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17th Annual Sweet Home Wrestling Invitational
Wrestling Tournament
@ Sweet Home High School (Amherst, New York)
Friday-Saturday, January 27-28, 1989

Southwestern Wrestlers Earning Respect With Tough Road Trips
Southwestern Wrestlers Earning Respect With Tough Road Trips
When you log a long day's worth of miles on the road even before competing, victory makes the return trip much sweeter. SOURCE: The Buffalo News, January 31, 1989. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

Album: General

Southwestern Wrestlers Earning Respect With Tough Road Trips Wrestling Powers to Clash at Sweet Home Albion Matmen Win Titles

Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Albion [NY], Iroquois [NY], Lake Shore [NY], Lancaster [NY], Maryvale [NY], Medina [NY], Niagara Wheatfield [NY], Olean [NY], Orchard Park [NY], Pioneer [NY], Royalton-Hartland [NY], Salamanca [NY], Southwestern [NY], Starpoint [NY], Sweet Home [NY], Tonawanda [NY], Williamsville South [NY]
Team Final
1. Southwestern [NY]  135 points
2. Niagara Wheatfield [NY]  131
3. Royalton-Hartland [NY]  122
4. Sweet Home [NY]  110
5. Pioneer [NY]  94
6. Albion [NY]  85.5
Lancaster [NY]  85.5
8. Tonawanda [NY]  85
9. Orchard Park [NY]  80
10. Williamsville South [NY]  78.5
11. Medina [NY]  71
12. Salamanca [NY]  60.5
13. Maryvale [NY]  48
14. Iroquois [NY]  46
15. Lake Shore [NY]  28
16. Starpoint [NY]  27
17. Olean [NY]  18
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Chris Kumrow (Williamsville South [NY], 105 lbs)
Placewinners
105 lbs: 4. Russ Kingdollar (Albion [NY])
138 lbs: 4. Craig Gross (Medina [NY])
155 lbs: 4. Don Lotz (Medina [NY])
Championship Final (1st)
91 lbs: Bill Dixon (Niagara Wheatfield [NY]) > Jason Collins (Royalton-Hartland [NY]), FALL 3:37
98 lbs: Tony Fire (Tonawanda [NY]) > Chris Raiber (Pioneer [NY]), DEC 6-5
105 lbs: Chris Kumrow (Williamsville South [NY]) > Bob Jackson (Sweet Home [NY]), DEC 9-4
112 lbs: Todd Sherwood (Royalton-Hartland [NY]) > Scott Nelson (Pioneer [NY]), DEC 6-5
119 lbs: Mark Sullivan (Williamsville South [NY]) > Mark Stevenson (Southwestern [NY]), DEC 5-3
126 lbs: Steve Felt (Salamanca [NY]) > Mike Bolognese (Maryvale [NY]), MD 8-0
132 lbs: Eric Swiech (Salamanca [NY]) > Brian Sartori (Orchard Park [NY]), DEC 2-1
138 lbs: Tom Shifflet (Sweet Home [NY]) > Bob Bennett (Southwestern [NY]), DEC 9-5
145 lbs: Alan Higley (Southwestern [NY]) > Mike Luick (Niagara Wheatfield [NY]), OTD 4-3 (1OT)
155 lbs: Will Moss (Albion [NY]) > Grady Peterson (Niagara Wheatfield [NY]), DEC 4-3
167 lbs: Gary Chase (Tonawanda [NY]) > Matt Minich (Iroquois [NY]), DEC 10-5
177 lbs: Loren Davis (Southwestern [NY]) > Matt Jurenko (Olean [NY]), DEC 5-3
215 lbs: Chris Rogers (Albion [NY]) > Jerry Behe (Royalton-Hartland [NY]), DQ time?
250 lbs: Rob Bandish (Sweet Home [NY]) > Kevin Lawson (Royalton-Hartland [NY]), DEC 5-4
Consolation Final (3rd)
177 lbs: Henry Banks (Medina [NY]), NA 



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