West
York
Wrestling
Charlie
Jacobs...
"60's"
Dover's...
Charlie
Jacobs
2015 PWCA Hall of
Fame
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
1960 York County Sectional
Wrestling Champions
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Front
(L-R)
W.
Slothower
(Dover),
Glenn
Amsbaugh
(West
York),
G. Martin (Hanover),
R. Bingaman (Dover),
H. Howard (York High), Arthur Miller (Biglerville).
▪ Back Row (L-R) E. Bingaman (Dover),
B. Shepp (Central York),
D. Stambaugh
(Dover), R. Wagner (Biglerville),
Reuben Washington (York High), M. Reidel (York High).
note: Biglerville's Arthur Miller was a PIAA semi-finalist.
EARLY WEST YORK
WRESTLING
HISTORY
Looking Back @ West York Wrestling History...
1960-61 West York Season Outlook...
The West York Bulldogs, coached by Robert Brown, will travel to Biglerville
for the opening
league match with the Canners,
coached by former Yorker John Toggas.
West York's 18-man varsity
squad includes three seniors, nine juniors and six sophomores.
injuries to two juniors, Larry Knipple and Barry Anderson, have
hampered the team workouts
thus far and most of the Bulldogs
will be wrestling one weight up tonight.
Coach Brown expects to use
these grapplers: 95, Ed Wilt, junior; 103, James Young, soph.; 112,
Rodney Clements, senior; 120, Glenn Amsbaugh, soph.; 127, James
Hoover, senior; 133, Rod
Dierdorff, junior; 145, Doug Baublitz,
senior; 154, Millard Horton, junior; 165, Ken Becker, junior;
180, Terry Sheffer, junior; and
unlimited, Tim Seitz, junior.
West York also has a
junior high program with Kenneth Ober as coach. The Junior Bulldogs
will
have seven matches this season.
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West York Wrestling's
ONLY
4-Time Section Wrestling Champion!
Glenn Amsbaugh
Dr. Glenn Amsbaugh, MD
WY '63
West York's only 4-Time
Sectional Champion.
▪
Glenn is a MD in York and was
undefeated in
"Dual Meets" for West York Area High
School.
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
1962 York County Sectional
Wrestling Champions
▪ Front (L-R) Remmey (Dover), Glenn Amsbaugh
(West York),
Stoner (Biglerville), Lecrone (Dover),
Trout (Central), Arthur Miller (Biglerville).
▪ Back (L-R) Eiserman (Hanover), R.
Washington (York High),
Stambaugh (Dover), Hess (Biglerville),
Bigaman (Dover), Brown (York High).
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Looking Back... 1962-63 Season!
February 16, 1963...York
Dispatch - The York County Interscholastic
Wrestling league ended last evening with results running true to form
and causing a
first-place
deadlock for the
championship.
Since there will be no championship to break the tie, Spring Grove and
West York, will be declared co-champions and share the crown won last
year (1961-62) by Dover. West York defeated stubborn Northeastern,
26-19 collecting its tenth triumph in eleven outings.
95lbs. -
Gary Carbaugh (WY) dec. Terry Edelblute (NE) 7-0.
103lbs. - Dana
Luckenbaugh (WY) dec. Dave Bupp (NE) 5-0.
112lbs. - Dennis Grim (NE) dec. Bob Kauffman (WY) 2-0.
120lbs. - Darl Dennis (WY) dec. Sam Willman (NE) 9-7.
127lbs. - James Young (WY) dec. Tom Snellbaker (NE) 5-0 .
133lbs. - Glenn Amsbaugh (WY) pinned Mike Rousher (NE) 1:49.
138lbs. - Tom DeLong (WY) dec. James Greer (NE) 10-8.
145lbs. - Keith Paup (NE) pinned Bob Smyser (WY) 5:10.
154lbs. - Charles Bostic (WY) and Joe Farcht (NE) drew 2-2.
165lbs. - Phil Boeckel (NE) pinned Barry Pottorff (WY) 5:21.
180lbs. - Ken Crall (NE) and Sheldon Lloyd (WY) drew 0-0.
Unl. - Wilbur Craley (NE) and
William Wiehe (WY) drew 1-1.
*note West York had two Section II Champions in 1963 -
with
Dana Luckenbaugh (103lbs.) and Glenn Amsbaugh (133lbs.).
The 1962-63 West York Wrestling
Team
1962-63 YCIAA Co-Champions
Front
(L-R) Bob Smyser, Tom
DeLong, Glenn Amsbaugh, Jim Young, Darl Dennis,
Bob Kauffman, Dana Luckenbaugh, Gary Carbaugh.
Back (L-R) Stan Wright, Don Copenhaver, Byron Smith, Bill Wiehe, Sheldon Lloyd,
Barry Pottorff, Charles Bostic, Jim Schaffer, Burton Snyder, Terry Eisenhart.
missing from photo - Head WY
Coach... Bob Brown
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Looking Back... 1962-63 Season!
February 09, 1963...York
Dispatch - Spring Grove emerged a 27-18
victor over West York in the battle of the unbeatens last night in the
York
County Interscholastic Wrestling league, and moved ahead of the pack in
the league standings with their ninth consecutive triumph.
95lbs. -
Donnie Mummert (SG) dec. Gary Carbaugh (WY) 4-0.
103lbs. - Dennis Kramer
(SG) dec. Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) 9-4.
112lbs. - Dave Smyser (SG) dec. Stanley Wright (WY) 12-4.
120lbs. - Bob Berkheimer (SG) dec. Darl Dennis (WY) 6-2.
127lbs. - Don Myers (SG) dec. Jim Young (WY) 3-0.
133lbs. - Glenn Amsbaugh (WY) pinned Gary Grim (SG) 1:58.
138lbs. - Richard Senft (SG) and Tom DeLong (WY) drew 3-3.
145lbs. - Frank Sheridan (SG) and Bob Smyser (WY) drew 3-3.
154lbs. - Clyde Krout (SG) dec. Steve Kinneman (WY) 5-0.
165lbs. - Wilbur Lehman (SG) dec. Lee Munson (WY) 3-0.
180lbs. - Sheldon Lloyd (WY) pinned Charles Lentz (SG) 1:56.
Unl. - Bradley Herr (SG) and
William Wiehe (WY) drew 3-3.
@ Spring Grove HS w/1,300 fan attendance
Looking Back... 1962-63 Season!
February 09, 1963...York
Dispatch -
West York Junior High School
won two of thirteen matches Saturday in losing a junior high wrestling
meet to Manheim Central, 39-8,
at Manheim. It was the second loss in
three matches for the junior Bulldogs. Dave Carley earned a decision
in
the 103-pound class and Jack Hershberger, 127-pound class won on a
pin. The West Yorkers will entertain Donegal Junior High School at
2pm
Saturday at the West York gym.
72lbs. - E. Snavely (MC) dec. Tom DeLong (WY) 8-7.
80lbs. -
F. Ross (MC) dec. Jeff Linebaugh (WY) 6-0.
88lbs. -
Stan Zeamer (MC) dec. Fred Callahan (WY) 6-0.
95lbs. -
E. Mayer (MC) dec. Tom Hoover (WY) 5-2.
103lbs. - Dave Carley
(WY) dec. T. Sheaffer (MC) 8-7.
112lbs. - R. Mease (MC) dec. Steve Kunkle (WY) 2-0.
120lbs. - E. Henry (MC) dec. Reed Quickel (WY) 10-6.
127lbs. - Jack Hershberger (WY) pinned K. Cantrel (MC) 1:53.
133lbs. - M. McCallagher (MC) pinned Ron Emenheiser (WY)
4:04.
138lbs. - G. Waltz (MC) dec. Randy Shouck (WY) 6-5.
145lbs. - J. Miller (MC) dec. Fred Lehman (WY) 7-5.
154lbs. - G. Kulp (MC) pinned Ed Spangler (WY) 3:57.
165lbs. - E. Heisey (MC) pinned Robert Krall (WY) 2:01.
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February 16, 1963 - Junior
High Mat Test Won by West York Team
West York Junior High's wrestlers won an exhibition dual match from
Donegal Junior High, 34-27, Saturday afternoon on the borough mats.
The winners captured seven matches, six by pins. 72-pound, Tom
DeLong won an 11-2 decision, and pins were posted by Dave Carley,
Steve Kunkle, Jack Hershberger, Ron Emenheiser, Randy Shouck and
Fred Lehman.
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1963 York County
Section II Champions @ Dallastown HS
95lbs. - Dave Bricker (Spring
Grove), 103lbs. -
Dana Luckenbaugh (West York),
112lbs. - Duane Raber (Dover),
120lbs. - Eugene Lecrone (Dover),
127lbs. - Jim Schaeffer (York
High), 133lbs. -
Glenn Amsbaugh
(West York),
138lbs. - Keith Trout
(Central), 145lbs. -
Jack Klingaman (York
High),
154lbs. - Robert Washington (York
High), 165lbs. - Larry Himes (York High),
180lbs. - Joe Raab (Dallastown), Hwt. -
John Lippy (South Western).
