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WEST YORK WRESTLING
WY
1969
Yearbook
"Billy
the
Kid!"
BILL
LUCKENBAUGH
(69-5-0) WY Career Record
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Some Photo's from the 2016
PWCA
PA
Wrestling
Hall
of
Fame Banquet!
*Photos by the great Tom Elling of
PA
Wrestling
PA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME
HISTORY
westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
 The
2016 PWCA Hall
of Fame Class (Bio's)
∙
Front Sitting Row
(L-R) Doug Buckwalter, Bob
Derr, Gib Fink,
Bill Luckenbaugh.
∙
Back (L-R) Tom Teagarden,
Robbie Waller, Col. Dave Warnick,
Ken Wunderley.
(not pictured ... 2016 PWCA PA HOF inductee - Mike Pirozzola)
2016 PWCA
inductees photo by
PA
Wrestling's Tom Elling
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∙ (L-R) Jim Rivello,
ESSC's '77... Gary
Kessel & Sam Coursen.
2016
photo by
PA
Wrestling's Tom Elling
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∙ (L-R) Chad Luckenbaugh
w/dad, PWCA HOF'er... Bill Luckenbaugh.
2016 photo by
PA
Wrestling's Tom Elling
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∙ WY's/ESSC's
Bill Luckenbaugh receives his 2016 PWCA Award.
(L-R) Ron Frank, PWCA VP; Luckenbaugh & John Reynolds, PWCA President.
2016 photo by
PA
Wrestling's Tom Elling
PA Wrestling Hall of Fame
Inductees... (full list)
The 2016 PWCA Inductees
Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame
Bill Luckenbaugh
is inducted into the
2016 class!
"Bill joins previous West York HS inductees
-
Charles "Chuck"
Richards,
John T. Toggas and Dr. D. Kenneth Ober. Bill...
also joins previous
ESSC
inductees - Clyde H. "Red" Witman, Jack Childs, Jack Cuvo, Bob Guzzo,
Jerry McDonald, Gary Cook and John S. "Moc" Toggas."
DSL
Billy
the Kid!
PWCA
"Official"
Announcements
(Norm
Palovcsik)
"Meet the
2016 PWCA Hall
of Fame Class" (9)
D. Buckwalter, B. Derr, G. Fink, B. Luckenbaugh, M. Pirozzola,
T. Teagarden, R. Waller, D. Warnick, K. Wunderley.
WRESTLING
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PENNSYLVANIA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME
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York, PA's
PWCA Hall of Fame Inductees (13)
▪ Charles "Chuck" Richards (West York) 1976
▪ John T. Toggas (West York/Biglerville) 1992
▪ Bill Bence (Dallastown) 1993
▪ Dr. D. Kenneth Ober (West York/Elizabethtown College) 1994
▪ Terry Conover (Hanover) 1996
▪ Shaun Smith (Dover/Del Val) 2003
▪ Joey Wildasin (South Western/GCCC/OSU) 2004
▪ Tony Koontz (Delone Catholic/N. Iowa) 2011
▪ Brad Lloyd (Red Lion/LHU) 2013
▪ Charlie Jacobs
(Dover) 2015
(46th
Annual Ceremony Inductees)
▪
Bill Luckenbaugh (West
York/East Stroudsburg State)
2016
▪
Bob Gano
(Delone Catholic/Biglerville)
2017
▪
Mark Banks
(York Vo-Tech/Bloomsburg/W. Va.) 2018
PWCA HALL OF FAME (1970-2018)
* 2009 interview w/3-time NCAA All-American &
2015 PWCA HOF - Jon Trenge
Dr. Ken Ober
&
John T. Toggas are in the
National Wrestling
Hall of Fame
10/27/15
"Lucky" article by Steve Heiser
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October 27, 2015
Author: 10/27/15 COLUMN By
Steve Heiser of The York Dispatch
West York's Luckenbaugh Adds Another
Honor...
by Steve Heiser 505-5446/@ydsports -
sheiser@yorkdispatch.com
The...
local wrestling community is justifiably proud of York County's tradition of
excellence in the sport.
In the premier wrestling state in the
nation, and against the toughest competition around, area high school
athletes and coaches have thrived.
For proof, look no further than the list of
local men who have been selected for the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches
Association Hall of Fame.
That prestigious honor roll is now up to
11. (*update... now 13 w/Mark Banks 2018)
West York High School graduate Bill
Luckenbaugh became No. 11 this week. He's also the fourth Bulldog to be
picked.
The man known as "Lucky" truly deserves the
recognition after excelling as both an athlete and a coach.
At West York, Luckenbaugh finished with a
69-5-0 career record, including 50 pins. He won three sectional titles, two
District 3 crowns and a PIAA state championship as a senior in 1969 at 127
pounds.
At East Stroudsburg State College, he
compiled a 77-7-1 record with 59 falls, including Pennsylvania State
Athletic Conference and NCAA Division II titles in 1974 at 150 pounds.
As a high school head coach at
Elizabethtown and later West York, Luckenbaugh finished with a 152-46-1
mark, including league titles at West York in 1992 and 1994. He was also the
District 3 Coach of the Year in 1994.
That's one seriously impressive resume.
Luckenbaugh learned of his selection on
Saturday, and he will be inducted in April 2016 in State College.
"I knew that I was nominated but being
nominated doesn't mean you get in," he said. "It's a select fraternity,
and it's a wonderful thing. I'm really happy about it."
Family legacy: Luckenbaugh
lives in Florida now, where he is in the air conditioning and heating
business. He moved from York County in 1996. He hasn't been actively
involved in wrestling since leaving his position as an assistant coach at
Lake Gibson in Florida in 2003. The sport, however, has left him with many
lasting memories.
