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1st Annual Ripley Invitational Wrestling Tournament

Wrestling Tournament
@ Ripley Central School (Ripley, New York)
Saturday, January 9, 1971


The Scene at the Ripley Tournament
The Scene at the Ripley Tournament
Referee Joe Ammerillia oversees a match during the semi-finals. High School wrestling is a very controlled sport with referees quick to break potentially dangerous holds, award penalty points for locked hands, unnecessary roughness, throwing on the mat, etc. SOURCE: Westfield Republican, January 13, 1971.

Album: General

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Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Cattaraugus [NY], Panama [NY], Ripley [NY], Westfield [NY]
Team Final
1. Cattaraugus [NY]  88 points
Westfield [NY]  88
3. Panama [NY]  69
4. Ripley [NY]  47
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Joe Chimera (Ripley [NY], 112 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
98 lbs: Bob Abramowski (Cattaraugus [NY]) > Pat Mead (Westfield [NY]), DEC 10-2
105 lbs: Tom Rupczyk (Westfield [NY]) > Steve Schiefer (Cattaraugus [NY]), FALL time?
112 lbs: Joe Chimera (Ripley [NY]) > Claude Abbey (Westfield [NY]), OTD 2-1 (1OT)
119 lbs: Jim Fleckenstein (Cattaraugus [NY]) > Terry Lindstrom (Westfield [NY]), DEC 10-5
126 lbs: Steve Calarco (Westfield [NY]) > Chris Probst (Ripley [NY]), FALL time?
132 lbs: John Stutzman (Panama [NY]) > Tom Case (Cattaraugus [NY]), DEC 6-3
138 lbs: Jerry Wick (Cattaraugus [NY]) > Dave Deland (Westfield [NY]), DEC 5-0
145 lbs: Gary Stacey (Westfield [NY]) > Jim Ecker (Panama [NY]), DEC 6-5
155 lbs: Chris Mead (Westfield [NY]) > Craig Cowan (Panama [NY]), DEC 6-1
167 lbs: Dave Forster (Cattaraugus [NY]) > Donald Eggleston (Panama [NY]), FALL time?
177 lbs: Don Blose (Panama [NY]) > Keith Clatner (Cattaraugus [NY]), DEC 4-0
215 lbs: Ricky Johnson (Panama [NY]) > John Bartlett (Westfield [NY]), FALL time?
Consolation Final (3rd)
98 lbs: George Davis (Ripley [NY]) > Randy Messenger (Panama [NY]), NA 
105 lbs: Gerald Chimera (Ripley [NY]) > Phil Carlson (Panama [NY]), NA 
112 lbs: Duane Smith (Cattaraugus [NY]), NA 
119 lbs: Greg Nellis (Ripley [NY]) > Bruce Stebbins (Panama [NY]), NA 
126 lbs: Greg Stone (Cattaraugus [NY]), NA 
132 lbs: Marty Rowe (Ripley [NY]) > Doug Lindstrom (Westfield [NY]), NA 
138 lbs: Mark Brown (Ripley [NY]), NA 
145 lbs: Duane Wilcox (Cattaraugus [NY]), NA 
155 lbs: Fran Overmeyer (Cattaraugus [NY]), NA 
167 lbs: Jim Cunningham (Ripley [NY]) > John Rednock (Westfield [NY]), NA 
177 lbs: Bob Bane (Westfield [NY]), FFT 
215 lbs: Chuck Lee (Cattaraugus [NY]), NA 

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