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Division I - 126
pounds: Jesuit's Eli Larriviere...WOW...just WOW! |
March 25th, 2016 | Written by:
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Nobody saw this coming, and if they say they did, break out a polygraph.
No one doubted that Jesuit's Eli Larriviere was very good, and he certainly
proved the LWN editor wrong re his seeding, but even if he were the #3 seed
he still would have made the finals based on what he did in the earlier rounds.
But it was not supposed to matter as Airline's Javarious Jones had just crushed everybody he
faced from Louisiana, with the exception of Shane Ulfers of St. Paul's whom
Jones only defeated by one point.
The finals started off like a routine match for Jones. He took
Larriviere down early and, after Larriviere escaped, looked to be on his way
toward scoring another first period takedown when Larriviere literally flipped
backwards on one leg, befuddling the spectators, real expensive camera lenses
and, most importantly, Jones, who found himself on his back as a result.
Jones' bewilderment seemed to remain throughout the rest of the match as
Larriviere seemed to score at will, resulting in a 14-4 major decision and
Jesuit's first state championship of the night.
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Synopsis
Initially there were three 2015 Division I runners-up in this weight class:
Jesuit's Joseph Dupre, Brother Martin's Stephen Rumney and Holy Cross' Beau
Bush. When Dupre dropped to 120 lbs. his spot was filled by Eli
Larriviere, who placed third for the Blue Jays in 2015. After a solid
sophomore season St. Paul's Shane Ulfers added his name to this elite list, as
did newcomer Dyllon Bernard, a freshman from Comeaux.
And then their was this 5th-place finisher in 2015 from Airline High School,
Javarious Jones.
All of them had seasons of which they can be proud, although a couple of them
saved their best for last.
Rumney started off very well by winning championships at the Cinco Ranch Big
12, the Spartan Invitational (which included a much anticipated finals match
with Bush) and the Blackhorse Invitational. Larriviere won the Warrior
Open but was on the wrong end of three Sudden Victory matches against Louisiana
opponents in the Mandeville Open and the South Walton Border Wars. Ulfers
won the Raider Invitational, the Trygg Memorial and the Dale Ketelsen Memorial.
The Comeaux freshman Bernard won the Wildcat Open, the Lafayette Metro
tournament and placed second at the Spartan Invitational and the Ken Cole.
Placers
Place |
Name |
School |
Seed |
Year |
1st |
Eli Larriviere |
Jesuit |
2 |
10 |
2nd |
Javarious Jones |
Airline |
1 |
12 |
3rd |
Beau Bush |
Holy Cross |
5 |
12 |
4th |
Stephen Rumney |
Brother Martin |
3 |
12 |
5th |
Shane Ulfers |
St. Paul's |
4 |
11 |
6th |
Dyllon Bernard |
Comeaux |
6 |
9 |
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1st |
2nd |
3rd |
4th |
5th |
6th |
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![](../DI%20Photos/D1%20126/D1%20126%20Podium/D1%20126%202nd%20Jones.JPG) |
![](../DI%20Photos/D1%20126/D1%20126%20Podium/D1%20126%203rd%20Bush.JPG) |
![](../DI%20Photos/D1%20126/D1%20126%20Podium/D1%20126%204th%20Rumney.JPG) |
![](../DI%20Photos/D1%20126/D1%20126%20Podium/D1%20126%205th%20Ulfers.JPG) |
![](../DI%20Photos/D1%20126/D1%20126%20Podium/D1%20126%206th%20Bernard.JPG) |
Eli Larriviere |
Javarious Jones |
Beau Bush |
Stephen Rumney |
Shane Ulfers |
Dyllon Bernard |
Trouble for the south Louisianans, however, came at the Trey Culotta
in the form of that 2015 5th-place finisher from Airline. Jones,
who at that time had only two losses to out-of-state opponents in
the State Games of Oklahoma, won the event handily, defeating Ulfers
twice and then Rumney in the finals. Rumney also met Jones in the
finals of the Louisiana Classic, in which Jones prevailed again and thus
locked-in the #1 seeding position for the state championships.
