Courtesy report
Ruston Junior High and I.A. Lewis sent 12 athletes to Stanley High School in Logansport, La., this past weekend at the Louisiana Middle School State Wrestling Championships where Owen Hebert took the state championship and multiple others placed.
As a team, Triad Wrestling Club finished third overall in the state.
Hebert won the 115-lbs division with four wins in four matches while his competition was unable to score a single point against him. Bryson Patrict (84-88-lbs) and Mychael White (100-lbs) took runner up in their respective divisions, while Conner Jackson (155-lbs) and WJ Campbell (Mixed 190-HWT) both took third in their categories.
Brennan Jackson and SJ Wilson placed fourth in the 84-88-lbs and 140-lbs, respectively.
And while sixth-grader Lexi Taylor did not medal, she fearlessly stepped into the boys division to wrestle this past weekend.
All the athletes representing Ruston:
- Brennan Jackson
- Lexi Taylor
- Brett Brown
- AJ Nations
- Owen Hebert
- Conner Jackson
- WJ Campbell
- Bryson Patrick
- SJ Wilson
- Blayden Daniel
- Mychael White
- Brant Youngblood