"My brother Dana used to beat me up all the
time on a rug in the basement," he said of his start in wrestling.
"I got a lot of brush burns. ... Dana got me going, and I wanted to be like
him."
The early introduction to the sport would
later prove invaluable. Dana Luckenbaugh was a dominant wrestler in
his own right and became York County's first PIAA state champion in 1965.
The legacy of Luckenbaugh wrestling
excellence didn't stop there, either. Bill's sons were both mat standouts.
Chad Luckenbaugh was a three-time Pennsylvania state medalist, and Brandon
Luckenbaugh was a 1998
Florida state champion, with a little help from his father, who was an
assistant coach with the team.
Building
relationships: Despite his
many mat accomplishments, however, Bill Luckenbaugh says he most cherishes
the relationships he's built.
"What's really special is the people you're
involved with and the coaches and the kids that you're around,"
he said. "I think wrestling people are a wonderful fraternity."
Bill Luckenbaugh made sure to note the huge
influence on him of his two primary coaches, John Toggas at West York and
Clyde H. "Red" Witman at East Stroudsburg. Both men are already members of
the PWCA Hall of Fame. Toggas died within the last month. Luckenbaugh also
wanted to thank former West York wrestling standout Don Lehman, who
nominated him for the award. Lehman runs the respected
westyorkwrestlingalumni.com website.
"Bill dedicated a huge portion of his life
to the sport at the competitive, coaching and officiating level ... as well
as being the father of two sons who competed," Lehman said. "I thought, 'if
anyone has the resume to be in the Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame, it's
Bill Luckenbaugh.'"
When he's inducted in April, Bill
Luckenbaugh will actually be a five-time hall of famer. He's already in the
District 3, East Stroudsburg, NCAA Division II and Elizabethtown halls of
fame.
More than the accolades, however, Lehman
said he will remember Luckenbaugh, the person.
"When I was a sophomore, I suffered my only
career dual-meet loss to Don Donley of York High, 3-2, early in
the 1970-71 season at heavyweight," Lehman said. "Bill was at that match,
and as I sat dejected in the locker room after the meet, Bill came over and
said: 'Don't worry Donnie, your day will come.' That meant a lot
coming from the best wrestler ever from West York."
Reason for
county to celebrate: Lehman
also believes that Luckenbaugh's induction should be a reason to celebrate
for the entire York County wrestling community.
"(The York-Adams League and its
predecessors) has had 40 PIAA state champions since 1965 — that is an
unbelievable statistic when compared to all the other sports. (The
York-Adams League) continues to have
great wrestling. Being inducted into the PWCA Hall of Fame is a real honor."
Lehman's right. It is a real honor, and no
one deserves it more than the man known as "Lucky."
Steve Heiser is sports
editor of The York Dispatch. He can be reached at
sheiser@yorkdispatch.com .
HALL OF FAMERS
Following are members of the Pennsylvania
Wrestling Coaches Association Hall of Fame with York County ties.
Charles "Chuck" Richards (West York) 1976
John T. Toggas (West York) 1992
Bill Bence (Dallastown) 1993
Dr. D. Kenneth Ober (West York) 1994
Terry Conover (Hanover) 1996
Shaun Smith (Dover/) 2003
Joey Wildasin (South Western) 2004
x-Tony Koontz (Delone Catholic) 2011
Brad Lloyd (Red Lion) 2013
Charlie Jacobs (Dover) 2015
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) 2016
Bob Gano (Delone/Biglerville) 2017
Mark Banks (York Vo-Tech) 2018
x-Delone was not a member of the York-Adams
League when Koontz wrestled, but later joined the league. In addition, many
athletes from Delone live in York County.
Section: York Dispatch
Sports Page -
10/27/15 *sports@yorkdispatch.com
______________________________________________________________________________________
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com by Don Lehman
*Sports column by Steve
Heiser, York Dispatch Sports editor.
(c) 2015 The York Dispatch. All rights reserved.
*Steve Heiser is sports
editor of the York Dispatch.
He can be reached at
sheiser@yorkdispatch.com.
HEISER:
West York's Luckenbaugh Adds
Another Honor
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WEST YORK
WRESTLING
HISTORY
Looking Back @
1967 West York Wrestling History...
January 1967
by Bob Dugan
YORK COUNTY has had only one State PIAA wrestling champion - a lad named
Luckenbaugh from
West York. But, John Toggas, Bulldog mat mentor,
is spreading the word: There's likely to be
another one - a lad named Luckenbaugh from West York!
In 1964-65 when Toggas took
over the coaching duties at West York, his 112-pounder, Dana
Luckenbaugh, went "all the way". This year's
unbeaten club has as one of its key performers
at 103 pounds Dana's brother, Bill, a 10th grader who has
the West York coach eyeing another
trip to University Park for the
grappling finals. "Bill has great potential." enthuses Toggas.
"He's
almost a carbon copy of Dana. He's a little taller, but has the same
moves and the same strengths
that made Dana a champion. Like Dana, Bill is a pinner. He's
always looking for that chance to flip
his opponent. In five league matches, Bill has four falls and an 11-0
decision to his credit. The
decision was over Glenn Miller, a
sectional champion last year from York Suburban."
THE YOUNGSTER moved into a
starting berth on the West York varsity after a junior high record
of 35 wins and one loss. The lone defeat was
suffered as a seventh-grader in a match against
Manheim Central. Bill was nipped 5-4 last month in a
tournament at Clearfield by Newport's Mike
Shull, but came back to win runner-up honors by beating the
Clearfield entry who is a defending
champion
from District Nine. The West York sophomore hasn't yet attained the
coolness that his
brother
displayed "before the battle". "Bill gets a little nervous waiting for
the bout to start",
Toggas
stated, "but once he's on the mat, the nervousness disappears. Dana
would take it easy
before
a match and never seemed to worry about his opponent."
