West York Wrestling
HALL OF FAME
"All-Time Team"
by Coach John T. Toggas & Don Lehman
"HOF"
compiled
by Don Lehman - WY '73
& Coach John T. Toggas
(above)
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Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame
York, PA's...
PA Hall of Fame Inductees
(13)
Charles Richards
(West York) 1976,
John T. Toggas (West
York/B-Ville)
1992,
Bill Bence (Dallastown) 1993,
Dr. Ken Ober
(West York/E-town College) 1994,
Terry
Conover (Hanover HS)
1996,
Shaun
Smith
(Dover/Del Val College)
2003,
Joey
Wildasin
(South
Western
HS/Garden
City
Community
College/OSU)
2004,
Tony
Koontz
(Delone
Catholic/N. Iowa)
2011,
Brad
Lloyd
(Red Lion/LHU)
2013,
Charlie Jacobs
(Dover HS)
2015,
Bill Luckenbaugh
(West York/ESSC)
2016,
Bob Gano
(Delone/Biglerville) 2017,
Mark Banks (YS/York
Tech/W. Virginia 2018.
▪
The Full PWCA PA Wrestling Hall
of Fame List 1970-2019
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(updated as of 2020-21 season)
∙ 2 All-Time First-Teamer's!
"The Luckenbaugh's"
Billy Luckenbaugh (1969 PIAA Champ),
Dana
Luckenbaugh (1965 PIAA Champ),
and ---
their father, Paul Luckenbaugh... after Bill's
PIAA State Wrestling 127lb.
Championship in 1969!!
Bill's son, Chad, is the
first-team
member at
132lbs.
"Do not
follow
where the path
may lead.
Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail"
∙ Harold R.
McAlindon
NEW WEIGHT CLASSES USED
"You are most
likely in
a higher
weight class!"
Don
HM - Honorable Mention
*New
Weight |
West York Wrestling
Alumni.com
The Hall of Fame
Class
by... John T. Toggas & Don
Lehman
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*106lbs. |
John C.
Bowser, Jr. (PIAA State 2nd)
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HM
106lbs. |
▪ Dave Maday, Rod Stough, Frank
Vega, Brian Kuntz,
Bill Pope, Eugene Brady, Dan Dixon, Lester Boyer,
Paul Mulay, Donald Becker, Greg Henry,
George Kessler. |
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*113lbs. |
Dana
Luckenbaugh
(PIAA State Champion)
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HM
113lbs. |
▪ Eric Albright,
Wade Ginter, Ken Shorts,
Jeff Linebaugh,
Larry Haas, Todd Kern,
Steve Thomas, Thomas Hoover. |
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*120lbs. |
Glenn
Amsbaugh (4-time Sectional Champ)
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HM
120lbs. |
▪ Carl Bowser, Leon Senft, Darl Dennis,
Chuck Nace,
Robert Linker, David Toggas, David Carley,
Van Emig, Larry Bahn, David Miller, Stanley Martin. |
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*126lbs. |
Bill Luckenbaugh (PIAA State Champion)
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HM
126lbs. |
▪ Roy Bowser, Bob Brown, Matt Sprenkle,
Herb Marley,
Terry Lehr, Josh Gibbs, Keith Lichty. |
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*132lbs. |
Chad
Luckenbaugh (3-time PIAA State Medalist)
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HM
132lbs. |
▪ Neil Bupp,
Todd Platts, Mark
Buelow, Stanley Wright,
John Chiappy, Chad Toomey, Mathias Smyser,
Fred Callahan. |
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*138lbs. |
Brent
Gladfelter (2-time YCIAA Section Champ)
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HM
138lbs. |
▪ Robert Schaszberger, Brandon
Luckenbaugh,
Jason Turnbull,
Todd Reynolds, Brock Mathison,
Barry Gay, Bill Knerr, Tom Delong. |
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*145lbs. |
Jeff
Meckley (PIAA State 2nd)
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HM
145lbs. |
▪ Tony Hoffman, Billy Feeser,
Steve Toggas,
Neil Seidenstricker, Dean Coffman, Mike Gable,
Noah Townsley, Sam Sterner. |
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*152lbs. |
Billy
Randt (PIAA State 6th)
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HM
152lbs. |
▪ Tom Toggas, Ken Smyser (PIAA 2nd),
Troy
Finkenbiner,
Trevor Clark, Paul Smith,
Garrett Stauffer, James Haas, Bill Forry. |
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*160lbs. |
Kevin
McCleary (3-time YCIAA Sectional Champ)
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HM
160lbs. |