West York HS Coach - Bob Brown YCIAA League Co-Champions (10-1)
1963
WY Junior High Invitational Champions @ - WYAHS
72lbs. -
Dave Sileo (Northern), 80lbs. - Tom Murray (Northern),
88lbs. - Fred Callahan (West
York), 95lbs. - Tom Hoover (West York),
103lbs. - David Carley (West
York), 112lbs. - Ron Harlacker (Dover),
120lbs. - Robert Myers
(Northern), 127lbs. -
Jack Hershberger (West
York),
133lbs. - Jay Bollinger (Dover), 138lbs. -
Tim Bubb (Dover),
145lbs. - Vernon Vandervender (Northern),
154lbs. -Jim Rider (Dover),
165lbs. - Richard Hartman (Eastern).
JH Tourney Director - D. Kenneth Ober.
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1/4/64 - York High's Jack Klingaman controls West York's
Fred Lehman at 154lbs. Klingaman scored a pin in 3:23.
Looking Back... 1963-64 Season!
January 4, 1964...York Dispatch
- West York won the first five matches
- four via falls - and then hung on for a 31-19 verdict over York High on
the loser's mats last night. The Bulldogs ran off to a 23-0 lead
after the
opening five bouts. The Bearcats earned a draw in the next
encounter
and came back to win the next four but West York snuffed out the rally
by taking the final two contests.
(@ York High School)
95lbs. -
Tom Hoover (WY) dec. Eugene Landis (YH) 3-1.
103lbs. - Dave Carley
(WY) pinned Rick Vaughn (YH) 3:35.
112lbs. - Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Jeff Lindenmuth (YH)
3:29.
120lbs. - Darl Dennis (WY) pinned Mike Smyser (YH) 3:16.
127lbs. - Stan Wright (WY) pinned Bill Wilhelm
(YH)
5:00.
133lbs. - Jack Brenner (YH) dec. Jack Diehl (WY) 3-1.
138lbs. - Paul Wunch (YH) and Tom DeLong (WY) drew 2-2.
145lbs. - Dick Alloway (YH) dec. Bob Smyser (WY) 3-2.
154lbs. - Jack Klingaman (YH) pinned Fred Lehman (WY) 3:23.
165lbs. - Bob Washington (YH) pinned John MacDonald (WY)
1:30.
180lbs. - Charles Bostic (WY) dec. Albert
Einsig (YH) 7-6.
Unl. - Bill Wiehe (WY) dec. Al
Patterson (YH) 3-0.
Looking Back... 1963-64 Season!
1963-64
Exhibition...Bulldog Mat Team Beats Biglerville.
The West York Bulldogs barely edged past Biglerville High, 24 to 22,
last night in an
exhibition match before a fair sized crowd
at West York.
(West York Coach
- Ken Ober... Biglerville Coach - John T. Toggas)
95lbs. -
James Bosserman (B) dec. Tom Hoover (WY) 3-2.
103lbs. - Gary Carbaugh
(WY) dec. Ed Taylor (B) 4-0.
112lbs. - Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Mike Kane (B) 3:39.
120lbs. - Don Taylor (B) dec. Dave Carley (WY) 5-0.
127lbs. - Stan Wright (WY) pinned John Weaver (B) 5:38.
133lbs. - Jake Diehl (B) dec. Greg Dixon (WY) 3-0.
138lbs. - Tom DeLong (WY) pinned Jeff Kline (B) 3:03.
145lbs. - Mel Mentzer (B) dec. Bob Smyser (WY) 5-1.
154lbs. - Fred Lehman (WY) dec. Don Heckman (B) 4-0.
165lbs. - John Pitzer (B) pinned Charles Bostic (WY) 2:40.
180lbs. - Fred Hartman (B) pinned Bob Krall
(WY) 2:45.
Unl. - Mike
Thompson (B) dec. Bill Wiehe (WY) 7-1.
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"Returning"
YCIAA League & Section II Champions!
1964 December...York Dispatch Article
The York County Interscholastic Wrestling circuit opened
the 1964-65 season with an unusual Saturday night program
of five dual meets, and West York's
defending
1963-64
champions
showed the way with a 30-15 victory over Dover's Eagles.
The West York Bulldogs, league and Section Two
champions,
beat off the challenge of Dover's defending Section One champions before a
capacity crowd at the West York gym
by registering
a 30-15
victory. (December 1964)
95lbs. - Jeff Linebaugh (WY) won by
forfeit.
103lbs. - Mike Shank (WY) pinned Pat McFadden (D) 4:26.
112lbs. - Gary Carbaugh (WY) dec. Donnie Grove (D) 8-0.
120lbs. - Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Robert Scott (D) 3:44.
127lbs. - Duane Raber (D) dec. Darl Dennis (WY) 8-6.
133lbs. - Jay Miller (D) dec. Jack Hershberger (WY) 3-0.
138lbs. - Dennis Raber (D) dec. Steve Kunkle (WY) 6-1.
145lbs. - Jay Bollinger (D) dec. Tom DeLong (WY) 5-2.
154lbs. - Tim Flohr (D) dec. Fred Lehman (WY) 4-1.
165lbs. - Ronald Emenheiser (WY) dec. Jim Altland (D) 5-3.
180lbs. - Charles Bostic (WY) dec. Carl Ruppert (D) 5-0.
Unl. - Bill Wiehe (WY)
pinned Mike Ziegler (D) 2:29.
@ West York High School.
Referee - Robert Craig
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(Top Left) WY's Gary Narber... (Top Right) SG's Becky Bowersox
(Bottom) WY's Tom
DeLong...(w/headgear)
and SG's Gary Grim
Looking Back at the 1963-64
Season!
West York Wrestlers Close In
On League Title
With Exciting Win Over Spring
Grove
"Only Thing Missing Is
The Cigar Smoke!"
The York Dispatch, Friday,
February 7, 1964.
A near-spectacular
match, teamed up with a bookkeeping error, today had the West
York Bulldog wrestling team soaring toward another York County
Interscholastic League
championship. The Bulldogs, who vaulted from a three-way tie for
first to an unbeaten lead
when Dover bared an ineligibility, jumped their league mark to 9-0 with a
stunning, well-
earned victory over Spring Grove 26-19, last night in a meet not
determined until the last
minute.
Victory Hard Earned...
West York slipped by the rugged Rockets in the jam-packed
West York gym in an arena-type meet in which the only part of the
atmosphere missing was
the cigar smoke. "We won the match here," said a jubilant Ken Ober,
a conservative-type
of coach who still allowed as how West York just about sewed up the
championship. He was
indicating the four-bout sweep in the light weights which made the Rockets
fight from a
downhill position looking up. Coach Joe Johnston's team took up the
challenge and marched
right back to within one point, but saw their efforts go up the chute when
Gary Patterson lost
a tough 8-7 decision to Gary Narber and husky Bill Wiehe gained a 1-0
victory over Gene
Shank on riding time.
"I guess...
it just isn't my year," said Johnston,
who built a fine football team last Fall,
only to see it beaten in a similar manner in the final weeks of the
season. "I'm not bitter," he
said, "but, after all, we were beaten on two illegal holds, and that
takedown after the buzzer."
West York has only Eastern and Northeastern standing in the way toward the
championship,
but next week Johnston's battlers must face dangerous York High.
The match
started off with Tom Hoover
and Doug Rohrbaugh wrestling to a three-period
tie, but Hoover was awarded the bout on riding time accumulated in the
final moments. Gary
Carbaugh, West York, then beat Dave Bricker, who was riding a 5-0 streak,
on a decision.
One of the most spectacular bouts was the meeting between West York's Dana
Luckenbaugh
(7-0) and Dennis Kramer (7-0-1) with Luckenbaugh turning out a
second-period pin after
trailing on points 7-4. Darryl Dennis, West York, came from behind
with five points in the final
period to take a decision from Dave Smyser in the 120-pound class.
From then on it seemed
to be anybody's game. Don Myers gave Spring Grove their first points
with a pin in 3:42 over
Terry Eisenhart, who was leading on points. But then three of the
next four bouts ended in
ties. Rod Bankert, Spring Grove and Jack Diehl tied 2-2 at 133; Jack
Hershberger, West York
tied Frank Sheridan, who had an 8-0 record going, 6-6, and Barry Arthur,
Spring Grove, and
Fred Lehman, West York knotted up in a 6-6 draw as the West Yorker piled
up all of his points
late in the third period. In between the run of draws, Spring
Grove's Gary Grim upped his
mark to (8-0-1) at 138 by pinning Tom DeLong with just seconds remaining
in the last period.
Spring Grove's Dennis Kerr dominated the bout with Charles Bostic and won
5-1 at 165 to put
the Rockets with one point at 20-19. Then came the hard-fought final
two matches.
