West
York
Wrestling
1934 - 2022
"Preserving & Sharing"
West York's Mat
History!
WEST YORK WRESTLING
West York Wrestling
History
10
YCIAA/YAIAA
Championships
1963 1964 1965 1972 1975
1977 1978 1992 1994 1999
The
WY Wrestling Alumni
History
(*updated
as of 2021-22 season)
* "There are people whose
perspectives of
history
dates only back to when
they were
born! That's
not the case here @ WYWA!!"
West York Wrestling
"An ONLINE Hall-of-Fame!"
The 1940's!
▪ Looking Back
@
1946-47 West York Wrestling
1946-47 West York
Wrestling Team
▪ West York's Paul
C. McCleary is seated 1st on left - 2nd Row...(no shirt)
'46-'47 West York
Wrestling HS Coach - Chuck Richards, is far right in 3rd row.
•
Other WY'ers in above photo include ... Lee Zellers, Leon Senft, Herb Marley,
Johnny Swartz, Dean Harbold, William Grimmon, Robert Grube, John Smith,
Herb Schmidt, Robert King & Paul Brodbeck. (Varsity)
 1947 Robert King - 2nd Place
@ '47 PIAA's...@ 165lbs.
•
1947 PIAA State Wrestling 165lb. Finals
Frank Rich (Lock Haven) dec. Robert King (West York) 2-0.
Paul C. McCleary
above
photos submitted by K.C. McCleary & Pat McCleary
THE
WY
MAT
HISTORY
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'73
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WEST YORK WRESTLING WYWA
HALL-OF-FAME TEAM
▪
▪
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, Darryl
"Smokey" Dennis, Skip 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, Bob 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.
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Hall-of-Fame
Did you know that WY's Leon
Senft and Bob Brown were teammates @ Millersville State College?
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#5 All-Time
in District III Mat Champs w/49
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West York Wrestling's
York/YCIAA/YAIAA League/Divisions
"Our 10
Championship Teams"
(click on any below year to view full size championship photos/names)
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1962-63
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1963-64
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1964-65
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1971-72
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1974-75
•
• 1976-77 •
1977-78
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1991-92
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1993-94
•
1998-99
•
Who won the voter best all-team
title?! -
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1965 PIAA State Champion
Dana Luckenbaugh
West York's
and ... York, PA's
1st PIAA State Wrestling Champion!
∙
Dana had 3 different
coaches from 10th grade through his senior year!
    
   
   
    
(Click on each photo to see a profile of the above West York Wrestling Alumni)
∙ West York's 4-time Section
Champ and undefeated in career dual meets...
Dr. Glenn A. Amsbaugh
"Once you've wrestled,
everything else in life is easy!"
▪Dan Gable
West York
Wrestling
HISTORY
SOURCE - WIKIPEDIA
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▪ WY's Donald Gohn...
was the
first
West York Wrestler to win a match
(in 1934) with a fall
in 25 seconds!!!
The
History of
York, PA's Area Sports Leagues
▪ 1961-62 to 1990-91: York County
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YCIAA)
▪ 1991-92 to 2003-04: York Area
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA)
▪ 2004-05 to 2016-17: York-Adams
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA)
▪
THE HISTORICAL ORIGINS OF WRESTLING
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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
▪ Bill Luckenbaugh (West
York/East Stroudsburg State)
2016
▪ Bob Gano (Delone/Biglerville) 2017
▪ Mark Banks (Y.
Suburban/York Tech/W. Virginia) 2018
PWCA HALL OF FAME (1970-2018)
* 2009 interview
w/3-time NCAA All-American & 2015 PWCA HOF -
Jon Trenge
▪
West York HS's Bill Luckenbaugh... (front row - far right sitting)
2016 photo by the great...
Tom Elling of
PA Wrestling News
Dr. Ken Ober
&
John T. Toggas are in the
National Wrestling
Hall of Fame
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1934-35...
marked the
1st year of
West York
Wrestling's
Mat
History!!!
Coach Charles C. Richards, Jr.
Coach Chuck Richards (138-111-7)
 West York's 1st Wrestling Coach...
1934-56
THE
FATHER OF WEST YORK WRESTLING!
WEST YORK WRESTLING
West York Coach Charles
"Chuck" Richards graduated from Erie Academy, Erie PA in 1929
and entered
F&M College in Lancaster, PA graduating in 1934
with a B.A. in History.
West York's 1st Wrestling Coach,
Charles "Chuck" Richards...
began his teaching career at West York Area Senior High
School in September of 1934.
Chuck Richards was West
York's first head coach and was a pioneer in York County Wrestling!
1934-35 West York team
names included - McDonald, Dubbs, Sheffer, Sitz, Buchanan, Gohn, King,
Whitmore,
Brokenshire, Silar, Wilhide, Gentzler, Sheffer,
Desenburgh, and wrestling manager Poff.
West York High School wrestled 8 dual meets
that year against the likes of Gettysburg Freshmen,
Manheim, F&M Frosh,
Atlas, Patton Trade & Navy Plebes. West York finished with a record of 4-4.
▪
The 1st West York dual meet was against Gettysburg
College Freshmen
-
held on 1/19/1935.
West York Area High
School lost that first wrestling dual meet 35-5.
But, the long and proud West York Wrestling tradition had
its beginning!
▪
The first West York Wrestling Team included wrestlers in grades seven through
twelve!
From
1934-54, Richards' high school wrestlers won 111 individual titles.
His teams won 72%
of
their wrestling matches. Coach Richards had nine wrestlers that went
on to coaching
careers: H. Leon Senft, Herb Schmidt, Udell Seitz, Johnny Swartz, Edward
Bupp, Nevin Hake,
Dean
Harbold, Ronald Myers and Eugene Brady.
Coach Richards' wrestling history was not
very long. He wrestled intramurals at Erie Academy.
At F&M,
he wrestled Hwt., having to lose weight before each match to make the
weight limit.
The F&M Head Coach at that time was Charles Mayser...
F&M was National Champion in the 30's!
