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1st Annual Sweet Home Wrestling Invitational

Wrestling Tournament
@ Sweet Home High School (Amherst, New York)
Friday-Saturday, December 28-29, 1973


All Tangled Up In Their Work
All Tangled Up In Their Work
Lou Bluestein of Williamsville South and Tim Lehman (striped uniform legs) of Sweet Home grapple for an advantage in their match in the Sweet Home Central Holiday Wrestling Tournament. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, December 29, 1973. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission.

Album: General

All Tangled Up In Their Work Kotarski is Top Matman Top-Seeded Entry Upset by Tyrell In Mat Tourney McGee Captures Wrestling Honors At Sweet Home

Varsity - 16 Teams (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Amherst [NY], Cheektowaga [NY], Clarence [NY], Eden [NY], Grand Island [NY], Iroquois [NY], Lake Shore [NY], Orchard Park [NY], Sweet Home [NY], West Seneca East [NY], Williamsville North [NY], Williamsville South [NY]
Team Final
No team scores reported.
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Chuck Kotarski (Cheektowaga [NY], 126 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
88 lbs: Ken Butler (Williamsville North [NY]) > Ron Dashner (Cheektowaga [NY]), FALL 3:10
98 lbs: Vince Stirling (Williamsville North [NY]) > Tim Booker (West Seneca East [NY]), OTD 3-1 (1OT)
105 lbs: John Caulfield (Williamsville North [NY]) > Tom Birmingham (Eden [NY]), FALL 4:32
112 lbs: Pat Broad (West Seneca East [NY]) > Paul Kemmerer (Iroquois [NY]), FALL 2:23
119 lbs: Kevin McGee (Williamsville North [NY]) > Ken Long (Clarence [NY]), DEC 7-4
126 lbs: Chuck Kotarski (Cheektowaga [NY]) > Kurt Huer (Sweet Home [NY]), FALL 2:59
132 lbs: Al Grimes (Grand Island [NY]) > Bob Traquair (Amherst [NY]), DEC 4-1
138 lbs: Mike Clark (Iroquois [NY]) > Ed Tyrrell (Williamsville North [NY]), DEC 7-0
145 lbs: Mitch Brown (Williamsville South [NY]) > Mike Foster (Amherst [NY]), DEC 11-4
155 lbs: Bill Kistner (Williamsville South [NY]) > Mike Bieger (Williamsville North [NY]), DEC 9-3
167 lbs: Tom Caldwell (Lake Shore [NY]) > Tom Mayer (Clarence [NY]), DEC 4-3
177 lbs: Brent Werner (Williamsville North [NY]) > Doug Berkun (Williamsville South [NY]), DEC 4-3
215 lbs: Ron Henning (Orchard Park [NY]) > Paul Stebbins (Lake Shore [NY]), DEC 5-2
250 lbs: Paul Bickelman (Williamsville South [NY]) > Jerry Gotro (Iroquois [NY]), FALL 3:10



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