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NYSPHSAA Section IV Wrestling Championships

Wrestling Tournament
@ Vestal High School (Vestal, New York)
Saturday, March 6, 1954


Cole Is King
Cole Is King
Dan Cole, Horseheads High School's 148-pound wrestler, grins as he holds the trophy awarded him as Outstanding Wrestler in the Section 4 tournament at Vestal. SOURCE: Binghamton Sunday Press, March 7, 1954.

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Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
Participating Teams
Bainbridge [NY], Cortland [NY], Deposit [NY], Elmira Free Academy [NY], Elmira Southside [NY], Greene [NY], Horseheads [NY], Ithaca [NY], Owego [NY], Thomas A. Edison [NY], Union Springs [NY], Vestal [NY], Windsor [NY]
Team Final
No team scores reported.
Championship Final (1st)
95 lbs: Dave Auble (Ithaca [NY]) > Danny Claire (Elmira Free Academy [NY]), DEC 9-0
103 lbs: Al Turco (Ithaca [NY]) > Terry Merritt (Vestal [NY]), DEC 3-2
112 lbs: Jerry Lawes (Elmira Southside [NY]) > Billy Williams (Bainbridge [NY]), DEC 6-1
120 lbs: Ed Carlin (Bainbridge [NY]) > Ray Watkins (Vestal [NY]), DEC 9-2
127 lbs: Larry Iacovelli (Ithaca [NY]) > Don Shaffer (Windsor [NY]), DEC 4-1
133 lbs: Dave Bushey (Ithaca [NY]) > Tom Fantacone (Cortland [NY]), DEC 4-0
138 lbs: Henry Wilde (Union Springs [NY]) > John Driscoll (Ithaca [NY]), FALL 1:59
145 lbs: Don Cole (Horseheads [NY]) > Russ Snyder (Vestal [NY]), DEC 8-6
154 lbs: Ron Schroth (Horseheads [NY]) > Ray Latini (Owego [NY]), DEC 2-0
165 lbs: John Farrell (Ithaca [NY]) > Jim Potter (Vestal [NY]), DEC 8-2
175 lbs: Irv Kaplan (Cortland [NY]) > Bob Norton (Greene [NY]), DEC 8-2
UNL: Bill Perry (Ithaca [NY]) > Fran Woidzik (Thomas A. Edison [NY]), FALL 1:30

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