Coach Richards also started the football program at West York, organized a boys
and girls track
program,
coached the basketball team for one year, and coached a West York girls fencing team.
Richards' WY Football Teams won 69% of their games
during his 18 seasons. Coach Richards
headed up the school's track program for 24 years.
He retired from teaching @ West York in 1975.
▪
Charles "Chuck" Richards is in the York Area, District III and
PWCA PA Wrestling Halls
of Fames.
▪
Coach Chuck Richards left the WY coaching duties at the end of the 1955-56 season.
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EARLY WEST YORK DUAL MEET
HISTORY
Looking Back @ West York Wrestling History...
77 Years ago!
submitted by John Stare, WY '67
∙
1939-40 West York Wrestling Results (8-3-1)
F&M 23 West York 13, West York 34 Waynesboro 8,
Hershey 21 West York 19, West York 43 Lancaster 3,
West York 25 Patton Trade 19, West York 43 Lebanon 3,
Hanover 23 West York 21, West York 19 Steelton 19,
West York 34 Waynesboro 10, West York 33 Manheim 11,
West York 30 Tome, MD
8, West York 30 Patton Trade 10.
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Looking Back @ West York Wrestling History...
81 Years ago!
submitted by John Stare, WY '67
∙
1935-36 West York Wrestling Results (7-6)
∙ 1936 PIAA District Champions (PIAA
3rd District Team Meet)
WRESTLING... a sport recently introduced in the borough schools through the
efforts of
Coach Chuck C. Richards and the athletic council, gained in popularity during
the present
school year. The meets were well attended and the fans were treated to
many exciting
bouts on a strenuous schedule. The grapplers started out by defeating
Patton Trade and
then dropped meets to Shamokin, Mt. Carmel, Franklin & Marshall Academy &
Mercersburg
Academy jayvees. Shaking off their jinx, they won four decisions by
upsetting Franklin &
Marshall Academy in a return match, Gettysburg College freshmen and Manheim in
two
meets. Invading Gettysburg for a return engagement, West York suffered its
fifth reverse.
Following this meet they journeyed to Harrisburg to defeat the Harrisburg
Academy matmen
and enter the P.I.A.A. 3rd district meet. The crowning feature of the year
was the winning of
this meet in competition with strong opponents from Manheim, Hershey and
Steelton. After
the strenuous activities at Harrisburg, the local boys defeated Patton Trade by
a score of 19-11.
In the second match with Mt. Carmel, West York bowed before a powerful attack.
These activities
established a record of seven victories, six defeats and a district
championship.
▪ 1935-36 dual meet scores: WY 24 Patton Trade 13, Shamokin 38 WY 10, Mt.
Carmel 35 WY 0,
Mercersburg Academy 30 WY 5, F&M Academy 24 WY 13, WY 18 F&M Academy 14,
WY 20 Gettysburg Frosh 16, WY 18 1/2 Manheim 9 1/2, WY 23 Manheim 9, Gettysburg
Frosh 26
WY 3, WY 33 Harrisburg Academy 0, WY 19 Patton Trade 11, Mt. Carmel 29 WY 0.
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Looking back @ a 1963
Dover-West York
Match-up!!!
Coaches...
Leon Senft (Dover) & Bob Brown (West York)
Some WY names... Wayne Hassler, Ed Wilt, Stanley Wright, Roger Dierdorff,
Tom Trone,
Millard Horton, Terry Sheffer...both schools were undefeated going into the
WY/DO match!
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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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1946-47 & 1947-48 Page
&...
Here! for the 1948-49 WYW Team Page!!
WY robe photo
submitted by K.C McCleary & Pat McCleary
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West York Wrestling's
Coaching
History...
"The
farther backward you can look, the
farther forward you are likely to see!"
▪
Winston Churchill, Prime Minister of Britain
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West York Wrestling
"Coaching Win/Loss History"
700-534-14 (1934-2022) |
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Year(s)
-
Coach
-
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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▪ 2007-22 -
Brian Gross
96-154 (.384 win %) |
*
John
Toggas @ Biglerville
▪
38-32-2 (overall 307-110-4).
Ober
&
Toggas are in the National Wrestling
Hall of Fame.
▪
▪
Richards, Toggas, Ober & Luckenbaugh are in the...
PWCA
Hall of Fame.
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"Leadership, like
WRESTLING, cannot be
learned
by reading about it!"
▪ WY Coaching History Page
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1963-64 West York JH Wrestling
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1963-64 West York Junior High
School
York League
Wrestling Championship Team
(above!)
▪ 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.
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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)
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. - Darryl 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.
@ West York High School
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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. -
Darryl 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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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. - Jeff 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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WEST YORK 100 CAREER
WINS
▪
Chad Luckenbaugh - 126
▪
Vincent
"Wade" Ginter - 118
▪
Mark
Buelow - 105
▪
Jeff Wolfe
- 101
▪ Garrett Stauffer - 100
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1969 West York
Elementary Tournament 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.
1964-65 West York Wrestling
▪
Click on the...
West York Coaching History Page
1978-79 West York Wrestling
1978-79 West York Wrestling
Coaching Staff
(L-R) Asst. Don Lehman,
Head Coach John Toggas, Asst. John Sprenkle.
1969 West York
Junior High Invitational Tournament
John T. Toggas Photo
-
1973
The late
John T. Toggas
(307-110-4)
Former head wrestling coach @ Biglerville & West York Schools,
was
inducted
into the
-
National Wrestling Hall of Fame for his...
