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11th Annual Akron Holiday Wrestling Tournament

Wrestling Tournament
@ Akron High School (Akron, New York)
Wednesday, December 27, 1978


Akron Wins Own Tourney
Akron Wins Own Tourney
Ten Akron High School wrestlers won final round berths and six came away with victories in the 11th annual Akron Christmas Wrestling Tournament to lead the host school to its second straight tourney win. SOURCE: Buffalo Courier-Express, December 28, 1978.

Album: General

Akron Wins Own Tourney

Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Akron [NY], Bishop Neumann [NY], Bishop Turner [NY], Cleveland Hill [NY], Holland [NY], Nichols [NY], St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY], Wilson [NY]
Team Final
1. Akron [NY]  155 points
2. Wilson [NY]  112
3. St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY]  74
4. Holland [NY]  68
5. Nichols [NY]  51
6. Bishop Turner [NY]  45
7. Bishop Neumann [NY]  44
8. Cleveland Hill [NY]  0
Award Winners
Aggregate Pin Award: Ray Mangan (Wilson [NY], 126 lbs)
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Dave Bogaczyk (St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY], 138 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
91 lbs: Russ Bower (Akron [NY]) > Rich Jackson (Holland [NY]), FALL 1:31
98 lbs: Kevin Drayer (Akron [NY]) > Dave Pelligrano (Cleveland Hill [NY]), SD 22-0
105 lbs: Steve Jones (Bishop Neumann [NY]) > Steve Drayer (Akron [NY]), OTD 2-1 (1OT)
112 lbs: Charlie Kron (Akron [NY]) > Mike King (Wilson [NY]), MD 9-0
119 lbs: Ron Snyder (Akron [NY]) > Dave Granville (Bishop Neumann [NY]), DEC 7-3
126 lbs: Ray Mangan (Wilson [NY]) > Craig Pixley (Akron [NY]), FALL 0:54
132 lbs: Mike Frey (Wilson [NY]), DFLT time?
138 lbs: Dave Bogaczyk (St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY]) > Dan Tordy (Akron [NY]), MD 12-2
145 lbs: John Roll (St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY]) > Tim Darling (Akron [NY]), MD 10-1
155 lbs: John Schrock (Akron [NY]) > Russ Lewis (Holland [NY]), FALL 0:47
167 lbs: Tony Mazurklewicz (Bishop Turner [NY]) > Tim Hillman (Wilson [NY]), DEC 7-4
177 lbs: Tim Cummings (Akron [NY]) > Larry Zygmant (St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY]), DEC 5-2
215 lbs: Larry Fried (Wilson [NY]) > Tim Skalski (St. Mary's of Lancaster [NY]), DEC 8-4



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