Status: Fini

Beau Bush of Holy Cross added the Spartan Open to his Mandeville Open championship with a 7-0 victory over Live Oak's Colt Olinde.

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Quarterfinals

(L-R): Raymond Bushnell (BAS) pinned Mark Stevens (RUM) in 3:15; Colt Olinde (LO) defeated Chris Marson (DS) 8-2; Landon Wheat (EA) defeated Set Oubre (COM) 9-3; Beau Bush (HC) defeated Lance Blanchard (CAT) via a 15-0 technical fall.

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Semifinals

(Top): In a rematch of the Central Wildcat Open Live Oak's Colt Olinde avenged a loss to Basile's Raymond Bushnell with a 10-2 major decision.  (Bottom): Beau Bush made it two finals appearances in a row with a 6-0 victory over East Ascension's Landon Wheat.

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Consolation Rounds

Luke Kilchrist of Teurlings Catholic defeated Denham Springs' Christopher Marson 3-2. Seth Oubre of Comeaux defeated Brier Babin of St. Amant via a 19-4 technical fall; Mark Stevens of Rummel defeated Brother Martin's Sam Montgomery 15-1.

Above: In the consolation semifinals Basile's Raymond Bushnell defeated Seth Oubre of Comeaux 19-10 and East Ascension's Landon Wheat defeated Rummel's Mark Stevens 12-8.

Consolation Finals

East Ascension's Landon Wheat defeated Basile's Raymond Bushnell 2-0 in a Sudden Victory period.

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Finals

Beau Bush (Holy Cross) defeated Colt Olinde (Live Oak) 7-0

The Holy Cross junior countered one Olinde double-leg attempt for a takedown in the first, and, after an escape, countered another with a lateral drop for a takedown in the second to take a 5-0 lead after four minutes.  Opting to start standing in the third, Bush scored on his own double-leg shot and rode Olinde out for his second tournament championship and a 7-0 start to the season.

Seeding Implications:  This has been one difficult weight class so far this season.  It has a two-time Division III state champion (Bushnell), two one-time Division III state champions (Austin Franklin of Brusly and Logan Griffin of Thomas Jefferson) and a Division II state champion (Olinde).  Add to those the two Division I wrestlers who have won tournaments involving those state champions, Brother Martin's Stephen Rumney (Griffin Open champion) and Beau Bush of Holy Cross (Mandeville Open and Spartan Open champion).  The nod goes to Bush at the moment, as he beat the guy who beat Bushnell in this event by a larger margin than by that which Rumney defeated Bushnell in the Griffin Open finals.  (FYI - the two did not meet during the 2013-14 season.)  Olinde, Wheat and Bushnell come next, but that is apt to change come the Zachary Bronco Open and the Jacob McMillan Memorial on December 20th.

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