Congrats to the Jesuit Wrestling Team!
Louisiana's 2023 D1 State Championship wrestling team
We here at the Louisiana First Standard mainly focus on Louisiana political and cultural news. However, I’ve decided to make a special exception today for my alma mater’s high school wrestling team: Jesuit High School (New Orleans).
For those who don’t know, I wrestled at Jesuit from 2013 to 2018 (8th -12th grade) and was a 2-time state champion in the D1 152 lb weight class. So, Louisiana high school wrestling holds a special place in my heart—as well as the Jesuit High School wrestling program.
This past weekend, Jesuit High school’s wrestling team won its second consecutive Division 1 State Championship as team. Jesuit cruised past its competition with a total team score of 321 points—over 45 points ahead of 2nd place team Holy Cross.
Jesuit also brought home 3 individual titles (120, 215, and 285 lb weight classes) and 5 individual runner-ups. In total, 8 of the Jesuit’s 14 wrestlers wrestled in the state finals for their respective weight class.
If you have a Twitter/X account, then make sure to check out these three tweets below because they show video clips of Jesuit’s 3 state champs in their state final matches:
-120lb State Finals match video
-215lb State Finals match video
-285lb State Finals match video
Overall, 13 of Jesuit’s 14 wrestlers placed in the top 6 of their weight class. Quite an impressive and difficult feat to accomplish in Louisiana wrestling!
As a Jesuit wrestling alumnus, I want to personally congratulate Jesuit wrestling coach Jonathon Orillion and the entire Jesuit wrestling team for their successful season! Jesuit’s championship was well-deserved, and I hope that the team celebrates their incredible accomplishments!
To close out today’s article, please check out these recap write-ups on Crescent City Sports and Nola.com and the interview below of Jesuit’s head wrestling coach Jonathon Orillion:
Thank you all for reading, and may Christ Jesus bless the state of Louisiana! Only Louisiana First!