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Mandeville Open prompts early season speculation
Date: November 10th, 2013
Written by: Editor

Mandeville, LA - The Mandeville Open has proved to be a reliable indicator of Greater New Orleans area wrestling potential.  Scheduled before the football season ends and when many teams do not deem themselves ready to travel out of state, it is one of the few tournaments in which the top GNO teams participate together.

Last year was very prophetic.  A table of where certain individual wrestlers placed in the 2012 Mandeville Open, and then in the 2013 LHSAA state championships, is presented below.  Expected returning competitors are in bold print.:

Wrestler-School Mandeville Place State Place Wrestler-School Mandeville Place State Place
Mitch Capella-Jesuit 1st 1st in Division I Austin Meyn-Brother Martin 1st 2nd in Division I
Paul Klein-Brother Martin 1st 1st in Division I Devin Leblanc-Brother Martin 1st 2nd in Division I
Jorge Sanchez-Helen Cox 1st 1st in Division II Daniel Relayson-Holy Cross 1st 3rd in Division II
Connor Campo-St. Paul's 1st 1st in Division I Devyn Breaud-Rummel 2nd 2nd in Division I
Daniel Albrecht-Brother Martin 1st 1st in Division I Nicholas Bonck-Holy Cross 2nd 2nd in Division II
Kyle Delaune-Brother Martin 1st 1st in Division I George Benoit-Holy Cross 2nd 2nd in Division II
Manny Armour-Jesuit 1st 1st in Division I Porter Dazet-Holy Cross 2nd 2nd in Division II
Alex Nicosia-Holy Cross 2nd 1st in Division II Michael Yeatman-Holy Cross 2nd 2nd in Division II

Additionally, the finals match between Rummel's Tyler Frame and Brother Martin's Tyler Robertson went into overtime in which Frame won 6-4 in "Sudden Victory."  Frame and Robertson were seeded #1 and #2 respectively at the state championships, with Robertson placing 3rd.

 Brother Martin, Covington, Holy Cross, Northshore, Fontainebleau, Mandeville, Pearl River, Rummel, St. Amant, St. Paul's and Shaw are slated to be participating in the tournament. 

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