Being calm, committed and collected enables Pirates’ Culp to finish state title season undefeated

Hannibal senior wrestler Cody Culp reacts to winning the Class 3 state championship at 144 pounds Saturday night at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. | Photo courtesy Lisa Rigdon, Cheap Seats Photography

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cody Culp wasn’t making the same mistake twice. A year after finishing as the Class 3 state runner-up at 138 pounds, the Hannibal senior wrestler didn’t allow his emotions to alter his approach before wrestling for the title at 144 pounds Saturday night at Mizzou Arena. “Last year, I was super nervous…

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Pirates’ Culp finishes as state runner-up, four other Hannibal wrestlers earn state medals

Hannibal's Cody Culp, right, wrestles in the 138-pound state championship match against Whitfield's Alexander Rallo on Saturday night at Mizzou Arena in Columbia, Mo. | Photo courtesy Mathew Kirby

COLUMBIA, Mo. — Cody Culp simply couldn’t score on Alexander Rallo. No one could. The Hannibal junior wrestler qualified for the 138-pound championship match of the Class 3 state tournament at Mizzou Arena by outlasting three consecutive opponents in matches decided by four points or less. In the title tilt, however, Whitfield’s Rallo never gave…

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Arch earns chance to win fourth state title; Hannibal sending nine wrestlers to Columbia

Palmyra's Collin Arch, shown wrestling in the Quincy Invitational in January, won four matches by pins at the Class 1 district meet on Saturday at Lafayette County. | File photo by Matt Schuckman

Hannibal is sending nine wrestlers to the Missouri State High School Athletic Associaton state wrestling meet in Columbia, while Palmyra’s Collin Arch earned a chance to claim a fourth state championship and will be joined by one male wrestler and one female wrestler at the state meet. Arch won the 150-pound class at the Class…

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