"Lifetime
Service To Wrestling"
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"Success
is
not
measured
by
what
one
brings,
but
rather...
by
what
one
leaves"
WEST YORK WRESTLING
WEST YORK WRESTLING
Dana Luckenbaugh,
Fred Lehman,
Jeff Linebaugh,
Ronald Emenheiser,
Glenn Amsbaugh,
Stanley Wright,
Gary Narber,
Darryl Dennis,
Raymond Troxell,
Keith Clark,
Glen Eby,
Jack Kunkle,
John Sprenkle,
Larry Haas,
John Bowser,
Bill Luckenbaugh,
Brian Kuntz,
Guy Boyer,
Jim Haas,
Paul Mulay,
Keith Lichty,
Scott Callahan,
Neil Bupp,
Mike Stambaugh,
Mark Jenkins,
Don Lehman,
Kevin McCleary,
Todd Reynolds,
Rod Stough,
Randy Blasdell,
Tom Hoover,
Coach John T. Toggas,
Steve Toggas,
David Maday,
Jason Turnbull,
Billy Randt,
Fred
& Dr. Matt Callahan,
Eric Lehman,
Todd Lehman,
Mathias Smyser,
Tom Toggas,
Jeff Wolfe,
John Reiber,
Bruce Stambaugh,
Tom Hoover,
Wilmer Pressel,
Perry Tallman,
KC McCleary,
Justin Wilkins,
Dave Heckard.
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The
1st...
PIAA State Wrestling Championship
was held on:
March 18-19, 1938
@ Penn State's Recreation Hall
(78 competitors from 27 schools)
▪ 7 minute matches - 1st period (2 minutes) 2nd and 3rd periods (2 1/2 minutes)
PA's 1st
PIAA State Wrestling Champions in 1938:
85lbs. - Sam Harry (Clearfield),
95lbs. - George Custer (Canonsburg),
105lbs. - Sheridan Bannan (Clearfield),
115lbs. - Roland Scandle (Shamokin),
125lbs. - Joe Quethera (Clearfield),
135lbs. - John Metzler (Greensburg),
145lbs. - Harold Welker (Shamokin),
155lbs. - Dick DiBattista (Lower Merion),
165lbs. - Dick Brenneman (Pottsville), 185lbs. - Phil Ahwesh (Canonsburg).
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•
Some PIAA State
Wrestling Facts!!
▪
1938
-
Cletus Gentzler of West York High School...
wrestled
in the very 1st PIAA State Tournament... finishing 2nd!
▪
1945
- Robert Miller of Lancaster...
was District III's
1st PIAA State Wrestling
Champion!
▪
1965
- Dana Luckenbaugh of West York High
School...
was York, PA's
1st PIAA State Wrestling
Champion!
▪
1969
- West York, with 2 PIAA Champions,
finished
2nd in the quest for the "mythical"
State
Team points title with 36.5 points.
Easton had 42.5
points for the "mythical" 1969 State Team Mat Title.
▪
1969 was
the 1st year a PIAA "Coach of the Year" was awarded.
Bob Zarbatany of Easton High School
awarded the 1969 PIAA Coach of the Year title.
▪
1973
marked the 1st year the PIAA State Tourney included champions &
runners-up
from the four Regional Tourneys and expanded from 48 to 96 total competitors.
One extra day was needed...
as the 1973 PIAA State Tournament had 8 competitors per weight class.
1973 PIAA State Championships awarded 1st, 2nd, 3rd & 4th places for the 1st
time.
▪
1973
was the
last year for a "ONE" enrollment competition class
for
ALL
schools in Pennsylvania.
▪
1974
marked the 1st year...
that
2 tournament classes "determined by enrollment" was used. Also,
the weight classes were expanded from 8 to 16 competitors.
The PIAA used
Class "A" and Class "B" for the 1974 classifications.
The Regional Tourneys were also expanded
from 4 areas from 5 areas.
"Riding Time" was also eliminated in 1974!
▪
1976
marked the
1st year of...
"official"
team scoring in the PIAA State Wrestling Tournament.
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FACT
•
PA District III's 1st PIAA State Wrestling Champion
was Robert Miller of Lancaster in 1945 @
120lbs.!
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West York Wrestling's
▪
Sectional
Photos & Results
(Section Years)
60,
62,
65,
66,
68,
69,
70,
71,
72,
73,
77,
78,
79,
80,
81,
82,
83,
84,
85,
91,
91,
96,
02,
03,
04,
05,
06,
09,
10,
12,
13.
▪
District III Champions -
CLICK HERE!
▪
Regional Champions -
-
CLICK HERE!
▪ Dover, PA Head Coach -
H. Leon
Senft (left),
Asst. Coach Ed Strayer (middle) and Asst. Coach Charles "Charlie" Jacobs (right).
Dover's H.
Leon Senft is accepting a remembrance for his coaching retirement!
H.
Leon Senft, a 1949 West York High School graduate... was a 1948 &
1949 District III Wrestling Champion for West York
Area...
and wrestled
for Charles "Chuck" Richards - the
1st coach of West York
Area HS Wrestling!
Charlie Jacobs was a YCIAA 1964
District III Sectional Wrestling Champion
for
Dover High School
and Coach Leon Senft.
West York High School has
produced
78 PIAA State Mat Qualifiers since 1938!
West York's PIAA All-State
Wrestlers/Qualifiers:
CLICK HERE!
▪
WY's PIAA State Champions -
CLICK HERE!
The YCIAA-YAIAA
PIAA State Wrestling Champions
Honor Roll Page!
CLICK HERE!
|
West York's John Sprenkle
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champion
'69 PIAA State Wrestling
Championship
Finals @ Hwt.
▪ West York's John Sprenkle (top-right)
& Wilkes
Barre-G.A.R.'s
Joel Kislin in
the '69 PIAA finals. John gains a fall in 5:12 to win the '69 PA State Mat Title.
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WEST YORK WRESTLING
A "Little" West York District III &
SE Regional History
by Lewistown's
NWCA HOF'er, Bob Hower
Did You Know??...
▪
In
1951, in addition to the
4 District III Champions West York had with David Miller,
Robert Schazberger, Paul Smith and Russell Aldinger - West York had 2 District
III
runners-up wrestlers in George Kessler and Lynn Harbold. Schazberger and
Smith
went on to win the '51 Southeastern Regional Wrestling Championship (both by fall),
while Miller and Aldinger finished 2nd! At the '51 SE Regionals, West
York's Schazberger
pinned Haverford's Gordon Hutton in 2:50 - and West York's Smith pinned Upper
Darby's Dave Chambers in 5:03 to claim their titles. West York's Kessler
and Harbold
also finished 4th at the '51 SE Regional Tournament.