▪ Cletus Gentzler (PIAA 2nd),
A. Scott Callahan,
Jon Shorts, Bruce Stambaugh, Jack Deal. |
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*172lbs. |
Robert
King (PIAA State 2nd)
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HM
172lbs. |
▪ Dave
Heckard, Todd Lehman, Guy Boyer, Glenn Eby, Justin Wilkins,
Russ Aldinger, Dave Stram, Steve Young,
Lynn Harbold, Burt Lally, Kyle Narber, Ryan Narber. |
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*189lbs. |
Mike
Stambaugh (Section, District, Regional Champ)
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HM
189lbs. |
▪ Don Narber, Jeff
Wolfe, Nate Sheridan, Wilmer Pressel, Vince Sutton,
Herb Schmidt, Fred Lehman, Matt Fink, Ted Schaeffer,
Keith Clark, Chad Gardner, Keith Peterson, Randy Blasdell. |
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*215lbs. |
Don
Lehman (3-time YCIAA Sectional Champ)
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HM
215lbs. |
▪ Ron Emenheiser, John
Reiber, Chip Gerhart,
Jacob Gemmill, Frank Veloce. |
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*285lbs. |
John Sprenkle
(PIAA State Champion)
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HM
285lbs. |
▪ Gary Narber,
Eric Lehman,
Perry Tallman,
Chris Gailey. |
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Head
Coach
JT Toggas
(PWCA HOF) |
John T. Toggas (National
Wrestling Hall of Fame)
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HM
Coaches |
▪ Chuck Richards
(PWCA), Robert
Brown,
William Luckenbaugh (PWCA),
Dr. Ken Ober (PWCA) (NHOF), Chip Fissel. |
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VERY...
Essential |
"WY VERY ESSENTIAL CONTRIBUTORS"
▪ The Mat Maids,
Raymond
Troxell,
Paul C. McCleary, Jr., Sam Toggas,
Whedon Myers, Robert Bowers,
Neil Everhart, Carolyn L. Tritt,
Norman Callahan, Bill Aldinger,
Joey Bahn, Mary Jane Toggas.
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Don Lehman's www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com |
westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
WEST YORK WRESTLING WYWA
HALL-OF-FAME
(by Coach John T. Toggas & Don
Lehman... WY selection committee)
John Bowser, Dave Maday, Rod Stough, Frank
Vega, Brian Kuntz, Bill Pope, Eugene Brady,
Dan Dixon, Lester Boyer, Paul Mulay, Donald Becker, Greg Henry, Dana
Luckenbaugh,
Eric Albright, Wade Ginter, Ken Shorts, Jeff Linebaugh, Larry Haas, Todd
Kern, Steve Thomas,
Tom Hoover, Glenn Amsbaugh, Carl Bowser, Leon Senft, Darl
"Smokey" Dennis, Stanley Martin,
Robert Linker, David Toggas, David Carley, Van Emig, Larry Bahn,
David Miller,
Chuck Nace,
Bill Luckenbaugh, Roy Bowser, Bob Brown, Matt
Sprenkle, Herb Marley, Terry Lehr, Josh Gibbs,
Keith Lichty, Chad Luckenbaugh, Neil Bupp, Todd Platts, Mark Buelow,
Stan Wright, Keith Clark,
John Chiappy, Chad Toomey, Mathias Smyser,
Brent Gladfelter, Robert Schaszberger, Bill Forry,
Brandon Luckenbaugh,
Jason Turnbull, Todd Reynolds,
Brock Mathison, Barry Gay, Bill Knerr,
Jeff Meckley, Tony Hoffman, Billy Feeser, Steve Toggas, Neil
Seidenstricker, Dean Coffman,
Mike Gable, Billy Randt, Tom Toggas, Ken Smyser, Troy Finkenbiner, Trevor
Clark, Paul Smith,
James Haas, Kevin
McCleary, Cletus Gentzler, Scott Callahan, Jon Shorts, Jack Deal, Kyle
Narber,
Bruce Stambaugh, Robert King, Justin Wilkins, Dave Heckard, Glenn Eby,
Russ Aldinger, Joe Bahn,
Dave Stram, Steve Young, Lynn Harbold, Don Narber, Todd Lehman, Guy Boyer,
Vince Sutton,
Herb Schmidt, Fred R. Lehman, Matt Fink, Mike Stambaugh, Jeff Wolfe, Nate
Sheridan, Burt Lally,
Wilmer Pressel, Chad Gardner, Keith Peterson, Randy Blasdell, Don Lehman,
Ron Emenheiser,
John Reiber, Chip Gerhart, Jacob Gemmill, John Sprenkle, Eric Lehman,
Gary Narber, Carolyn Tritt,
Ted Schaeffer, Perry Tallman,
Chris Gailey,
John T. Toggas,
Charles Richards, Robert L. Brown,
Dr. Ken Ober, The Mat Maids, Raymond Troxell, Paul C. McCleary, Sam
Toggas, Whedon Myers,
Robert Bowers, Neil Everhart, Norman Callahan, Fred Callahan, George Kessler, Tom Delong,
William "Bill"
Aldinger, Chip Fissel, Garrett Stauffer,
Noah Townsley, Sam Sterner, Ryan Narber,
Mary Jane Toggas, Joey Bahn, Frank Veloce.
