Jesuit dominated Holy Cross on Friday evening, winning 9 of the 14 matches,
in a 42-19 victory at the Holy Cross gym, avenging a November 17th 37-28 loss to
the Tigers at the Fontainebleau "Bulldog Duals."
Holy Cross was missing starters Dylan Soileau (113 lbs.) and George Benoit
(138 lbs.), which may have prompted them to gamble a little with the line-up of
their heavier wrestlers, but by the time they could have taken advantage of that
move the match had been decided.
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Holy Cross' Beau Bush started the meet
off with a Tiger victory. His opponent was Jesuit's Brody Martin
who had beaten Bush 9-3 at the St. Michael Warrior Open. Bush fell
behind in the first round but fought back, and scored a last second
reversal to nip Martin 7-6. Jesuit 0-Holy Cross 3. |
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Jesuit's senior Mitch Capella remained unbeaten
by Louisiana wrestlers with a fall in 1:13 over David Clement.
Clement, a freshman, was wrestling in the place of starter Dylan
Soileau. Soileau has lost to Capella twice this season, but only
by a 1-0 margin in their first match. Capella's record stands at
18-0 vs. Louisiana opponents. Jesuit 6-Holy Cross 3 |
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Defending Division II state champion Alex
Nicosia of Holy Cross had a 15-2 record going into his match against
Jesuit sophomore Ben D'Antonio, wrestling in place of Max Grosch.
D'Antonio kept it close, trailing at one point only 5-3 in the third
period with both wrestlers on their feet. With a takedown lead,
however, Nicosia was able to fend off the D'Antonio's tie-attempting
takedown attempt, and turned it into a score for himself. He
also added two near-fall points for a 9-3 victory. Jesuit
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The 126 lbs. match was a lesson in riding, as
at the end of regulation each wrestler had scored two points apiece.
Holy Cross' Collin Guerra took down Jesuit's Jacob Rovira in the first
round and rode the round out. Guerra started the second period on
the bottom and Rovira rode him out. Rovira reversed Guerra in the
third period but neither could muster additional points, sending the
match into overtime. Guerra scored a takedown for the "sudden
victory" win in about 40 seconds. Jesuit 6-Holy Cross 9 |
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The scoring in the 132 lbs. match was all in
the first period. The Tigers' Nicholas Bonck (17-5) scored first with
an ankle pick, but Jesuit's Will LaFranca, 3-5 over the season at the
time, including an 8-5 loss to Bonck in November, reversed Bonck to his
back and added three near-fall points before Bonck reversed him back.
In the last two periods neither wrestler could turn over or escape from
the other, preserving a 5-4 score in favor of LaFranca.
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With Benoit out of the line-up, Holy Cross
entered sophomore Preston Robichaux against a very experienced Jackie
Robinson for Jesuit. Robinson started what would be a 7-2 match
run in favor of the Blue Jays with a first period pin in 1:39.
Jesuit 15-Holy Cross 9 |
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Jesuit's Efosa Eboigbe was 18-5 entering this
match, with three prior victories over his Holy Cross opponent, David
Olivier. Olivier had no answers to Eboigbe's attack.
Choosing to start the third period in a neutral position, Eboigbe's
ensuing takedown merited him a 16-0 technical fall. Jesuit
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This was the first match of the season between
Jesuit's Gaston Eymard (16-3) and Holy Cross' Austin Doyle (13-6) and
they had no common opponents. Eymard
proved dominant, not allowing Olivier to score on his way to an
8-0 major decision. Jesuit 24-Holy Cross 9 |
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Brice Duhe, a Sam Sara champion for Holy Cross,
scored a major decision for the Tigers with a 13-4 decision over Stephen
Queyrouze, improving his season's record to 13-5. Jesuit
24-Holy Cross 13 |
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Jimmie Brown started another Jesuit winning
streak with a technical fall over Holy Cross' Nicholas Nugent.
Brown started with a "takedown-escape" strategy and then started scoring
back points. In the third period Brown had Nugent on his back and
the resulting near-fall points would have given him a technical fall.
But Brown finished the match scoring a fall in 4:26.
Jesuit 30-Holy Cross 13 |
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Jesuit's Gage Grush was 17-3 entering this
match. Holy Cross' Porter Dazet was 16-2. Both won the
Warrior Open. Dazet defeated Grush in the Mandeville Open, but
Grush defeated Dazet in the "Bulldog Duals." Their familiarity was
obvious, as the match was tied 2-2 at the end of the second period.
Grush had the option of choosing the bottom position in the third round,
and his escape was the difference in a 3-2 match. Jesuit
33-Holy Cross 13 |
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What may have been Holy Cross' gamble if the
match was close at this point was their forfeiting this weight class.
Jesuit's Manny Armour has 16 wins vs. 0 losses against Louisiana
wrestlers, and three of those wins include major decisions or technical
falls against the Tigers' Daniel Relayson and Michael Yeatman. If
Holy Cross thought the match might be close after 11 matches, forfeiting
to Armour would give them a chance to score 12 points if Relayson and
Yeatman won the last two matches via pins. Jesuit 39-Holy
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Jesuit's Dominic Carmello was 6-3 entering his
match against the 18-2 and newly crowned Sam Sara champion Daniel
Relayson of Holy Cross. At one point in the second period Relayson
was ahead 6-1, but Carmello rolled him to his back for two reversal and
three near-fall points to even the match. Carmello started in the
down position in the third period, scored an escape, and was able to
counter a takedown shot into a takedown of his own for a 9-6 win.
Jesuit 42-Holy Cross 13 |
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The final match offered no points in the first
period, and only an escape point for Holy Cross' Michael Yeatman in the
second period, against Jesuit's Zachary Creel. But Creel, starting
on the bottom in the third period, could not get away from Yeatman, who
eventually turned Creel and pinned him at 5:46. Jesuit
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Holy Cross will be traveling to Las Vegas, Nevada, this weekend for the Las
Vegas Invitational. Jesuit will also be out of state, at the Toshiba
Midwest Classic in Kansas City, Missouri.