THE BIG THING going for Bill is his desire; it's just as intense as Dana's.
The youngster has two
big
aims: To match Dana's total of wrestling trophies and to win a State
title. And, Dana is doing
his
best to help his brother attain the goals. He works out with Bill on
the West York mats almost
every
night. "Bill has the potential to be a State champ," Toggas repeated.
"And he has three
years
to make it. I honestly feel he can't miss." West York is
currently tied with Dallastown and
Dover for the York County League lead, all with 5-0
records. The next three weeks should relieve
the
first place jam. While Dover and Dallastown are meeting head-on at
Dover this Thursday, West
York
wrestles at Hanover. Then the Bulldogs have successive home matches
with Dover and
Dallastown.
"If we get by Hanover, we
should have 1400 people at our matches with Dover and Dallastown,"
Toggas predicts. "We have a fine following.
There were about 40 fans who traveled all the way
to
Clearfield got the tournament during the Christmas holidays."
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Some "Lucky" Fishing!!
(L-R) West York Alumni -
Bill
Luckenbaugh & son Chad Luckenbaugh
2015 photo courtesy of Chad
Luckenbaugh
Bill Luckenbaugh '69
Billy Luckenbaugh - 1969
West York High School Wrestling
(Overall High School Career Record of 69-5-0)
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WILLIAM
LUCKENBAUGH
"LUCKY'S" High School
Career!
▪
3-time YCIAA Sectional Wrestling Champion.
(1967,
1968,
1969).
▪
2-time District III Wrestling Champion.
(1968,
1969).
▪
2-time Southeast Regional Wrestling Champion.
(1968,
1969).
▪
1968 PIAA State Wrestling
2nd Place @
120lbs.
▪
1969
PIAA State Wrestling
Champion
@
127lbs.
▪ 1967 Clearfield Holiday Tourney Champion.
▪ 1968 Carlisle Holiday
Tourney Champion & ow.
▪ Member of '64 WY
Junior High Championship Team.
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▪
1968 PIAA State Wrestling 2nd Place
@
120lbs.
•
1968
PIAA Finals 120lbs. -
Norm Palovcsik
(Clearfield)
decisioned Bill
Luckenbaugh (West York Area
HS) 11-8.
1968 YCIAA Sectional II Champions
1968 York County Section II
Wrestling Champions
Front (L-R)
Charles Vaughn (York), John Rabenstein (York Suburban),
Larry Haas (West York),
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York).
Middle
(L-R)
Bob
Gardner
(York
Suburban),
Joe
Knoch
(York
Suburban),
Donald May (Eastern HS).
Back Row (L-R) William Thomas (York High),
Glen Eby
(West York HS),
Hank
Claiborne (York High),
Keith Wilkins (York Suburban),
John W. Sprenkle (West York).
@ West York High School
▪1968 YCIAA Sectional Team Champion
-
West York
High School 68pts.
West York Head Coach - John T. Toggas.
1968 PIAA District III
Wrestling Champions
▪ Front (L-R) Bill Thomas (York High), Dennis Ibach (Manheim Central),
Bruce Jones (Newport),
Mike Loercher (Manheim Central),
Karl Ginder (Manheim Central).
▪ Back (L-R)
Phil
Conlin (Warwick),
Steve
Thompson
(Manheim Central),
Bill Pascarella (Cumberland Valley), Bill Luckenbaugh (West York),
Lee Dobyns (Newport), Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin),
Rick Swanger (Cumberland Valley).
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1968 PIAA Southeast Regional
Wrestling Champions
▪ Front Row (L-R) Bill Thomas (York High), Andy Matter (Upper Darby),
Bruce
Jones (Newport), Mike Loercher (Manheim Central HS),
Karl Ginder (Manheim Central HS).
▪ Back (L-R) Phil Conlin (Warwick), Steve Thompson
(Manheim Central),
Bill Pascarella (Cumberland Valley), Bill Luckenbaugh (West York),
Ivan Bell (Haverford), Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin),
Rick Swanger (Cumberland Valley).
1968 Southeastern Regional
Wrestling
Championship Mat Finals
3/1/68
@
Harrisburg Farm Show Arena
95lbs. Rick Swanger (Cumberland Valley) dec. Ben Weinstein Cheltenham) 4-3
103lbs. Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin) dec. Jim Adams (Harriton) 5-2
112lbs. Ivan Bell (Haverford) pinned Lee Dobyns (Newport) 3:27
120lbs. Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Fred Zinck (Ridley)
8-2
127lbs. Bill Pascarella (Cumberland Valley) dec. Randy Erickson
(Penncrest) 7-2
133lbs. Steve Thompson (Manheim Central) dec. Keith Nyman (OJ
Roberts) 8-6
138lbs. Phil Conlin (Warwick) pinned Lou Pizzi (Conestoga) 5:31
145lbs. Bill Thomas (York High) dec. Bob Valentine (Lansdowne) 12-5
154lbs. Andy Matter (Upper Darby) dec. Dennis Ibach (Manheim Central)
6-3
165lbs. Bruce Jones (Newport) dec. Len Pellulo (Cheltenham) 16-9
180lbs. Mike Loercher (Manheim Central) dec. Ted Madden (OJ Roberts)
11-8
Hwt. Karl Ginder (Manheim Central) pinned Charles Fillman (Downingtown)
4:33
▪ Dallastown's George Myers finished 3rd at 145lbs.
