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Lions and Gators blow past competition at Dutchtown
November 25, 2025| Written by: Staff writer

 

 

The Lady Lions of Lafayette High School and the St. Amant High School Gators boys teams ran away with the 2025 Griffin Open, held on November 22 at Dutchtown High School.

Griffin Open Girls Champions:
The Lafayette Lady Lions		 Griffin Open Boys Champions:
St. Amant Gator

The Lady Lions of Lafayette demolished the other 18 teams competing, outscoring runner-up Prairieville 128 to 76.  East Ascension was third with 71.5 points, followed by Dutchtown (67.5) and Live Oak (64).  Willow Dixon won her third tournament in a row, and now has a record of 10-1.  The "1" came in a dual meet against St. Amant when Dixon fell to St. Amant's Mikayla Byington.  Byington won her first tournament of the year and is undefeated at 7-0.  Winning titles for the Lady Lions were Ryleigh Blanchard and Quetzicall Guevera-Tapia.  Nineteen teams participated.

The St. Amant Gators ran away with the boys team championship, scoring 203 points.  Dutchtown finished second with 174 points, followed by Holy Cross (134), East Ascension (130) and Walker (108).  Twenty-three teams competed.  Thomas Abington and Kent Pearson won titles for the Gators.  Third-place Holy Cross had four champions out of seven Tigers entered. 

 

Griffin Open Girls Brackets in PDF

Griffin Open Boys Brackets in PDF

Girls Final Team Results

Place School Points        Place School Points        Place School Points
1 Lafayette 128   8 Central Lafourche 24   15 Picayune 11
2 Prairieville 76   9 Albany 23   16 West Feliciana 8
3 East Ascension 71.5   10 Northshore 21   17 Northeast 5
4 Dutchtown 67.5   11 Plaquemine 17   18 South Terrebonne 0
5 Live Oak 64   12 Central 16   T-18 St. Michael 0
6 Walker 58   13 Broadmoor 13        
7 St. Amant 31   14 Glen Oaks 12        

Boys Final Team Results

Place School Points        Place School Points        Place School Points
1 St. Amant 203   9 Lafayette 83.5   T-17 Central Lafourche 6
2 Dutchtown 174   10 Northshore 63   T-17 Dunham 6
3 Holy Cross 134   11 Prairieville 57   T-19 Albany 4
4 East Ascension 130   12 Destrehan 43   T-19 Denham Springs 4
5 Walker 108   13 Glen Oaks 18.5   21 Northeast 4
6 Live Oak 93.5   14 St. Michael 15   22 McKinley 3
7 Picayune 92   T-15 Plaquemine 11   23 West Feliciana 0
8 Central 91   T-15 South Terrebonne 11        

Outstanding Wrestlers

Lilly Johnson of Dutchtown, with Dutchtown coach Joshua Johnson, was voted the Girls OW.  Johnson pinned all three of her opponents in the 114 lbs. weight class in times of 4:55, 3:07 and 2:49.
Live Oak's Billy Edmonston, at 215 lbs., was voted the Boys OW.  Edmonston posted victories by falls in 3:32 and 3:10, followed by a 17-2 technical fall and a 19-7 major decision in his four matches.


Finals Matches

Girls Boys

Thanks

A special thanks goes to Dutchtown senior Braiden Marengo who used his phone to check the identities of finalists as needed.

 

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