Patterson,
a 180-pounder met Narber in the
latter's debut with the West York team,
coming here at a handy time. He moved from Hughesville, Pa., near
Williamsport, where he
wrestled in the top two weights. Narber, who stands slightly bigger
than Patterson, picked
up points on a takedown and near fall in the first period, two more on a
predicament
in the
third before Patterson made his move. The husky Papertown lad
quickly built up to a tie
getting one point from an illegal hold, two more on a reversal and three
on a near fall, all
added to a point for an escape in the first period. That left the
match tied at 7-7, but Narber
was awarded the prize on riding time. The two heavyweights struggled
valiantly and the
point awarded Wiehe was representative of the evenness of it - he won on
an escape.
West York 26 Spring Grove 19
95lbs. - Tom
Hoover (WY) dec. Doug Rohrbaugh (SG) 3-2.
103lbs. -
Gary Carbaugh
(WY) dec. Dave Bricker (SG) 10-0.
112lbs. -
Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Dennis Kramer (SG) 3:29.
120lbs. -
Darl Dennis (WY) dec. Dave Smyser (SG) 7-3.
127lbs. -
Don Myers (SG) pinned Terry Eisenhart (WY) 3:42.
133lbs. - Jack Diehl (SG) and Rod Bankert (WY)
drew 2-2.
138lbs. -
Gary Grim (WY) pinned Tom DeLong (WY) 5:36.
145lbs. -
Jack Hershberger (WY) and Frank Sheridan (SG) drew 6-6.
154lbs. -
Fred Lehman (WY) and Barry Arthur (SG) drew 6-6.
165lbs. -
Dennis Kerr (SG) dec. Charles Bostic (WY) 5-1.
180lbs. -
Gary Narber (WY) dec. Gary Patterson (SG) 8-7.
Unlim.
- Bill Wiehe (WY) dec. Gene Shank (SG) 1-0.
@ West York HS 2/6/64 - WY
Coach, Ken Ober - Spring Grove Coach, Joe Johnston.
@ West York HS - 2/6/64
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1964 West York Varsity Football
Front (L-R) Brian Smith, Terry Eisenhart, John Eby, Harry
Sanders, Bill Miller, Jeff Ruby,
Craig Horton,
Paul Smith,
Tom Moyer,
Bill
Wiehe, Ken Smith, Larue Wyrick,
Gary Narber,
George
Anderson.
Middle (L-R) Fred Lehman,
Maurice Peters, Dave
Carley, Ron Gerber,
John
Sylvanus,
Brian Kopp,
Jay Miller,
Terry
Albright, Steve Dubs,
Chuck Bostic, Jim Hill,
Jim
Munson,
Greg Reiber,
Larry Hicks.
Back Row
(L-R) Greg Shaale,
Ronald Emenheiser,
Robert Munson, Ronald Smith, Bob Harmer,
Raymond Landis, Pat Hawn, Millard
Altland,
Steve Kunkle, Edward Spangler, Joel Hamme, Douglas Wolf, John Stare, Donald
Narber.
1964
York
County
Section
I
Champions
@ Dover HS
photo submitted by Charlie Jacobs
Front (L-R)
Charlie Jacobs
(Dover),
Ray Luckenbaugh
(Dover),
Dennis Kramer
(Spring Grove),
Dennis Grim
(Northeastern), Don Myers (Spring Grove), Marlin Keeney (Dallastown).
Back (L-R) Gary
Grim (Spring Grove), Richard Holtzapple (Dover), Joe Farcht (Northeastern),
Bill Fry (Northeastern),
Charles Diehl (Dallastown), Eugene Shank (Spring Grove).
1963
- Dover High School's Charlie Jacobs @ 95lbs.
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1964 York County
Section II Champions @ West York HS
95lbs. - Fred Bankert (South
Western), 103lbs. - Dave Leaman (Central York),
112lbs. -
Dana Luckenbaugh
(West York), 120lbs. -
Darl Dennis
(West York),
127lbs. -
Stanley Wright
(West
York), 133lbs. - Paul Wunch (York High),
138lbs. - Jack Brenner
(York High), 145lbs. - Brad Sager (South Western),
154lbs. - Jack Klingaman (York
High), 165lbs. - Robert Washington (York High),
180lbs. -
Gary Narber
(West York), Hwt. - Don Fishel (South Western).
West York HS Coach - Ken Ober Sec. II Team Champions - West York
YCIAA League Champions - West York
(11-0)
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West York Wins '64 Junior High Wrestling Title
@ 1964 West York HS (1964)
WYJH Tourney Championship Round
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Spring Grove
&
West York Share Title!
1965 February...York Dispatch Article
The York County Interscholastic Wrestling League 1964-65 season
ended last night with Spring Grove and West
York both winning to complete their schedules
tied
for first place.
Since playoff matches are
banned by the league the two will be named
co-champions.
Last year (1963-64) West York won the
title outright but was upset by South Western this season after beating
Spring Grove which won all its other contests. West York won nine of
the twelve bouts to whip Hanover 33-13 before a large turnout at the West
York gym last night. (February 1965)
@ West York High School
95lbs. - Jeff Linebaugh (WY) pinned Ed
Orewiler (H) 2:27.
103lbs. - Gary Carbaugh (WY) dec. Jay Garrett (H) 5-3.
112lbs. - Dana Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Gary Stottlemyer 2:21.
120lbs. - Darl Dennis (WY) dec. Gary Wentz (H) 7-3.
127lbs. - Rich Maus (H) pinned Burton Snyder (WY) 5:30.
133lbs. - Steve Kunkle (WY) dec. John Dubs (H) 7-2.
138lbs. - Tom DeLong (WY) dec. Rodney Naugle (H) 11-7.
145lbs. - Don Abel (H) dec. Jack Hershberger (WY) 4-0.
154lbs. - Don Narber (WY) dec. Dave Gass (H) 8-0.
165lbs. - Brian Cashman (H) pinned Glenn Billet (WY) 4:57.
180lbs. - Charles Bostic (WY) pinned Bill Zacharias (H) 3:55.
Unl. - Gary Narber (WY)
dec. Don Lau (H) 6-0.
1964-65
WY Wrestling
Team
▪
1964-65
- YCIAA League Wrestling Co-Champions!
▪ 1965 YCIAA Sectional II
Team Tourney
Champions
▪ Front Row (L-R)
Jeff Linebaugh,
Gary Carbaugh,
Dana Luckenbaugh,
Darl "Smokey"
Dennis,
Burton Snyder,
Steve Kunkle & Tom
DeLong.
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Back (L-R)
WY Coach
John T. Toggas,
Jack Hershberger, Don Narber,
Fred
Lehman,
Charles "Chuck" Bostic,
Gary Narber & William Wiehe.
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1965 YCIAA Sectional II Champions WY - (Jeff Linebaugh, Gary Carbaugh,
Dana
Luckenbaugh,
Darl Dennis, Tom DeLong,
Chuck Bostic & Gary Narber)
WEST
YORK AREA
JUNIOR
HIGH
WRESTLING
1964-65
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1964-65
West
York
Area
Junior
High
School
Wrestling
(1st
Row) - R. Senft, D. Kearns, Bill Luckenbaugh, Jack Kunkle,
Charles Schrum, Jeff DeLong, M. Naill.
(2nd Row) - WYJH Coach Whedon Myers, Ed Mummert,
Mark Kuntz,
Bill Bates, Daison Shouck, Glen Eby, Dan Kinard,
WYJH Coach Robert Bowers.
(3rd Row) - R. Peters, Fred Schenck, Tony Avola,
D. Beck, John Sprenkle,
Danny Dixon, B. King.
(4th Row) - L. Miller, Jack Martin, R. Strausbaugh, Ken Shaffer,
Dan Mundis,
Rich Newcomer, D. Williams, J. Grove.
(5th Row) -
Patrick Stough.
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1965 PIAA State 112lb.
Championship Finals
▪
Shamokin High School's Bill Welker (top)... rides West York HS's 112lb.
Dana Luckenbaugh. Luckenbaugh secured a riding time point in the final
period to gain a 4-3 dec. and become West
York's 1st state champion!!
1965 - Charlie Frey...
Sunday Patriot News Sports Writer
@ 112lbs.
DANA LUCKENBAUGH, the senior from West York who reads
comic books to relax between bouts, scored his 112-pound victory by
holding Shamokin's Bill Welker down throughout the third period to
build
up riding time for his 4-3 victory. Welker, who was the PIAA
95-pound
champ two years ago, scored a takedown with 31 seconds to go in the
first period. Luckenbaugh (21-0-1), immediately took him down
for a 3-2
lead. Seventeen seconds later, Welker escaped to tie it up at
3-3. Welker
couldn't get away from Luckenbaugh in the third period and the West
Yorker had
1:22 riding time for the 4-3 win. Dana Luckenbaugh, the
well-built West York
matman captured the 112-pound crown with a 4-3 victory. Dana,
the 17-year-
old, was the first schoolboy wrestler in York County history to win
a PIAA crown.
