7th Annual

Auburn Invitational

Varsity Wrestling Tournament
@ Auburn Community College (Auburn, NY)
Wednesday, December 29, 1965

1965 Auburn Invitational Wrestling Tournament Champions

PHOTO SOURCE: The Citizen-Advertiser, 12/30/65. If you have a copy of the original, please notify armdrag.com.

AHS Mat Tourney at ACC (PDF, 12/27/65)
Eight Teams Entered in Auburn Wrestling Tournament (PDF, 12/28/65)
Baldwinsville Men Capture AHS Tourney (PDF, 12/30/65)

Team Final

 1. Baldwinsville 62 points
 2. East Rochester 54
 3. Mynderse Academy 45
 4. West Genesee 43
 5. Auburn 42
 6. Geneva 37
 7. Rome Free Academy 35
 8. Oneida 23

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Pete Achilles (Geneva)
Fastest Pin Award - Mark Kane (WG), 1:42

Individual Final

 95 - Laury Beinert (Geneva) > Doug LaPietra (ER) 4-0
103 - Jim Tortorici (ER) > Larry Cristafulli (Oneida) 11-2
112 - Peter Achilles (Geneva) > Peter Obit (WG) 5-2
120 - Steve Morgan (Baldwinsville) > Charles Marehood (Oneida) 6-2
127 - Tom Montgomery (WG) > Jack Butler (Baldwinsville) 7-3
133 - Brandy Litterbrandt (Baldwinsville) > Don Leege (ER) 4-0
138 - Paul Stratton (Mynderse) > Harry Dodge (Auburn) 5-0
145 - Terry Pearl (WG) > Len Grieco (Rome) 4-0
154 - Jay Robinson (Auburn) > Bob Cialini (ER) 6-0
165 - Aage Hansen (Mynderse) > Brian Whitaker (Geneva) 4-0
180 - Jack Stubbs (Mynderse) > Ron Francisco (Rome) 4-0
HWT - Mark Kane (WG) Al LaFrance (Baldwinsville) FALL 1:42

Referees - Al Gentile (Wayne-V)
         - Pete DeBattis (Seneca Falls-V)
         - Al Emmi (Auburn-III)
         - Jim Williams (Union Springs-IV)

Announcer - James Cranfield

Baldwinsville Wins Mat Invitational, E. Rochester Second
Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY

December 31, 1965
 

Full Text: Copyright © 1965 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Company Inc.

AUBURN ― Baldwinsville High School copped the annual Auburn Invitational wrestling tournament here Wednesday night with 62 points. For the second year in a row, East Rochester High School finished second, this time with 54 points.

Mynderse Academy of Seneca Falls, which took three titles, was third with 45 points. The third Section 5 entry, Geneva High, was sixth with 37 points in the eight-team tournament.

Highest honor of the all-day meet which saw 96 grapplers competing went to Genevan Pete Achilles, who took the 114-pound crown by decisioning Pete Obit of Syracuse's West Genesee High. It was Achilles' third championship in as many years. The Section 5 wrestling king had previously taken the 97-pound class title as well as the 105-pound division championship. He received the overwhelming vote of the coaches.

Perhaps the most sensational win of the evening, however, fell to Laury Beinert of Geneva High, a freshman, who won the 95-pound crown by decision. Beinert won the title captured last year by teammate Lou Gigliotti, who gets back into action next month after an injury early in the season.

East Rochester High School moved four gladiators into the finals, but just one was victorious. He was Jim Tortorici (105), who decisioned Joe Cristafulli of Oneida High.

Mynderse Academy sent three men into the finals and all three emerged victorious. They were Paul Stratton (140), Aage Hansen (165) and Jack Stubbs (180). The victory was particularly sweet to Hansen, who emigrated from Denmark a few years ago.

The only other champion to repeat was Baldwinsville High's Brandy Litterbrandt, who decisioned Don Leege of East Rochester, 4-0.

Some 700 fans watched the final round in the Auburn Community College gym.

While disappointed at his team's showing, coach Joe Morrissette of Geneva High found some praise for his team. "This was the toughest of all the tournaments," he said. "Just notice that only one match ended in a pin, certainly an unusual thing. I was particularly proud of Beinert, Achilles and Brian Whitaker, although Brian lost a close one."