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6th Annual NYSPHSAA Section VI Wrestling Championships
March 9, 1956 - March 10, 1956 @ Cleveland Hill High School (Cheektowaga, New York)
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81-Pound Freshman Loses His Bout but Wins Over the Crowd
 Dick McKeever, a veteran of four years of wrestling at Williamsville Central School, dropped down to the 123-pound class Saturday evening and won the Outstanding Wrestler trophy of the Section VI tourney in Cleveland Hill High School. SOURCE: Buffalo Evening News, March 12, 1956. Reproduced by armdrag.com with permission. Click for larger image.





Varsity

Team Final

Williamsville 80, Orchard Park 69, Hamburg 48, Gowanda 41, Cleveland Hill 36, Amherst 25, Falconer 21, Lancaster 21, West Seneca 21, Depew 20, Maryvale 19, Clarence 10, Southwestern 7, Medina 4, Frontier 3, Mayville 1, Royalton-Hartland 1, Cassadaga Valley 0, Pine Valley 0, Unknown 0

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Dick McKeever (Williamsville)

Championship Final (1st)

 95  Clayt Waddington (Falconer) > Bill Miner (Lancaster) fall 5:55
103  Dick Hall (CH) > Bob Segool (OP) referee's decision
112  Don Schoch (Williamsville) > Dick Hapeman (Depew) fall
120  Dick McKeever (Williamsville) > John Detwiter (Amherst) fall 3:17
127  Gary Butt (Williamsville) > Bill Bartlett (Hamburg) decision
133  Bob Wilcox (Williamsville) > Gary Freis (Hamburg) decision 2-0
138  Jim Tara (WS) > Mike Valentic (Mayville) decision
145  Larry Dial (Gowanda) > Walter Noah (Clarence) decision
154  Bill Durell (Hamburg) > Joe Vignoren (OP) decision 4-0
165  Earl Braymiller (Hamburg) > Vern Hartloff (OP) decision
175  Russ DelMonte (OP) > Robert Graves (Gowanda) decision 6-1
UNL  Shamus O'Connor (CH) > Roger Cromwell (Maryvale) fall

Consolation Final (3rd)

 95  Dick Lang (OP) > Mike Potoczak (Depew) decision
103  Herb Lepage (Amherst) > Dennis Pine (Gowanda) decision
112  Ben Toter (Gowanda) > Bob Barton (Southwestern) fall
120  Art Segool (OP) > Jerry Malone (CH) fall
127  Skip Pine (Gowanda) > Dave Traniello (Southwestern) decision
133  George Miner (Lancaster) > Wayne Flick (OP) fall
138  Bill Hodson (Amherst) > Dick Zoyhofski (OP) decision
145  Ed Anna (WS) > Steve Lewis (Williamsville) decision
154  Unknown (Unknown) > Jerry Koster (Lancaster) decision
165  Al Sherwin (Williamsville) > Dean Lefford (Falconer) fall
175  Spencer Cleveland (Amherst) > Ronald Renouf (Medina) decision
UNL  Casey Kliszak (Depew) > Dick Kirchner (Williamsville) decision


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