1968 PIAA Southeastern Regionals
** Bill
Luckenbaugh, left, and Bill Thomas, are York County's
hopes tonight for Regional
Titles, and
spots in the PIAA
State
Wrestling
tournament...
at the Harrisburg
Farm Show Arena.
B. Luckenbaugh, representing West York, took the District 3
title
@
120-pounds
last week
while
Thomas,
York
High
School,
grabbed the 145-pound diadem.
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1968 WEST YORK
WRESTLING
HISTORY
Looking Back @ West York Wrestling History...
1968
PIAA State Finals... Local Wrestlers Lose in Finals!
Both Bill Thomas, York High, and Bill Luckenbaugh, West York, reached the
final round of the
annual PIAA State Wrestling tournament before losing
Saturday night in the Penn State
Recreation Hall at University Park.
Thomas extended his
all-winning streak in the 145-pound class to 19 in the semi-finals by
defeating Terry Rissmiller, Nazareth, 4-2. Then,
in the finals he faced 15-year-old John Chatman,
Trinity, and was beaten by the sophomore, 13-3. In
completing an unbeaten season, Chatman
was one of the standouts in the
tournament, particularly after he opened the day with an 11-3
verdict over his semi-final opponent.
Luckenbaugh was within ten
seconds of duplicating the feat of his brother, Dana, in winning a
state crown, but succumbed to a furious last-ditch
effort by Norm Palovcsik, Clearfield, in the
120-pound class. Leading by 8-6 with ten seconds to
go, Luckenbaugh fell victim to a quick
takedown and, when Palovcsik added a predicament, it was all
over. Another point for riding
time
made the final score 11-8 for
Palovcsik.
It was
Palovcsik
who handed Luckenbaugh his only
other
setback of the season, during the Clearfield Christmas Holiday tournament.
Luckenbaugh had entered the finals with a semi-final triumph over Rick
Bechtel, Selinsgrove,
11-0, and appeared well on his way to the state crown
when disaster struck. His year's record
is 22-2.
(both losses to
Clearfield's Palovcsik)
Both Thomas, a senior, and
Luckenbaugh, a junior, received beautiful trophies for their finishes.
The crowd of 8,390 was the largest ever to witness an
athletic event in the Penn State Rec. Hall.
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1968 PIAA State Wrestling Champions
Kneeling
(L-R)
Joe Bordell,
Ken
Hess,
Dave
Clark,
Norm Palovcsik,
George Dugan & Craig Fox.
Back (L-R) Lynn Houser, John Chatman, Andy Matter, Lew Craig,
Dan Newhard & Karl Ginder.
∙
Norm
Palovcsik,
Clearfield,
scored a crowd pleasing
come-from-behind
victory over West York junior Bill Luckenbaugh in the 120lb. finals 11-8.
∙
Palovcsik
earned
a
clutch
takedown
and near fall with eight seconds on
the clock and a riding time point - to secure the title over Luckenbaugh.
1969 YCIAA
Sectional II Wrestling
Champions
Front (L-R) Merv Keeney (DA), Bill Luckenbaugh (WY), Jim Keesee (DA),
Larry Haas (WY), Mike Anstadt (DA), Frank Vega (WY).
Back Row (L-R) Don Adams (DA), George Myers (DA), Terry Myers (DA),
Frank Rice (DA), Richard Hartman (DA), John Sprenkle (WY).
There are 4 PIAA State
Wrestling Champions in above photo!
(Luckenbaugh '69, G. Myers '69, Hartman '70 &
Sprenkle '69)
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1969 York County
Section II Championship Finals
95lbs. -
Frank Vega (WY) dec. John Duke (C) 4-0.
103lbs. -
Mike Anstadt (DA) dec. Brian Kuntz (WY) 8-7.
112lbs. -
Larry Haas (WY) dec. Joe
Waltemyer (DA) 17-4.
120lbs. - Jim
Keesee (DA) dec. Jeff Hoch (JB) 7-0.
127lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Ken Baker (DA) 1:27.
133lbs. -
Mervin Keeney (DA) dec. Dave Frey (DO) 11-2.
138lbs. -
Don Adams (DA) dec. Jack
McGeehee (H) 6-1.
145lbs. - George Myers (DA) dec. Ron Ankney (NO) 11-1.
154lbs. - Terry Myers (DA) pinned Gary Bates (WY) 4:30.
165lbs. - Frank Rice (DA) dec. Brian Damon
(C) 12-9.
180lbs. - Richard Hartman (DA) dec. Keith Clark (WY) 13-4.
Unlim. -
John Sprenkle (WY) pinned Robert Costa
(DO) 1:47.
@ West York High School
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1969
PIAA
District III
Wrestling
Champions
@ Harrisburg Farm Show
Arena
1969 Pennsylvania District III Wrestling Champions
∙ Front (L-R) George Myers (Dallastown), Francis Coleman (Reading),
Bruce Jones
(Newport),
Ken Kauffman (Manheim Township),
John Sprenkle (West York).
∙ Back (L-R) Steve Thompson (Manheim Central), Robert Stock (Reading),
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York), Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin),
Dave Yohn (Manheim
Central),
Dan Blakinger (Manheim Township),
Mark Spangenberg (Camp Hill).
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1969
PIAA
Southeastern
Regional
Wrestling
Champions
@ Upper Darby High School
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1969 Pennsylvania SE Regional Wrestling Champions
∙
Front
Row
(L-R)
Benjie
Weinstein
(Cheltenham),
Daniel
Blakinger
(Manheim
Twp.),
Gary Billy (Pottstown), Dan Sanders (Lower Dauphin),
Bill Luckenbaugh
(West
York),
Dan Marano (Springfield).
