The 170 pounds weight class had the most entrants at 18, but
only four were deemed seed-worthy. Holy Cross' Brice Duhe
won the Mandeville Open with a third period fall over Brother
Martin's Travis Quarterman. Anyone who might have thought Holy Cross junior Brice Duhe was not
worth any preseason hype should now be convinced. The Division II
runner-up of 2013 was not only undefeated, but undefeated against some
high quality opponents - ones he will likely face in the latter
rounds of the LA Classic and the state championships. St. Paul's
Chase Cochran, Mandeville's Frankie Arena and Shaw's Kody Woodson also lost to Duhe this year.
Duhe was the top seed. After a runner-up finish at St.
Michael and victories at the Griffin and Wildcat opens, Live
Oak's Brody Bonura was seeded second. His runner-up finish
at Mandeville, including a win over Woodson, propelled
Quarterman to the third spot and Mitchel Youngblood of St.
Michael was seeded fourth. |
| Quarterman, as is his wont, was
very fast on his feet at the start of the finals. But
a long range single-leg attempt backfired on him when Duhe
caught an underhook with one arm and ripped the Crusader to
his back. Securing Quarterman's head and grabbing a
leg as well, Duhe scored a fall in 52 seconds. |
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| Holy Cross' junior
Brice Duhe pinned Brother Martin's Travis Quarterman in 52
seconds. It was Duhe's second fall against the senior
Crusader. |
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| QUARTERFINALS: |
| Three of the top four seeds dominated their
quarterfinals matches. Fourth-seeded Mitchel Young of
St. Michael, though, had a tough time with Teurlings
Catholic's Jordan Averett, but escaped with a 6-5 win |
| SEMIFINALS: |
| Duhe did not let Youngblood celebrate his quarterfinal
win very long. The tiger needed all of 66 seconds to
pin the Warrior. |
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| Quarterman had a tougher time against the second-seeded
Bonura, but dominated his Live Oak opponent nonetheless in a
13-6 match. |
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| CONSOLATIONS: |
| In the consolation finals Bonura
and Youngblood met for the second time this season.
Bonura pinned Youngblood in 3:02 at the Wildcat Open but
needed a little more time in this instance, finally earning
a third period fall in 4:40. |
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