▪
In
1952, West York had 1
District III Wrestling Champion in Donald Becker, and had
4 runners-ups in Lester Boyer, Larry Bahn, Bill Knerr and Paul Smith.
Becker placed
second at the '52 Southeastern Regional Tournament, losing to Cheltenhams' John
McHugh, 9-1.
Boyer and Bahn finished 3rd at the Southeastern Regionals.
Knerr
and Smith
finished in 4th place for West York at the Southeastern Regionals!
▪
In
1953, West York had 2
District III runners-ups in Bill Forry and Burt Lally. Forry
went on to finish 3rd at the Southeastern Regionals!
▪
In
1962, West York had Ted
Shaeffer (180lbs.) finish 2nd at the District III Wrestling
Championships and Shaeffer went on to finish 3rd at the Southeastern
Championships!
▪
West York's next District
III place-winner was in
1964, as Dana Luckenbaugh finished
2nd at 112lbs. with Dr. Kenneth Ober as his coach. D. Luckenbaugh went on to
finish 3rd
at the 1964 Southeastern Regionals. Dana Luckenbaugh went on to claim the
1965 DIII and
SE Regional titles... and the '65 PIAA title. The next District III place-winner was
in 1967 with
West York's Don Narber finishing 2nd at 180lbs. Narber went on to finish
3rd at the 1967
Southeastern Regional Championships. West York's next place-winner at the
District III
Championships was in 1968, as 120lb. Bill Luckenbaugh claimed both the District
III
title... and the 1968 Southeastern Regional title with an 8-2 decision over
Ridley's Fred
Zinck at the Harrisburg, PA Farm Show Arena on 3/1/68.
▪ The 1951 & 1952 SE Regional
Championship Results
*All SE Regional stats contributed by Lewistown's
Bob Hower.
▪
District III & Regional Wrestling
Champion Photos can be found in our
Gallery.
▪
In 1936
- West York won the PIAA District III Team Wrestling Championship!
▪
In 1994
- West York lost to Hanover HS in the PIAA
District III...
AA Team Wrestling Championship Finals, by a score of 38-13.
NCAA DI Champions from
Pennsylvania
|
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West York Wrestling's
17
PIAA
State
Medalists
West York's 1969 PIAA
127lb. State Champion
Bill Luckenbaugh
"Remember, when you see a
man at the top of the mountain,
he didn't fall there!"
WY's
78
PIAA Wrestling
All-State
Qualifiers
(updated as of 2020-21 season)
|
Year |
Weight (lbs.) |
West York PIAA
Qualifier
(PIAA Place) |
PIAA Qualifier's
West York Coach |
|
1938 |
125 |
Roy Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1938 |
155 |
Cletus Gentzler (2nd)
|
Chuck Richards |
|
1938 |
165 |
Richard Shaffer |
Chuck Richards |
|
1938 |
185 |
Keith Peterson |
Chuck Richards |
|
1940 |
85 |
John Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1940 |
145 |
Ken Smyser (2nd)
|
Chuck Richards |
|
1940 |
125 |
Roy Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1940 |
185 |
John Emig |
Chuck Richards |
|
1941 |
85 |
John Bowser (2nd)
|
Chuck Richards |
|
1941 |
155 |
John Walter |
Chuck Richards |
|
1942 |
95 |
Bob Brown |
Chuck Richards |
|
1942 |
103 |
Carl Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1942 |
112 |
John Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1942 |
138 |
Dean Coffman |
Chuck Richards |
|
1943 |
95 |
Eugene Brady |
Chuck Richards |
|
1943 |
112 |
Bob Brown |
Chuck Richards |
|
1943 |
120 |
Carl Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1944 |
95 |
John Loose |
Chuck Richards |
|
1944 |
103 |
Eugene Brady |
Chuck Richards |
|
1944 |
120 |
Carl Bowser |
Chuck Richards |
|
1944 |
145 |
Alvin Wildasin |
Chuck Richards |
|
1944 |
154 |
Jack Deal |
Chuck Richards |
|
1945 |
133 |
Bob Brown |
Clark S. Smith |
|
1945 |
138 |
Charles Craumer |
Clark S. Smith |
|
1946 |
103 |
Herb Marley |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1946 |
154 |
Bob King |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1947 |
165 |
Bob King (2nd)
|
Richards/Kocher |
|
1948 |
112 |
Leon Senft |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1948 |
120 |
Herb Marley |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1948 |
165 |
Herb Schmidt |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1949 |
120 |
Leon Senft |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1951 |
145 |
Paul Smith |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1951 |
138 |
Robert Schaszberger |
Richards/Kocher |
|
1965 |
112 |
Dana Luckenbaugh (1st)
|
John T. Toggas |
|
1968 |
120 |
Bill Luckenbaugh (2nd)
|
John T. Toggas |
|
1969 |
127 |
Bill Luckenbaugh (1st)
|
John T. Toggas |
|
1969 |
Hwt. |
John Sprenkle (1st)
|
John T. Toggas |
|
1972 |
180 |
Mike Stambaugh |
John T. Toggas |
|
1974 |
132 |
Jeff Meckley |
John T. Toggas |
|
1975 |
138 |
Jeff Meckley (2nd)
|
John T. Toggas |
|
1976 |
105 |
Bill Pope |
John T. Toggas |
|
1977 |
112 |
Ken Shorts |
John T. Toggas |
|
1978 |
112 |
Ken Shorts |
John T. Toggas |
|
1981 |
138 |
Tom Toggas |
John T. Toggas |
|
1982 |
126 |
Brendt Gladfelter |
John T. Toggas |
|
1983 |
132 |
Brendt Gladfelter |
John T. Toggas |
|
1985 |
138 |
Tony Hoffman |
Kevin McCleary |
|
1985 |
185 |
Wilmer Pressel (6th)
|
Kevin McCleary |
|
1989 |
103 |
Dave Maday |
John T. Toggas |