∙ Back Row (L-R) Steve Thompson
(Manheim Central), George Myers (Dallastown),
Bernie Staub (Lower Moreland), Bruce Jones (Newport), Ken Kauffman (Manheim
Twp.),
John Sprenkle (West York).
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1969 PIAA State
Mat
Tourney
1969 PIAA State Wrestling
Finals @ 127lbs.
(L-R) West York's Bill Luckenbaugh
with WY coaches...
John T. Toggas and Bob Bowers @ Penn State's Rec Hall.
1969 - West York's 127lb.
Bill Luckenbaugh (top) applies a bar
& decisions Andy Kolhepp (New Castle) 18-7
in the 1969 PIAA State Mat semi-final round.
▪
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion @ 127lbs.
• 1969
PIAA Finals 127lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York)
decisioned Bob Pratt (Easton Area HS)... 8-2.
1969 - Bob Pratt of Easton (left) lifts
Bill Luckenbaugh
of West York
in
the PIAA State Wrestling Championship Finals @ 127lbs.
▪ Luckenbaugh decisioned Pratt, 8-2 and
claimed the 1969 Pennsylvania State Wrestling
Championship!
Looking Back... 53
Years!
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champions
▪ Front (L-R)
Tom Teagarden, McGuffey; Rich Panella, New Castle;
Carl "Chico" Lutes, Easton;
Leslie Peterson, Canon-McMillan;
Bill Luckenbaugh, West York; Dan Howard, Allentown Dieruff.
▪ Back
Row
(L-R)
Kevin Love, Carnegie;
George Myers,
Dallastown;
Wade
Schalles, Hollidaysburg; Robert Sacavage, Mt. Carmel;
Rodney Smith, Mt. Lebanon;
John W. Sprenkle, West York.
@ Penn State University's Rec Hall
32nd Annual
1969 PIAA State
Wrestling Championship Finals
3/15/69
@ Penn State's Recreation Hall
95lbs. Tom Teagarden (McGuffey) dec. Ed Matsko (Jenner Boswell) 6-2
103lbs. Rich Panella (New Castle) dec. Dan Gallaher (Phillipsburg Osceola)
1-0 ot
112lbs. Carl "Chico" Lutes (Easton) pinned Allen Andrews (Johnstown) 1:20
120lbs. Leslie Peterson (Canon McMillan) dec. Dave Clark (Clearfield) 10-9
127lbs. Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Robert Pratt (Easton) 8-2
133lbs. Dan Howard (Dieruff) dec. Rob Stover (Penns Valley) 6-0
138lbs. Kevin Love (Carnegie) dec. Barry Snyder (Easton) 4-3
145lbs. George Myers (Dallastown) dec. Rick Lepley (Jenner Boswell) 10-4
154lbs. Wade Schalles (Hollidaysburg) pinned John Chatman (Trinity) 4:58
165lbs. Robert Sacavage (Mt. Carmel) dec. Bruce Jones (Newport) 7-4
180lbs. Rodney Smith (Mt. Lebanon) dec. Scott Moyer (Mifflinburg) 9-6
Hwt.
John Sprenkle (West York) pinned Joel Kislin (Wilkes-Barre GAR) 5:12
▪
PIAA Officials: Charles
Kunes, Dr. George Brett, George Custer, Manuel Pihakis.
1969 PIAA State
Wrestling Semi-Final
Matches
127lbs.
Robert Pratt (Easton) dec. R. Musser (Bellefonte) 11-6.
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Andy Kolhepp (New Castle) 9-7.
Hwt.
Joel Kislin (Wilkes Barre GAR) dec. James Carmanna (Mt. Lebanon) 6-1.
John Sprenkle (West York) pinned Jeff Knarr (Lock Haven)
3:41.
▪
1969 PIAA State Wrestling
Scoring Book w/results (PDF)
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HERE!
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1969 PIAA STATE
Wrestling
Championships
1969 - West York HS's 127lb. Bill
Luckenbaugh
is congratulated by WY's Coach
John T. Toggas...
after
Bill's
PIAA 127lb. State
Championship!
"Lucky" decisioned Bob Pratt of
Easton, 8-2
to win the 1969 PIAA State Wrestling Title!!
USA 1ST TEAM ALL-AMERICAN
BILL LUCKENBAUGH
▪ WEST YORK HS
1969 1st Team High School All-American
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"Additional" Bill Luckenbaugh
Photos...
▪ 1964 West York Junior
High Wrestling Championship Team -
CLICK HERE!
▪ 1965 West York Junior
High Wrestling Team Photo -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1968 Bill Luckenbaugh
Carlisle Wrestling Tourney "OW" -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1968 Bill Luckenbaugh
Individual Photo -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Semi-Finals Photo
of Bill Luckenbaugh -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Semi-Finals Photo
of Bill Luckenbaugh -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Finals Photo of
Bill Luckenbaugh w/WY Coaches -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Finals Photo of
Bill Luckenbaugh -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Finals Photo of
Bill Luckenbaugh -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1969 PIAA Photo of the
Luckenbaugh's -
CLICK HERE!
▪
1983 Photo of
Bill Luckenbaugh DIII Hall of Fame Induction -
CLICK HERE!
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1968 CARLISLE BUFFALO TOURNEY
1968 Carlisle Holiday
Tournament
∙ '68 Carlisle Outstanding Wrestler - Bill Luckenbaugh,
West York HS.
1969 YCIAA SECTIONALS
@ WY
1969 YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
▪
Front (L-R) Mervin Keeney (DA),
Bill
Luckenbaugh (WY), Jim Keesee (DA),
Larry Haas (WY), Mike Anstadt (DA), Frank Vega (WY).
