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1973 WY Alumnus...
Kevin
McCleary
(61-5-1)
Kevin McCleary
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KEVIN McCLEARY BIO
▪ West York 3-time YCIAA
Sectional Champion (1971-72-73).
▪ 3-time District III Wrestling Qualifier
• (1971-72-73).
▪ District III Wrestling
Semi-Finalist
• (1972).
▪
1972
Easton Holiday
Wrestling Champion
&
(OW).
▪ 1972-73 West York Team Captain.
▪
Overall Career Record -
61-5-1.
(2nd All-Time WY winning
%)
▪ "Undefeated in
WYSH Dual Meets"...(41-0-1)... 1971-73.
▪ "Undefeated in
WYJH Dual Meets"
... 1968-70.
▪
1972 U.S.W.F. PA Junior Freestyle Championships - 1st.
▪
1972-73 West York Varsity Club Photo -
HERE!
▪
1973 Poland National vs. USA-PA Freestyle Member -
HERE!
▪
1974 NCAA DIII
All-American (3rd) for F&M College.
▪
1983-85 West York HS
Wrestling Head Coach (19-16-1).
▪ 2 WY PIAA State
Qualifiers
('85 Tony Hoffman/Wilmer Pressel)
(Wilmer Pressel places 6th -
'85 PIAA AAA @ 185lbs.)
Kevin McCleary never
lost a dual while wrestling or while
coaching
(West York & Dover)...@ WY Old Gymnasium
(2016).
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Kevin McCleary Retirement Mixer
2/28/16
(L-R) Chad Toomey, Rod
Neiman, Kevin McCleary,
Robert Narber,
Bob Linker, Mitch Spangler &
Wilmer Pressel. (@ Pat McCleary's)
1969 West York Junior High
Invitational
Wrestling
Tournament
▪
1969 West York Junior
High Place-Winner's
Front
Row (L-R) Skip
Martin,
Paul
Mulay,
Mark
Jenkins,
Kevin
McCleary.
Back
Row (L-R) Bob Murphy, Dave Heist, Don Lehman,
Mike
Stambaugh.
1969-70 West York Junior High
Wrestling
(after the last dual
meet of the '69-'70 season @ York Suburban)
(L-R)
Barry Albright, *Kevin
McCleary, Keith Lichty,
Rick Albright & *Don Lehman.
*WYJH's Kevin McCleary and Don
Lehman were 9-0
per the '69-70 WYJH mat season.
*Kevin McCleary was undefeated during his 3-year
WY Junior High
campaign!
(WYJH Coaches were - Whedon Myers and Herbert Yost)
Larger photo
'70-'71 West York Wrestling Team
1970-71 West York HS Wrestling Team (13-1)
1971 YCIAA Sectional Team Point Champions
▪ Front Row (L-R) James Haas, Neil Bupp, Terry Lehr,
Kevin McCleary,
Paul Mulay & Keith Lichty.
▪ Back (L-R) Don Lehman, Barry King, Guy Boyer, Michael Stambaugh,
Scott
Callahan & Ted Turnbull.
(Captain - Guy Boyer)
Larry
A. Hicks YSN (York Sunday News)
▪ York, Pa -
WRESTLING, a sport that goes back to the
arenas of the ancient Greeks,
has
proved that it is firmly installed in the hearts of many York County fans as the
West York High School gymnasium
was filled to capacity to view the York County
Sectional Wrestling Tournament Saturday afternoon and evening.
High school
wrestlers
from all York County Wrestling League members put their heart and soul into
their maneuvers
with the result being several upsets and quite a few heart-breakers.
Randy Miller, York Vo-Tech trounced
previously unbeaten John Stough, Dallastown 6-1,
in the
145lb. class. Bill Trostle, heavyweight of South Western, lost to
Jeff Mitchell of
Dallastown, 7-4. In the
finals,
Dallastown and West York dominated the championships.
Six
of the Wildcats and five of the Bulldogs won titles. Next in line was Spring Grove
with three. There was no official team
champion in this year's sectionals since two
men in each weight class advance to the Districts.
Larry A. Hicks YSN
▪ "Unofficial Team Scoring" had West York 1st with 85 pts. - Dallastown 2nd with 82
pts.
1971 YCIAA Sectional I
Wrestling Championships
•
Finals Results •
▪
YCIAA Section Champions (2) qualify for District III Wrestling Championships
@ the Harrisburg PA Farm Show Arena
next week.
