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1979 Baton Rouge City Championships
Belaire High School
January 26-27, 1979
Final Team Standings
| Place | School - Winning Head Coach | Score |
| 1 | Catholic - Mark Stanzione | 165.5 |
| 2 | Belaire | 158.5 |
| 3 | Lee | 123 |
| 4 | Redemptorist | 89.5 |
| 5 | Baker | 78 |
| 6 | Capitol | 66 |
| 7 | Tara | 58 |
| 8 | Baton Rouge | 23 |
| 9 | Broadmoor | 18 |
| 10 | Ascension Catholic | ? |
(Outstanding Wrestlers in Bold)
| Weight Class | Champion | School | Runner-Up | School | Score |
| 98 | Mukul Verma | Catholic | Shane Breaux | Belaire | 12-2 |
| 105 | Karl Kroussell | Catholic | Robert Roland | Lee | 12-1 |
| 112 | Tony Lightfoot | Tara | Bruce Bowman | Baker | 5-2 |
| 119 | Greg Town | Lee | George Cupit | Baker | 6-3 |
| 126 | Lenny Cardenas | Catholic | Kevin Tabor | Belaire | 3-2 |
| 132 | Mike Kelly | Baker | Randy Blanchard | Tara | 6-4 |
| 138 | Mark Galasso | Lee | Scott Forrester | Belaire | Pin |
| 145 | Rick Larkin | Belaire | Scott Deumite | Catholic | 11-9 |
| 155 | Mark Moreau | Redemptorist | Bobby Sartin | Belaire | 10-7 |
| 167 | Blair Roussel | Redemptorist | Tony Leggio | Catholic | 4-1 OT |
| 185 | Eric Elliot | Capitol | Ken Stagg | Redemptorist | 3:00 |
| Heavyweight | Kelvin Gray | Capitol | Darryl Boudreaux | Belaire | 4-3 |
| Weight Class | Third Place | School | Fourth Place | School | Score |
| 98 | Ralph Dietrich | Baton Rouge | Derek Rispone | Redemptorist | 1:51 |
| 105 | Tim Chidester | Belaire | Jonathan Brown | Capitol | 6-2 |
| 112 | Brett Murphy | Catholic | Siamak Lorestani | Lee | 3:34 |
| 119 | Craig Ketelsen | Catholic | Yasoob Zia | Belaire | 3:55 |
| 126 | Dennis Serio | Lee | Dwayne Watts | Broadmoor | 7-0 |
| 132 | David Goudeau | Belaire | Tim Mitchum | Broadmoor | 4-3 |
| 138 | Daryl Vickers | Tara | Gilbert Myers | Catholic | 2:22 |
| 145 | James Dixon | Lee | Dana Ash | Baker | 3-1 |
| 155 | Dan Claitor | Lee | Mike Leggio | Catholic | 3-0 |
| 167 | Jack Carr | Belaire | Chuck Morris | Lee | 9-4 |
| 185 | Bucky Bearden | Belaire | David Bateman | Catholic | 1-0 |
| Heavyweight | Chris Holiday | Redemptorist | Stuart Broussard | Catholic | 7-2 |