▪
Back Row (L-R) Don Adams (DA), George Myers (DA), Terry Myers (DA),
Frank Rice (DA), Richard Hartman (DA), John Sprenkle (WY).
@ West York (PA) Area High School Gym
There are 4 PIAA State Wrestling Champions...
in the above photo!!
▪
Along with Bill Luckenbaugh '69 & John Sprenkle '69 from West York...
Dallastown High School's George Myers '69 (*2nd from left back row)
and
Dick Hartman '70
(*5th
from left back row)
won PIAA State titles.
1963-64 West York Junior High
Wrestling
Bill Luckenbaugh
- (front left)
EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING
BILL LUCKENBAUGH @ ESSC... 77-7-1
WRESTLING
ESSC/ESU Wrestling Letterwinners (1970-2019)
East Stroudsburg State
Wrestling
NCAA
WRESTLING ARCHIVES
"Please click on
Don's"...
▪
ESSC/ESU Wrestling Archive!
▪
w/10 "former"
West York Area HS Grapplers
...
▪
Glen Eby, William Luckenbaugh, Michael Stambaugh,
Keith Lichty,
Don Lehman,
Barry Gay,
Mark Buelow,
Jeff Wolfe,
Bruce Stambaugh & Matt Sprenkle.
"And there was
Bill Luckenbaugh...
who had
more pins than any wrestler in ESSC/ESU history.
One night in Wilkes-Barre, PA - Lucky took the mat against
Wilkes' College top wrestler - NCAA DIII Champ Mike Lee.
The match started, and the PA announcer was saying...
"This is the match you have
been waiting for - it's Bill Lucken.....!"
Suddenly, he sputtered and stopped, Lucky had already sunk in
an arm-bar
and had
his opponent headed for a fall." ESSC SID.
∙
Pete Nevins' Final Column for the Pocono Record...1/8/07
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EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING
▪ 1970-71...
WRESTLING UPDATE
EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING
1970-71
Led by
All-American Ted Pease, The 1970-71 ESSC wrestlers won their second
Pennsylvania
Conference title in four
years. Several team members placed at the conference meet with
Pease (118) winning an individual title and Kemble Matter
(134), Bill Luckenbaugh (150),
Allen Brown (158) and Fred Epler (167) all runners-up.
Dave Yohn (126) took a third and
Glen Eby (177) a fourth.
The Warriors also
achieved their best finish ever in the NCAA College Division event, tying
for fifth. They posted their ninth straight winning
season with a 14-6 mark which included
matches against the East's leading teams. Highlight was
a 22-14 victory over arch-rival
West Chester State College.
Pease placed third
in the NCAA College Division tourney and reached the quarter-finals of
of the University Division event before losing on a
controversial last second takedown.
His regular season record was 18-1. Epler and Matter
placed fourth in the College Division
tourney.
source: East Stroudsburg
State Wrestling... The Stroud Courier
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EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE
WRESTLING
Bill Luckenbaugh's ESU Wrestling Career Stats/Results
East Stroudsburg State College
NCAA
WRESTLING ARCHIVE
1973-74 East
Stroudsburg State College Team
▪ Front
(L-R)
Bill
Cuff, Keith
Lichty,
Bill Luckenbaugh,
Gary
Kessel,
Mel Riddick.
▪ Back (L-R)
Don Lehman, Bob Stetler,
Mike Stambaugh, Carl Seitz, Phil Conlin,
Fred Swanson.
note: 3 high school state champions in above photo...
(Billy Cuff - NJ, Bill Luckenbaugh - PA, Fred Swanson - NJ.)
ARCHIVES
Looking Back...
at an
ESSC
Lock Haven State Meet in 1973!
(4 WY'ers in ESSC Lineup!)
vs.
The York Daily Record
ARCHIVES
December 15, 1973
Dual Meet @ LHSC Thomas Fieldhouse
Ex-West York Bulldog Wrestlers Star
Against... Lock
Haven State College!
YORK DAILY RECORD 12/17/73: A quartet of former West York High School wrestlers
led
East
Stroudsburg to a 29-20 victory
over Lock Haven State College in a Pennsylvania
State Conference dual meet Saturday at
Lock Haven.
It was the first victory for ESSC over
Lock Haven in seven years as the Warriors pushed their
dual meet record for the year to 5-3.
Stealing the spotlight from his upper class teammates was freshman Keith
Lichty. The youngster
was credited with the key
victory in the match when he pinned defending PA State Conference
champion,
Rob Johnson, in 3:14 of their 126 pound match. It was only the second
victory of the
season for Lichty
who is now 2-5-1.
Bill Luckenbaugh, the former PIAA State Champion
who
earned All-American honors
last year,
gained his 8th victory of the
season with a pin over
Don Eichenlaub in 4:27 of their 158 pound
class.
Eichenlaub, like Johnson, is the defending
PA Conference wrestling
champion. The victory boosted
Luckenbaugh's brilliant college record to
44 victories, including 39 pins,
four losses, and one tie.
Luckenbaugh, highly regarded as a
candidate for NCAA
honors, was injured
in a first round match of last year's
PA Conference
championship tournament
and was forced to retire the rest of the season. Also winning
Saturday
for East Stroudsburg was Mike Stambaugh, a former
West Yorker and now a
sophomore, who scored
with a 9-8 triumph over Ron
McMurray in the 177 pound class.
Freshman Don Lehman, the
fourth Bulldog
member of the Warriors squad, gained a tie with
Lock Haven's Jim Schuster... at 6-6
in the heavyweight class to close out the ESSC win.
▪
@ Lock Haven State College
-12/15/73 - Thomas Fieldhouse, Lock Haven, PA 17745
▪
Lock Haven State Coach -
Dr. Ken Cox. ESSC Coach - Clyde H. "Red" Witman.