1971 District III Sectional I Champions
95lbs.
Jed
Marchio (Hanover) dec. Steve Frey (Dallastown) 3-0
Paul
Brown (York High) dec. Jeff Hoffman (Dover) 6-2
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
103lbs.
John
Jones (Central York) dec. Jeff Becker (Spring Grove) 7-2
Tom
Shultz (Dallastown) dec. Paul Mulay (West York) 5-1
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
112lbs.
Kevin
McCleary (West York) dec. Dan Lighty (Dover) 9-3
Marvin
Shaw (Red Lion) dec. John Kramer (Dallastown) 7-3
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
120lbs.
Lowell
Anderson (Red Lion) pinned Steve Benedict (Eastern) 4:26
Terry
Lehr (West York) dec. John Thomas (Central York) 9-3
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
127lbs.
Jack
Smyser (Spring Grove) dec. Norm Rutzebeck (Susquehannock) 5-1
Neil
Bupp (West York) dec. Steve Schrum (Dallastown) 4-0
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
133lbs.
Jim
Rohrbaugh (Dallastown) dec. Tom Mummert (Dover) 7-1
Mike
Koons (Eastern) dec. Keith Krout (Spring Grove) 6-0
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
138lbs.
Ed
Baker (Dallastown) dec. Mike Bentzel (Dover) 7-6
John
Luckenbaugh (Central York) dec. Ted Turnbull (West York) 3-1
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
145lbs.
Mark
Myers (Spring Grove) dec. Scott Callahan (West York) 5-2
Randy
Miller (York Vo-Tech) dec. Rick Lauer (Central York) 6-2
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
154lbs.
Jeff
Koller (Dallastown) dec. Mike Stambaugh (West York) 6-1
Dave
Bowersox (Spring Grove) dec. Kim Wilkins (York Suburban) 8-1
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
165bs.
Guy
Boyer (West York) dec. Todd Strickhouser (Northeastern) 6-3
Dave
Hoffman (Dover) dec. Alan Schrum (Spring Grove) 9-6
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
180lbs.
Glenn
Geiman (South Western) pinned Mike Cave (Eastern) 5:25
Glenn
Dubbs (Dallastown) dec. Jay Brillhart (Dover) 5-0
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
▪ ▪ ▪ ▪
Heavyweight
Don
Lehman (West York) pinned William Frantz (York Vo-Tech) 3:12
Lanny
Lewis (York Suburban) won by ref's dec. over Jeff Mitchell (Dallastown) (double ot)
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1971-72
West York Area High School
Varsity
Wrestling
Team
1971-72 West York Varsity
Wrestling Team
▪
Front Row
(L-R)
Steve Thomas, Paul Mulay, Skip Martin, Keith Lichty,
Kevin McCleary & Neil Bupp.
▪
Back (L-R)
Coach JT Toggas,
Jim Haas,
Barry Albright,
Scott Callahan,
Barry King,
Mike Stambaugh & Don Lehman.
(14-0)
▪
1971-72...
YCIAA League Wrestling Champions!!
▪ 1972 YCIAA Section
Wrestling Team Champions.
▪
1971
Easton
Holiday
Team Wrestling
Champions.
1971 - West York's 133lb.
Kevin
McCleary
lifts Dallastown
HS' s
Dave Debus.
WY's
McCleary won by fall in 2:54!
∙
Coach JT Toggas "chews his towel" in the
background!
(11/19/71 article)
Thursday - November 18, 1971
Bulldogs Halt Wildcats, 30-22
WEST YORK 30 DALLASTOWN 22
York Daily Record 11/19/71:
The West York Bulldogs snapped Dallastown's domination
of the (YCIAA)
York County Interscholastic
Wrestling League by toppling the Wildcats, 30-22,
Thursday night to end the Wildcats' League (YCIAA) winning skein at 62 matches!
It was the first league reversal since the 1966 campaign for Dallastown,
which
earlier this season had an overall 65-match skein stopped in an
exhibition at Cedar Cliff. Last team to top the
Wildcats in league competition
was Spring Grove by 31-14, January 20, 1966. West York's Bulldogs,
trailing 22-21 after 10 bouts,
rallied for 9 points in the final 2 bouts to stop
Dallastown 30-22, before a capacity turnout Thursday night at Dallastown.
