John W. Sprenkle
BIG, BAD
JOHN!
John W. Sprenkle
(Overall WY Career Record of 55-6-0).
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1969 YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
1969 YCIAA Sectional
Wrestling Champions
▪ West York's - Bill Luckenbaugh (2nd from left front row),
Larry Haas (4th from left front row), Frank Vega (6th from left front
row),
John Sprenkle (6th from left back row).
There are 4 PIAA State Wrestling Champions...
in the above photo!
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Along with
Bill Luckenbaugh '69
& John Sprenkle '69 from West York...
Dallastown's George Myers '69 (2nd from left back row)
and Dick Hartman '70 (5th from left
back row) won PIAA State titles!!
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1969 PIAA STATE WRESTLING
SEMI-FINALS
1969 - PIAA State Wrestling Semifinals
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West York's Hwt. John Sprenkle on top going for
the fall in 3:41!
1969 PIAA STATE WRESTLING
FINALS
1969 PIAA State Wrestling
Championship
Finals
▪ West York's John Sprenkle
(right) controls Wilkes Barre G.A.R.'s
Joel Kislin...
and gains a fall in 5:12 to win the state title!
Looking Back... 43
Years!
1969 PIAA State Wrestling Champions
Front (L-R)
Tom Teagarden, McGuffey; Rich Panella, New Castle;
Carl "Chico" Lutes, Easton;
Leslie Peterson, Canon-McMillan;
Bill Luckenbaugh, West York; Dan Howard, Allentown Dieruff.
Back (L-R) Kevin Love, Carnegie; George Myers, Dallastown;
Wade
Schalles, Hollidaysburg; Robert Sacavage, Mt. Carmel;
Rodney Smith, Mt. Lebanon;
John Sprenkle, West York.
@ Penn State University's Rec Hall
32nd Annual
1969 PIAA State
Wrestling Championship Finals
3/15/69
@ Penn State's Recreation Hall
95lbs. Tom Teagarden (McGuffey) dec. Ed Matsko (Jenner Boswell) 6-2
103lbs. Rich Panella (New Castle) dec. Dan Gallaher (Phillipsburg Osceola)
1-0 ot
112lbs. Carl Lutes (Easton) pinned Allen Andrews (Johnstown) 1:20
120lbs. Leslie Peterson (Canon McMillan) dec. Dave Clark (Clearfield) 10-9
127lbs. Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Robert Pratt (Easton) 8-2
133lbs. Dan Howard (Dieruff) dec. Rob Stover (Penns Valley) 6-0
138lbs. Kevin Love (Carnegie) dec. Barry Snyder (Easton) 4-3
145lbs. George Myers (Dallastown) dec. Rick Lepley (Jenner Boswell) 10-4
154lbs. Wade Schalles (Hollidaysburg) pinned John Chatman (Trinity) 4:58
165lbs. Robert Sacavage (Mt. Carmel) dec. Bruce Jones (Newport) 7-4
180lbs. Rodney Smith (Mt. Lebanon) dec. Scott Moyer (Mifflinburg) 9-6
Hwt. John Sprenkle (West York) pinned Joel Kislin (Wilkes-Barre GAR) 5:12
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PIAA Officials: Charles
Kunes, Dr. George Brett, George Custer, Manuel Pihakis.
1969 PIAA State
Wrestling Semi-Final
Matches
127lbs.
Robert Pratt (Easton) dec. R. Musser (Bellefonte) 11-6.
Bill Luckenbaugh (West York) dec. Andy Kolhepp (New Castle) 9-7.
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Hwt.
Joel Kislin (Wilkes Barre GAR) dec. James Carmanna (Mt. Lebanon) 6-1.
John Sprenkle (West York) pinned Jeff Knarr (Lock Haven)
3:41.
▪ 1969 PIAA State
Wrestling Scoring Book w/results
(PDF)
CLICK
HERE!
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John Sprenkle...
a PIAA State
Wrestling Heavyweight Champion for West York,
earned 3 varsity football letters at Virginia Tech!
John lettered in 1970, 1971, and 1972 for the
Hokies Football Team.
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John also wrestled for the
Hokies
briefly at Virginia Tech.
Virginia Tech Hokie Wrestling Website -
CLICK HERE!
 The 1970-1971-1972
Virginia Tech Football Letterman List -
CLICK HERE!
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John's son,
Matt Sprenkle...
was a
5th place PIAA Wrestling medal winner in 1994 @
125lbs. for West York!
John Sprenkle
graduated from West York in 1969 and from Virginia Tech in 1973.
While at West York
HS, John earned Big 33 and All-State football honors, and capped
off those huge accomplishments by winning the 1969 YCIAA Sectional title,
District III
title, Southeast Regional title and the PIAA State Wrestling title with a fall
in the finals.
John was named Honorable Mention Wrestling All-American by USA Wrestling
Magazine.
John also ran the hurdles and threw the shot and discus for the West York Track
Team.
After West York, John went on to letter three years ('70, '71, '72) for the
Virginia Tech
Hokies football team. The first two years under VT Head Coach Jerry
Claiborne and the
last two years under Head Coach Charlie Coffey and Offensive Coordinator, Dan
Henning.
A highlight came in John's senior year, when the Hokies upset then 19th ranked
Oklahoma
State in Blacksburg, VA. Don Strock was the quarterback of that '72 team
and Don's brother
Dave Strock kicked the game winning field goal with 12 seconds remaining for the
34-32 win!
John is married to wife and children's book author,
Connie. John and Connie have
two children, Abby Clark, who is married to former West York Wrestling star,
Trevor Clark...
and a son, Matt - a 5th place PIAA State Wrestling medalist for West York in
1994.
John and
Connie have three grandchildren. John is a former Health and Phys. Ed.
teacher at West York
and also coached football, in addition to wrestling. John was named West
York's #1 Athlete
of "All-Time" by the York Daily Record. John now enjoys training champion
beagles at the
York/Adams Beagle
Club in Thomasville, PA.
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2009 NEBGF High Point Hounds - John Sprenkle
WEST YORK FOOTBALL
1968 - West York's John Sprenkle #70
√
1968 PA "Big 33"
Game
Captain &
1968 PA "All-State" Football 1st Team Selection.
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FOOTBALL
John Sprenkle
VA Tech Hokies #77 John Sprenkle
1970-71-72 Virginia
Tech Football Letterman
CLICK HERE!
Hokie Football History
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∙ 1969 PIAA's - West York's John
Sprenkle
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West York Wrestling's
John Sprenkle Named #1...
YDR
article
West York's Top 10 Athletes of All-Time!
The
8/26/08 YDR Article -
CLICK HERE!
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West York 1977-78 Team Reunion
1/10/09
Front (L-R) Don Botterbusch, Bruce Stambaugh, Rod Stough, John Silar.
Back (L-R) Larry Gay, Barry Gay, Coach Don Lehman, Randy Blasdell,
Dave Stram, Coach John T. Toggas, Coach John W. Sprenkle.
▪ Photo by
Kevin Drawbaugh of
JK Images
1/10/09 West York 78' Team Photo
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