|
1991 |
112 |
Dave Maday |
John T. Toggas |
|
1991 |
135 |
Jason Turnbull |
John T. Toggas |
|
1992 |
189 |
Jeff Wolfe (5th)
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1993 |
119 |
Matt Sprenkle |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1993 |
145 |
Trevor Clark |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1993 |
189 |
Jeff Wolfe |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1994 |
125 |
Matt Sprenkle (5th)
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1994 |
130 |
Mark Buelow |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1995 |
112 |
Chad Luckenbaugh (6th)
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1995 |
140 |
Billy Feeser |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1995 |
119 |
Brandon Luckenbaugh |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1995 |
Hwt. |
Eric Lehman |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1996 |
130 |
Chad Luckenbaugh (6th)
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1996 |
135 |
Brandon Luckenbaugh |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1996 |
Hwt. |
Eric Lehman |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1997 |
135 |
Chad Luckenbaugh (5th)
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
1998 |
125 |
Todd Platts |
Chip Fissel |
|
1998 |
160 |
Justin Wilkins |
Chip Fissel |
|
1999 |
103 |
Wade Ginter |
Chip Fissel |
|
1999 |
130 |
Todd Platts (5th)
|
Chip Fissel |
|
1999 |
135 |
Brock Mathison |
Chip Fissel |
|
1999 |
171 |
Nate Sheridan |
Chip Fissel |
|
2000 |
171 |
Nate Sheridan |
Chip Fissel |
|
2001 |
112 |
Wade Ginter |
Chip Fissel |
|
2001 |
189 |
Nate Sheridan |
Chip Fissel |
|
2002 |
103 |
Eric Albright |
Chip Fissel |
|
2003 |
112 |
Eric Albright |
Chip Fissel |
|
2010 |
145 |
Billy Randt
(6th)
|
Brian Gross |
|
2013 |
170 |
Kyle Narber |
Brian Gross |
|
2015 |
152 |
Garrett Stauffer |
Brian Gross |
|
* |
* |
* |
* |
|
|
|
PIAA State Champs Page
PIAA State Qualifier's Page |
Staff Page |
| |
|
|
|
1965 PIAA State Wrestling
Champions
▪ Front (L-R) Bob Hallman (North Penn), John Abajace (Trinity),
Dana
Luckenbaugh (West York), Phil Detore (Greensburg-Salem),
Barry Souder (Mt. Lebanon HS), Dan Kohlhepp
(DuBois Area).
▪
Back (L-R) Francis Michael (GAR), Charles Houser (Dieruff),
Paul Armstrong (Steel-High), Mike Gudiness (Mt. Lebanon),
Joe Yerg (State College), Bob Funk (Manheim
Township).
Larger Photo of 1965 PIAA State
Champs (w/results)
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 (L-R) Kevin Love, Carnegie; George Myers, Dallastown;
Wade
Schalles, Hollidaysburg; Robert Sacavage, Mt. Carmel;
Rodney Smith, Mt. Lebanon;
John Sprenkle, West York.
Larger Photo of 1969 PIAA State
Champs (w/results)
WEST YORK WRESTLING
"Honor
the Past, Celebrate the Present...
Look to the Future!"
The YCIAA-YAIAA
PIAA State Wrestling Champions!
My YCIAA/YAIAA...
State Honor Roll Page
WEST YORK AREA HIGH SCHOOL'S
HISTORY @ PIAA'S
WY's PIAA Qualifiers
▪
WY's PIAA State Medalist's
▪
WY's PIAA Champions
West York Wrestling
Records
Page
CLICK HERE!
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1968-69
Wrestling USA Magazine All-Americans
June 20th issue 1968 - Volume 3
Number 12
▪
Bill Luckenbaugh
of West York, PA
- 1st Team HS All-American!
▪
John Sprenkle
of West York, PA - Hon. Mention HS All-American!
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1964-65 West York Wrestling
Team
▪ 1964-65 YCIAA League Wrestling
Champions
▪ 1965 YCIAA Sectional Team Champions
▪
Front Knee (L-R)
Jeff Linebaugh,
Gary Carbaugh,
▪▪
Dana Luckenbaugh,
Darryl "Smokey" Dennis,
Burton Snyder,
Steve Kunkle, Tom
DeLong.
▪ Back
(L-R)
Head Coach John T. Toggas,
Jack Hershberger,
Don Narber,
Fred
Lehman,
Chuck Bostic,
Gary Narber, William Wiehe.
▪▪ Dana Luckenbaugh
1965 PIAA
State Wrestling Champion
*Dana
Luckenbaugh also was a 1965 YCIAA Sectional, District III
and Southeast Regional I Champion!
*1964,
Dana was a District III Runner-up and Southeast Region
3rd place winner @ 112lbs.
*WY's Dana
Luckenbaugh had "three" head coaches @ West York ...
Bob Brown ('62-'63) Dr. Ken Ober ('63-'64)
&
John Toggas
('64-'65).
MORE!
*
1964-65 was Coach John T. Toggas's
1st year at West York.
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1969 YCIAA Sectional II
Champions
1969
YCIAA Sectional
II
Mat 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).
@ West York (PA) Area High School Gym
▪
There
are
4 PIAA
State
Wrestling
Champions...
in the above photo!!
PIAA STATE WRESTLING CHAMPIONS
York, PA
∙ The YCIAA-YAIAA
PIAA State Wrestling Champions...
"click on my PIAA State"
Honor Roll Page
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history
1971-72
West York Championship Team
(14-0)
∙
Front
(L-R) Steve
Thomas,
Paul
Mulay,
Skip
Martin, Keith Lichty,
Kevin McCleary, Neil Bupp.
∙
Back (L-R) WY Coach John T. Toggas, Jim Haas, Barry Albright,
Scott Callahan,
Barry King, Mike Stambaugh, Don Lehman.
The Championship Season
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West York Wrestling's
ONLY
4-Time Section Wrestling
Champion...