"I'm telling you," Dana said, "this is a great feeling. I got
away a little slow, but
Bill wasn't that strong that I couldn't take charge of the
situation. I had to go to
work in the last period and I think I did all right. I knew I
had to hold him down
in
the final period and I did it." John Toggas, who coaches
Luckenbaugh, was
overjoyed at Dana's success. "This kid is tremendous," he
said. "He takes
everything in stride. He was nervous before the bout, but you
certainly couldn't
tell it. He is one of the strongest 112-pounders I have ever
coached. This is the
second boy I've had here. When I was at Biglerville I brought
Art Miller here in
1960. He was a 133-pounder. He lost in the semi-finals.
Dana is the first boy
I've coached who went all the way. This is the greatest."
Luckenbaugh is
interested in going to a trade school to study electricity.
note: Dana Luckenbaugh dec. Sam Imler (Bedford) in the
PIAA semi-final's 17-6.
1965 PIAA State
Wrestling Champions
▪ Front: (L-R) Bob
Hallman 95lbs. (North Penn), John Abajace 103lbs. (Trinity HS),
Dana Luckenbaugh 112lbs.
(West York), Phil Detore 120lbs.
(Greensburg-Salem),
Barry Souder 127lbs. (Mt. Lebanon HS), Daniel Kohlhepp 133lbs. (DuBois
Area).
▪
Back: (L-R) Francis Michael 138lbs. (W-B GAR), Charles Houser 145lbs.
(Dieruff),
Paul Armstrong 154lbs. (Steel-High HS), Mike Gudiness 165lbs. (Mt. Lebanon),
Joe Yerg 180lbs. (State College HS), Robert Funk Hwt. (Manheim Township HS).
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1965 York County Interscholastic
Wrestling League Invitational Tourney
@ Dallastown
High School
Front
(L-R)
Dan
Witmer
(Eastern), Fred
Bankert
(S.
Western),
Dana
Luckenbaugh (WY),
Darl Dennis (WY), Rich Maus (Hanover).
Back
(L-R)
Gary
Grim (Spring Grove), Dennis Raber (Dover), Jack Brenner (York High),
Bob Washington
(York High),
Tim Flohr (Dover),
Chuck Bostic (WY), Gary Narber (WY).
1965
- Dover's Charlie Jacobs (bottom) with
Eagle teammate, Pat McFadden.
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November 1965...York Dispatch
Dover Whips West York Matmen 25-18
Dover High School, a powerhouse in county wrestling
over the years,
upended last year's co-champions, West York, 25-18, Saturday in the
first match of the season for both teams before a jammed crowd of over
1000 fans at Dover.
95lbs. -
Duane Cutlip (D) pinned Dan Dixon (WY) 5:10.
103lbs. - Jeff Linebaugh
(WY) dec. Bruce Kimball (D) 4-2.
112lbs. - Tom Hoover (WY) dec. Gary Shearer
(D) 7-4.
120lbs. - Don Grove (D) pinned Dave Carley
(WY) 2:30.
127lbs. - Joe Lighty (D) dec. Fred Callahan
(WY) 8-3.
133lbs. - Steve Smith (WY) pinned Mike Earnst
(D) 1:55.
138lbs. - Jay Miller (D) dec. Steve Kunkle
(WY) 4-0.
145lbs. - Jay Bollinger (D) dec. Jack
Hershberger (WY) 5-2.
154lbs. - Ron Holtzapple (D) dec. Charles
Schrum (WY) 6-1.
165lbs. - Ron Graybill (D) dec. Don Narber
(WY) 8-7.
180lbs. - Fred Lehman (WY) dec. Bruce Hinkle (D) 5-0.
Unl. -
Ron Emenheiser (WY) dec. Wayne Jacobs (D) 8-2.
Looking Back... 1965-66 Season!
1966 @ West York HS...York
Dispatch -
West York Junior High School
won seven bouts and drew in three others in scoring its first wrestling
victory
of the season, a 35-17 decision over Dover Junior High yesterday
afternoon on the winner's mats.
The triumph enables West York to snap a three-match losing streak.
Three pins were scored by West Yorkers, first-period falls by 95-pounder
Bill Luckenbaugh and 133-pounder Larry Sterner and a second-period pin
by 154-pounder Keith Clark.
Tim Klunk gave Dover its only pin, in the 72-pound bout. Dover
registered two decisions and draws came in the 103, 127 and 138 pound
classes. Yesterday's results: WYJH 35 DJH 17 @
WYSH.
72lbs. - Tim Klunk (DJH) pinned Steve Miller (WYJH) 3:12.
80lbs. -
Jack Myers (DJH) dec. Pete Mulay (WYJH) 9-4.
88lbs. -
Brian Kuntz (WYJH) dec. Bruce Finkbinder (DJH) 4-2.
95lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (WYJH) pinned Ed Jacobs (DJH) :59.
103lbs. - Larry Haas (WYJH)
and Steve Myers (DJH) drew 2-2.
112lbs. - Rich Detter (DJH) dec. Jack Kunkle (WYJH) 7-0.
120lbs. - Wayne Hoffman (WYJH) dec. John Bleecker (DJH) 5-2.
127lbs. - Jim Detter (DJH) and Gary Bates (WYJH) drew 2-2.
133lbs. - Larry Sterner (WYJH) pinned Doug Decker (DJH) :55.
138lbs. - Tom Enterline (WYJH) and Barry Krone (DJH) drew 0-0.
145lbs. - Dave Landis (WYJH) dec. George Shomis (DJH) 10-7.
154lbs. - Keith Clark (WYJH) pinned Alan Leathery (DJH) 1:35.
165lbs. - John Sprenkle (WYJH) dec. John Bish (DJH) 9-0.
Looking Back... 1965-66 Season!
December 1965...York Dispatch
West York Triumphs!
West York's defending co-champions gained their first
victory of the
season by crushing Spring Grove, 35-8, last evening on the
West York
mats. A large crowd watched the Bulldogs win all but two matches,
including eight by decisions and two by pins. Only victories
registered
by Spring Grove went to Jack Grim, a pin in the 95-pound class, and
Clarence Bowman, with a decision at 133-pounds. West York also took
season by crushing
Spring Grove, 35-8, last evening on the
West York
also took a preliminary match, 32-17.
95lbs. -
Jack Grim (SG) pinned Dan Dixon (WY) 4:30.
103lbs. - Jeff Linebaugh
(WY) pinned Austin Chinault (SG) 5:45.
112lbs. - Tom Hoover (WY) dec. Karl Geiger
(SG) 8-3.
120lbs. - Dave Carley (WY) dec. Doug
Rohrbaugh (SG) 6-0.
127lbs. - Fred Callahan (WY) dec. Arthur
Ferree (SG) 4-2.
133lbs. - Clarence Bowman (SG) dec. Steve
Smith (WY) 12-4.
138lbs. - Steve Kunkle (WY) dec. Eric
Bowersox (SG) 4-3.
145lbs. - Jack Hershberger (WY) dec. Larry
Krout (SG) 6-4.
154lbs. - Ed Spangler (WY) dec. Jerry Smith
(SG) 4-1.
165lbs. - Don Narber (WY) dec. Allan Leeper
(SG) 6-0.
180lbs. - Fred Lehman (WY) pinned Jerry
Kern (SG) :55.
Unl.
- Ron Emenheiser (WY) dec. Bob
Hilker (SG) 6-0.
1966
YCIAA
Sectional I
Wrestling
1966
YCIAA
Section I
Wrestling
Champions
Front Row (L-R) Glenn Miller (YS), Jeff Linebaugh (WY), Rick Halpin
(Y),
Dan Miller (DA), Craig Linebaugh (Y).
Back Row (L-R) Chet Thomas (Y), Bill Thomas (Y), Jeff Baker (NO),
Jerry Forbes (DA), John McDonald (Y), Tom Muldrow (Y), Ron Emenheiser (WY).
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1966 York County
Section I Championship Finals
95lbs. - Glenn
Miller (YS) pinned Gary McWilliams (DA) 3:41.
103lbs. -
Jeff Linebaugh (WY) dec. Paul Craley (Y) 3-1.
112lbs. -
Rick Halpin (Y) dec. Tom
Hoover (WY) 11-3.
120lbs. - Dan
Miller (DA) dec. Brian Axe (C) 5-2.
127lbs. -
Craig Linebaugh (Y) dec. Bryan Thomas (DA) 6-5.
133lbs. -
Chester Thomas (Y) dec. Craig Stein (DA) 5-2.
138lbs. -
Bill Thomas (Y) pinned Ben
Druck (DA) 1:34.
145lbs. - Jeff Baker (NO) dec. Joe Myers (DA) 8-2.
154lbs. - Jerry Forbes (DA) dec. Charles Moyer (Y) 8-1.
165lbs. - John McDonald (Y) dec. Don Narber (WY) 3-0.
180lbs. -
Tom
Muldrow* (Y) dec. Fred Lehman (WY) 6-4.
Unlim.
-
Ron Emenheiser (WY) pinned Bill
Waltersdorff (DA) 1:56.
@ West York High School
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@ 180lbs. -
Tom
Muldrow* (York High) dec. Fred Lehman (West York) 6-4.
