WY 1934
-
2025 Mat
History!!
*This WY Website looks back
&
looks forward... with 615 pages,
links
and
over 1400 photos!
*Best
viewed on a PC, LTop or iPad...
WY's Championship
Coaches
Bob Brown
(1963)
▪ Dr. D.
Kenneth Ober (1964) John T. Toggas
(1965, 1972, 1975, 1977, 1978) Bill
Luckenbaugh
(1992,
1994)
▪
C. Fissel
(1999)
West
York Wrestling
"Coaching
Win/Loss History"
708-572-14
(1934-2025)
*
John
Toggas @ Biglerville...
38-32-2 (overall 307-110-4).
*
Ober &
Toggas are in the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
*
C. Richards, JT Toggas, Dr. K. Ober & B. Luckenbaugh... are in
the PWCA Pennsylvania Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
"Leadership, like WRESTLING, cannot be
learned
by reading
about it!"
1991 West
York
Wrestling Coaching
Staff
1991...West
York
Wrestling
head coach
John T. Toggas
(right)
w/assistant coach (69' PIAA Champ) Bill Luckenbaugh (left).
West York Wrestling
'71-72
(14-0) YCIAA Champs
▪ Knee
(L-R)
- Steve Thomas,
Paul Mulay,
Skip Martin,
Keith Lichty,
Barry Botterbusch,
Mark
Jenkins, Kevin McCleary
&
Neil Bupp.
▪ Back (L-R) -
Jim Haas, Barry Albright,
Scott Callahan, Mike Root,
Barry King,
Mike Stambaugh
&
Don Lehman.
(L-R) Kevin McCleary, Neil Bupp, Scott Callahan,
Mike Stambaugh & Don Lehman.
The 1972 West York
Wrestling
Josten's YCIAA Championship Ring!
WEST YORK
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AMA FLATTRACK
MOTORCYCLE RACING 1970 ∙ 1970 @ York
Fairgrounds, York, PA
Memorial Day Flattrack Races.
(L-R) West York's Don Lehman and
Fred Lehman...
getting ready for an AMA Novice
Heat Race.
*
Ducati 250cc Flattracker - #38A... AMA Novice Class.
West York's Donald Gohn...
was the
very
FIRST
West York Wrestler to win a
match
(in 1934) with a fall
in 25 seconds!!
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DID YOU KNOW??
West York Area, PA High School
had a finalist in the
VERY FIRST PIAA
State Wrestling Tournament in 1938!!
1938 PIAA State Wrestling Finals
@
*155lbs.
*Dick DiBattista (Lower Merion)
dec. Cletus Gentzler
(West York)
West York's PIAA State
Wrestling
Champions...
John Sprenkle '69 (top left)
Bill Luckenbaugh
'69 (top right) Dana
Luckenbaugh '65 (bottom) WY Wrestling
Post Season
WEST YORK WRESTLING
1965 YCIAA Sectional Championship
Team
West York Area High School ∙ Front (L-R) *Tom DeLong,
*Darl "Smokey" Dennis,
*Dana Luckenbaugh,
*Gary Carbaugh,
*Jeff Linebaugh.
∙ Back (L-R) Coach John T.
Toggas,
*Chuck Bostic, Don Narber,
*Gary Narber.
(* '65 Section Champs - T. DeLong, D. Dennis, D. Luckenbaugh, G. Carbaugh,
J. Linebaugh, C. Bostic & G. Narber) &... D. Narber was a '65 runner-up.
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PIAA WRESTLING
West York's "PIAA STATE" QUALIFIERS
Dana
Luckenbaugh
York, PA's 1st State Wrestling Champ!
West York's 1965 PIAA State Wrestling Champion
1983
District
III
Wrestling
Hall
of
Fame West York's Dana Luckenbaugh
(left)...
w/WY Head Coach John T. Toggas.
1983
District III PA Wrestling Hall of Fame
• 1965 PIAA State Wrestling Champion... @
112 lbs.
The 1965 PIAA State 112lb. Championship Wrestling Finals
@
PSU.
Dana Luckenbaugh...(West York) dec.
Bill Welker
(Shamokin) 4-3. 1965 PIAA State Champions Photo 1969 PIAA
State Wrestling Champions
THE...WY "BIG
3" PAGE
Induction into the '83
District III
Wrestling Hall of Fame
▪
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion... William Luckenbaugh
of West
York High School
▪
(left)
with
West
York Wrestling Head
Coach John T. Toggas.
(Bill's brother Dana - 1965 PIAA State Champ,
is in back
of photo)
PIAA
CHAMPIONS PAGE
YAIAA High
School PIAA Champs (40)
∙ ∙
Dallastown
(5),
Hanover
(5), Delone
Catholic
(4),
South Western
(4),
Kennard Dale
(4), Biglerville
(3),
Dover
(3),
West York HS
(3),
Bermudian Springs
(3),
Susquehannock
(1),
York
Tech
(1),
Spring
Grove
(1),
New
Oxford
(1),
Littlestown
(1),
Gettysburg
(1).
