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1st Annual Marathon Invitational Wrestling Tournament

Wrestling Tournament
@ Marathon Junior-Senior High School (Marathon, New York)
Saturday, January 15, 1977


Newfield matmen win
Newfield matmen win
Newfield high wrestlers, by a margin of one slim point, captured the first annual Marathon tournament. SOURCE: The Ithaca Journal, January 17, 1977.

Album: General

Newfield matmen win

Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Cherry Valley [NY], DeRuyter [NY], Edmeston [NY], Franklin [NY], Gilbertsville [NY], Marathon [NY], Newfield [NY], Odessa-Montour [NY]
Team Final
1. Newfield [NY]  150.5 points
2. Marathon [NY]  149.5
3. Odessa-Montour [NY]  123.5
4. Franklin [NY]  82
5. Gilbertsville [NY]  63
6. Edmeston [NY]  50.5
7. DeRuyter [NY]  27.5
8. Cherry Valley [NY]  19
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Joe Benedict (Odessa-Montour [NY], 155 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
91 lbs: Bill Holmes (Marathon [NY]) > Jeff Saunders (Newfield [NY]), DEC 16-0
98 lbs: Mike Hayth (Odessa-Montour [NY]) > Dennis Askew (Marathon [NY]), DEC 9-0
105 lbs: Dave Quail (Marathon [NY]) > Jim Henry (Newfield [NY]), FALL 0:33
112 lbs: Ed Fish (DeRuyter [NY]) > Ed Quail (Marathon [NY]), DEC 9-0
119 lbs: Al Digsby (Edmeston [NY]) > Gene Decker (Franklin [NY]), DEC 10-2
126 lbs: Roy Bailey (Odessa-Montour [NY]) > Terry Lockwood (Newfield [NY]), DEC 6-2
132 lbs: Ken Decker (Franklin [NY]) > Bob Emery (Newfield [NY]), FALL 3:03
138 lbs: Jay Belles (Newfield [NY]) > John Meers (Gilbertsville [NY]), DEC 4-1
145 lbs: Nick McCabe (Newfield [NY]) > Todd Winter (Gilbertsville [NY]), DEC 7-0
155 lbs: Joe Benedict (Odessa-Montour [NY]) > Dale Reeves (Newfield [NY]), FALL 4:10
167 lbs: Scott Winter (Gilbertsville [NY]) > Charley Bush (Marathon [NY]), FALL 3:42
177 lbs: Mitchell Padbury (Marathon [NY]) > Tom Starkweather (Odessa-Montour [NY]), DEC 21-7
215 lbs: Dave Constable (Franklin [NY]) > Jim Hollenbeck (Newfield [NY]), FALL 0:53
250 lbs: Charley Tuttle (Odessa-Montour [NY]), NA 
Consolation Final (3rd)
91 lbs: Jim Collins (Odessa-Montour [NY]), NA 
98 lbs: Glenn Digsby (Edmeston [NY]) > Craig Drake (Newfield [NY]), DEC 6-3
105 lbs: Leland Maybie (Cherry Valley [NY]) > J. Meade (DeRuyter [NY]), FALL 3:27
112 lbs: Tim Kane (Odessa-Montour [NY]) > John Hess (Gilbertsville [NY]), DEC 9-3
119 lbs: J. Johnson (Odessa-Montour [NY]) > Aaron Kimmich (Marathon [NY]), DEC 2-0
126 lbs: Dan Quail (Marathon [NY]) > Don Howard (Edmeston [NY]), DEC 10-2
132 lbs: Bill Owen (Marathon [NY]) > Terry Fikes (Edmeston [NY]), DEC 12-4
138 lbs: Jeff Staats (Marathon [NY]) > Mark Decker (Franklin [NY]), DEC 7-4
145 lbs: Jim Boughton (Marathon [NY]) > Ernie Wightman (DeRuyter [NY]), FALL 2:56
155 lbs: Steve Post (Franklin [NY]) > Joe Stalter (Cherry Valley [NY]), DEC 11-4
167 lbs: Dou Herrick (Edmeston [NY]) > Ed Stalley (Newfield [NY]), DFLT time?
177 lbs: Dan Bizzell (Newfield [NY]) > Kevin Preston (Gilbertsville [NY]), FALL 4:36
215 lbs: Tim Mayne (Edmeston [NY]) > Keith Seymour (Odessa-Montour [NY]), FALL 3:13



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