Wrestling/Football. Which south La teams have good wrestling programs?

Catholic High - BR
St Michael
Brusly
Dutchtown

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And football coaches don't want their players losing weight.

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you overestimate how heavy high school O-lines have to be…

In Lafayette, Teurlings Catholic may be the only school with a decent balance. Their head coach wrestled for Brother Martin in NOLA. Years ago, Comeaux had the dominant wrestling program in Acadiana; however, their FB team has always finished near the bottom of the district. Comeaux has a mini-grapplers program where kids 3yrs old can start wrestling. During the Summer, these kids go to tournaments in the Midwest (Iowa) to compete against the best kids in the country. I don't ever remember NOLA or other areas of the State with wrestling programs for elementary aged children.

St. Thomas More had a small wrestling team, but not sure they ever fielded a complete team with 2-deep in each weight category. To my knowledge, LCA doesn't even have a wrestling program. FWIW, Daniel Cormier wrestled at Northside HS and was a 4x State Champion. I grew up in NOLA and was a State Champion back in 1986. I finished my Sr. year with a 28-3 record and won 5 tournaments. I had scholarships to wrestle in college but chose to attend LSU to party like a rock-star

"The Big Cat" Ernie Ladd was a product of Grambling University.

Basile High has always had a wrestling program and the football coach encourages his players to wrestle so we strike a good balance. We have been very successful for a 1A school. Competing in division 3 causes us to wrestle schools much bigger than us (D3 is 1A-3A) and we have won 4 state championships as a team, including 3 consecutive over the last 3 years.
The main thing as someone else said is a good youth program. Our parents and youth coaches are very involved. The kids get to high school with a ton of mat time and good coaching already. It’s pretty awesome.

My NELA high school wrestled in the offseason because our coaches wanted us to learn more about gaining leverage. We only competed against each other. I thought it was really good for linemen.

I wish I'd had learned more about wrestling, and had the opportunity to compete. In 1976 & 77, I was the only Farmerville kid that could beat the two brothers who had moved down from Minnesota. I was a 5'8" 165 pound LB and pulling guard.

I thought I was 5'10" until I was in my 20's. Since 10th grade, our FB coaches always said that was what I measured. I never questioned it. One day at one of my fist jobs out of college another short guy told me he didn't think I was that tall. We measured and I wasn't. The saddest part of it was I was 5'7" in 6th grade and only grew another inch.

Ric Flair Senior High.

Live Oak HS

Is wrestling split like football?

Buras, back in the gap ( early 90’s )