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St. Paul’s Arms, Campo win tournament titles; Wolves finish eighth as a team

By Mike Pervel
St. Tammany News
Published on Sunday, January 22, 2012 12:08 AM CST

St. Paul's wrestlers junior Connor Campo, left, and senior Chris Arms, both earned championships in last week’s Louisiana Classic in Baton Rouge. Both wrestlers came out of the meet with their unbeaten records in tact. Campo stood at 45-0 at press time, while Arms had a 52-0 mark. (Photo by Karen Hebert/St. Paul’s)

St. Paul’s wrestlers senior Chris Arms and junior Connor Campo kept their unbeaten streaks alive at the Louisiana Classic Wrestling Tournament held last weekend in Baton Rouge. Arms (52-0) captured the 170-pound title, while Campo (45-0) took the 126-pound crown helping the Wolves to an eighth place finish (116) in the 39-team field.

St. Paul’s James Cavaliere earned a fourth place finish in the 160-pound category, while teammate Chris Meraux came in sixth competing at 113 pounds.

Catholic of Baton Rouge (212.5) won the Louisiana Classic team title followed by the Brother Martin Crusaders (204.5), while the Archbishop Rummel Raiders (172) took third. Hoover, Ala., (165.5) came in fourth with the Jesuit Blue Jays (156.5) rounding out the top five.

Mandeville and Northshore also competed in the Louisiana Classic finishing in 23rd and 24th place respectively.

Arms and Campo have come home with first place prizes in the Trey Culotta Tournament, The Mandeville Open, The George Trygg Tournament, The Louisiana Classic and The Spartan Invitational. The Wolves’ wrestlers traveled to Atlanta this weekend to compete in the Prep School Slam.