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Lafayette and St. Amant win their second team championships in four days at the Spartan Classic

December 4th, 2025| Written by: Staff writer

Things got a little closer but both the Lady Lions of Lafayette and the Gators of St. Amant defended their team championships from the Griffin Open at the Spartan Classic on Wednesday, November 26th, at the Lamar-Dixon EXPO Center in Gonzales. East Ascension teams placed second in each of the Spartan Classic's gender divisions, by 25 points in the Girls Division and five in the Boys Division.

The author had not seen the two gymnasiums that were built at the Lamar-Dixon EXPO Center. Now it is the premiere site to hold large southeast Louisiana tournaments. Once again East Ascension holds the toughest November tournament, albeit only one of the powerhouse Catholic teams, Holy Cross, was entered.

Girl Summary


Girls Champion: Lafayette High School	Girls Runner-up: East Ascension High School* Compliments of Phayne Waguespack Braud	Girls Individual Champions

At the Girls Griffin Open East Ascension (71.5 points) placed third behind Lafayette (128 points) and Prairieville (76 points). It should be noted that Lafayette had nine point-scoring wrestlers at the Griffin Open while East Ascension only had four. At the Spartan Classic five Lady Spartans were point-scorers, whereas Lafayette had 11.

By no means are these factors to take anything away from the Lady Lions' victories. You can only wrestle against those who show up. Props have to be given to the East Ascension girls, of course, but it is tough to win events with entries in only half of the available weight classes.

Girls Final Team Scores

Girls Brackets in PDF

Girls Final Team Results

Place	School	Points	Place	School	Points	Place	School	Points
1	Lafayette	121	10	Dutchtown	49	T-19	Central Lafourche	22
2	East Ascension	96	11	Brusly	39	T-19	Glen Oaks	22
3	Chalmette	90.5	12	Acadiana	36.5	21	Fontainebleau	10
4	Baton Rouge	79	T-13	Live Oak	33	22	Hahnville	7
T-5	Walker	79	T-13	St. Amant	33	T-23	Comeaux	4
T-5	South Beauregard	76	14	Picayune, MS	30	T-23	St. Michael	4
7	Zachary	74.5	16	Slidell	28.5	T-25	North Vermillion	0
8	Riverdale	72.5	17	Kenner Discovery	26.5	T-25	Plaquemine	0
9	Oak Grove	68	18	Albany	25	T-25	West Feliciana	0

Lafayette had only one champion in Quetzicalli Guevera-Tapia at 126 lbs., one runner-up in Haylee Johnson at 100 lbs. and two third-place finishers in Elliana Schreiber at 120 lbs. and Shyla LeBrun at 138 lbs. It should be noted that the 2025 state runner-up Ryleigh Blanchard did not compete. Blanchard was 10-0 after the Griffin Open. However, more noteworthy is that the Lady Lions recorded 30 pins, far higher than their closest competitors, Baton Rouge, East Ascension and Chalmette, each of who scored only 17 falls.

Only Walker had multiple champions. Willow Dixon improved to 14-1 at 100 lbs. and MacKenzie Thomas, who is 4-0 at 120 lbs. after going 5-2 at 132 lbs. and 3-1 at 126 lbs.

Repeating their championships at the Griffin Open were Mikayla Byington of St. Amant at 107 lbs., Lilly Johnson at 114 lbs., Guevera-Tapia at 126 lbs., Laken Griffin of Live Oak at 132 lbs., Isabella Guillory of East Ascension at 138 lbs. and Savannah Camarata of Albany at 145 lbs.

Girls Outstanding Wrestler

Albany's Savannah Camarata was voted the Girls Division Outstanding Wrestler.

Canarata pinned her first two opponents in 0:15 and 2:41 before defeating her finals opponent by a 16-5 major decision.

The Lady Hornet improved her undefeated record to 15-0. Eleven of those wins were via technical falls, three were by falls and one by a major decision.

Boys Summary

St. Amant won their second tournament in four days, only this time they did not enjoy a 29-point cushion like the did at the Griffin Open. East Ascension nipped at their heels all day long, coming five points short when all was said and done. The Gators and the Spartans each had two champions and two runners-up. Thomas Abington at 157 lbs. and Joshua Caronna at 175 lbs. were the Gator champions while Alex Amedee and Braylon Stewart won for the Spartans. East Ascension had one third-place winner, but the Gators had two fourth-place finishers, which certainly helped their cause. Acadiana also had multiple winners in Ozias Gray at 144 lbs. and Landon Olds at 190 lbs.


Boys Champion: St. Amant Gators	Boys Runner-up: East Ascension* Compliments of Phayne Waguespack Braud	Boys Individual Champions

Boys Final Team Scores

Boys Brackets in PDF

Boys Final Team Results

Place	School	Points	Place	School	Points	Place	School	Points
1	St. Amant	141	11	Chalmette	63	21	Comeaux	29
2	East Ascension	136	12	Hahnville	50	22	Brusly	27.5
3	Walker	110	13	Live Oak	46.5	23	Riverdale	27
4	Dutchtown	96.5	14	Shaw	40	24	Oak Grove	17
5	Fontainebleau	94.5	T-15	Baton Rouge	36.5	25	North Vermillion	14
6	Zachary	94	T-15	Slidell	36.5	26	Glen Oaks	12.5
7	Southside	90.5	17	Picayune, MS	33	27	Tara	4
8	Acadiana	82.5	18	Sam Houston	32	T-28	Denham Springs	2
9	Lafayette	72.5	T-19	Carencro	30.5	T-28	South Beauregard	2
10	Holy Cross	71	T-19	Kenner Discovery	30.5	T-28	St. Michael	2

Six Spartan Classic winners were also Griffin Open Champions. They are Holy Cross' Lee Gervais at 106 lbs., East Ascension's Alex Amedee at 138 lbs. and Braylon Stewart at 165 lbs., St. Amant's Thomas Abington at 157 lbs., Live Oak's Billy Edmonston at 215 lbs. and Walker's Chris Godso, III at 285 lbs.

Boys Outstanding Wrestler

Carencro's Cody Hypolite was voted the Boys Division Outstanding Wrestler.

Hypolite had to win a pigtail match just to get into the 16-man bracket. He did that via a 19-3 technical fall. He would win his next match by a 20-8 major decision, a fall in 0:59, a 14-10 semifinals decision and a 15-12 finals decision.

Hypolyte's record improved to 12-2 in winning his second tournament of the season (Brusly 8ish).

Finals Matches


Girls	Boys

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