Glenn Amsbaugh
The 1962 York County Sectional
Wrestling Champions
▪ Front (L-R) Remmey (Dover),
Glenn Amsbaugh
(West York),
Stoner (Biglerville), Lecrone (Dover),
Trout (Central), A. Miller (Biglerville).
▪ Back (L-R) Eiserman (Hanover), R.
Washington (York High),
Stambaugh (Dover), Hess (Biglerville),
Bigaman (Dover),
Brown (York High).
∙ West York's Dr. Glenn Amsbaugh was a 4-time Sectional
Champion!
GO TO THE PHOTO GALLERY FOR MORE PHOTOS & RESULTS!
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West
York High School Wrestling's
"3-Time" YCIAA/YAIAA Sectional
Champions Club (6)
∙ 3-time YCIAA Sectional Champion
- Kevin McCleary
West York Wrestling
3-Time Sectional
YCIAA/YAIAA
Champions |
YCIAA/YAIAA
Sectional Title Years |
West York HS
Head Coach |
|
*Dana Luckenbaugh |
1963, 1964, 1965 |
Brown,
Ober,
Toggas |
|
Bill Luckenbaugh |
1967, 1968, 1969 |
John T. Toggas |
|
*Neil Bupp |
1970, 1971, 1972 |
John T. Toggas |
|
Kevin McCleary |
1971, 1972, 1973 |
John T. Toggas |
|
Donald Lehman |
1971, 1972, 1973 |
John T. Toggas |
|
Chad Luckenbaugh |
1994, 1995, 1997 |
Bill Luckenbaugh |
|
|
|
|
*Neil
Bupp's '70 YCIAA Section Championship was with Northeastern HS.
*Dana
Luckenbaugh's '63 WY coach was - Bob Brown, in
'64 WY coach was - Dr. Ken Ober... & '65 WY coach was -
JT Toggas.
The
History
of
York, PA's Area Sports Leagues
▪
1961-62 to 1990-91: York
County Interscholastic Athletic Association (YCIAA)
▪
1991-92
to
2003-04:
The
York
Area
Interscholastic
Athletic
Association
(YAIAA)
▪
2004-05 to 2014-15: York-Adams
Interscholastic Athletic Association (YAIAA)
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1964-65 West York Wrestling
YCIAA League and Sectional Team Champions (*7)
Front (L-R)
*Tom DeLong,
*Darryl "Smokey" Dennis,
*Dana
Luckenbaugh,
*Gary Carbaugh,
*Jeff Linebaugh.
Back (L-R) Coach
John Toggas,
*Chuck Bostic, Don Narber,
*Gary Narber.
CLICK HERE!
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West York Wrestling Tourney History...
Easton High School's
Prestigious
"Pat Reilly" Wrestling Tournament
▪
West York's Easton Tourney
Recap
Click Here!
1972 - Easton High School
Holiday Tourney
Champions
∙ Front (L-R)
Greg Shoemaker, Easton HS; Greg Duke,
Manheim Twp.;
Garth Springer, Manheim Twp.; Rich Rodriguez, Saucon Valley;
Curt Stanley,
Easton HS;
Len Kaminski, Hanover Area.
∙ Back Row (L-R)
Russ
Snyder, Easton
HS; Fred Landis, Manheim Twp.;
Kevin McCleary, West York (ow); Wayne Horton, Beth. Freedom;
Lee Guzzo, Easton HS; Don Lehman, West York (ow).
1972 EASTON CHAMPIONS PHOTOS/FINALS RESULTS
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history
West York's
Jeff Wolfe
was a
3-time
Governor Mifflin Holiday Tournament Champion!
▪ West York's Governor Mifflin Medalist's
History...
CLICK HERE!
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history
Looking Back...43 Years Ago!
The West York Wrestling Booster Club
of
1971-72
headed by Paul C. McCleary...
put together and executed a
High School Division & Open College Division
WY
Summer
Wrestling
Tourney
which
was
very
successful for many years!
PIAA State Champions, National Prep Champions & NCAA Champions,
wrestled in this once great tourney!
Champions in the 1st
Booster Club Tourney
in
1972:
▪
HS
Division:
Dave
Quier,
Dan Niman,
Greg
Duke,
John Little, Bill Kaercher,
Steve Gantz, Chris Poff, Ed Neiswender, Mark Lieberman & Don Lehman.
▪
Open/College Division: Mike
Torchia, David Groverman, Norm Palovcsik,
Bill Luckenbaugh, Brian Schmidt, Jesse Rawls, Mike Lieberman & Tom Herr.
∙
Click the -
West York Booster Summer
Tournament
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"Honor the Past,
Celebrate the Present...
Look to the Future!"
A
"fantastic" -
westyorkwrestlingalumni.com feature
York's-YCIAA's-YAIAA's
PIAA State Wrestling Champions Page!
The YCIAA/YAIAA State Mat Champions
Area...
WEST YORK WRESTLING
"Click"
on
my
PIAA
State
Honor Roll Page
by Don Lehman
©
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York/Adam's PIAA CHAMPS
PIAA
State
Wrestling
Champions
by... High School
∙ Dallastown (5), Hanover (5), South Western (4),
Delone Catholic (4),
Kennard Dale (4),
Biglerville (3),
Dover (3),
West York (3),
Bermudian Springs (3),
Susquehannock (1),
York Vo-Tech (1),
Littlestown (1),
New Oxford (1), Spring Grove (1), Gettysburg (1).
The Luckenbaugh's
WEST YORK WRESTLING
•
Sectionals
•
Districts
•
Regionals
•
States
•
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WEST YORK WRESTLING
64 Years Ago...
Take a look back... at the
1951 & 1952
Southeastern Regional Wrestling Championships
"featuring" the 1951 & 1952 PIAA - (DIII vs. DI)
District III
-
District I Champions &
Runners-up's!
by Lewistown's Historian - Bob Hower
CLICK HERE!
WEST YORK WRESTLING
"CHERISH THE PAST,
LIVE THE PRESENT...
& BUILD FOR THE FUTURE!"
