*DUBOIS ALL TIME WINNERS LIST
**ZACH LUNDGREN -134-38~ 2007-
MARIO MORELLI 127-31 ~2006
NICK WYKOFF 112-43 ~2007
MIKE DIAZ 109-20 ~1999
GARRETT BONTEMPO 106-26~1999
DUBOIS DREAM TEAM105 PETE MORELLI 1973 STATE RUNNER-UP 112 BOB BORELLI 1950 STATE CHAMPION
125 JACK SULLIVAN 1941 STATE CHAMPION
133 DAN KOHLEPP 1965 STATE CHAMPION
138 BRUCE BOGLE 1946 STATE CHAMPION
138-145 MILTON BRUBAKER 1955 STATE CHAMPION
145 DUANE FOSSLER 1972 STATE RUNNER UP
154 JIM RISS 43' STATE CHAMPION 44' 165 RUNNER UP
160 GARRETT BONTEMPO 1999 STATE CHAMPION
165 BOB BADER 1939 STATE CHAMPION
165-171 HENRY SHAFFER 1965 STATE RUNNER UP
171-MARIO MORELLI 2006 (7th Nationals)
185 JOHN BERNARDO 1939 STATE CHAMPION
DUBOIS HALL OF FAME
JOHN FURY BERNARDO 1939 STATE CHAMP
(DUBOIS FIRST STATE CHAMPION) 185
ROBERT BADER 1939 STATE CHAMP 165
(DUBOIS FIRST STATE CHAMPION)
JACK SULLIVAN 1941 STATE CHAMPION 125-wrestled for Navy and had move named afer him-"The Sullivan".
MAYLON KIRKWOOD 1942 STATE CHAMPION 138
JIM RISS 1943 STATE CHAMPION 154
1944 RUNNER-UP 165
BRUCE BOGLE 1946 138 STATE CHAMPION
BOB BORELLI 1950 112 STATE CHAMPION
MILTON BRUBAKER 1955 State Champion 138
DAN KOHLEPP 1965 STATE CHAMPION 133
GARRETT BONTEMPO 1999 STATE CHAMPION 160 **OW @ DAPPER DAN CLASSIC, PLACEWINNER AT NATIONALS
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ANGELO CARMELLO 1938 145 STATE RUNNER-UP
JIM THOMPSON 1945 145 STATE RUNNER UP
DON KNISELY 1965 127 STATE RUNNER-UP
HENRY SHAFFER 1965 STATE RUNNER-UP 165
DUANE FOSSLER 1972 STATE RUNNER UP 145~(1971-72 Wrestling USA Magazines High School All American Team)
PETE MORELLI 1973 STATE RUNNER UP 105
MIKE DIAZ 1998 112 STATE RUNNER UP
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BILL STITELER 3RD PLACE STATES
RICK BERNARDO 1974 4th place 167
CHAD HOARE 2001 5th place 171
ERIC WHITEHOUSE 1987 6th place 155
LUKE BUNDY 1998 6th place 152
BRANDON KNOX 2001 6th place 135
NICK WYKOFF 2007 7th place 112 *POWERADE CHAMPION
ZACH LUNDGREN 2007 place 160
NICK STOLTZ 2001 8th place 125
GABE BOWLEY 2005 8th place 275
MARIO MORELLI 2006 SENIOR NATIONALS~7TH place 171
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ALL THE DUBOIS HEAD WRESTLING COACHES
KING COLE
HUBERT "HUB" JACK -went onto coach at Lock Haven State college
LOU SHAFFER
JOE KAGY
CLAIR HESS
DOM MANCIA
DON SHOBERT
MIKE "BOBCAT" JOHNSON
KEVIN O'DONNELL
LARRY ROBB
RICH BARRON
DENNY NOSKER
LUKE BUNDY
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Bob Borelli ~ He was a State Champ in 1950 also two time AAU champ also spent 25yrs in the Navy and wrestled for Great Lakes Navel Station. At the present time his son is the head wrestling coach at Central Michigan Univ. he has been coaching there for 13 yrs. He won the MAC conferance 6 yrs and also was named coach of the yr. several times. He also was named DIv. 1 coach of the yr. Bob won two district titles 1949 and 1950 at the present time his sons team is ranked 4 in the country.
Thank you for the following letter..
Milton Brubaker 1955 State Champion 138 lbs.
That year, 1955, Milton gave DuBois its first state championship in five years. That same year we had three District IX champions; Ed Borrelli at 103, Robin Crytser at 120 lb, as well as Milton at 138. I, myself, earned a record of 7 wins against 1 loss at 133 before losing to Ralph Clark at Clearfield, who went on to become State Champion for Clearfield that year. Ralph ended my season and eliminated me from tournament competition by putting me on the injured list during our dual match at the Clearfield Armory, before a huge crowd of DuBois and Clearfield fans that year. As a team in '55, we were not great; but we were respectable.