Aside from his Trey Culotta and Louisiana Classic titles, Jones also won
the Evangel Eagle Open, the North Louisiana Regionals and placed second
in the Texas Outlaw. Larriviere, who dropped to 126 lbs. for the
Deep South Bayou Duals (where he went 6-0) placed third despite a
quarterfinals loss to Ulfers, and on the following Wednesday he upended
Rumney, which propelled him into the #2 spot in Bossier City.
While Larriviere's domination of Jones in the finals was the major story of
the weight class, it should also be noted that Beau Bush more than salvaged what
had previously been a rather disappointing season. He lost to Dupre and
Rumney in tournament finals and lost a heartbreaking one point match to William
Pickren of Arnold to place fifth in the South Walton Border Wars (Pickren later
defeated Dupre to take third), lost to Rumney again in the Louisiana Classic
semifinals, then to Larriviere in the consolation semifinals and had to forfeit
a chance for 5th-place to Ulfers. That cost Bush the #4 spot at the state
championships even though Bush won their only actual match in a December 2nd
dual meet. Even his one tournament win, a 5-1 decision over Bernard at the
Ken Cole, was tainted as a post-match altercation resulted in his being
disqualified.
Beau Bush's senior year probably did not start off as well as the Holy Cross
2015 Division I runner-up expected. In the Mandeville Open finals he was
thrashed by Jesuit's Joseph Dupre. In a much anticipated match against the
other 2015 Division I runner-up in the weight class, Rumney came out ahead in a
7-4 Spartan Invitational final. He placed fifth at the South Walton Border
Wars, which included a very tough one-point loss to Arnold's William Pickren.
In the Louisiana Classic semifinals he again lost to Rumney, and then to
Larriviere and Ulfers for a 6th-place finish. Bush finally got a
tournament win at the Ken Cole, in which he defeated the soon-to-be Division III
state champion and runner-up prior to a 5-1 win over the very talented Dyllon
Bernard of Comeaux. Yet that win was tarnished by an unfortunate
altercation after the match that resulted in Bush being disqualified.
While he did not win a state championship three weeks later, Bush most certainly
salvaged a very tough season.
In Bossier City Bush "settled all family business" as if he were Michael
Corleone at the end of The Godfather. He defeated
Ulfers 5-3 in the quarterfinals. He had not faced and thus had
nothing "to settle" with Jones, but he made the #1 seed work very hard
in a 5-3 loss. In the consolation semifinals he met Bernard again
and put a 9-0 major decision on the freshman. As if by design he
once again faced Rumney in the consolation finals, and this time it was
Bush coming away with a 10-6 win to place third. Ulfers defeated
Comeaux's Bernard 7-2 to place fifth.
Early and Consolation Rounds
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R2: Isaiah Johnson (McK) over McCully (HNV) in 4:52 (3 photos); E. Larriviere (JES) over Fautheree
(COV) in 5:41 |
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Quarterfinals
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(1) Javarious Jones (AIR) pinned (8) Isaiah
Johnson (McK) in 2:58. |
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(5) Beau Bush (HC) defeated (4) Shane Ulfers
(StP) 5-3.
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(3) Stephen Rumney (BM) defeated (6) Dyllon
Bernard (COM) 6-5.
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(2) Eli Larriviere (JES) defeated (7) Alex
Williams (BYR) 8-2. |
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Semifinals
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(1) Javarious Jones (AIR) defeated (5) Beau
Bush (HC) 5-3. |
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(2) Eli Larriviere (JES) defeated Stephen
Rumney (BM) 6-5.
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Championship Consolation Rounds
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(5) Beau Bush (HC) defeated (3) Stephen Rumney
10-6 to win 3rd place.. |
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(4) Shane Ulfers (StP) defeated (6) Dyllon
Bernard (COM) 7-2 to win 5th place. |
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Finals
(2) Eli Larriviere of Jesuit defeated (1)
Javarious Jones of Airline via a 14-4 major decision. |
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