ESU 1931-2019 Varsity Letter Awards
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WY Alumni Page"...
•
WY
Wrestling's
ALUMNI
Page
•
√
Also, click on...
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√
Don
Lehman's
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Team
West York Wrestling Records
West York Wrestling Records
-
1934 to 2015...
with as many milestones as I could research!
West York Wrestling History
West York Wrestling History - 1934 to 2015...
81 Seasons of West York Mat History!
The... WY Mat Photo Gallery
West York Wrestling
Photo Archives...
1950's to the 2000's Photos & Results!
West York Outstanding
Wrestler Awards!
The George Sterner Memorial Awards
-
HERE!
Read Don's
Elite
Interviews from the Archives
A
West York Wrestling Alumni Feature!
Don's
Wrestling
Q & A/Interviews:
(click on each interview and enjoy!)
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Billy Randt,
Rod Stough,
Jeff Wolfe,
Bruce Stambaugh,
Keith "KRW" Warehime,
David Maday-Jason Turnbull,
Mary Jane & John T. Toggas,
Jon Trenge,
Randy Blasdell,
Wilmer Pressel,
Dr. William Welker,
Mike Stambaugh,
Todd Reynolds,
Gary Narber,
Fred & Matt Callahan,
Brian Kuntz,
K.C. McCleary,
Charlie Jacobs,
John Reiber,
Perry
Tallman,
Justin Wilkins,
Mark Bowersox,
Skip Martin,
Eric & Todd Lehman,
Steve Elicker,
Gross-Pressel.
|
WEST YORK POST-SEASON HISTORY
2003 YAIAA AAA Sectionals
2003 YAIAA AAA
Section Champions - WY's Todd Lehman & Eric Albright.
Look at my -
Sectional Wrestling
Page!
York∙YCIAA∙YAIAA
Mat
Championships
View Some Past Sectional Champions -
Photos/Results...
County Section Tourney Photo
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.
WY's
Stauffer
makes
'15
GTPA
YAIAA
All-Star
Team
-
HERE!
WEST YORK POST-SEASON HISTORY
Sectional Page
District Champs
Region Champs
PIAA
Qualifiers
PIAA State Champs
York's PIAA State Wrestling
Champions
BY THE NUMBERS...HERE!
Did You Know That?!?
West York Wrestling has had in its history:
13
-
Head Varsity Coaches w/over
600 dual meet wins!
2
-
National Hall of Famer's (Toggas & Ober)
NWCA
4
-
PWCA PA Hall of Famer's
1
-
Wrestler in 1st PIAA State Championship in
1938!
"The 1st"
-
York, PA PIAA State Mat Champion!
3
-
PIAA State Mat Champions
- 1965 &
1969
2
-
High School
Wrestling
All-Americans
5
-
WY Wrestlers with 100+
Career Wins!
49
-
District III Champions
17
-
Regional Champions
6
-
Three-time YCIAA Sectional
Champions
1
-
Four-time York County Sectional Champion
78
-
PIAA State Mat Tourney Qualifiers
17
-
PIAA State Place-winners
2
-
Undefeated Career Dual
Meet Wrestlers
10
- YCIAA/YAIAA
Championships Teams in...
('63, '64, '65,
'72,
'75,
'77,
'78,
'92,
'94,
'99)
13 -
Easton PA Holiday
Wrestling
Champions
13
-
Governor Mifflin
Holiday Champions
1
-
Three-time Governor Mifflin
Holiday Champion
3
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Three-time WY OW Award
Recipients
34
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George Sterner
Memorial Award
Recipients
1
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National Prep Wrestling Champion
58
- West York HS
NCAA College Wrestlers
1
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NCAA National DII Wrestling
Champion
1
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Cultural Exchange Freestyle
Match w/Poland!
10
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WY Wrestlers Earn a
Varsity Letter
at ESSC/ESU!
11
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WY Wrestlers Gain a PSAC
Tourney Medal
4
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West York Graduates on
ESSC '73-74 Mat Team
10
- WY
Wrestling Alumni Reunions
in...
('82,
'83,
'04,
'09,
'12,
'12,
'13,
'13,
'14,
'15,
'16).
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From WY/URSINUS Alumnus - K. C. McCleary...
The West York Wrestling Booster Club
SUMMER WRESTLING TOURNAMENT
HISTORY
West
York
Varsity
Wrestling
Team
Photo
Area
(click on each year to view
team photos)
2014
- West York's Cole Rinehart (top)
WEST YORK WRESTLING ALUMNI
NCAA AREA
"You Miss
100%
of the Takedown Shots...
You NEVER Take!"
WY
Alumni
-
55
NCAA®
Grapplers
©
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
"West York Alumni College Wrestler List"
Click Here!
"East Stroudsburg's" Bill Luckenbaugh
Click Here!
NCAA WRESTLING HISTORY
WRESTLING
▪
All NCAA Mat Brackets -
DI
DII
DIII
by
Wrestling Stats
▪
West York
has had 5 NCAA Division One Qualifiers!
Glenn Amsbaugh, Ron Emenheiser,
Billy Luckenbaugh, Tom Toggas
&
(Eric Albright WY/Red Lion).
▪
West York's College Page
▪ All Native Pennsylvania NCAA Mat
Champions/Placewinners:
Division One Wrestling Archive - by Allen Brown
▪
The
NCAA DI Champions from
Pennsylvania
Page
PSAC WRESTLING HISTORY
WRESTLING
▪
PSAC "All-Time" Wrestling Champions
1940 - 2013
▪
(West York's Bill Luckenbaugh - PSAC Champion
'74)
*Former
West York Coach, Josh Millard (LHU) won a PSAC Crown in
'02
EWL WRESTLING HISTORY
∙
EWL
Champions History*
w/former West York Coach Josh Millard...LHU
(Josh Millard LHU... top
- EWL Champion in
'01)
*Red
Lion HS's/LHU's Brad Lloyd won an EWL crown in '89.
