1976-77 East Stroudsburg State College Wrestling Team

West York Wrestling

East Stroudsburg State College
Varsity Wrestling

WRESTLING ARCHIVES
East Stroudsburg State College
1976-77 NCAA WRESTLING
Turn To Stone

1976-77 East Stroudsburg State College
Varsity Wrestling Team
Front (L-R) Sal Picone, Desi McNelis, Jim Vargo, Galen McWilliams.
Middle (L-R) Coach Rich Schumacher, Don Lehman, Gary Kessel,
Skip Falcone, Bill Cuff, unknown.
Back (L-R) Coach Bob Dalling, Bill Katinowsky, unknown, Wayne Carroll,
Greg Shoemaker, Don Blair, Head Coach Clyde "Red" Witman.
▪ (Not pictured: Kerry Ciatto, Harvey Freeman, Ken Magaro)
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                           ESSC 1976-77

                1976-77 ESSC Varsity Wrestling Team Record
                                                 (12-4-1)
ESSC 30-Elizabethtown 12, ESSC 20-F&M 18, ESSC 24-Trenton State 14,
ESSC 31-Mass. Maritime 21, ESSC 23-Slippery Rock 14, ESSC 24-Montclair St. 14,
Millersville 32-ESSC 11, ESSC 21-Lock Haven 21, Shippensburg 20-ESSC 18,
ESSC 42-Mansfield 3, ESSC 25-Yale 13, ESSC 30-Kutztown 11, ESSC 31-West Chester 6,
Wilkes College 24-ESSC 13, Bloomsburg State 27-ESSC 4,
ESSC 20-Columbia University 12, ESSC 35-Bucknell University 6.

   ▪ Head Coach: Clyde H. "Red" Witman
Asst. Coaches: Robert Dalling & Rich Schumacher.
ESU Wrestling Team Manager: Kathy Koch.
    • Lafayette Invitational Wrestling Tournament: ESSC Team - 3rd Place.
Lafayette Invitational Tourney Champions:
G. Shoemaker, S. Picone, G. Kessel, D. Lehman.
    • EIWA Team Wrestling Championships @ Syracuse University:
ESSC Team - 5th Place.
    • Team's Outstanding Wrestler - Gary Kessel (1st - PSAC) (1st - EIWA).
    • '77 PSAC Medalists - G. Kessel (1st), G. Shoemaker (2nd), J. Vargo (2nd),
S. Falcone (6th), D. Lehman (6th), B. Katinowsky (5th).
    • 1977 PSAC Wrestling Team Points - ESSC 5th Place.
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▪ 1977 EIWA Wrestling Championship Brackets - CLICK HERE!

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              SPORTS ARTICLE
Lafayette College Invitational
Wrestling Tournament
▪ Team Scoring: Princeton 67, Army 66, East Stroudsburg 64 1/2, F&M 41, Rider 35 1/2,
Lafayette 26 1/2, University of Delaware 23 1/2, University of Pennsylvania (Penn) 11.

1976 Lafayette College Invitational Wrestling Champions
   @ Lafayette College, Easton PA
   (118lbs.)   Tom Coleman, Army
   (126lbs.)   Greg Shoemaker, East Stroudsburg State
   (134lbs.)   Sal Picone, East Stroudsburg State
   (142lbs.)   Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall College
   (150lbs.)   Steve Grubman, Princeton University
   (158lbs.)   Gary Kessel, East Stroudsburg State
   (167lbs.)   Jeff Culp, Army
   (177lbs.)   Keith Ely, Princeton University
   (190lbs.)   Don Lehman, East Stroudsburg State
   (Hwt.)        John Sefter, Princeton University
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√ Other ESSC Placewinners:   Randy Tillman (118lbs.) - 2nd place
▪ ESSC Wrestlers who did not place:
Galen McWilliams (142lbs.) Ken Magaro (150lbs.)
Harvey Freeman (167lbs.) Don Blair (177lbs.) Bill Katinowsky (Hwt.)

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WRESTLING

1977

SPORTS
WEST CHESTER STATE @ EAST STROUDSBURG STATE

▪ ESSC's Don Lehman @ 190lbs. (top) vs. West Chester State
in ESSC's Koehler Fieldhouse ('77)
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ALSO!
▪ 1973-77 ESU/ESSC Wrestling Archives
▪ West York's ESU Wrestling Letterman
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