted no time pinning his first 3 opponents in the first round. That led to a rematch of a city semi-final match a year ago against Christopher Boyter of St. Amant. 25 seconds into the 2nd period Ben pinned Boyter to make the finals. There he met Jesuit's Brett Lacour. Brett wrestled a great match, but Ben came away with a narrow 12-11 victory.

125lbs. Ryan "Web" Weber - Ryan had a tough draw at 125 and went 1-2 on the weekend. We are looking for big things from Ryan. I am sure in the coming weeks we will see some big things from Ryan.

130lbs. Stephen Dupuis - Stephen also went 1-2 wrestling up a weight class. He did notch a victory by pin over Comeaux's Abram Sellers. Stephen will probably be moving down to 125.

135lbs. Dustin Murphy - Dustin made his debut at the Warrior Open and wrestled one of the top guys in the state at 130 in Dutchtown's Austin Gravelle. Dustin made a good showing, but unfortunately he did not get a win. He'll keep working and will get that first win.

135lbs. William Seefield - Will came to us in the summer and has made great progress in that time. Will went 1-2 but he did garner his first win and it was by pin over Chris Cole (Live Oak).

140lbs. Landon Carr - Landon went 4-1 before having to give the 3rd place match to teammate Brock Portier due to the 5 match rule. Brock did however pin Landon earlier in the day giving Landon his only true loss in the tournament. Landon won 2 by fall over Joseph LeBlanc (Teurlings) and Chase Bergeron of (Plaquemine) he also had a tech fall and a decision.

140lbs. Michael Morris - Michael lost a heart breaker 10-9 to Ross Fontenot (Cath) in his first match of the year. He was unable to overcome that loss and went 0-2 for the weekend. Moving up 4 weight classes from a year ago Michael is still adjusting to the new middle weight competition. He will soon be back to his winning ways.

140lbs. Brock "Sidney" Portier - Brock went 4-1 for the weekend including 2 pins. One came over teammate Landon Carr. The 5 match rule eliminated the need for Brock to wrestle Landon again for 3rd. These two will battle each other in the room all year. At the end of the year we could see big things from both of them.

145lbs. Mark Bueche - Mark went 2-2 this weekend. He notched one pin and had a major over Patrick Analoro (Cath). Mark could make a difference in the middle weights for us this season. We need a good showing all year from this young man.

160lbs. Keif Rushing - Keif has only been with us a short time, but is making great strides. He went 1-2 in his first varsity competition. He did get his first career victory over Joey deGeneres (Cath) by pin. Watch this young man grow for us this year.

189lbs. Chase "ears" Dunlap - Chase came to wrestle without having a day of practice. He played in St. Michael's football game on Friday night and after they were eliminated he showed up Saturday morning to wrestle. All he did was make the finals and take 2nd place in the tournament. Chase pinned his first 2 opponents Brian Blanchard (Plaquemine) and Aaron Arton (Teurlings). Need a big year out of this young man.

215lbs. Grant "Moose" Breeland -  Grant had a great weekend winning 4 of his 5 matches by pin in the first minute of each match. This earned him 3rd place honors in his first Varsity competition ever.

215lbs. Michael "Big Bear" Borne - Michael also had a good weekend taking 4th place. Michael had 2 pins and went 3-2 over the weekend. He lost to 1st place finisher Jake Krousel and teammate Grant Breeland who finished 3rd.

285lbs Steven " Dino" Scardina - Another football player that came in after a late night finish to the football season. Dino won his first two matches in style pinning both opponents to earn a 1st place finish at the Warrior Open.