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
Hall-of-Fame
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1948 - Paul C. McCleary
Jr.'s West York Robe
&
Shoes
WEST YORK WRESTLING
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HOF
The
Pennsylvania
Wrestling
Hall
of
Fame
 The
2016 PWCA Hall
of Fame Class (Bio's)
∙
Front Sitting Row
(L-R) Doug Buckwalter, Bob
Derr, Gib Fink,
Bill Luckenbaugh.
∙
Back (L-R) Tom Teagarden,
Robbie Waller, Col. Dave Warnick,
Ken Wunderley.
(not pictured ... 2016 PWCA PA HOF inductee - Mike Pirozzola)
2016 PWCA
inductees photo by
PA
Wrestling's Tom Elling
(more)
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HOF
PENNSYLVANIA WRESTLING HALL OF FAME
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York, PA's
PWCA Hall of Fame Inductees (13)
▪ Charles "Chuck" Richards (West York) 1976
▪ John T. Toggas (West York/Biglerville) 1992
▪ Bill Bence (Dallastown) 1993
▪ Dr. D. Kenneth Ober (West York/Elizabethtown College) 1994
▪ Terry Conover (Hanover) 1996
▪ Shaun Smith (Dover/Del Val) 2003
▪ Joey Wildasin (South Western/GCCC/OSU) 2004
▪ Tony Koontz (Delone Catholic/N. Iowa) 2011
▪ Brad Lloyd (Red Lion/LHU) 2013
▪ Charlie Jacobs
(Dover) 2015
(46th
Annual Ceremony Inductees)
▪ Bill Luckenbaugh (West York/East Stroudsburg State) 2016
▪ Bob Gano (Delone/Biglerville) 2017
▪ Mark Banks (York Tech/W. Virginia) 2018
PWCA HALL OF FAME (1970-2019)
* 2009 interview
w/3-time NCAA All-American & 2015 PWCA HOF -
Jon Trenge
Dr. Ken Ober
&
John T. Toggas are in the
National Wrestling
Hall of Fame
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HOF
The
Pennsylvania
Wrestling
Hall
of
Fame
▪
Norm Palovcsik, HOF Chairman.
▪
Mike Smith, HOF Master of Ceremonies.
2015 Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame Class
Nelson Fritz, Nick Grego,
Charles Jacobs,
Richard Kelvington,
Jerry Lattimore,
Dustin Manotti, Kerry McCoy,
Ronald Nelson,
John Reich, Carl Rhodes,
Jon Trenge,
Gene Waas,
Lyman "Beans" Weaver.
(April 12, 2015 Induction @ Ramada
Inn... State College, PA)
Bios
▪
photo by Tom Elling of
PA Wrestling
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PIAA STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIP HISTORY!
West
York's
Cletus
Gentzler
(155lbs.)
wrestled
in
the
finals
of
the very
first
PIAA State Wrestling Championship - losing by decision to Lower Merion's
Dick DiBattista! WY's
Cletus Gentzler
-
wrestled for
Coach Chuck Richards.
▪ Rest In Peace... Superintendant
Raymond Troxell (center),
and Coach John T. Toggas (right)
1963-64 West York Area Junior High
School
York
League
▪
Wrestling Championship
Team
▪ Front (L-R) Bill Luckenbaugh, Steve Smith, Ed
Spangler,
Jeff Linebaugh.
▪ Back
(L-R)
Coach Bob Bowers, Steve Kunkle, Dan Druck,
Donald Narber,
Ronald
Emenheiser, Coach Whedon Myers.
2010 PIAA/DIII SC/YAIAA Page
- Billy Randt
PIAA 2010 AAA 145lbs. Podium
(L-R) D-Paul Miller (Pocono Mt. East),
Andy Candiello (N. Allegheny),
Bo Candelaria (Middletown), Andrew Alton (Central Mountain),
Aaron McKinney (West
Allegheny),
Ryan Krecker (Nazareth),
Billy Randt (West York), Justin Harold (Kiski Area).
