BOSSIER CITY – North DeSoto’s Dalton Compton and Chase Smart repeated as state wrestling champions in their individual classes this past weekend at the LHSAA State Wrestling Championships in Brookshire Grocery Arena.

Compton and Smart took home Division II titles at different weight classes this year, though.
After winning a pair of titles in the 144-pound weight class, Compton stepped down to the 138-pound class and defeated Teurlings Catholic’s Brennan Romero with a technical fall at the 3:13 mark.

The junior still has one more season to win his fourth straight state championship next season. Compton finished the season with a 39-6 mark.

Smart finished his high school career with a second title, this year in the 144-pound class after taking home the 157-pound crown last year.

He defeated Comeaux High’s Ryan Jenkins with a technical fall in 2:15.

As a team, North DeSoto finished fifth with 193 points.

The Griffins won state a year ago, preventing Teurlings Catholic from winning a fifth straight title, but Teurlings started another streak this season (314 points) by besting the field by 76 points.

North DeSoto was the top public school team in Division II as the other top four finishers (Teurlings, St. Thomas More, Archbishop Rummel, Archbishop Shaw) are all private schools. Wrestling is one of the few LHSAA sports that hasn’t split on public-private lines.

Other North DeSoto wrestlers to finish in the top six of their weight class include Jacob Kershaw (second, 132 pounds), Andrew Arinder (second, 190 pounds), William Erdelac (third, 165 pounds), Hayden Bell (fifth, 157 pounds), and Connor Locke (sixth, 150 pounds).

Kershaw made the championship match for the third straight finish, earning his third straight second-place finish.

The junior dropped a tight 7-4 decision against Archbishop Rummel’s Kaiden Triche in the title match.
Arinder, just a sophomore, lost to Teurlings’ Carter Macha in a 9-0 decision.

North DeSoto’s program likely won’t be exiting the top ranks any time soon as ND claimed the middle school state championship earlier this month.