Dallastown won the JV
(Junior Varsity) match over West York, 24-21.
▪
Attendance -
SOLD OUT (Standing Room Only).
95lbs. Barry Adams (D) dec. Steve Thomas (WY) 5-0.
103lbs. Paul Mulay (WY) dec. Steve Frey (D) 5-2.
112lbs. Brad Warner (D) dec. Keith Lichty (WY) 11-0.
120lbs. Joel Hoffman (D) pinned Barry Botterbusch (WY)
1:47.
127lbs. John Ruth (D) dec. Mark Jenkins (WY) 5-2.
133lbs. Kevin McCleary (WY) pinned Dave Debus (D) 2:54.
138lbs. Neil Bupp (WY) pinned Joe Myers (D) 4:55.
145lbs. Ed Baker (D) dec. Jim Haas (WY) 10-4.
154lbs. Scott Callahan (WY) pinned John Laird (D) 3:55.
165lbs. John Weston (D) dec. Mike Root (WY) 8-1.
180lbs. Mike Stambaugh (WY) dec. Jeff Mitchell (D) 6-4.
Hwt.
Don Lehman (WY) pinned Bill Hefner (D) 1:27.
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1972 - West York's
Kevin McCleary (left)
controls his
Susquehannock opponent at a home dual meet.
▪ YCIAA Referee Bill Billet calls both out of bounds!
• McCleary was a 3-time YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champion,
Easton Champion, undefeated in career dual meets,
& a
1974 NCAA All-American at
F&M College
(150lbs.).
▪
1972 YCIAA Sectional
Championships
1972
District III YCIAA
York
County
Sectional
Champions
▪ Front Kneeling (L-R) Paul Mulay,
Kevin McCleary, Neil
Bupp.
▪ Back
(L-R) Coach John Toggas,
Scott Callahan,
Don Lehman,
Mike Stambaugh, Asst. Coach Robert Bowers.
West
York Varsity
WRESTLING
"The 1972
Gang"
1971-72
West
York
Varsity
Wrestling
"The
Gang"
(L-R) Kevin McCleary, Neil
Bupp, Scott Callahan,
Michael Stambaugh & Donald Lehman.
1971-72 West York Varsity Wrestling Team
(14-0)
▪ Front
Row (L-R) -
Steve Thomas,
Paul Mulay,
Skip Martin,
Keith A. Lichty,
Barry Botterbusch,
Mark
Jenkins,
Kevin McCleary
&
Neil Bupp.
▪
Back Row (L-R) -
Jim Haas, Barry Albright,
Scott Callahan, Michael
Root,
Barry King,
Mike Stambaugh
& Don Lehman.
"6" YCIAA Sectional Champions: (Mulay, McCleary, Bupp, Callahan,
Stambaugh & Lehman).
1972 - WY's
Kevin McCleary (white) against Susquehannock HS
1972 YCIAA District III
Sectional
Wrestling
Champions
(Upper Bracket)
'72 DIII YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
@ Gettysburg
College
▪ Front
(L-R) Greg
Burg YS, Paul Mulay WY, Brad Warner DT,
Joel Hoffman DT,
Kevin McCleary WY, Joe Myers,
DT.
▪ Back (L-R) Ed Baker DT, John Wendt C, Scott
Callahan WY,
John Weston DT,
Bob McNabb SW, Don Lehman WY.
1972 YCIAA Section Championship
Wrestling Finals
(Upper
Bracket)... from above photo.
@
Gettysburg College
95lbs. Greg Burg, York Suburban, dec. Barry Adams, Dallastown, 4-2.
103lbs. Paul Mulay, West York, dec. Jed Marchio, Hanover, 3-0.
112lbs. Brad Warner, Dallastown, dec. Steve Julius, Dover, 10-2.
120lbs. Joel Hoffman, Dallastown, dec. Steve Acker, Hanover, 14-7.
127lbs.
Kevin McCleary, West York, dec. Steve Benedict, Eastern,
8-1.
133lbs. Joe Myers, Dallastown, pinned Steve Gantz, York High, 3:35.
138lbs. Ed Baker, Dallastown, dec. Carl Billet, Vo-Tech, 9-2.
145lbs. John Wendt, Central, dec. Richard Lindt, Dover, 11-5.
154lbs. Scott Callahan, West York, dec. John Boop, Northeastern,
9-0.