York
Daily Record Sports 12/17/73
LHSC's HWT. Jim Schuster
▪
Bill Luckenbaugh is now 8-0 on the ESSC 1973-74 season.
▪
Mike Stambaugh is now 6-2 on the season and Don Lehman is 5-2-1 @ ESSC.
▪
Keith Lichty is 2-5-1 on the 1973-74 season @ ESSC.
▪
12/17/73 ESSC/LHSC match
@ Lock Haven State College.
▪ West York, PA HS Alumni
(above) - Keith Lichty '73, Bill
Luckenbaugh '69,
Mike Stambaugh '72 & Don Lehman '73.
MORE...
of Lucky's ESSC Wrestling Articles @
ESSC Wrestling Archives
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SPORTS
PSAC
WRESTLING
PSAC "All-Time"
Wrestling Champions
'40 - '13
PSAC WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS
1974
1974 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
Photo
▪
Front
Row
(L-R)
Jack
Spates
(Slippery
Rock),
Craig
Turnbull
(Clarion),
Randy Watts (Bloomsburg), Don Rohn (Clarion),
Bill Luckenbaugh (ESSC).
▪
Back Row (L-R) Tom Herr (Edinboro), Bill Shuffstall (Slippery Rock),
Wade
Schalles (Clarion), William Simpson (Clarion), Bob Stetler (ESSC).
(West York's Bill Luckenbaugh -
PSAC Champion
'74)
√
Looking Back... 47 Years Ago!!
The York Daily Record
ARCHIVES
February 25, 1974
LUCKENBAUGH TRIUMPHS!
1974 Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
College Wrestling Championships
February 23, 1974
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▪
West York's
Bill Luckenbaugh, the top-seeded entry
from East
Stroudsburg
State College, captured the 150lb. crown of the Pennsylvania
State
College
Wrestling Conference
Championships held Saturday on the
Slippery Rock State wrestling mats. Luckenbaugh is a senior and the ESSC
captain. Luckenbaugh, who upped his season's record to 22-0, nipped Mike
Waller of
Slippery Rock with a 5-4 decision in the finals. He had pinned Bill
Davis
of Clarion in 1:42 in the semi-finals Saturday, and he also had a 3:16
fall at
the expense
of
Rich Schumacher of Indiana, Pa.
Bob
Stetler of ESSC
also won the PSAC 158lb title. East Stroudsburg finished fourth in the
meet
with 68 points. Clarion won the
team laurels for the fourth straight season
with 156 1/2 points, followed by
Slippery Rock, 129 1/2, and Bloomsburg,
80 points. Lock Haven was fifth in the 13-team field with 60 1/2 points.
▪ Another West Yorker, Don Lehman, was third in the 190lb. division,
defeating Tom Schweinburg of Indiana (IUP), 12-2 in the consolation finals.
Lehman (4-1) had
bowed to Bill Shuffstall of Slippery Rock, 6-1, in the
championship 190lb. semi-final
round. SR's
Shuffstall won the PSAC
championship at 190lbs defeating Jim Zoschg of Millersville State,
7-1.
▪ Two other former West York Bulldogs who competed for East
Stroudsburg State College
were Mike
Stambaugh, (0-2) at 177lbs.,
and 126-pounder
Keith Lichty, who finished with a (2-2) PSAC mark.
Both did not place in the tournament.
1974 PSAC Results Page
▪ Bill Luckenbaugh,
Bob Stetler and Don Lehman are slated to
travel
and
compete in the 1974 NCAA Division II National Mat Tourney
Friday and Saturday at the Cal-State University Fullerton Gym,
Orange County, California.
2/23/74
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A "Lucky"
ESSC Wrestling Fact!!
▪ While at East Stroudsburg State
College ...
Bill Luckenbaugh
pinned 59 of his 85 opponents
for a .694 pinning percentage !!!
Click - ESU's "All-Time" Wrestling
Letterwinners!
WRESTLING
1974
NCAA
DII
Nationals
1974 NCAA DII Tourney Participants (ESSC)
(Back Row) ESSC Head Wrestling Coach... Clyde
H. "Red" Witman.
(Front) ESSC's Bill Luckenbaugh (150lbs.), Don Lehman (190lbs.),
Bob Stetler
(158lbs.).
1974 - NCAA DII Wrestling
Championships
East Stroudsburg State College - 7th Place
(39 1/2pts)
▪ Cal-State Fullerton University ▪
THE POCONO RECORD
March - 1974
SPORTS
1974 Division I Wrestling
Bracket
Bill Luckenbaugh
of East Stroudsburg State College
was the..."2nd seed"
@
the 1974 NCAA Division
I
Wrestling
Championships in Iowa
City. IA @ 150lbs.
 Bill won his first 2 matches by fall, but, a
severe knee injury suffered at
practice the
prior week hindered his progress in what would have been a sure
All-American medal.
Look at the complete NCAA Division
I 1974 150lb. Bracket
w/ESSC's Bill Luckenbaugh - 150lbs. by clicking -
HERE!
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March
1974 York Dispatch...Sooners Win NCAA Mat Crown
Luckenbaugh Ousted!
Bill Luckenbaugh of East Stroudsburg failed to place in the top five after
being
seeded second in the 150-pound class on the basis of a 27-0 regular season
mark.
The former PIAA champ from West York, ironically lost to two men he had
previously
beaten, Mike Waller of Slippery Rock and Roger Warner of California Poly,
San Luis Obispo.
Luckenbaugh, who sustained a slight knee injury during a pre-tournament
workout, started
off in fine fashion by pinning Dennis Trainor of Washington State in 2:52
and coming
right back to nail Navy's John Althans in 3:44. He then ran into
Waller and was whipped 11-0.