*York's Muldrow
went on to claim the 180lb. District III Championship &
a Southeastern Regional
Finals 2nd Place!
1966 West York Wrestling Team
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Looking Back... 1965-1966
LEHIGH MATMEN SET
Glenn Amsbaugh, Former West York High Star,
Grapples for Engineers...
12/3/65 YORK DISPATCH ARTICLE
BETHLEHEM, PA, December 3 1966 - Two national
champions and
a national runner-up will be in Lehigh
University's lineup tomorrow
afternoon when the Engineer wrestling team opens its 1965-66
season
against Cornell in Ithaca, N.Y., at 3 o'clock.
Coach Gerry Leeman, moving into his fourteenth season at Lehigh,
boasts a brilliant dual meet record of 120 victories, 23 defeats and
three stalemates.
Spearheading the Engineers are Captain Bill Stuart of
Wilton, Conn.
at 137 and Mike Caruso of Newark, N.J.,
at 123, both of whom claimed
titles in last season's N.C.A.A. Tourney at Laramie, Wyo., after winning
eastern crowns at Cornell. The
third member of Leeman's explosive
Mighty Mite trio is Joe Peritore, 130, of
Warrensville, Ohio. Last
season, this threesome had a 34-1 dual
meet mark.
Stuart was 21-0-0 last Winter, including tournaments, as he complied
one of the greatest seasons in Lehigh history. Caruso lost only once,
to
Bob Steenlage of Army in a dual meet at 130 pounds, and Peritore had
a
12-0-0 dual mark before losing once in the easterns and once in the
nationals.
The sophs probably wil be Elliott Tepper of Massapequa, N.Y. at 145,
Tom Muir of Philipsburg, Pa., at 160, and
Ron Ries of Solon, Ohio, at
191. Jon Rushatz, a member of the
varsity football team expected to
wrestle at 160 or 167, isn't expected to
be ready for the Big Red.
Completing the Engineer lineup will be letterman Glenn Amsbaugh
of York, Pa., at 152,
letterman Joe Caprio of Norfolk, Va., at 167, Larry
Gebhardt of Baltimore, Md., or Tony Narducci of Norristown, Pa., at 177,
and Mort McClennan of Shaker Heights, Ohio, or Kai Schaumann of
Newark, Del., at unlimited heavyweight. Gary Pfeltz, of Pittsburgh,
Pa.,
is a heavyweight possibility if sufficiently recovered from a back injury
suffered in practice.
LEHIGH WRESTLING ALUMNUS -
Glenn Amsbaugh
LEHIGH MOUNTAIN HAWKS WRESTLING
February 26, 1967
BETHLEHEM - It was a cinch. Lehigh University's wrestlers defeated
Rutgers
here last night before 3,800 fans to set the stage for Wednes-
day's "Battle of the East" with Penn State.
Lehigh has long been recognized as the top major college wrestling
power in the east, and Penn State looms as the final obstacle to the
Engineers' extended domination. Lehigh won, 36-7 over Rutgers.
The Engineers are currently ranked No. 1 in the east and 4th in the
nation. Penn State, which is also undefeated, is ranked 8th in the
East.
Penn State is the last team standing between Lehigh and its first
undefeated
season since 1962.
Mike Caruso, two-time National champion at 123, and Joe Peritore,
unbeaten in dual meet competition at 130, got Lehigh off to a fast
start with pins and the winners never trailed.
Glenn Amsbaugh, West York graduate, helped the cause with a quick
pin in the 152-pound class.
The winners had five pins and three
decisions in the one sided match. 2/25/67 dual meet @
Lehigh.
Dr. Glenn Amsbaugh
West York's
Only 4-Time Sectional Champion!
Glenn wrestled at Lehigh
University...
15-7-2
& was an EIWA Tourney runner-up in...1967!
▪
Glenn's Lehigh Wrestling Career Stats are -
CLICK HERE!
CLICK HERE!
to see the results (1967)...of the
63rd annual
EIWA Wrestling Tournament @...The University of Pennsylvania.
Glenn wrestled in the 1967 NCAA DI Tourney
(152lbs.)
held
at... Kent State
University.
CLICK HERE!
to see the '67 NCAA DI Wrestling Brackets
with West York HS/Lehigh University's Glenn Amsbaugh.
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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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WEST YORK
WRESTLING
HISTORY
Looking Back @
'66-'67 WY Wrestling History...
THE
SUNDAY NEWS, December 18, 1966
West
York Matmen Bow To CV
UNDEFEATED in league action, the West York grapplers bowed to a superior
Conestoga Valley
wrestling team Saturday at the Bulldog's gymnasium.
West York got the match off to an even
start, halving the first four events. But for the remaining
eight events, the visiting Buckskins
walked off with six wins.
Of the four Bulldog wins,
two came on the strength of decisions and two were the results of pins.
In the 103 pound class, sophomore Bill
Luckenbaugh pinned Bob Snader in three minutes and 10
seconds. Bill, whose older
brother was a former state wrestling champion, is undefeated so far
this season. Jeff Linebaugh was
able to decision his opponent, Don Knerr by a 5-2 score in the 120
pound
class. In the 138 pound event, Steve Kunkle decisioned Dennis Kolb
6-0. In the heavyweight
category, Ron Emenheiser pinned Dale
Schober in 5:40.
Conestoga Valley's
Allen Uyeda
decisioned Ed Mummert 14-0. Uyeda was a state champion in the
127 pound class last year.
12/18/66
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Conestoga Valley 28
West York 16
95lbs. - Jack Horner (CV) dec. Dan Dixon (WY) 8-3.
103lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Bob Snader
(CV) 3:10.
112lbs. -
John Stone (CV) pinned Jack
Kunkle (WY) 5:17.
120lbs.
- Jeff Linebaugh (WY) dec. Don Knerr (CV) 5-2.
127lbs.
- George Groff (CV) dec. Jim DeLong (WY) 6-3.
133lbs.
- *Allen Uyeda (CV) dec. Ed Mummert (WY) 14-0.
138lbs. -
Steve Kunkle (WY) dec. Dennis Kolb
(CV) 6-0.
145lbs. - Jim
Sandoe (CV) dec. Mark Kuntz (WY) 4-2.
154lbs. - Len
Zigmente (CV) dec. Glenn Eby (WY) 2-0.
165lbs. - Gary
Myer (CV) pinned John Sprenkle (WY) 3:15.
180lbs. - Dave
Wilson (CV) dec. Don Narber (WY) 8-6.
Hwt.
-
Ron Emenheiser (WY) pinned Dale
Schober (CV) 5:40.
12/17/66 @ West York High School
West York SH Coaches - John T. Toggas & Robert Bowers
1966 PIAA State Wrestling Champions
95lbs. – Richard Braymer (Saegertown)
103lbs. – Art
Grinnell (Commodore Perry)
112lbs. – Harry
Weinhofer (Shamokin)
120lbs. – Larry Rippey
(Lock Haven)
127lbs. – *Allen Uyeda
(Conestoga Valley)
133lbs. – Clyde Frantz
(Hughesville)
138lbs. – Steve Paxson
(Lansdowne-Aldan)
145lbs. – Terry
Williams (Coatesville)
154lbs. – Larry Nolen
(Cumberland Valley)
165lbs. – Jesse Rawls
(John Harris)
180lbs. – Gary
DiDomenico (Tyrone)
Hwt.
– Pete Drehman
(Abington)
JUNIOR HIGH WRESTLING:
West York Junior High Wins
First
Meet
(Newly Formed York County Junior High Wrestling League)
West York JH 38
York Suburban JH 22
72lbs. -
Craig Bentzel (WYJ) won by forfeit.
80lbs. -
Steve Miller (WYJ) pinned Tom Ogden (YSJ) :54.
88lbs. -
Doug Schmidt (YSJ) pinned Larry Kessler (WYJ) 1:55.
95lbs. -
Bob Thomas (WYJ) won by forfeit.
103lbs. - Brian Kuntz (WYJ) dec. Ron Quickel (YSJ) 11-2.
112lbs. - Joe Vanora (WYJ) pinned Doug Libert (YSJ) :48.
120lbs. - Bill Minnich (WYJ) dec. Orvie Reidel (YSJ) 4-2.
127lbs. - Steve DeMarco (YSJ) dec. Guy Boyer (WYJ) 9-0.
133lbs. - Brad Stewart (WYJ) dec. Tom Kuhn )YSJ) 6-5.
138lbs. - Gary Bates (WYJ) pinned Randy Routson (YSJ) 3:33.
145lbs. - Greg Demer (YSJ) pinned Harvey Hess (WYJ) :52.
154lbs. - Harry Herr (YSJ) dec. Richard Newcomer (WYJ) 11-4.
165lbs. - John Morris (YSJ) pinned Jay
Rinehart (WYJ) 2:53.
