| 6th Annual NYSPHSAA Section VI Wrestling Championships |
Wrestling Tournament
@ Cleveland Hill High School (Cheektowaga, New York)
Friday-Saturday, March 9-10, 1956
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81-Pound Freshman Loses His Bout but Wins Over the Crowd
Dick McKeever, a veteran of four years of wrestling at Williamsville Central School, dropped down to the 123-pound class Saturday evening and won the Outstanding Wrestler trophy of the Section VI tourney in Cleveland Hill High School. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, March 12, 1956. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.
Album: General
Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
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Amherst [NY], Cassadaga Valley [NY], Clarence [NY], Cleveland Hill [NY], Depew [NY], Falconer [NY], Frontier [NY], Gowanda [NY], Hamburg [NY], Lancaster [NY], Maryvale [NY], Mayville [NY], Medina [NY], Orchard Park [NY], Pine Valley [NY], Royalton-Hartland [NY], Southwestern [NY], Unknown [NY], West Seneca [NY], Williamsville [NY] |
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| Award Winners |
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| Championship Final (1st) |
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95 lbs:
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Clayt Waddington (Falconer [NY]) > Bill Miner (Lancaster [NY]),
FALL 5:55 |
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103 lbs:
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Dick Hall (Cleveland Hill [NY]) > Bob Segool (Orchard Park [NY]),
RD |
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112 lbs:
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Don Schoch (Williamsville [NY]) > Dick Hapeman (Depew [NY]),
FALL time? |
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120 lbs:
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Dick McKeever (Williamsville [NY]) > John Detwiter (Amherst [NY]),
FALL 3:17 |
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127 lbs:
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Gary Butt (Williamsville [NY]) > Bill Bartlett (Hamburg [NY]),
DEC score? |
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133 lbs:
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Bob Wilcox (Williamsville [NY]) > Gary Freis (Hamburg [NY]),
DEC 2-0 |
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138 lbs:
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Jim Tara (West Seneca [NY]) > Mike Valentic (Mayville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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145 lbs:
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Larry Dial (Gowanda [NY]) > Walter Noah (Clarence [NY]),
DEC score? |
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154 lbs:
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Bill Durell (Hamburg [NY]) > Joe Vignoren (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC 4-0 |
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165 lbs:
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Earl Braymiller (Hamburg [NY]) > Vern Hartloff (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC score? |
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175 lbs:
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Russ DelMonte (Orchard Park [NY]) > Robert Graves (Gowanda [NY]),
DEC 6-1 |
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UNL:
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Shamus O'Connor (Cleveland Hill [NY]) > Roger Cromwell (Maryvale [NY]),
FALL time? |
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| Consolation Final (3rd) |
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95 lbs:
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Dick Lang (Orchard Park [NY]) > Mike Potoczak (Depew [NY]),
DEC score? |
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103 lbs:
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Herb Lepage (Amherst [NY]) > Dennis Pine (Gowanda [NY]),
DEC score? |
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112 lbs:
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Ben Toter (Gowanda [NY]) > Bob Barton (Southwestern [NY]),
FALL time? |
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120 lbs:
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Art Segool (Orchard Park [NY]) > Jerry Malone (Cleveland Hill [NY]),
FALL time? |
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127 lbs:
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Skip Pine (Gowanda [NY]) > Dave Traniello (Southwestern [NY]),
DEC score? |
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133 lbs:
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George Miner (Lancaster [NY]) > Wayne Flick (Orchard Park [NY]),
FALL time? |
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138 lbs:
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Bill Hodson (Amherst [NY]) > Dick Zoyhofski (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC score? |
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145 lbs:
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Ed Anna (West Seneca [NY]) > Steve Lewis (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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154 lbs:
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Unknown (Unknown [NY]) > Jerry Koster (Lancaster [NY]),
DEC score? |
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165 lbs:
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Al Sherwin (Williamsville [NY]) > Dean Lefford (Falconer [NY]),
FALL time? |
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175 lbs:
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Spencer Cleveland (Amherst [NY]) > Ronald Renouf (Medina [NY]),
DEC score? |
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UNL:
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Casey Kliszak (Depew [NY]) > Dick Kirchner (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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