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East Ascension dominated the Titan Open at Lakeshore High School in Mandeville on Saturday, November 13th, outscoring runner-up Fontainebleau by over 50 points.  Catholic fared the best at the Brusly 8 in which 10 of their 11 entrants advanced to the finals.  In Katy, Texas, Brother Martin won their sixth consecutive Cinco Ranch Big 12 Invitational championship.  They won it from 2014-18 but did not enter the event in 2019 or 2020.  (At some point, doesn't one just stop inviting "that New Orleans team?")

Titan Invitational

East Ascension, with two individual champions and seven top-four placers, won the Lakeshore Titan Invitational on Saturday.  The Spartans scored 199.5 points, besting the Runner-up Fontainebleau Bulldogs by 56.5 points.  Dutchtown placed thirds, followed by Sam Houston and the host Lakeshore Titans.

That the Spartans won the event is not surprising, even though they did have four finalists and two champions.  Dutchtown had four finalists and two champions also, yet placed third, almost 80 points behind the Spartans.  Sam Houston had four finalists and three champions yet placed fourth.   Fontainebleau only had three finalists - two champions and runner-up - yet placed second.  Five of the eight non-finalists Spartan wrestlers placed in the top-four.  Six of the seven non-finalists Bulldogs placed in the top-four.  Wrestle-backs win team championships. 

Last season the Spartans were the first public school to place third in the Division I team standing since 1999.  Sure, they lost 10 of those wrestlers to graduation.  But those wrestlers were training with teammates all season.  A lot of those former training partners are now starters.  Can the Spartans place third again?  Well, the phrase "one thing at a time" comes to mind.  Winning the Titan was one thing.  Winning it by over 50 points without Santos Ramos was another.  Neither of those tops beating Catholic in a dual meet for the first time in 35 tries.  That is like three "one things" in two weeks.  The Spartans are off to a good start.

Also off to a very good start is freshman Caleb Lavine of Sam Houston.  In the Warrior finals he defeated Catholic senior Jon Michael Cuba 7-5 after Cuba defeated Dutchtown's Cole Mire 4-3 in the semifinals.  In the Titan finals, Lavine dispatched Mire 4-2 en route to a 7-0 start.  The Broncos' Tyson Roach is also 7-0 after winning the Warrior and the Titan.

Speaking of freshmen, Dutchtown's Cole Gros is a Warrior and Titan champion.  Gros' record is 8-0.

Chalmette senior Anthony Perez, the 120 lbs. champion, was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler.

Champions and Runners-up

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Brusly 8

Ten of 11 Catholic wrestlers advanced to the finals of the Brusly 8 on Saturday.  Five of them won.  Baton Rouge had three winners among their seven finalists, and two championships went to both Live Oak and Comeaux.  Lafayette and Brusly had one champion apiece.  Live Oak's Andrew Lusby improved to 10-0, with 10 falls, in winning his second tournament of the season.  Adam Landry of Baton Rouge avenged a semifinals loss in 2:59 at the Warrior Open with a 10-1 major decision over Catholic's Nicholas Migliacio.  Those two should meet again one day. 

Perhaps the biggest surprise of the weekend was Catholic's Richard Carroll's 3-1 Sudden Victory over 2021 Division I runner-up Kade Moran of Baton Rouge.  In the 2020-21 season Carroll started at 170 lbs. and ended up at 152 lbs. at the state championships.  That season started with a loss to 2019 Division II state champion Anthony Dodson of Live Oak in 3:40.  Yet it ended with a very strong effort against 3rd-place winner Luke Battaglia of Jesuit in a 10-6 consolation round loss.  Between those matches he had less than fun encounters with 2021 Dave Schultz Award winner Peyton Ward of St. Paul. the currently undefeated Raymond Favaza of Fontainebleau and 2021 Division I runner-up Eli Hope of Brother Martin.  Master Carroll learned.  He lost his first match of this season at 182 lbs. to Corey Holmes of East Ascension ,who is currently unbeaten this season, but aside from the match against Moran, dominated his opponents with falls of 1:00, 1:00 and a 26-11 technical fall.

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Cinco Ranch Big 12 Invitational

After soundly defeating Katy High School 69-9 on November 12th the Brother Martin Crusaders won the Cinco Ranch Big 12 Invitational by 185 points over the host school.  The Crusaders amassed 288 points as all 14 placed in the top six spots.  Four Crusaders won the event while five placed second.

North Desoto also did well, placing fourth with only 10 wrestlers.  Lance Armstrong placed first for the Griffins at 145 lbs.

Christian Otzenberger of Calvary Baptist, the sole Cavalier at the event, placed third at 170 lbs., losing to Horvath in the semifinals.

Crusader senior Rocco Horvath, the 170 lbs. champion, was voted the tournament's Outstanding Wrestler.

Brother Martin Placers

North Desoto Placers

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