WY Wrestling
POST SEASON HISTORY
2010... West
York's Billy Randt - 6th @ 145lbs. photo -
Tom Elling
THE EASTON HS "PAT REILLY"
TOURNAMENT 1972 7th Annual Easton Holiday "Pat
Reilly"
Tournament Wrestling
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.
▪
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). EASTON
HOLIDAY WRESTLING
TOURNEY PAGE
West York HS Wrestler
Easton Tourney
Year
Keith Lichty
CHAMPION
1970
Neil Bupp
CHAMPION
1971
A.
Scott Callahan
CHAMPION
1971
Mike Stambaugh
CHAMPION
1971
Don
Lehman
CHAMPION
1971
Kevin McCleary
"ow"
CHAMPION
1972
Don
Lehman
"ow"
CHAMPION
1972
Jeff Meckley
CHAMPION
1974
John Chiappy
CHAMPION
1975
Chuck Nace
CHAMPION
1976
Ken
Shorts
CHAMPION
1977
Tom
Toggas
CHAMPION
1981
Brendt Gladfelter
CHAMPION
1982
1971 Easton Holiday Wrestling Tourney 1971 - 6th Annual Easton Holiday
"Pat Reilly"
Wrestling
Champions
▪
Front (L-R) Rich Rike (BF), Rocco Creazzo (EA), Lance Leonhardt
(F),
Rocky Chunko (SV),
Don Rother (H), Bob Messimer (H).
▪
Back Row
(L-R) Neil Bupp (WY), Don Rohn (SV), Scott Callahan (WY),
Fred
Kugler (SV),
Mike Stambaugh (WY), Don Lehman (WY).
1969 West York
Elementary Wrestling Tourney Champions
▪
Front
Kneeling (L-R) Ricky LoBianco, Greg Thomas, Dane Fickes,
William "Butch" Ludwig & Jeff Meckley.
▪
Back
(L-R)
Jim Atland,
Scott Miller,
Bob Lehman
&
Bob Mummert.
WY Elementary
Patch designed by the late...
Samuel Toggas, RPh.
1963-64 West York Area Junior High
School 1964
York JH 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,
Don Narber,
Ronald
Emenheiser, Coach Whedon Myers.
Samuel T. "Sam" Toggas 3/26/34 - 2/4/13
∙∙
Sam Toggas was an
ICON in the history of West York Wrestling.
A former
President of the
West York Wrestling Booster
Club...
Sam, loved the sport of wrestling and spent
many HOURS helping
the program
through innovative
fundraising ideas and hard work.
Sam was ALWAYS there for all of the West York
Wrestlers. Sam's
sons ... Steve, David and Tom were excellent wrestlers at West
York Area High School.
Rest
in Peace
...
Sam!
You are missed!!
"Looking
Back... An Ad From Years Past!"
WEST YORK PHARMACY Sam Toggas Donald
Lyons...
Pharmacists 2241 W. Market St. York, Pa., Phone 792-9312 Russell
Stover Candies ●
American Greeting Cards
Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall Of Fame
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YAIAA'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/E-Town 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 HS) 2015 ▪
Bill
Luckenbaugh
(West York/East Stroudsburg) 2016 ▪
Bob Gano (Delone Catholic/Biglerville)
2017 ▪ Mark
Banks (Y. Suburban/York Tech/W. Virginia) 2018 The
2016 PWCA Hall
of Fame Class Inductees ∙
Front Sitting Row
(L-R) Doug Buckwalter, Bob
Derr, Gib Fink & Bill Luckenbaugh. ∙ Back
Row (L-R) Tom Teagarden, Robbie Waller, Col. Dave Warnick
& Ken Wunderley. (not pictured... Mike Pirozzola)*2016 PWCA photo by
Tom Elling
WY FOOTBALL 1972 West York Area
Senior High Football Team
"Seniors"
1st Row (L-R) Don Lehman,
Jeff Markey,
Keith Zimmerman.
"Seniors" 2nd Row (L-R) Daniel Markey,
Larry Schultz, Robert Berger,
Paul Sentz,
Steve Yohe, Jeff Kochenour, Jeff Hershey. (Above) West York Senior Team's 3-year varsity record
(21-8-1). Keith Zimmerman
... was on the 1972
All-State 1st Team and, the
Big 33 PA Team
and... earned a full football scholarship to Penn State!
WY 1972 Varsity
Football Team (8-2)
▪ 2nd place in the YCIAA League to Red Lion High School.
▪ 1972 WY Junior Varsity Football Record
▪▪▪ (7-0) - JV YCIAA Champions. Outstanding Offensive Back - Keith Zimmerman
#12
Outstanding Defensive Back - Daniel Markey
#23 Outstanding Offensive Lineman - Donald Lehman
#71 Outstanding
Defensive Lineman
-
Jeffery Hershey
#50
▪
WYHS Varsity Football Coaching Staff - Head Coach Doug Baublitz.
▪ Asst's ....
Neil Blake, Robert Sechrist,
Lou Orndorff.