12/17/66
@
York Suburban Junior High
West York JH Coaches - Whedon R. Myers & Glenn A. Shimmel
Clearfield Invitational
1966 (December 29-30)
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West York
wrestlers took three
individual titles in a tournament
at Clearfield last night. Winning titles for West York in the
Clearfield
invitational were: Dan Dixon, (88lbs.); Don Narber, (180lbs.) and
Ron
Emenheiser, (unlimited). The Bulldogs also had four consolation
(3rd)
place-winners in Fred Schenck, (95lbs.); Jack Kunkle, (112lbs.); Jim
DeLong, (127lbs.) and Ed Spangler (145lbs.). Team honors went to
Clearfield with 96 points, followed by Newport 83, West York 66 and
Franklin, Johnstown, 31. @ Clearfield High School
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1966-67
First Dual Meet of the Season!
West York 35 York
Suburban 14
@ West York HS
95lbs. - Daniel
Dixon (WY) dec. John Rabenstine (YS) 7-6.
103lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh
(WY) dec. Glenn Miller (YS) 11-0.
112lbs. -
Jack Kunkle (WY) dec. Greg
Bilger (YS) 6-1.
120lbs. -
Bob Gardner (YS) pinned Jeff Linebaugh (WY) 2:11.
127lbs. -
Terry Barnes (YS) dec. Jim DeLong (WY) 7-4.
133lbs. -
Ed Mummert (WY) dec. Joe Konch (YS) 11-5.
138lbs. -
Bill Bates (WY) pinned Ray Lamotte
(YS) 5:27.
145lbs. -
Mark Kuntz (WY) dec. Don Syrgley (YS) 10-2.
154lbs. -
Glenn Eby (WY) pinned Charles Falkler (YS) 4:50.
165lbs. -
Ken Craley (YS) pinned John Sprenkle (WY) 1:55.
180lbs. - Don Narber (WY)
pinned Keith Wilkins (YS) 2:20.
Unlim.
-
Ron Emenheiser (WY) pinned Dave
Holtzinger (YS) 4:58.
@ West York High School
Referee: Art Grimm
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Looking Back @ the 1966 PSCC Championship...
Bill
Blacksmith Paces Lock Haven To Title!
EAST STROUDSBURG - Led by Bill Blacksmith, former Cedar Cliff
high school grappler who
captured his fourth straight conference title, Lock Haven took the
Pennsylvania State
Colleges Conference mat crown here last
night.
Teammate Jerry Swope, also bidding for his fourth individual crown, was
outpointed by his
former high school teammate, Gary Cook, now competing for East
Stroudsburg.
Bill's brother, Jim
Blacksmith, former Cedar Cliff athlete and Big 33 footballer, was pinned
for the first time in the 160-pound finals. Chet Dalgewicz of East
Stroudsburg ended the
2-2 match at 5:24.
The Bald Eagles of Coach Gray Simons took team honors with 94
points, 14 more than East
Stroudsburg. Lock Haven, Bloomsburg and the host school each
crowned three champs,
while fourth place Clarion had a pair.
FOUR MATMEN who won titles last year hit the winners' circle
again: Blacksmith at 152;
Ken Warnick, Clarion, 137; Jim Rolley, Bloomsburg, 130; and Tom Vargo,
Bloomsburg, 191.
Dethroned champs were Swope at 177 and Clarion's Frank
Grundler*. Three Shippensburg
State entries who had gained the finals were thwarted in their title
bids. Lee Miller, 123-
pounder from Tyrone, lost to East Stroudsburg's Bobby Guzzo, 13-4; Vyn
Redden, 130, from
Central Dauphin, was pinned by Rolley; and Bernie Lomman, 137, from Cedar
Cliff, bowed
to Warnick.
*note: Lock Haven's
Tom Elling was decisioned by Clarion's Frank Grundler, 4-0, in the 191-
pound PSCC 1966 semi-finals. Tom is the webmaster for
PA Wrestling
and a contributor to
the westyorkwrestlingalumni.com website! Tom Elling finished 3rd @
191lbs. in '66.
1966
PSCC WRESTLING FINALS
@ East Stroudsburg State
115lbs. Tom Todd (Clarion)
dec. Keith Taylor (Bloomsburg) 10-4.
123lbs. Bobby Guzzo (East Stroudsburg) dec. Lee Miller (Shippensburg)
13-4.
130lbs. James Rolley (Bloomsburg) pinned Colvyn Redden (Shippensburg)
6:27.
137lbs. Ken Warnick (Clarion) dec. Bernie Lomman (Shippensburg) 6-2.
145lbs. Barry Sutter (Bloomsburg) dec. Adam Waltz (Lock Haven) 9-7.
152lbs. Bill Blacksmith (Lock Haven) dec. Joe Gerst (Bloomsburg) 3-0.
160lbs. Chet Dalgewicz (East Stroudsburg) pinned Jim Blacksmith (Lock
Haven) 5:24.
167lbs. John Smith (Lock Haven) pinned
James Dietrich*
(Edinboro) 8:10.
177lbs. Gary Cook (East Stroudsburg) dec. Jerry Swope (Lock Haven)
6-2.
191lbs. Tom Vargo (Bloomsburg) dec. Frank Grundler (Clarion) 6-1.
UNL. Bob McDermott (Lock Haven) dec. Jim
Logan (Mansfield) 3-1.
*James Dietrich from
Edinboro... was a West York asst. wrestling coach in the '70's!
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1967 YCIAA Section I Wrestling Champions
Front Row
(L-R) Eugene Miller, Dallastown; Bill Luckenbaugh, West York;
Don Witmer, Eastern; Mervin Keeney, Dallastown.
Middle
(L-R) Jan Frey, Dallastown; Gary Gross, Dover; Joe Lighty, Dover;
Back
(L-R)
Ben
Druck,
Dallastown;
Curt
Ferree,
Dallastown;
Ed
Rohrbaugh,
Dallastown; Don Narber, West York; Ron Emenheiser, West York.
@ West York High School
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Section I Championship Finals
95lbs. - Eugene
Miller (DA) dec. John Rabenstine (YS) 8-4.
103lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh
(West York) pinned Ron Miller (DA) 2:22.
112lbs. -
Dan Witmer (E) dec. Dick
Altland (DO) 2-0.
120lbs. - Mervin Keeney
(DA) dec. Gary Shearer (DO) 10-5.
127lbs. -
Jan Frey (DA) dec. Steve Grove
(DO) 5-0.
133lbs. -
Gary Gross (DO) dec. John
Feltenberger (DA) 8-6.
138lbs. -
Joe Lighty (DO) dec. Jeff
Folkenroth (DA) 4-2.
145lbs. - Ben Druck (DA) pinned Jeff Krug (HAN) 5:50.
154lbs. - Curt Ferree (DA) dec. Glen Eby (WY) referee's decision (ot).
165lbs. - Ed Rohrbaugh (DA) dec. John Sprenkle (WY) 8-2.
180lbs. - Don Narber (WY) dec. Brian Cashman (HAN) 3-1 (ot).
Unlim.
-
Ron Emenheiser (WY) pinned Wayne
Jacobs (DO) 5:48.
@ West York High School
Referees: Art Grimm, Frank Skirpan, Bob Foster.
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1967 PIAA Southeastern
SE
Regional
Wrestling
Champions
Front (L-R) Stu Hogentogler
(Columbia), Chris Black (Susquehanna Twp.),
Barry Leventhal (Neshaminy), John Miller (Elizabethtown),
Allen Uyeda (Conestoga Valley), Jay Ebersole (Lower Dauphin).
Back
(L-R) Andy Matter (Upper
Darby),
*Eric Bowersox (Spring Grove
HS),
Larry Nolan (Cumberland Valley), Bill Landis (Hershey),
Ed Wilson (Lansdowne), Mason Staub (Cumberland Valley).
*Spring Grove's Eric Bowersox...(above)
was a 1967 YCIAA Sectional
II Champion,
District III Champion,
and Southeast Regional Champion...(above)
losing to eventual PIAA State Champ
-
James Gollner, Reynolds
HS
4-2 - in the
1967 PIAA State semi-finals.
1967
-
(L-R)
on the mat...
YJC's
Fred Lehman & Gary
Longenecker.
Standing... YJC Coach Bob Cummings, Fred Bankert & Ron Barndt.
1967 Y.J.C. State Champions
* Pictured
are
the
three York
Junior
College
wrestlers
who
won
state titles and berths...in next week's Region
15 competition
during
the
past
weekend.
At
left is Fred
Bankert,
who
upset
the
defending 115-pound champion;
@ center,
Gary Longenecker,
the new 167-pound champion, and @ right, Fred Lehman, the
PJC champion at 177 pounds. All three are freshman at Y.J.C.
Gary Grim, last year's champion was decisioned 16-8, by Dick
Keefe of Keystone JC. Bankert dec. Terry Kunick of Erie, 5-3.
Longenecker decisioned
Dennis Rozer,
Altoona, 9-1 and Fred
Lehman
decisioned
Ron
Decker,
Keystone,
8-6
@
177
pounds.
*
(Bankert
-
South Western,
Longenecker - Manheim Central.,
& F.