∙
photo submitted to Don Lehman by the fantastic...
Tom Elling, of
Pennsylvania
Wrestling
®
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2005 AAA - Red Lion's Eric Albright finished 4th.
(Eric was a former WY'er)
∙
photo submitted to Don Lehman by the fantastic...
Tom Elling, of
Pennsylvania
Wrestling
®
WEST YORK WRESTLING
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
Championship Tourney!
(voted on by e-mail
response)
The 1971-72 West York Varsity Wrestling Team
▪ Front
Row
(L-R)
-
Steve Thomas, Paul Mulay,
Skip Martin,
Keith Lichty,
Barry Botterbusch,
Mark
Jenkins, Kevin McCleary,
Neil Bupp.
▪ Back Row (L-R)
-
Jim Haas, Barry Albright,
Scott Callahan,
Mike
Root,
Barry King,
Mike Stambaugh,
Don Lehman.
CLICK HERE for the
'71-'72
Championship Recap:
▪
YCIAA
Wrestling League Champions
@ (14-0).
▪ Easton Holiday Tournament Team Champions.
▪
The YCIAA
League
Sectional
Team Champions.
▪
The Amateur Wrestling News! #3 Team in PA.
The 1964-65 West York Varsity
Wrestling Team
▪ Front (L-R)
Jeff Linebaugh,
Gary Carbaugh,
*Dana Luckenbaugh,
"Smokey" Dennis,
Burton Snyder,
Steve Kunkle, Tom
DeLong.
▪ Back (L-R) Coach
John T.
Toggas, Jack Hershberger, Don Narber,
Fred
Lehman,
Chuck Bostic,
Gary Narber, William Wiehe.
CLICK HERE for the '64-'65
Championship Recap
▪ YCIAA
Wrestling League Champions
▪ ▪
▪ YCIAA Sectional Team Champions
▪Dana Luckenbaugh
1965 PIAA
State Wrestling Champion!
*Dana
Luckenbaugh also was a 1965 Section, District III
and Southeast Regional Champion!
*1964,
Dana was a District III Runner-up and Southeast
Region 3rd place winner @ 112lbs.
*Dana
Luckenbaugh had "three" WY head mat coaches...!!
Bob Brown ('62-'63) Dr. Ken Ober ('63-'64) John Toggas ('64-'65).
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York County/YCIAA/YAIAA Sections
Page
Past Sectional Champions -
Photos/Results...
County
Sectional
Tourney
Years:
'60,
'62,
'65,
'66,
'68,
'69,
'70,
'71,
'72,
'73, '77,
'78,
'79,
'80,
'81,
'82,
'83,
'84,
'85,
'91,
'96,
'02,
'03,
'04,
'05,
'06,
'09,
'10,
'12,
'13.
WEST YORK
District Champs
Region Champs
PIAA
Qualifiers
PIAA State Champs
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West York Wrestling
"Coaching Win/Loss History"
693-524-14 (1934-2021) |
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Year(s)
-
Coach
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Career
Coaching
Record - % |
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▪ 1934-44 -
Chuck C. Richards▪
88-21-4
(.779 win %) |
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▪
1944-45 - Reverend Clark S. Smith
8-3
(.727 win %) |
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▪
1945-56 - C. Richards/Don Kocher
50-89-3
(.352 win %) |
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▪ 1956-63 -
Robert
L. Brown
46-21-2
(.667 win %) |
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▪ 1963-64 -
Dr. D. Kenneth Ober▪
12-2
(.857 win %)
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▪
1964-83/'85-'91
John T. Toggas▪
269-78-2*
(.770 win %) |
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▪
1983-85 -
Kevin McCleary
19-16-1
(.528 win %) |
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▪
1991-97 -
Bill Luckenbaugh▪
76-23
(.768 win %) |
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▪
1997-03 -
"Chip" Fissel
24-64-2
(.267 win %) |
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▪ 2003-04 -
Jeremy Jones
1-17
(.056 win %) |
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▪ 2004-06 -
Jeff Meckley
4-28
(.125 win %) |
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▪ 2006-07 -
Josh Millard
7-16
(.304 win %)
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▪ 2007-21 -
Brian Gross
89-146 (.379 win %) |
*
John
Toggas @ Biglerville
▪
38-32-2 (overall 307-110-4).
Ober
&
Toggas are in the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
▪ C. Richards, JT Toggas, K. Ober &
B. Luckenbaugh...
are in the PWCA
Hall of Fame.
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WRESTLING, cannot be learned
by reading about it!"
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