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NYSPHSAA Section IV Class A Wrestling Championships

Wrestling Tournament
@ Vestal High School (Vestal, New York)
Saturday, February 27, 1954


Ithaca Shades Vestal for Mat Title
Ithaca Shades Vestal for Mat Title
279-Pounder Decides Class A Sectionals By Taking Last Bout. SOURCE: Binghamton Sunday Press, February 28, 1954.

Album: General

Ithaca Shades Vestal for Mat Title

Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Cortland [NY], Elmira Free Academy [NY], Elmira Southside [NY], Homer [NY], Horseheads [NY], Ithaca [NY], Johnson City [NY], Owego [NY], Thomas A. Edison [NY], Vestal [NY]
Team Final
1. Ithaca [NY]  76 points
2. Vestal [NY]  73
3. Elmira Southside [NY]  46
4. Elmira Free Academy [NY]  40
5. Cortland [NY]  39
Thomas A. Edison [NY]  39
7. Horseheads [NY]  36
Owego [NY]  36
9. Johnson City [NY]  24
10. Homer [NY]  10
Award Winners
Outstanding Wrestler Award: Russ Snyder (Vestal [NY], 145 lbs)
Championship Final (1st)
95 lbs: Dave Auble (Ithaca [NY]) > Danny Claire (Elmira Free Academy [NY]), FALL 3:57
103 lbs: Terry Merritt (Vestal [NY]) > Al Turco (Ithaca [NY]), DEC 3-2
112 lbs: Jerry Lawes (Elmira Southside [NY]) > Jack Tobbe (Vestal [NY]), DEC 7-0
120 lbs: Ray Watkins (Vestal [NY]) > Phil Kresge (Elmira Free Academy [NY]), FALL 2:45
127 lbs: Larry Iacovelli (Ithaca [NY]) > Bruce Hallack (Horseheads [NY]), DEC 4-0
133 lbs: Dave Bushey (Ithaca [NY]) > Jack Fantacone (Cortland [NY]), DEC 6-0
138 lbs: John Driscoll (Ithaca [NY]) > Jud Bronson (Vestal [NY]), DEC 10-7
145 lbs: Russ Snyder (Vestal [NY]) > Don Cole (Horseheads [NY]), DEC 5-4
154 lbs: Ray Latini (Owego [NY]) > Ron Schroth (Horseheads [NY]), DEC 1-0
165 lbs: John Farrell (Ithaca [NY]) > Jim Potter (Vestal [NY]), DEC 9-7
175 lbs: Irv Kaplan (Cortland [NY]) > John Barry (Vestal [NY]), DEC 10-3
UNL: Bill Perry (Ithaca [NY]) > Fran Woidzik (Thomas A. Edison [NY]), FALL 2:45



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