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1st Annual Western New York Invitational Wrestling Tournament
Wrestling Tournament
@ First Street YMCA (Niagara Falls, New York)
Saturday, December 8, 1956

YMCA Wrestling Tourney May Become Annual Event
YMCA Wrestling Tourney May Become Annual Event
The Central YMCA, First Street, is planning to make its invitational amateur wrestling tournament an annual event following the successful grapple tourney staged there in which 70 wrestlers competed in eight weight classes. SOURCE: Niagara Falls Gazette, December 12, 1956.

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YMCA Wrestling Tourney May Become Annual Event Y Wrestlers Slated In Falls Tournament

Open (Level: Club/Other, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Central YMCA of Rochester [NY], JCC Buffalo [NY], Niagara Falls YMCA [NY], Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], St. Catherines YMCA [ON], University at Buffalo [NY]
Team Final
No team scores reported.
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Jerry Huffman (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY], 137 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
123 lbs: Dale Roy (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Bob Harwood (St. Catherines YMCA [ON]), NA 
130 lbs: Jim Dollar (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Moses Gilbert (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
137 lbs: Jerry Huffman (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]) > Joe Falardeau (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]), NA 
147 lbs: George Bellocci (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Gene Hiller (JCC Buffalo [NY]), NA 
157 lbs: Bill Smith (JCC Buffalo [NY]) > Tom Fetzko (Rochester Institute of Technology [NY]), NA 
167 lbs: Bill Thomas (Niagara Falls YMCA [NY]) > Les Meduisky (St. Catherines YMCA [ON]), NA 
177 lbs: Ed Erikson (JCC Buffalo [NY]) > Bill Leahy (University at Buffalo [NY]), NA 
HWT: Ed Grain (Central YMCA of Rochester [NY]) > Clint Blume (JCC Buffalo [NY]), TIE score?



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