Lehman - West York HS Alumni)
York Junior College
York Dispatch Sports -
York Junior College vs. Keystone JC - 1967.
∙ 1967 YDS -
York JC's Fred Lehman (top) won an 8-0 decision over
Keystone's Jerry Shearer in YJC's 19-11 win over Keystone.
∙
Other York Junior College winners included Ron Barndt, Gary Grim,
Gary Longenecker & Steve Redding.
Fred Bankert had a draw.
Clyde H. "Red" Witman
2-time PSAC Champion
▪ Clyde "Red" Witman...
WRESTLING
coached at
East
Stroudsburg...
for 17 seasons (1961-71)-(1972-79)
and... had a career 180-76-6
coaching record. Coach Witman's ESSC
Teams won PSAC
Championships
in 1968 and 1971 - and finished
7th
at the NCAA
DI Tourney in 1966.
Coach Witman coached 22 PSAC champions and more than 20
NCAA All-Americans.
Coach Witman's 1966-67
ESSC Wrestling Team
was undefeated (14-0). Coach
Witman
was the
1st president of the NCAA DII Wrestling Coaches Association.
Witman was also
the first college division
coach (ever) to represent D2 on the Executive Committee of
the
NWCA.
A graduate of West Chester State,
Witman lost only one dual match in four
years of college
competition. Witman is also a former member of the U.S. Olympic
Wrestling Committee, a former top wrestling official and a former
operator/owner
of the
Pocono
Sports Camp, Inc., with friends John Johnston and Sam Coursen.
Professor Clyde H. Witman also taught at ESSC/ESU - (Teaching Honor - in
'95),
and was a former East Stroudsburg University Athletic Director. At
ESSC, Clyde
Witman was assisted in the
wrestling room
for many years by the late Robert Dalling.
Clyde H. Witman was responsible for ESSC/ESU going
from DII to DI (EIWA) in '76-'77.
PSAC Mat Fact! - Former
ESU
Coach
Clyde "Red" Witman was a 2-time
PSAC Wrestling
Champion
in
1953 @ 137lbs. and
1954 @ 157lbs.
-
wrestling
for West Chester State.
Coach
Clyde Hilton Witman started his coaching career at
Manheim Central (PA) High
School and had a Manheim Central High School career coaching record of (28-4-1).
While
coaching at - Manheim Central (Lancaster) High School,
Clyde "Red" Witman
coached a 1957 PIAA State
Wrestling Champion,
Rod Gibble... @ 112lbs.
▪
Clyde "Red" Witman is
in the
PSAC,
West Chester University Golden Ram Wrestling,
'91 East Stroudsburg University,
PWCA,
EIWA
&... the
National
NWCA Hall of Fame's!
▪
The -
PSAC
Wrestling Champions History.
▪
Coach Clyde H. Witman sadly
passed away on 4/28/06 at the age of 74.
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Looking Back... 1966-1967
▪ Clyde "Red" Witman Article...
WRESTLING
East Stroudsburg Matmen Burned by
Ratings!
"Would Like to Test Muscle Against
Lehigh..."
by Bob Dugan
- February 26, 1967 Harrisburg Patriot News
EAST STROUDSBURG - The
date was February 11 and East Stroudsburg State College's
unbeaten wrestling team was
holding a squad meeting before a match against the
strong West Chester
State College matmen.
Clyde (Red) Witman, coach of the Warriors,
announced simply that the latest ratings
had been released that day by the Amateur Wrestling News, and
that despite
East Stroudsburg's 23-12 win over seventh-ranked Lock Haven
the previous week, the
Warriors were not listed among the Top Ten nationally.
"They didn't say much,' Witman recalls,
"but I could tell that they were really 'burning'.
The previous rating had us eighth, right behind Lock Haven.
Penn State, Portland and
Wyoming were on the list, but we were out of the running."
"I had anticipated a tough match with West
Chester, but the news of the ranking had
the boys so fired up, they literally mopped up the mats with
the Rams in winning, 31-6."
THE FOLLOWING
week, East Stroudsburg completed an unbeaten season with a 38-5
over Kutztown State. Now Witman is getting his Warriors
ready for the Pennsylvania
State Colleges Conference championships next weekend at
California State.
Witman, too, was disappointed over the
ratings but he was not bitter. "I believe the
ratings are made in good faith," he declared. "They say
that our schedule is against us;
that we don't wrestle too many top schools. But it was
ironic that the week after we
beat Lock Haven, we dropped out of sight."
HOW WOULD HIS
charges do against Lehigh, perennial Eastern power and fourth-
ranked in the Nation? "This year, we'd give them a
tussle. In four weights they couldn't
touch us; and I'm sure that in three or four other weights,
we'd have a good chance of
winning. We did scrimmage against them earlier this
season and made out very well."
Witman has known two of his grapplers for a
long time, having taught eighth-grade
history to Jan Dutt and Roy Miller when he was a teacher at
Manheim Central. "In fact,
I flunked Roy one semester," he laughed. "But someone
got even with me last year
when Roy was declared ineligible after mid-terms and couldn't
compete in the late
season bouts and the tournaments." Dutt has the most
impressive record with 24
straight wins at 123. Ned Bushong, a grappler from
Warwick, has a streak of 18 victories
at 130, 11 of them by pins. Chet Dalgewicz, a
160-pounder from Pennsbury, has a win
streak of 13 at stake.
"These three boys, along with Miller at
heavyweight; Gary Cook (Lock Haven HS) at
177, and Gerry Reed (Abington) at 191 are real sound
wrestlers. Their performances
and attitude have rubbed off on the rest of the squad to make
our season a success,"
Witman stated.
THEY'VE TURNED
real aggressive this year and there's been no sign of complacency.
"They've been able to rise to every occasion, and no coach can
ask any more." Com-
pleting the East Stroudsburg squad for the PSCC championships
will be Jim Purdy, 137,
Wilson Boro; Jerry McDonald, 145, Wharton, N.J.; Jody Hughes,
152, Gilbertsville, N.Y.;
and Bill Elder, 167, Bristol.
"We expect to go into the competition with
the best chance of taking the team title,"
Witman admitted. "And we hope to bring home a number of
championships. But in
order to win the team title, you must score points at every
weight class. Anything can
happen; an upset can ruin your balance, affect your entire
squad, and take away your
point productivity. But we believe we're going to be
successful."
With the dual meet season finished, how
does Witman expect to keep his charges
sharp? "By hard work," he explained simply. "We
had two days off and then we had a
day of running. Now we're back on the mats. We'll
have a single session Sunday,
double-workouts Monday and Tuesday, and then begin tapering
off. "There'll be no
instruction involved. We're not going to try and learn
anything new. We'll go with what
has made us successful thus far. Conditioning is the
most important thing now."
The Warriors will pass up the NAIA
championships at Lock Haven, March 16-18 and
concentrate on the NCAA Nationals at Kent State, Ohio, the
following week.
2/26/67
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East
Stroudsburg
State
College
NCAA
Wrestling
Team
(12-2)
1968 PSAC Team Champions
Pocono Record Photo
@ ESSC's Koehler Fieldhouse
▪ Front (L-R) Frank Coco, Steve Bryant,
Robert Devore,
Ted Purdy & *Jerry
McDonald.
▪
Back Row
(L-R)
Daniel Rossi, Bill Elder,
*Ned
Bushong,
Tom Balent (coach), Clyde H. "Red" Witman (head coach),
*Gary
Cook,
*Al
Detwiler & *Rich
Schumacher.
*1968
PSAC Individual Champions.
• 1968
NCAA DI Placewinners (Gary Cook-3rd)
& (Rich Schumacher-5th).
 ESSC's Gary Cook was named the ESSC Outstanding Wrestler for 1968.
Gary Cook was a
1961
PIAA State Champion
@
Lock Haven High School.
1967 NCC WRESTLING INVITATIONAL
TOURNEY
1967
Nassau College Invitational Wrestling Tourney
@ NCC Garden City, New York
(L-R) NCC's
Director with 177lb. Champ,
Fred Lehman (York Junior College),
2nd place finisher Ted Mosch (Corning Community College)
and
3rd place finisher Jerry Buchman
(Nassau Community College).
▪ YJC's
Eric Bowersox finished 3rd
@ 152lbs. Bowersox wrestled for
Spring
Grove HS
and Lehman wrestled for West York High School.
1968
PA
Junior
College
State
Champions
1968 Pennsylvania
Junior College
PA
State JC Wrestling Champions
@ Keystone JC - La Plume, PA
(2nd from left) - Fred Lehman 177lbs. from York Junior College.
(3rd from left) -
Gary Longenecker 167lbs. from York Junior College.
(1st from right)
-
Fred Bankert 113lbs. from York Junior College.
▪ Fred Lehman wrestled @ West York HS, Fred Bankert @ South Western HS
and Gary Longenecker
@ Manheim Central HS.
▪ York Junior College placed 2nd in the team standings w/three champions.
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Looking Back at the 1967-68
Season!