165lbs. John Weston, Dallastown, dec. Dave Hoffman, Dover, 6-1.
180lbs. Bob McNabb, South Western, dec. Allen Schrum, Spring
Grove, 13-1.
Hwt.
Don Lehman, West York, dec. Ken Narber, Dover, 18-0.
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1972-73
West York HS Wrestling Captains
Keith Lichty,
Kevin
McCleary
&
Don
Lehman
before
their last home match
for West York High School.
1972 Easton Area Holiday Tourney Champions
∙ Front
(L-R)
Greg Shoemaker, Easton; Greg Duke,
Manheim Twp.;
Garth Springer, Manheim Twp.; Rich Rodriguez, Saucon Valley;
Curt Stanley, Easton; Len Kaminski, Hanover Area Twp..
∙
Back
Row
(L-R) Russ
Snyder,
Easton; Fred
Landis,
Manheim
Twp.;
Kevin McCleary, West York (ow); Wayne Horton, Beth. Freedom;
Lee Guzzo, Easton; Don Lehman, West York (ow).
Pat Reilly Wrestling Memorial
7th Annual Easton Area Holiday Wrestling
Tournament
Championship Finals
▪ December 27-28, 1972
▪ 98lbs. Greg Shoemaker, Easton dec. Dave Quier, Saucon Valley
7-0.
▪
105lbs. Greg Duke, Manheim Twp. dec. Rich Rike, Bethlehem
Freedom 4-3.
▪
112lbs. Garth Springer, Manheim Twp. dec. Jeff Shoemaker,
Easton 9-6.
▪
119lbs. Rich Rodriguez, Saucon Valley dec. Stanley "Skip"
Martin, West York 9-5.
▪
126lbs. Curt Stanley, Easton dec. Ed Ziegler, Saucon Valley
5-1.
▪
132lbs. Len Kaminski, Hanover Twp. dec. Dan Lechner, Saucon
Valley 9-7.
▪
138lbs. Russ Snyder, Easton won by default over Robbie
Trumbower, Bethlehem Freedom.
▪
145lbs. Fred Landis, Manheim Twp. dec. Stan McGlynn,
Hanover Twp. 7-0.
▪ 155lbs. Kevin McCleary, West York dec. Dan Persa, Bethlehem
Freedom 2-2, (ref's dec.).
▪
167lbs. Wayne Horton, Bethlehem Freedom dec. Darwin Brodt,
Easton 12-5.
▪
185lbs. Lee Guzzo, Easton dec. Mike Keller, Manheim Twp.
8-5.
▪ Hwt. Don Lehman, West York pinned Tom Giordani, Saucon
Valley in 3:27.
@
Easton High School, Easton, Pa.
OW - Outstanding
Wrestlers... (2): McCleary & Lehman (WY).
▪
Kevin McCleary 155lbs. (West York) & Don Lehman Hwt. (West York).
OW's
▪ Team Champion - Easton High School with 76 points.
▪ Team Points: Easton 76 pts.,
Saucon Valley 55 1/2 pts., Manheim Twp. 55 1/2 pts.,
West York 47 1/2 pts., Bethlehem Freedom 47 pts.,
Hanover Township 22 pts.,
Neshaminy 14 pts., Wilson (Easton, PA) 7 pts.
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1972 Easton Holiday Outstanding Wrestlers
▪ West York's Don Lehman (Hwt.) &
Kevin McCleary
(155lbs.)
1972 Easton Holiday Outstanding Wrestlers
▪ West York's
Don Lehman (Hwt.) & Kevin McCleary (155lbs.).
1973 DIII YCIAA Sectional
Champions
1973 District III
YCIAA Sectional Champions
▪
Front
Row
(L-R)
Greg
Burg
(York
Suburban),
Tom
Clark
(Red
Lion),
Brad Warner (Dallastown),
Bill
Gilbert (Susquehannock),
Joel Hoffman (Dallastown) & Jeff Smith (York Suburban).
▪ Back
(L-R) Joe Myers (Dallastown),
Kevin McCleary (West York),
John Boop (Northeastern),
John Weston (Dallastown),
Barry
Neff (Dallastown) & Don Lehman (West York).
1973 DIII YCIAA Sectional Mat Finals
2/24/73
@
Spring Grove Area High School
(98lbs.) Greg Burg, York Suburban dec. Greg Henry, West York 6-2.
