| 5th Annual NYSPHSAA Section VI Wrestling Championships |
Wrestling Tournament
@ Amherst High School (Buffalo, New York)
Friday-Saturday, March 4-5, 1955
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Varsity Grapplers Win Championships
The Hamburg wrestling team captured both the Class AA and the overall mat championship in the 1955 Section VI wrestling tournament. West Seneca, Gowanda, and Mayville won the Class AAA, Class A, and Class B titles, respectively. SOURCE: Hamburg Sun and Erie County Independent, Thursday, March 10, 1955.
Varsity (Level: Scholastic, Style: Folkstyle)
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Amherst [NY], Cattaraugus [NY], Clarence [NY], Cleveland Hill [NY], Depew [NY], Falconer [NY], Gowanda [NY], Hamburg [NY], Lancaster [NY], Maryvale [NY], Mayville [NY], Orchard Park [NY], Royalton-Hartland [NY], Southwestern [NY], West Seneca [NY], Williamsville [NY] |
| Team Final |
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| Championship Final (1st) |
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95 lbs:
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Paul Pickhardt (Williamsville [NY]) > Dick Hall (Cleveland Hill [NY]),
DEC score? |
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103 lbs:
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Gary Butt (Williamsville [NY]) > Tom Procknal (West Seneca [NY]),
FALL time? |
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112 lbs:
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Carl Wahl (Hamburg [NY]) > Bill Price (Clarence [NY]),
DEC score? |
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120 lbs:
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George Callahan (Hamburg [NY]) > Bill Wilcox (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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127 lbs:
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Chuck Cederman (Amherst [NY]) > Bill Eisenried (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC 8-7 |
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133 lbs:
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Frank Reuter (Hamburg [NY]) > Vern Hartloff (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC score? |
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138 lbs:
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George Gallagher (Orchard Park [NY]) > Bill Durell (Hamburg [NY]),
DEC score? |
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145 lbs:
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Ken Meissner (West Seneca [NY]) > Don Daigler (Cleveland Hill [NY]),
DEC score? |
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154 lbs:
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Burt Burger (Hamburg [NY]) > Paul Anna (West Seneca [NY]),
DEC score? |
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165 lbs:
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Mike Gessford (West Seneca [NY]) > Dave Westinghouse (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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175 lbs:
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Dennis Kohler (West Seneca [NY]) > Doug Volgenau (Amherst [NY]),
DEC score? |
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HWT:
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Tom Evans (Williamsville [NY]) > Jim Dygert (Hamburg [NY]),
DEC score? |
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| Consolation Final (3rd) |
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95 lbs:
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Emmet Sargeant (Orchard Park [NY]) > Ben Toter (Gowanda [NY]),
DEC score? |
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103 lbs:
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Len Ellis (Orchard Park [NY]) > Dick Krause (Mayville [NY]),
FALL time? |
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112 lbs:
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Art Segool (Orchard Park [NY]) > Ben Finley (Falconer [NY]),
DEC score? |
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120 lbs:
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Chuck Adams (Amherst [NY]) > Tom Bihr (West Seneca [NY]),
DEC score? |
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127 lbs:
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Gary Freis (Hamburg [NY]) > Bronco Toter (Gowanda [NY]),
DEC score? |
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133 lbs:
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Larry Dial (Gowanda [NY]) > Jim Tara (West Seneca [NY]),
DEC score? |
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138 lbs:
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Walter Noah (Clarence [NY]) > Jim Petrie (Amherst [NY]),
DEC score? |
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145 lbs:
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Dick Shoup (Falconer [NY]) > Steve Lewis (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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154 lbs:
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Clayton Logan (Gowanda [NY]) > Joe Gerling (Orchard Park [NY]),
DEC score? |
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165 lbs:
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Mike Gessford (West Seneca [NY]) > Jerry Langer (Maryvale [NY]),
DEC score? |
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175 lbs:
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Dennis Kohler (West Seneca [NY]) > Ray Zieja (Williamsville [NY]),
DEC score? |
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HWT:
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Dave McGivern (Orchard Park [NY]) > Shamus O'Connor (Cleveland Hill [NY]),
DEC score? |
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