Milton was my workout partner. We went at it tooth and nail all the time. He had a wicked reversal switch which I became adept at defending. Unfortunately, for many of his opponents, they did not defend so well. After we both lost close back-to-back decisions at Bellefonte, early in the season; we vowed to never lose again and we set a goal to win State titles as a one-two punch at 133 and 138. Unfortunately, Ralph Clark of Clearfield had other plans for me. But, I was Milton's biggest booster as he went on to achieve his goal. He was a great team mate and a tough competitor. He went on to join the Navy where he continued to do some wrestling, not a lot. Thank you,
Roland Bechtel '55
District IX Chapter of the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association (PWCA) Wrestling Hall of Fame
2006 District IX Hall of Fame Inductees
RALPH BOYER
Ralph Boyer wrestled for DuBois High School until he quit school in his junior year to join the U.S. Navy. He started helping with the Wrestling program during the mid 1950's and was a founder of the Junior Olympic Wrestling Program in western Pennsylvania during the early 1960's. He was the General Chairman for the tournaments held in DuBois and was instrumental in raising $50,000 during that time to purchase many items including team blazers, a wrestling mat and flu shots for the team. Mr. Boyer was the head scorer for the team and spent many evenings scouting teams for the coaching staff. Ralph helped pioneer a more descriptive style of announcing wrestling on WDBA, so descriptive, in fact, that coaches could use it as a reliable scouting report. Ralph was also a PIAA official for more than 20 years, officiating from the elementary to college levels. Mr. Boyer loved the sport of wrestling and welcomed wrestlers into his home on many occasions.
BARRY DIXON
Barry Dixon is a 1969 graduate of DuBois Area High School. He competed in the 1968-69 season, ending the season as a District Champion with a record of 26-7-2. He attended Lehigh University, wrestling from 1970-1975. He served as Assistant Coach at DuBois Area for six years. Barry's most notable contribution to the sport of Wrestling was his 17 years of service as a PIAA official. Mr. Dixon currently lives in DuBois where he is employed by the United States Postal Service.
2003 District IX Hall of Fame Inductees
JOHN 'FURY' BERNARDO
Mr. Bernardo is a 1939 graduate of DuBois High School where he was a letter winner in both football and
wrestling. The District 6-9 Tournament as well as the PIAA State Tournament first officially began in 1938. Fury helped DuBois claim the first ever District Team title by winning the 185-pound weight class and then taking second in the first official state tournament. He one-bettered himself by going indefeated the following year along with fellow DuBois wrestler, Robert Bader, becoming the school's first state champions. DuBois would captuer the unofficial state runner-up title that year. Mr. Bernardo continued his education at Lock Haven where an injury ended his wrestling career. He served in the United States Army (WWII) as a medic and was awarded the Bronze Star for his heroism in battle. Fury retired from Rockwell in 1982 after 40 years of service. Accepting tonight is his son John, former Brockway wrestling head coach.
BILL RENSEL
Mr. Rensel has worn many hats in the wrestling world over the course of three plus decades culminating in his induction tonight as a District Nine Hall of Fame Contributor. Bill is a four-year letter winner at DuBois High School and a scholarship wrestler for Waynesburg College where he also lettered four seasons. Returning to his alma mater to teach, a 35-year career in social studies and guidance, Bill served as assistant wrestling coach to Hall of Famer Don Shobert for 15 years until he retired from coaching in 1974. Mr. Rensel continued his involvement in wrestling by announcing local matches on radio station WDBA for eight years. Rounding out his contribution to our sport, Bill officiated for twenty years as a district, regional, and state tournament levels. Mr. Rensel is now retires and resides in Rockton.
2001 District IX Hall of Fame Inductees
BOB CARLSON
Bob is a 1962 DuBois High School graduate where he served as the captain of their wrestling squad. He acted as both coach and competitor on the United States Air Force team winning two USAF championships and placing second on two occasions in the All Service Championships. Following his service years, he attended Utah State University, wrestling there and then becoming head coach for 19 years amassing a 224-75-1 record. Mr. Carlson has served on many boards and administrative positions including Associate Athletic Director of USU, President of the National Wrestling Coaches Association, USA Wrestling Board of Directors, and NCAA Rules Committee. Bob returned to District IX and Clarion University in 1987 as Associate Athletic Director and was promoted to Athletic Director in 1990, the position he holds today. During his time at Clarion, Bob has contributed to wrestling by serving as a liaison to PSAC wrestling championships and the PIAA district and regional tournaments held at this fine site.
JOSEPH A. KAGY
Joe is a 1930 graduate of DuBois High School and a 1934 graduate of Allegeny College in Meadville with a degree in economics. Joe also earned a Masters of Secondary Education Degree at Duke University.