(105lbs.) Tom Clark, Red Lion dec. Barry Adams, Dallastown 13-8.
(112lbs.) Brad Warner, Dallastown dec. Bob Myers,
York Vo-Tech 9-3.
(119lbs.) Bill Gilbert, Susquehannock dec. Craig Miller, Hanover
11-0.
(126lbs.) Joel Hoffman, Dallastown dec. Keith Lichty, West York
9-2.
(132lbs.) Jeff Smith, York Suburban, inj. dft. over Craig
Schaszberger, Central.
(138lbs.) Joe Myers, Dallastown dec. Jim Grim, Spring Grove 9-1.
(145lbs.)
Kevin McCleary, West York dec. Craig Hamrick,
Susquehannock 2-1.
(155lbs.) John Boop, Northeastern dec. Bill Senft, Dallastown 5-0.
(167lbs.) John Weston, Dallastown dec. George Lehr,
York Vo-Tech 7-2.
(185lbs.) Barry Neff, Dallastown dec. Ryan Hileman, Red Lion 5-2.
(Hwt.)
Don Lehman, West York pinned Ray Creep, York High 2:09.
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Records
March
2-3, 1973
District III Championships
WEST YORK WRESTLING RESULTS
▪ 1st Round (98lbs.)
Phil Boccagno, Muhlenberg Twp. dec. Greg Henry, West York 12-0.
▪ 1st Round (126lbs.)
Dave Wimer, Lancaster Catholic dec. Keith Lichty, West York 13-5.
▪ 1st Round (145lbs.)
Kevin McCleary, West York dec. Lee Martin, Manheim Central 8-1.
▪ Quarterfinals
(145lbs.)
Mark Stauffer, Lower Dauphin dec. Kevin McCleary, West York 4-1.
▪ 1st Round (Hwt.)
Don Lehman, West York advanced from upper bracket seeding.
▪ Quarterfinals
(Hwt.)
Don Lehman, West York dec. Wayne Jockers, Lower Dauphin 6-3.
▪ Championship Semi-Finals
(Hwt.)
*Bob Eshleman, Solanco dec. Don Lehman, West York 3-2.
(*Eshleman
went on to win the 1973 District III & Regional Crowns...
& place 3rd at the PIAA's)
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1972-73
West York HS Varsity
Wrestling
1972-73 West York HS Varsity
Wrestling
Team
13-1 YCIAA League Record
(2nd
Place to Dallastown)
Front Row (L-R)
Greg Henry, Steve Thomas,
Scott Hursh, Skip Martin,
*Keith
Lichty, Jeffrey Meckley.
Back
(L-R)
Alan
Eisenhart,
Steve
Blevins, *Kevin
McCleary, Barry King,
Michael Root, *Don Lehman.
*Captains
- K. Lichty, K. McCleary, D. Lehman.
1972-73
West York Varsity Wrestling
▪
1st
Row (L-R) Greg Ruth, Douglas
Crawford,
Greg Bricker, Rick Gilmore,
Scott Hursh, Greg Henry, Steve
Thomas,
Rick Sweitzer, Steve Rotz,
Barry Botterbusch, Skip Martin, Steve Billet.
▪
2nd Row (L-R) Richard Myers, Thomas Walker, Scott Miller, Kenny Ott,
John Humbert, Greg Sipe, Jeff
Meckley, John Chiappy, Mark Einsig,
Scott Green, Brad Pope, Jim Atland, Keith Lichty (captain).
▪ 3rd Row (L-R) Duane Givens, Alan Eisenhart, Rick Faymen, Joe McCoy,
Steve Blevins, Kevin
McCleary (captain), Jeff Markey, Jeff Masch,
Bob Garner, Jim Shorts.
▪ 4th Row (L-R) Rick Bubb, Larry Sowers, Mark Hoffman, Keith Repman,
Ken Baker, Barry King, Jeff
Lehr, Don Lehman (captain), Mike Root,
Mike Bievenour, Mitch Albright, Steve Snyder, Barry Albright.