1968-69
First Dual Meet of the Season
The York Dispatch, Friday, December 4, 1967
York Suburban 23 West
York 17
95lbs. - Dan
Dixon (WY) dec. Steve Prescott (YS) 5-1.
103lbs. -
John Rabenstine (YS) dec. Brian Kuntz
(WY) 10-4.
112lbs. -
Bill Schneider (YS) dec. Larry
Haas (WY) 4-0.
120lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Jim Keesee (YS) 3:25.
127lbs. -
Bob Gardner (YS) dec. Jack Kunkle (WY) 6-4.
133lbs. -
Joe Knoch (YS) pinned Ed Mummert (WY) 4:52.
138lbs. -
Steve Schmidt (YS) dec. Tony Avola (WY) 4-0.
145lbs. -
Tom Quickel (YS) dec. Bill Bates (WY) 3-1.
154lbs. -
Mark Kuntz (WY) dec. Charles Falkler (YS) 4-2.
165lbs. -
Glen Eby (WY) dec. Tom Herr (YS) 13-0.
180lbs. -
Keith Wilkins (YS) dec. Keith Clark (WY) 4-3.
Unlim.
- John Sprenkle (WY) dec. Milt
Strickler (YS) 4-0.
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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),
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.
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1968 York County
Section II Championship Finals
95lbs. -
Charles Vaughn (York High) dec. Dan Dixon (West York) 3-2.
103lbs. -
John Rabenstine (York Suburban) dec.
Brian Kuntz (West York) 5-3.
112lbs. -
Larry Haas (West York) dec.
Bill Schneider (York Suburban) 12-4.
120lbs. - Bill
Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Richard Mundis (Eastern) 14-0.
127lbs. - Bob
Gardner (York Suburban) dec. Bob Thomas (York High) 5-4.
133lbs. - Joe
Knoch (York Suburban) dec. Steve Hedrick (Eastern) 4-1.
138lbs. -
Donald May (Eastern) dec.
Steve Schmidt (York Suburban) 6-2.
145lbs. - Bill Thomas (York High) dec. Carroll Anderson (Red
Lion) 11-1.
154lbs. - Glen Eby (West York) dec. Ralph Kreeger (Red Lion) 6-4.
165lbs. - Hank Claiborne (York High) dec. Keith Clark (West
York) 6-5.
180lbs. - Keith Wilkins (York Suburban) dec. Ned Beashore
(Northeastern) 3-2.
Unlim.
-
John Sprenkle (West York) dec. Mike Johnson
(York High) 2-1.
@ West York High School
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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).
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 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 Southeast 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.
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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 a 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 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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'69 West York Junior High
Invitational
Wrestling Tournament
@ WYSH February - 1969
WYJH Invit. Championship Finals
72lbs. Skip Martin (WY) dec. Mark Glover (HP) 10-5.
80lbs. Tom Gorman (B) dec. Kevin Johnson (HP) 4-1.
88lbs. Leon Banks (HP) pinned Paul Mulay (WY) 4:18.
95lbs. Mark Jenkins (WY) dec. Steve Gantz (HP) 7-6.
103lbs. Kevin McCleary (WY) pinned Dave Buckley (B) 1:33.
112lbs. Randy Enders (EFS) dec. Mike Stambaugh (WY) 7-3.
120lbs. Jamie Stock (HP) dec. David Dennis (EFS) 4-2.
127lbs. Calvin Dole (HP) dec. Keith Kalian (EFS) 6-2.
133lbs. Dan Buchmyer (EFS) dec. Bob Murphy (WY) 12-6.
138lbs. Randy Miller (EFS) dec. Kim Wilkins (YS) 10-0.
145lbs. Dave Bowersox (SG) dec. Dave Heist (WY) 7-0.
154lbs. Craig Rawlinson (EFS) dec. Don Lehman (WY) 9-2.
165lbs. Charles Egger (EFS) pinned Mike Kessler (SG) 1:45.
• Final '69 WYJH
Team Standings •
1.
(EFS) Edgar Fahs Smith JH 70pts., 2. (WY) West York JH 67pts.,
3.
(HP) Hannah Penn JH 54pts.,
4. (SG)
Spring Grove JH 17pts.,
5. (B) Biglerville JH 17pts., 6. (YS) York Suburban
Area
JH 8.
▪ 1969 West York Junior
High Place-Winner's
Front (L-R)
Skip Martin, Paul Mulay, Mark Jenkins, Kevin McCleary.
Back (L-R)
Bob Murphy, Dave Heist, Don Lehman,
Mike Stambaugh.
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Looking Back at the 1968-69
Season!
1968-69
First Dual Meet of the Season
The York Dispatch, Friday, December 13, 1968.
West York 41 Hanover 8
95lbs. - Terry
Zellers (WY) dec. Jack Ruhlman (H) 6-0.
103lbs. -
Frankie Vega (WY) pinned Ira Bitner (H) 1:01.
112lbs. -
Brian Kuntz (WY) dec. Joe Erb
(H) 9-0.
120lbs. -
Larry Haas (WY) dec. Mike Miller (H) 13-3.
127lbs. -
Jack Kunkle (WY) pinned Pat Jacoby (H) 3:59.
133lbs. -
Bill Luckenbaugh (WY) pinned Bryant Meckley (H) 2:27.
138lbs. -
Jack McGehee (H) pinned Pete LoBianco (WY) 3:34.
145lbs. -
Guy Boyer (WY) dec. Steve Butler (H) 5-0.
154lbs. -
Bill Meckley (H) dec. Robert King (WY) 4-3.
165lbs. -
Gary Bates (WY) pinned Jim Joachim (H) 5:08.
180lbs. -
Keith Clark (WY) dec. Al Boyer (H) 5-0.
Unlim.
- John Sprenkle (WY) pinned
Steve Smith (H) 2:37.
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1969 YCIAA
Sectional Two
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).
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 12-9 (C).
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
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
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 HS;
John Sprenkle, West York.
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.
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Looking Back @ the 1969-70 Season!
The
1969-70 YCIAA
Sectional I
Wrestling Champions
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1970 YCIAA Section
I Champions
∙ Front
(L-R)
Jack Ruhlman (Hanover), Brian Kuntz (West York),
Steve
Grove (Red Lion), Lowell Anderson (Red Lion).
∙ Middle
(L-R)
Charles Bruce (Eastern), Mike
Koons (Eastern),
Harry Vasellas (Red Lion).
∙
Back (L-R)
Bryant Meckley (Hanover), Don Barshinger (Eastern),
Glenn
Geiman (South Western),
Bill Trostle (South Western),
Robert Costa (Dover).
(1969-70 YCIAA Season)
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University of
Maryland
Wrestling
1968-69
TERPS
WRESTLING
▪
University of Maryland Terps Wrestling Website
1968-69 University of
Maryland Varsity Wrestling
(8-2-1) ACC Team Champions
▪
1st Row (L-R)
John Baker, Jeffrey Paxton, David Pusey,
Kevin Gilead,
*Jeff
Linebaugh & Bob Terrill.
▪
2nd Row
(L-R) MD Asst. Coach Jim Arnoult, Curt
Callahan, Joel Haan,
**Gobel Kline, *Fred
Lehman, John Schlaffer, Andy Hanzlik...
&
UMD wrestling manager - Lonnie Rutledge.
▪
3rd
Row
(L-R)
MD
Head Coach
William "Sully" Krouse,
John
Dalgewicz,
Howard Zachmann, Len Swanson,
Dean Sisemore &
Randy Umberger.
**Gobel Kline
- 1969 NCAA Division I Wrestling Champion -
CLICK HERE!
EAST STROUDSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING
"3"
brothers of the above '69 University of Maryland Wrestling team
wrestled for East Stroudsburg State College & Clyde "Red" Witman...
√
Answer:
ESSC's
Chet Dalgewicz, Fred Swanson & Don Lehman!!
 West
York Area High School Graduates (above)
*Jeff Linebaugh (1967) &...
*Fred Lehman (1966).
1965-66
WEST YORK VARSITY WRESTLING
1965-66 West York
Area
Varsity Wrestling
▪ Front Row (L-R)
Fred Schenck, Jeff Linebaugh, Tom Hoover,
Dave Carley, Fred Callahan
& Steve
Smith.
▪ Back
(L-R) Steve Kunkle, Ed Spangler,
Glen Eby,
Don Narber,
Fred Lehman
&
Ron Emenheiser.
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
The
60's
will
be
continued...
Dover's '83 PIAA State
Champion, Shaun Smith
and his head coach/historian --
Charlie Jacobs.
▪▪
Germany Coach and Dover HS Head
Coach, Charlie Jacobs (left)
w/1984 Olympic GR Wrestling Gold Medalist, the late Jeff Blatnick.
note: Jeff Blatnick is wearing a Dover Wrestling
t-shirt!
Charlie's 2010 Interview w/Don
Lehman
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Throwback Thursday
In
1969, West York had a pair of PIAA wrestling champions in John Sprenkle
(Hwt.)