Mr. Kagy is being inducted as a contributor in the District IX Hall of Fame for his 28 years of PIAA officiating. While not wrestling in high school or college, he returned to DuBois and joined famed coach Hub Jack as assistant and co-head coach. Joe has earned the respect of his peers through more than a quarter of a century of officiating at district and state level tournaments.
DON B. SHOBERT
Don B. Shobert - Don's overall coaching record at DuBois High School was an impressive 159 wins, 86 losses, and 0 draws. He coached 48 District champions, eight Regional champions, and one State champion and five State runner-ups. He was very instrumental in organizing Junior Olympic Wrestling programs in the DuBois Area. He was elected State Treasurer of the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Association in 1966. He contributed a great deal in the field of physical protection in instituting the headgear program which has evolved in our State regulation.
Garrett Bontempo-DuBois' Last State Champion 1999 and XXV DAPPER DAN Classic OW
SAM WILLIAMS to receive Lifetime Service award for Officials from National Wrestling Hall of Fame
SAM WILLIAMS to receive Lifetime Service award for Officials from National Wrestling Hall of Fame interviewed by Ron Frazier (Crossface Wrestling Editor)
Sam Williams of Fall Creek, Pa., a top official in international, high school and college wrestling for almost 40 years, has received the Lifetime Achievement for Officials award from the National Wrestling Hall of Fame and Museum.
This award recognizes outstanding service as a wrestling or pairing official or judge. Inductees are honored in the Vince Zuaro Officials Room at the Museum. Williams, who retired from officiating in 1984, was one of the founders of the U.S. Wrestling Officials Association (USWOA), the national organization for international wrestling officials. He was considered one of the top referees in the East, and worked matches at many levels, both in the international style and the U.S. collegiate styles. He started officiating on the high school level in Pennsylvania in 1948, and worked in that state until he moved to New York in 1953.
As a New York official, Williams worked matches on both the college and high school levels. He was the first official to institute red and green armbands that were later used by all high school referees. As a collegiate referee, Williams worked numerous major competitions, including the NCAA Div. II and NCAA Div. III National Championships.
Williams started officiating international-style wrestling in 1968, first working with the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU), then later working on the local level with the new U.S. Wrestling Federation (USWF). His involvement with the USWF, which later became USA Wrestling, included working at the first Junior National Championships in 1971 in Iowa City, Iowa, an event he officiated every year until his retirement.
Williams worked numerous international events during his career, including international dual meets, international exchanges and U.S. Olympic qualifying events. He served as head of officials for three states (Pennsylvania, New York, Connecticut). He received the emeritus status for officials from USA Wrestling for his service to the sport.
On June 3, in Stillwater, Oklahoma, Sam Williams will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. After interviewing Sam for an extended period of time and being an avid wrestling fan, I ended the interview feeling we could have spoke all night and I would have been educated and fascinated by another wrestling story. It is a high honor to be recognized in any sport on the national level, but Sam not is being recognized for his contribution to wrestling but he has played a huge impact on the history of the sport of wresting. Sam implicated a major contribution that is used in every match in the world.
Sam introduced the the Green (home) and Red (visitor) scoring system, which greatly reduced confusion and controversy which before this implication was very common. On the International Level, the Red (pure blood) and Blue (bad blood) system is used.. Sam submitted his idea to the National Rules Committee Head, Fritz McGinnis. After hearing Sam's recommendation, McGinnis granted him permission to try this new idea in his own state of N.Y. for one year. After great feedback, the National Rules Committee adopted the green and red scoring system nationally.
Sam's entire life has evolved around amateur wrestling, from the time he was in 5th grade wrestling Saturdays with DuBois first Head Coach, Herb Jack till now at a very young 78 years old. His involvement even extended to his wedding day to his wife Carolyn when in 1979 they were married on the mat at the University of Iowa with an attendance of over 5,000 people in the stands and 120 referees around the mat with the ceremony being performed on medal podium.
Sam was also very instrumental in starting Jeff Blatnik ,a well known and respected color man for all the amateur wrestling events from NCAA championships, Olympics, World Cups and even the Ultimate fighting Championships. Sam was asked to do color commentary for the Empire Games but was unable because of acting Head Official, but he said he would find someone and the rest is history.
I could hear excitement in Sam's voice when he spoke of being on the first DuBois High School team to defeat the dominent Clearfield team of 1945. Up to that point Clearfield went 8 years undefeated and then went another unbelievable 8 years before losing another match (16 years with only 2 defeats) .
When Sam just got out of the service, he entered a tournament in DuBois who was hosting a AAU tournament. Not being in the best wrestling shape, he met and not familiar with his opponent, lost 6-3, disappointed until he found out he lost to Hugh Perry, National Champion.
Sam along with Hall of Fame coach Gary Freis, started the Western N.Y. Wrestling Club in suberbs of Buffalo N.Y. Sam has helped many programs as a clinician and speaker. I would just to thank you Sam for your many years of service and dedication to our sport.
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