West
York High School Wrestling's
"3-Time" YCIAA/YAIAA Sectional
Champions Club (6)
∙ 3-time YCIAA Sectional Champion
- Kevin McCleary
West York Wrestling
3-Time Sectional YCIAA Champions |
Section Years |
WY Coach |
|
*Dana Luckenbaugh |
1963, 1964, 1965 |
Brown, Ober, Toggas |
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
1967, 1968, 1969 |
John T. Toggas |
|
*Neil Bupp |
1970, 1971, 1972 |
John T. Toggas |
|
Kevin McCleary |
1971, 1972, 1973 |
John T. Toggas |
|
Don Lehman |
1971, 1972, 1973 |
John T. Toggas |
|
*Chad
Luckenbaugh |
1994, 1995, 1997 |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
|
|
|
*Neil
Bupp's '70 YCIAA Section title was with Northeastern HS.
*Dana
Luckenbaugh's '63 coach was - Bob Brown...
64 coach was - Dr. Ken Ober... & '65 coach was -
JT Toggas.
*Chad
Luckenbaugh's Sectional Years were YAIAA.
West York's
1972-73 Varsity Club
∙
West York High School's
'72-'73
Varsity Club
WY's Kevin McCleary - 3rd from
left in front.
Looking Back... 46 Years!
Allentown YMCA Open Takedown Tourney
▪ In 1970, West York's Greg Henry won the 70lbs. title with a
15-0 score over Ralph Paterno of Emmaus.
West York's
Kevin McCleary finished 2nd @ 130lbs. - to 2-time PIAA
State
Mat
Champion,
Don Rohn of Saucon Valley... 10-2.
WRESTLING
Kevin
McCleary (150lbs.)
Franklin & Marshall College
'74 NCAA DIII 3rd Place All-American
CLICK HERE!
1981 Nebraska
Wrestling Tourney Trip
1981 Nebraska
Wrestling Tourney Trip
(L-R) Bill Webb,
Kevin McCleary, Herb Webb, Karl C.
McCleary,
John T. Toggas,
Kevin Hannigan, Paul C. McCleary, Brendt Gladfelter.
Brother K.C. McCleary's Q & A
1983 West York
Wrestling Dual vs. Central York
(L-R) WY Coaches
John T. Toggas w/son
John S. Toggas,
John Sprenkle,
Brian Kuntz and standing in back (middle) is assistant...
Kevin McCleary.
WEST
YORK
WRESTLING
1983-84 West York
Wrestling Team
▪
WY Head Coach Kevin McCleary
(not pictured)... Record (7-11).
▪
Front Row (L-R) Chris Platts, Billy Linker, Gene Shorts, Andy Sowers,
Todd
Gerace,
Troy Ketterman & John Clauser.
▪
Back
(L-R)
Tony
Hoffman,
Chad
Toomey,
Tom
Bauer,
Rodney
Neiman,
Brett Kohler, Bob Narber, Chuck Shaw & Mitch Spangler.
(not pictured
*Wilmer Pressel...who had a top record of 17-11 in 1983-84)
westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
Records
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Monday
•
March 18, 1985
by Lynn Arnold...York Daily Record staff writer
Wilmer
Pressel
Despite blind eye, West York's
Pressel is sixth in state tourney...
HERSHEY - When Wilmer Pressel was
younger, the neighborhood kids used to call him names and pick
on
him
because he had a peculiar handicap. No one is picking on Wilmer
Pressel these days, though.
The West York senior wrestler has
long-since dispelled the notion that he is in any way weak or inferior
simply because he is blind in one eye. Pressel, who lost sight in
his right eye as an infant because of a nerve disorder, placed
sixth in
the highly competitive 185-pound division of the PIAA Class AAA State
Wrestling Tournament Saturday at Hersheypark Arena. Pressel
downplays his partial blindness, but admits it helped spur him toward
athletic excellence. "I don't consider it a handicap anymore. I just make adjustments and work around it," said Pressel, who finished
the 1984-85 season w/a 29-8 record. "Most of my moves are
one-sided. I always shoot for takedowns to the left because that's
where my line of vision is. Actually, it (the disorder) is why I
got involved in wrestling in the first place," Pressel said. "When I was
little, the other kids used to pick on me, so I decided to work out and get
involved in wrestling."
West York Coach
Kevin McCleary said
he recalls a skinny, somewhat uncoordinated sixth-grader named Wilmer
who decided to begin weightlifting and wrestling. "I
believe his eyesight problem motivated him to seek success in
athletics," McCleary said. "I think that's why he's been hitting
the weights so hard the past six years to build his strength. Wilmer is a guy who didn't have a lot of natural talent to start with,
and I think the vision problem would make wrestling very difficult. He's made himself what he is by
hard work." (2009
Interview w/Wilmer Pressel)
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Hall-of-Fame
|
Paul C. McCleary, Jr.
