1961 Louisiana Interscholastic Wrestling Championships
New Orleans Athletic Club, New Orleans, Louisiana
March 3-4, 1961
Final Team Standings State Champions & Runners-Up
| Place | School - Winning Head Coach | Points |
| 1 | Holy Cross - Brother Melchior Polowy | 57 |
| 2 | Jesuit | 34 |
| 3 | Basile | 5 |
Outstanding Wrestler in Bold
| Weight Class | State Champion | School | Runner-Up | School | Score |
| 95 | Larry Duplass | Jesuit | Robert Stein | Holy Cross | |
| 103 | Patrick Davis | Holy Cross | Dennis Dufour | Holy Cross | Default |
| 112 | James Gagnon | Holy Cross | George Chambliss | Jesuit | |
| 120 | Jimmy Vidrine | Basile | Roger Broussard | Holy Cross | |
| 127 | Charles Doize | Holy Cross | Calvin Serpas | Holy Cross | |
| 135 | Guy Murphy | Jesuit | Jerry Panzeca | Holy Cross | |
| 145 | Barry Sevin | Jesuit | Warren Brunner | Jesuit | |
| 155 | Lynn Conway | Holy Cross | Don Dufour | Holy Cross | |
| 165 | Thomas Crais | Holy Cross | Kirt Sins | Jesuit | |
| 175 | Jay Connor | Jesuit | James Hooter | Holy Cross | |
| 185 | David Landry | Holy Cross | David Dawson | Holy Cross | |
| Heavyweight | Rene Viosca | Jesuit | Robert Willis | Holy Cross |