'72-'73 West York Wrestling Captains
▪ Keith Lichty, Kevin McCleary, & Don Lehman ...
before their last home match for WY High School

www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com                                                                                  ▪ The 1972-73 West York Varsity Wrestling Team outscored               its opponents by 545-208 in total points, losing to Dallastown, 32-21               for their only loss of the season.           ∙ YCIAA Sectional Champions - Kevin McCleary, Don Lehman.           ∙ YCIAA Sectional 2nd Place - Greg Henry, Keith Lichty.           ∙ Easton Holiday Champions - Kevin McCleary (ow), Don Lehman (ow).           ∙ Easton Holiday 2nd Place - Stanley "Skip" Martin.           ∙ Poland vs. USA Cultural Exchange Freestyle Match.               West York Varsity Wrestling                1972-73 Top Season Individual Records:                                                      ▪ Don Lehman 21-1.                                                      ▪ Kevin McCleary 20-1-1.                                                      ▪ Keith Lichty 17-4.                                                      ▪ Greg Henry 15-6.                                  ▪ 1972-73 WY Wrestling Practice Squad Photo                                  ▪ 1972-73 WY Wrestling JV Team Mat Photo

1973 YCIAA Section Runners-Up

▪ Front - Greg Henry (WY), Barry Adams (DA), Bob Myers (VT),
Craig Miller (H), Keith Lichty (WY), Jim Grim (SG),
 Craig Hamrick (S).
▪ Back - Bill Senft (DA), George Lehr (VT), Ryan Hileman (RL),
Ray Creep (YH).

1973 YCIAA Sectional Wrestling
Championship Finals Results Page

2/24/1973

▪ March 31, 1973 (7:00pm) @ West York Area High School.

▪ Poland National 6.5 pts. USA-PA 5.5 pts. OLYMPIC FREESTYLE MATCH RULES 3/31/73

∙ 105lbs.  John Malles, USA dec. Zenon Witte, POL 5-4

∙ 114lbs.  Tomasz Krawczak, POL dec. Don Carr, USA 5-3

∙ 123lbs.  Stanislow Malkiewicz, POL pinned Rick Tonkin, USA 1:32

∙ 132lbs.  Marek Bujowski, POL dec. Keith Lichty, USA 3-0

∙ 143lbs.  Kevin McCleary, USA dec. Stefan Radon, POL 5-1

∙ 154lbs.  Bill Rawding, USA dec. Zbigniew Zurawski, POL 4-0

∙ 165lbs.  Keith Kreider, USA dec. Leszek Radon, POL 3-2

∙ 178lbs.  Bronislaw Pniewski, POL default vs. Wayne Horton, USA

∙ 191lbs.  John Weston, USA tied with Jerzy Kachniarz, POL 1-1

∙ Hwt.       Don Lehman, USA dec. Krzysztof Dybinski, POL 4-0

USA-PA vs. POLAND MATCH FAST FACTS...            (USA-PA Freestyle Coaches:  Stan Zeamer & Dave Steiler)     ▪ Host:  Raymond Troxell, Superintendent of West York Schools.     ▪ Officials:  Thomas Tisone, Richard Charles, Richard Glossner     & William "Bill" Billet.  (freestyle rules)     ▪ 3/31/73 USA-PA vs. POL Meet Announcers:  Whedon Myers     & Ignacy Swiecicki.     West York Wrestlers:  K. Lichty, K. McCleary, D. Lehman.     • Event Organizer - Paul C. McCleary.

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1970 Easton Area Holiday Tournament                  Wrestling Championships!      5th Annual Tournament 12/29-30  1970               Results of Championship Finals         95    Keith Lichty, West York dec. Ed Kovacs, Easton 7-0.    103    Rocky Creazzo, Easton dec. Rocky Chunko, Saucon Valley 0-0, (ref's dec.)    112    Lance Leonhardt, Bethlehem Freedom dec. Brad Weaver, Easton 3-0.    120    Don Rohn, Saucon Valley dec. Blaise Dierrico, Bethlehem Freedom 11-3.    127    Dan Santoro, Saucon Valley won by default over Bob Ellis, Hanover Twp.    133    Jeff Duke, Manheim Twp. dec. Larry Davis, Easton 5-0.    138    Frank Klotz, Saucon Valley dec. Jesse Longenecker, Manheim Twp. 3-1.    145    Bill Danyluk, Saucon Valley dec. Robin Dunlap, Manheim Twp. 5-1.    154    Sam Crivellaro, Wilson dec. Bob Nagy, Saucon Valley 7-4.    165    Jim Doster, Allentown Dieruff dec. Tony Karpovich, Hanover Twp. 2-0.    180    Jim Gaycheck, Allentown Dieruff dec. Ted DeLong, Bethlehem 2-0.    Hwt.   Bob Schoener, Bethlehem Freedom pinned Don Lehman, West York 4:33.      ▪ OW - Jeff Duke, Manheim Twp.      ▪ Team Champion - Saucon Valley 64 points.      ▪ West York's Easton Holiday Tournament Page

'71-72 Undefeated YCIAA Mat Team

West York Wrestling 1971-72 (14-0)
▪ Front (L-R) - Steve Thomas, Paul Mulay, Skip Martin, Keith Lichty,
Barry Botterbusch, Mark Jenkins, Kevin McCleary, Neil Bupp.
▪ Back (L-R) - Jim Haas, Barry Albright, Scott Callahan, Mike Root,
Barry King, Mike Stambaugh, Don Lehman.

WEST YORK HS WRESTLING

1970-71 West York's Sophomore
Varsity Wrestling Letter-Winners
▪ Front Row (L-R) Keith Lichty, Kevin McCleary.
 Standing (L-R) Barry King & Donald Lehman.


NCAA WRESTLING
10 West York High School
Wrestlers
have earned Varsity Athletic Letters
@ East Stroudsburg State University!

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The York Daily Record     ARCHIVES - ESSC/LHSC Dual Meet     December 17, 1973       ▪ 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 East    Stroudsburg 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    PSAC 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 tourney    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 WY Bulldog member of the    Warriors squad, gained a tie with Lock Haven's Jim Schuster at 6-6... in the heavyweight class.        ∙ Mike Stambaugh is now 6-2 on the season and Don Lehman is 5-2-1.       @ Lock Haven State College, Lock Haven PA

NCAA WRESTLING ARCHIVE

1973-74 East Stroudsburg State College Team
▪ Front (L-R) Billy Cuff, Keith Lichty, Bill Luckenbaugh, Gary Kessel, Mel Riddick.
▪ Back (L-R) Don Lehman, Bob Stetler, Mike Stambaugh, Carl Seitz, Phil Conlin,
Fred Swanson. (red - denotes West York HS graduate!)