11/14/32
-
06/19/15
"a great man & a great loss"
Rest in Peace...
Mr. McCleary
OBIT
1948-49...Paul C. McCleary,
Jr. robe/shoes
submitted by K.C McCleary & Pat McCleary.
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
history
The Late Paul C. McCleary,
Jr.
above 1948-49
photo submitted by K.C. McCleary & Pat McCleary.
West York Wrestling Alumni
Obit Page
Looking Back...48 Years Ago!
The West York Wrestling Booster Club
of
1971-72
-
led by Paul C. McCleary, Jr. -
put together and executed a
High School Division & Open College Division
WY
Summer
Wrestling
Tourney
which
was
very
successful for many years!
PIAA State Champions, National Prep Champions & NCAA Champions,
wrestled in this once great tourney!
*Pewter Mugs and Pewter Plates for 1st - 4th!
The
Champions in the 1st
Booster Club Tourney
in
1972:
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HS
Division:
Dave Quier,
Dan Niman,
Greg Duke,
John Little,
Bill Kaercher,
Steve Gantz, Chris Poff, Ed Neiswender, Mark Lieberman & Don Lehman.
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Open/NCAA Division: Michael
Torchia, David Groverman, Norm Palovcsik,
Bill Luckenbaugh, Brian Schmidt, Jesse Rawls, Mike Lieberman & Tom Herr.
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Tournament
Ursinus College's K.C.
McCleary
Kevin's brother,
KC McCleary's Interview!
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Looking Back...47 Years Ago!
1973 @ WY
"Poland
vs.
USA-PA
Meet!"...
USA-PA
Freestyle Director
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Paul C. McCleary,
Jr.
1973 USA-PA vs. POLAND PAGE...
HERE!
▪ Poland National 6.5 pts. USA-PA 5.5 pts.
OLYMPIC
FREESTYLE
MATCH RULES
3/31/73 @ West York Area, PA HS.
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105lbs.
John Malles, USA dec. Zenon Witte, POL 5-4.
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114lbs. Tomasz Krawczak, POL dec.
Don Carr, USA 5-3.
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123lbs. Stanislow Malkiewicz,
POL pinned
Rick Tonkin,
USA 1:32.
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132lbs. Marek Bujowski, POL dec.
Keith Lichty, USA 3-0.
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143lbs.
Kevin McCleary, USA dec. Stefan Radon, POL 5-1.
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154lbs.
Bill Rawding, USA dec. Zbigniew Zurawski, POL 4-0.
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165lbs.
Keith Kreider, USA dec. Leszek Radon, POL 3-2.
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178lbs. Bronislaw Pniewski, POL default
vs.
Wayne Horton, USA.
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191lbs.
John Weston, USA tied with Jerzy Kachniarz, POL 1-1.
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Hwt.
Don Lehman, USA dec. Krzysztof Dybinski, POL 4-0.
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USA-PA vs. POLAND MATCH FAST FACTS...
(USA-PA Freestyle Coaches: Stan Zeamer & Dave Steiler)
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Host: Raymond Troxell,
Superintendent of West York, PA Schools.
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Officials: Thomas Tisone, Richard
Charles, Richard Glossner
& William "Bill" Billet. (Olympic
Freestyle Rules)
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3/31/73 USA-PA vs. POL Meet Announcers:
Whedon Myers (WY)
& Ignacy Swiecicki (POL).
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USA-PA vs. POL Flag Carrier (USA):
Don Lehman.
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USA-PA/POL
Event Organizer - Paul C. McCleary, Jr.
West York Wrestlers: K. Lichty, K. McCleary & D. Lehman.
The event started with a "pin" exchange between athletes.
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West York Area High School
History
Two Undefeated Dual Meet...
Career Wrestlers!
West York Wrestling's
Glenn Amsbaugh was
undefeated
in Career Dual Meets
(1959-1963)
with a career dual record of
46-0.
Dr.
Glenn A. Amsbaugh
West York Wrestling's
Kevin McCleary
was
undefeated
in Career Dual Meets
(1971-1973)
with a career dual record of
41-0-1.
Kevin McCleary
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