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1st Annual Akron Holiday Wrestling Tournament

Wrestling Tournament
@ Akron High School (Akron, New York)
Saturday, December 28, 1968


Newfane Wrestlers Win Akron Tourney
Newfane Wrestlers Win Akron Tourney
Newfane finished with seven individual champions but a wrestler from Pembroke turned out to be the 'man of the hour' as far as the Panthers were concerned. SOURCE: Lockport Union-Sun and Journal, Monday, December 30, 1969.

Album: General

Newfane Wrestlers Win Akron Tourney

Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Akron [NY], Cheektowaga [NY], Newfane [NY], Pembroke [NY]
Team Final
1. Newfane [NY]  94 points
2. Cheektowaga [NY]  93
3. Akron [NY]  58
4. Pembroke [NY]  48
Championship Final (1st)
95 lbs: Dick Converso (Newfane [NY]) > Jim Majchrzak (Cheektowaga [NY]), FALL time?
103 lbs: Roger Platt (Newfane [NY]) > Greg Schessel (Cheektowaga [NY]), DEC 6-2
112 lbs: Nick Converso (Newfane [NY]) > Mike Springer (Akron [NY]), DEC 15-10
120 lbs: Mark Sidebottom (Newfane [NY]) > Leo Daruszka (Cheektowaga [NY]), FALL time?
127 lbs: Rich Bligh (Newfane [NY]) > Curt Abrams (Akron [NY]), DEC 6-1
133 lbs: John Zastempowski (Cheektowaga [NY]) > Wayne Weber (Newfane [NY]), DEC 10-2
138 lbs: Tony Muscatiello (Cheektowaga [NY]) > Greg Smith (Akron [NY]), FALL time?
145 lbs: Dave Platt (Newfane [NY]) > Mike Blackman (Akron [NY]), FALL time?
154 lbs: Marty Muscatiello (Cheektowaga [NY]) > Tim Knox (Pembroke [NY]), DEC 8-5
165 lbs: Ron Perry (Newfane [NY]) > Norm Jordan (Pembroke [NY]), OTD 3-0 (1OT)
175 lbs: Jim Schuster (Pembroke [NY]) > Jim Havernick (Cheektowaga [NY]), DEC 7-5
215 lbs: Ed Attea (Cheektowaga [NY]) > John Abraham (Akron [NY]), FALL time?



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