▪Varsity Football Managers
-
Mike Gross,
Mark Senft. West York Sports &
Football
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ESSC Coach...Clyde H. "Red" Witman
w/Jack Miller, Gary Kessel, Don Lehman,
Phil Conlin & Dan Leach vs. NC State.
*1975 East Stroudsburg State College
Wrestling
...
ESSC
WRESTLING
PAGE
East Stroudsburg State
Varsity
Wrestling Lettermen
*10 West York
Alumni on the
ESU
Letter...
List
*Eby (2), Luckenbaugh (4), M. Stambaugh
(4),
Lehman (4), Lichty (1),
B.
Gay (3), Wolfe (4),
B. Stambaugh (1), Sprenkle (1), Buelow (3).
ESSC NCAA WRESTLING
1975 PSAC
Wrestling Championships
@
Kutztown State College PSAC '75
190lb.
Page
Championship Wrestling Podium
(L-R) Tom Jackson (California),
Don Lehman (East Stroudsburg),
*William
"Bill" Shuffstall (Slippery Rock State),
Eric Guyll (Millersville), Matt Tydor (Bloomsburg) &
Andy Aronstam (West
Chester State).
Bill
Shuffstall placed
6th @ the 1974 NCAA DI Championships
and
6th
at the
1975 NCAA DI
Championships...
to become a 2-time NCAA DI All-American!
Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
1974 Wrestling Championships
@ Slippery Rock State College
February 22-23, 1974
1974 PSAC Champions
▪
Kneeling
(L-R) Jack Spates
(Slippery Rock),
Craig Turnbull
(Clarion),
Randy Watts (Bloomsburg), Don Rohn (Clarion) &...
Bill Luckenbaugh (East Stroudsburg State).
▪
Back Row (L-R) Tom Herr (Edinboro), Bill Shuffstall (Slippery Rock),
Wade Schalles OW
(Clarion), William Simpson (Clarion) &...
Bob Stetler (East Stroudsburg State).
▪
1974
PSAC Wrestling
Tourney Results Page
Another...
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Feature!
East
Stroudsburg State College HOME
WRESTLING
ESU Wrestling
Letterwinners '70-'23
Here!
ESU Wrestling
Letterwinners by Year
Here!
"4 West York
Alumni on this
Team!"
1973-74 East
Stroudsburg State College Team
▪ Knee (L-R)
Bill Cuff, *Keith
Lichty, *Bill Luckenbaugh, Gary Kessel,
Mel Riddick.
▪
Back
(L-R) *Don
Lehman,
Bob Stetler,
*Mike Stambaugh, Carl Seitz,
Phil Conlin,
Fred Swanson.
(*denotes West York High School graduate!) ▪
Note: 3 high school state champions in above photo...
(Billy Cuff - NJ, Bill Luckenbaugh - PA, Fred Swanson - NJ)
East Stroudsburg State College
NCAA
Division I Wrestling 1976-77
ESSC's 1st Year in the
E.I.W.A. 1976-77
East Stroudsburg State College
(Division I) ▪
Front
(L-R) Sal Picone, Desi McNelis, James
Vargo & Galen
McWilliams. ▪
Middle
(L-R)
Asst.
Coach Rich Schumacher, Don Lehman,
Gary Kessel, Michael "Skip" Falcone, Billy Cuff
& n/a. ▪
Back (L-R) Asst. Coach Bob Dalling, Bill Katinowsky, Kerry Hyman,
Wayne
Carroll,
Greg
Shoemaker, Don Blair
& ESSC Head Wrestling Coach
Clyde Hilton "Red" Witman.
ESU WRESTLING PRACTICE ROOM
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To
the West York ...
by Webmaster Don Lehman
▪ This website
is dedicated to the great memory of an office, full of photos,
a coffee pot, and the endless conversations between wrestlers
and their coach. This
website is dedicated to the memory of a scales room, clean and
immaculate, with
nicely framed photos of "past" West York Wrestling champions and
championship
teams... and, an exam table used for daily naps! This website is
dedicated to the
memory of a small hot wrestling room - full of records,
all-time teams, motivational
quotes and a dark blue mat kept clean by a team of dedicated "Mat
Maids." This
website is dedicated to the memory of an old equipment room, with
its proudly
hung and pressed WY uniforms, and an equipment locker with a history
of WY's
YCIAA Sectional Champions, so neatly written. This website is
dedicated to the
memory of those great fans, the full gyms and the
proud support we felt. The
Alumni Website is dedicated to the memory of a head coach who had
the vision for the
above, and the great patience to stay those long nights
while his wrestlers chatted
& took those long showers after a very tough practice or dual meet. This
website is
just
a "modern" extension of the visuals we saw during our lives at West York
Area!
▪ This website
is dedicated to a former head coach who cared,
the late John T.
Toggas, and the many West York athletes who competed in the World's
"Oldest and
Toughest Sport!"
▪ Website
also dedicated to WY '72 Alumnus -
the late
A. Scott Callahan
(top)...
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"The farther backward
you
can look,
the farther forward...
you can see!" Winston S. Churchill
Dana Luckenbaugh,
vs.
POLAND
WRESTLING
-
The