*YS's/York
Vo-Tech's/West Virginia's - Mark Banks won an EWL crown
in '90 & '91. Mark Banks placed 5th @ the
'90 NCAA's & 5th @ the
'91 NCAA's for West Virginia. Photo of Mark Banks-York Vo-Tech...
from the 1985 YCIAA AAA Sectionals (M. Banks) -
HERE!
EIWA WRESTLING HISTORY
∙
EIWA
Champions History... All Brackets
w/former West York HS grapplers in EIWA's...
(Glenn A. Amsbaugh
'65,
'67)
(Don Lehman
'77)
(Tom Toggas
-
3-time EIWA Champion
'84,
'85,
'87,
'88)
(Barry Gay
'81,
'82,
'83) (Mark Buelow
'95,
'97)
(Jeff Wolfe
'95,
'96,
'98)
(Bruce Stambaugh
'80)
WRESTLING
York's
Best In College!
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York PA's Best College
Wrestlers by NCAA Division
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Division One - Brad Lloyd (Red Lion) (Lock Haven University)
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Division Two - Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) (East Stroudsburg University)
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Division Three - Shaun Smith (Dover) (Delaware Valley College)
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∙
1988-89 (L-R) LHU's Craig
Corbin & Brad Lloyd.
Red Lion's Brad Lloyd - Bio
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Red Lion alumnus Brad Lloyd was a
3-time PSAC champion,
EWL champion
in '89
and a 3-time NCAA Division I All-American Wrestler ('86,
'88,
'89)...
for the
Lock Haven University Eagles.
Brad Lloyd is featured on practically
all
Lock Haven University Wrestling Records.
Brad Lloyd had a career record
of 146-25-2 at LHU with 44 falls and 28 technical
falls!!
Brad Lloyd
lost to
Oklahoma State's
Chris Barnes, 1-1, 2-2,
criteria 3 in the finals of
the 1989
NCAA's in Oklahoma City. Brad was seeded #1 in '89. In addition
to his
NCAA DI 2nd place finish in
'89, Brad also placed 3rd in
'88 & 7th in
'86.
(Brad wrestled for Coach Neil W. Turner @ Lock Haven University)
Red Lion's/LHU's Brad Lloyd is in the
EWL Hall of Fame, and in my opinion is
the BEST NCAA Division I College Wrestler ever from York County!
A close
second would be York Suburban/York
Vo-Tech - West Virginia's
Mark Banks,
a "2-time" EWL champion...who placed 5th twice for
West Virginia University
@ the NCAA's - in
'90 &
'91...
earning consecutive All-American honors.
▪ Brad Lloyd in some Red Lion YCIAA
Sectional Photos...
1981,
1982,
1983.
Also - a PDF LHU article on Brad Lloyd from 1989 -
HERE!
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Lock Haven University
Wrestling Records -
HERE!
York County's best NCAA DII Wrestler - Bill
Luckenbaugh ('74 DII Champ)...
and the best from DIII would be 3-time NCAA DIII Champion - Shaun Smith.
(click above NFL
logo)
PLEASE...
DO NOT DUPLICATE/COPY PHOTOS-INFO-RESULTS ON ANY AREA OF THIS WEBSITE
WITHOUT STRICT PERMISSION
FROM THE WEBMASTER!
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history
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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. - Darryl 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, Daryl 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 From...
Charlie's 60's Page
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"Older"
West
York High School Football Players...
DO
YOU
REMEMBER
AUGUST
"HELL
WEEK"
AT... ARENDTSVILLE'S CAMP NAWAKWA?
(3 daily practices and a
2-mile 7:00am run, no water @ practice,
constant wet clothes, dust/dirt, salt-tabs and a dreaded "bell")
"ALL practices - full
pads"
West York Wrestling Alumni
EST YORK AREA HIGH
SCHOOL BANNISTER ST. YORK, PENNSYLVANIA 17404
"In the West York Football Record Book" |
▪
12/12/12 West York/New Oxford Dual Meet - "a couple shots!"
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2012 -
PA Sportswriters AAA All-State 1st Team - Zack Smith (WR) |
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1979 - Most Season Rushes... Alan
Silar (226) |
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1966 - Most Season Touchdowns... Steve Kunkle (26) |
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1979 - Most Game Rushes... Alan Silar vs. Red Lion (32) |
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1984 - Most Season Pass Receptions... Troy Ketterman (31)
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1984 - Most Game Pass Receptions... Troy Ketterman (7)
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1976 - Most Game Pass Receptions... John Reiber (7) |
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1984 - Most Season Solo Tackles... Chad Toomey (59) |
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1974 - Most Season Pass
Interceptions... Jeff Meckley (9) |
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1990 - Most Game Tackles... Jeff Wolfe vs. Dover (13) |
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1996 - Most Game Tackles... Matt Sheridan vs. Littlestown (12) |
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1990 - Most Game Tackle Assists... Jeff Wolfe vs. Dover (12) |
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1990 - Most Total Game Defensive Points... Jeff Wolfe vs. Dover (43)
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1984 - Most Total Game Defensive Points... Troy Ketterman vs. YS (34)
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1986 -
Most Total Game Sacks... Bob Narber (3) |
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WEST YORK, PA VARSITY FOOTBALL
HISTORY
▪
Did you know? - that 1970 West
York HS graduate -
Mark
Brenneman
briefly wrestled in the WY Jr. High program & was a Big 33 PA football pick,
Pennsylvania
All-State football pick...and went on to have a brilliant career
at Notre Dame University - (#59 Center)
-
seasons 1972 to 1974!
Some Mark Brenneman LINKS:
9/30/74 Sports Illustrated Article
1973 Notre Dame National Championship Football Facts by Wikipedia
Notre Dame's All-Time Academic All-American 1974
1974 All-American Blockers PDF
Mark Brenneman #59 - Notre Dame Football USC/ND video '73
1968 - West York's John Sprenkle #70.
'68 PA "Big 33"
Game
Captain/'68 PA "All-State" Football
1st Team Selection.
www.westyorkwrestlingalumni.com
history
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Time...
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