John W. Sprenkle
(55-6-0)
WY
Career
Record
John W. Sprenkle
(Overall WY Career Record of 55-6-0)
▪
4th highest overall winning %
.902 ▪
1968 YCIAA Sectional 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),
Don May (Eastern HS).
Back
(L-R)
William "Bill" Thomas
(York
High),
Glen
Eby
(West York
HS),
Hank
Claiborne (York),
Keith Wilkins (York Suburban),
John W. Sprenkle (West York).
@ West York Area High School
▪ 1968 YCIAA Sectional Team Champion - West York
High School.
West York Area Head Coach - John T. Toggas
1969 YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
1969 YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
▪ West York's - William "Lucky" Luckenbaugh (2nd from left front row),
Larry Haas (4th from left front row), Frank Vega (6th from left front
row),
John W. Sprenkle
(6th from left back row).
There are 4 PIAA State Wrestling Champions...
in the above photo!
▪
Along with
Bill Luckenbaugh '69
& John Sprenkle '69 from West York...
Dallastown HS's George Myers '69 (2nd from left back row)... &
Dick
Hartman
'70
(5th
from
left
back
row)
won PIAA State titles!
1969
PIAA
District
III
Wrestling
Champions
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
1969 Pennsylvania SE Regional Wrestling Champions
∙ Front (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 WRESTLING
SEMI-FINALS
1969 - PIAA State Wrestling Semifinals
▪
West York's Hwt. John Sprenkle on top going for
the fall in 3:41!
1969 PIAA STATE WRESTLING
FINALS
1969 PIAA State Wrestling
Championship
Finals
▪ West York's John Sprenkle
(right) controls Wilkes Barre G.A.R.'s
Joel Kislin... and gains a fall in 5:12 to win the PIAA State title!!
*J.
Kislin went on to wrestle collegiately @...Hofstra University.
Looking Back... 45
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 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)
CLICK
HERE!
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John Sprenkle...Bio
▪ A PIAA State Wrestling
Heavyweight Champion for WY Area.
John earned 3 football
letters
▪
@
Virginia Polytechnic
Institute/U.
John lettered
in 1970, 1971, & 1972 for VA Tech
Hokies Football.
▪
John wrestled for the Hokies
(frosh)
▪
(1969-'70)
@ VA Tech.
In
'69-'70 ▪ VT was 4-15 as an
independent...
in NCAA Wrestling.
Virginia Tech Football/Wrestling Career
▪
1970-72... Virginia Tech
Football
Lettermen
--
CLICK HERE!
▪
VA Tech
Wrestling
Records/NCAA
▪
1920-2014
CLICK HERE!
▪
Virginia Tech
Wrestling
Website
w/Records/NCAA Tourney
▪
VA Tech Hokies... ALL YEARS ----
Wrestling Media Guides
▪
NCAA DI Wrestling Brackets
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ALL BRACKETS
by year
John Sprenkle
graduated from West York in '69 and from VA Poly Inst./State in '73.
While at West York
HS, John earned Big 33 and All-State football honors, and capped
off those accomplishments by winning the 1969 YCIAA Sectional
Mat title,
District III
title, Southeast Regional title and the PIAA State Wrestling title with a fall
in the finals.
John was named Honorable Mention Wrestling All-American by USA Wrestling
Magazine.
John also ran the hurdles and threw the shot and discus for the West York Track
Team.
After West York, John went on to "letter" three years ('70, '71, '72) for the
Virginia Tech
Hokies football team. The first two years under VT Head Coach Jerry
Claiborne and the
last two years under Head Coach Charlie Coffey and Offensive Coordinator, Dan
Henning.
A highlight came in John's senior year, when the Hokies upset then 19th ranked
Oklahoma
State in Blacksburg, VA. Don Strock was the quarterback of that '72 team
and Don's brother
Dave Strock kicked the game winning field goal with 12 seconds remaining for the
34-32 win!
John is a former Health and Phys. Ed.
teacher at West York Area High School in York, PA...
and also coached football, in addition to wrestling. John was named West
York's #1 Athlete
of "All-Time" by the York Daily Record.
▪
John's son,
Matt Sprenkle...was a
5th place PIAA
Wrestling medal winner in
'94 @
125lbs. for WY!
1983 West York
Wrestling Coaching Staff
(L-R) WY Coaches
Brian Kuntz,
John T.
Toggas & John Sprenkle.
1974-75 West York Varsity Wrestling
▪
YCIAA League Championship Team ▪
▪
Front
(L-R)
Mgr. Little, Bill Pope,
Chuck Nace, Todd Reynolds, Mark Einsig,
John Chiappy, Bradley Pope, Jeff Meckley.
▪ Back (L-R) ▪
Coach John W. Sprenkle, Scott
Miller, Ken Ott, Mark Hoffman,
Gary Johnson,
Jim Altland, Jim Shorts,
Mark Kraber, Coach John T. Toggas.
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1968 WEST YORK VARSITY FOOTBALL
The
1968 West York Area
HS Football Team
#70 - John Sprenkle - 1st on left back row.
1968 - West York's John Sprenkle #70
▪ ▪ ▪
1968 Pennsylvania "Big 33"
Game
Captain &
1968
PA
"All-State" Football 1st Team
Selection.
FOOTBALL
John Sprenkle
VA Tech Hokies #77 John Sprenkle
70-71-72 Virginia
Tech Football Letterman
CLICK HERE!
Hokie Football History
▪
West York Wrestling's
The
8/26/08 YDR Article -
CLICK HERE!
West York 1977-78 Team Reunion
1/10/09
Front (L-R) Don Botterbusch, Bruce Stambaugh, Rod Stough, John Silar.
Back (L-R) Larry Gay, Barry Gay, WY Coach Don Lehman, Randy Blasdell,
Dave Stram, Coach John T. Toggas &
Coach John W. Sprenkle.
▪ Photo by
Kevin Drawbaugh of
JK Images
1/10/09 West York 78' Team Photo
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