Status: Fini

Chris Zea of Holy Cross recorded the first of what would be eight Holy Cross championships with a 14-2 major decision over Brother Martin's Daniel Varnado.

Quarterfinals

(L-R): Chris Zea (HC) defeated John Rollins (EPI) via an 18-2 technical fall; Navy Tedder (LO) defeated Perry Franklin, Jr. (CAT) 12-5; Blake Menard (COM) defeated Dane Langley (TC) 7-1.  Daniel Varnado (BM) defeated Byrd's Clay Celli in 1:57 to win the fourth quarterfinal match.

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 Semifinals

Chris Zea of Holy Cross defeated Navy Tedder of Live Oak in 2:45 to reach the finals (three photos left).  Daniel Varnado of Brother Martin advanced to the finals via a 4:51 fall over Comeaux's Blake Menard.

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Consolation Rounds

Episcopal's John Rollins defeated Comeaux's Blake Menard in 3:31 to advance to the consolation finals against Teurlings Catholic's Dane Landry, who defeated Navy Tedder of Live Oak in the other consolation semifinal match.  Rollins, however, due to the 5-match rule, was not allowed to compete further and Langley was awarded third place by default.

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Finals

Chris Zea (Holy Cross) defeated Daniel Varnado (Brother Martin) 14-2

The senior Zea was flawless against his sophomore opponent, only allowing two free escape points while scoring four takedowns, an escape and five nearfall points off of cross-body rides between a barrage of cross-faces to win his second tournament championship via a major decision.

Seeding Implications: Brody Martin of Jesuit would have to be considered the top seed at the moment due to his 4-1 victory over Zea in the Mandeville Open finals.  Zea should be second, followed by Luke Cotton of Brother Martin (due to a loss to Jesuit's Adam Larriviere at Dutchtown and Larriviere's earlier loss to Martin at the Warrior Open).  Rummel's Blake Mateau has a chance of breaking into that group at the South Walton Border Wars on December 5th and 6th at which Jesuit and Rummel will participate.

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