Luckenbaugh decisioned Waller 5-4 for the Pennsylvania Conference
Championship.
Following a 5-0 overtime decision over Larry Johnson of Northern Illinois,
the East
Stroudsburg senior was dumped 14-2 by Warner, a man he pinned for the NCAA
Division
II title a week earlier. (NCAA Division I Tourney - Ames Iowa)
NCAA
1974 Brackets
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Induction into the '83 District III
Mat Hall of Fame
▪
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion...
William Luckenbaugh
of West
York High School
-
(left)
with
West
York Wrestling Head
Coach John T. Toggas.
(Bill's brother Dana - 1965 PIAA State Champ,
is in back of photo)
West York
Area
HS Assistant Wrestling Coach
Bill Luckenbaugh
w/WY's 103lb. Dave Maday
@
the 1989 YCIAA AAA Sectionals.
1991 West York Wrestling
Coaching Staff
1991
-
West York Wrestling head coach
John T. Toggas
(right)
w/assistant coach (69' PIAA Champ) Bill Luckenbaugh (left).
1995-96 West York Wrestling
Team
1995-96 West York Varsity Wrestling Team
(10-4)
1st
Row
(L-R) Ryan Wagaman, Jake Kotzman,
Casey
Brenner, Kevin Scheivert.
2nd Row
(L-R) Rob Ludwig, Josh Klinedinst,
Chad Luckenbaugh, Todd Platts.
3rd Row
(L-R) Brandon Luckenbaugh, Justin Wilkins,
Matt Sheridan, Eric Lehman,
Jon Knotwell, Jason Chamberlain.
4th Row
(L-R)
Coach Jerry Mathison, Coach
Bill
Luckenbaugh, Coach Kim Wilkins.
'96
PIAA State Tournament
Qualifiers (3):
*Brandon
Luckenbaugh, Chad Luckenbaugh & Eric Lehman.
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2011 Elizabethtown HS Hall of Fame Induction
∙ Bill Luckenbaugh
- former E-Town Head Mat Coach (76-23-1) @ E-Town.
Son... Chad Luckenbaugh
was a 3-time PIAA State
Medalist for West York HS.
Son... Brandon Luckenbaugh
*Brandon Luckenbaugh was
1998 Florida State AAAA Champion @ 152lbs.
for Lake Gibson High School. Finals
-
Brandon Luckenbaugh (Lake Gibson)
decisioned Todd Rametta (Tampa Jesuit) 13-9.
Late brother... Dana Luckenbaugh
captured the 112lb. PIAA State
title in 1965!
1994 District
III Wrestling Coach of the Year
(76-23-0... @ WY '91-'97 Coaching Record)
2016 PWCA HALL OF FAME
WY's/ESSC's Bill Luckenbaugh,
is inducted into the
2016
class!
PWCA
PA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME
∙
10/27/15
"Lucky" article by Steve Heiser
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www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
GAMETIMEPA.com Throwback Thursday
West York Wrestling's success can be traced back to a 1965 state
championship
by Steve
Navaroli 8/27/14
In
1969, West York had a pair of PIAA wrestling champions in John Sprenkle
(Hwt.)
and
Bill Luckenbaugh
(127).
In fact, that championship
closed Sprenkle's stellar career with a 55-6
record and Luckenbaugh
went on to star on the mat at East Stroudsburg, where he won both PSAC
and NCAA Division II titles
in 1974.
But the example of what was possible was set when Luckenbaugh's brother,
Dana Luckenbaugh,
earned the first-ever PIAA championship won by a
then-YCIAA (now YAIAA) wrestler.
Dana
Luckenbaugh topped former state champ Bill Welker of Shamokin High
School, 4-3,
in the 112-pound
final. Sprenkle
said that, and the entire 1965 West York squad, showed his team
how to be successful.
"I was blessed and fortunate to be on some great teams at West York,"
said Sprenkle, who was
also a football star for the Bulldogs. "That '65
team was an awesome one. (John) Toggas
was a
phenomenal coach."
It capped an amazing
three-year run for West York which won the YCIAA team
championship from 1963
to 1965, amazingly with three head coaches: Bob Brown, Ken Ober and
Toggas.
Dana Luckenbaugh was a three-time YCIAA sectional champ. Teammate Darryl
"Smokey"
Dennis (120 pounds), won two sectional titles.
Several years later,
his brother, Bill, followed by Neil
Bupp, Kevin McCleary and
Donald Lehman would go on to become the school's other three-time
section title winners.
Sprenkle recalled seeing Dana Luckenbaugh when kids would go to the
former
A. H. Martin
Elementary School and "roll out the horsehair"
wrestling mats under the watchful eye
of coach
Don Strausbaugh.
"(Strausbaugh) could
never keep Dana in the wrestling room.
He
always wanted to
be
up in the gym shooting baskets," Sprenkle laughed. "Everything to him came natural.
He didn't have
to work as hard as Bill
and I did."
But Dana Luckenbaugh, who posted a 56-6-1 record as a high school
grappler,
was one of a kind.
Just ask Charlie Jacobs, who wrestled at
rival Dover during the same time period.
"He was very strong,
he never panicked," Jacobs said. "He used to read
the comics before the matches.
Nothing excited
Dana.
He had extremely
long arms and thick hands. When he put a tight waist on you,
you knew it.
He was very tough."
Steve Navaroli YDR Article 8/27/14
STEVE NAVAROLI
▪
Reach Steve Navaroli at
717-817-3432 or
navarolienterprises@gmail.com
P.O. Box 365
Dallastown, PA 17313
▪
877-657-2539 or
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