Golden Eagles: Tyrone History
Tyrone's Sectional Champions1959-1960
112- Joe Greene
120- Jim Maisano
138- Jerry Walk
1960-1961
95- John Scordo
120- John Crust
138- Gary Greene
1961-1962
95- John Scordo
103- Lee Miller
127- John Crust
138- Dick Kustenbauder
180-Woods Cunningham
1962-1963
103- John Scordo
112- Lee Miller
127- Gary Burwell
138- Dick Kustenbauder
154- Jim Turnbaugh
1963-1964
95- Frank Owens
103- John Scordo
112- T. Fisher
1964-1965
112- Frank Owens
165- Max Schnellsbaugh
180- Gary DiDomenico
1965-1966
112- Frank Owens
127- Joe Andrews
145- Eugene Reese
185- Gary DiDomenico
1966-1967
95- Clair Walk
127- Joe Andrews
154- Eugene Reese
1967-1968
120- Benny DelBaggio
133- Joe Andrews
154- Gary Miller
180- Ron Hopkins
1968-1969
112- Gary Eyer
165- Fred Kaspick
1969-1970
95- Gib Fink
120- Jack Wallace
154- Mike DelBaggio
165- Barry Fry
1970-1971
103- Gib Fink
1971-1972
95- Tom Fink
103- Gib Fink
112- Jim Miller
127- Mike Starr
138- Woody Snyder
1972-1973
119- Clay Fink
1973-1974
98- Mark Westley
119- Clay Fink
132- Tim Snyder
138- Greg Long
127- Dan Stonebraker
133- Gary Burwell
145- Jim Turnbaugh
165- Max Schnellbaugh
185- Gary DiDomenico
2004-2005
160- Brice Mertiff
171- Heath Walk
275- Terry Tate
Tyrone's District Champions
District Champions
YEAR GRAPPLER WT
1942 1.) Bernie Mingle 112
1943 2.) Nelson Gault 103
3.) George Dannaway 127
4.) George Johnson 133
1944 5.) William Smith 103
6.) Nelson Gault 112
7.) John Dickson 145
1945 8.) John DelBaggio 103
1946 9.) William Morrissey 103
1947 10.) Merle Bickle 185
1948 11.) Eddie Burgoon 103
1949 12.) Curt Hoover 120
13.) Tom Fink 133
14.) Gene Hagg 138
1950 15.) Elwood Reese 185
1952 16.) Charles DelBaggio 103
17.) Blair Walk 138
18.) William Thomas 165
1955 19.) Nick Maisano 95
1956 20.) Tony Scordo 120
1957 21.) Tony Scordo 120
1962 22.) Lee Miller 103
1963 23.) John Scordo 103
1964 24.) John Scordo 103
1965 25.) Frank Owens 112
1966 26.) Gary DiDomenico 180
1968 27.) Ben DeBaggio 120
28.) Joe Andrews 133
1969 29.) Fred Kaspick 165
1970 30.) Gib Fink 95
1971 31.) Gib Fink 103
1972 32.) Gib Fink 103
33.) Woody Snyder 138
1974 34.) Mark Westley 98-A
35.) Clay Fink 119-A
36.) Tim Snyder 132-A
1975 37.) Jeff Campbell 125-A
1976 38.) Jim Albright 132-AAA
1977 39.) Jim Albright 138-AAA
1979 40.) Jeff Woodring 185-AA
41.) Jim McCahan UNL-AA
1981 42.) Bruce Wallace 155-AA
43.) Mark Woodring 185-AA
1982 44.) Todd Campbell 112-AA
45.) Bill Dixon 145-AA
1983 46.) Todd Campbell 119-AA
47.) Bill Dixon 145-AA
48.) Bruce Wallace 167-AA
1985 49.) Ken Myers 98-AA
50.) Leroy Haupt 138-AA
51.) Mike Woodring 157-AA
52.) Tom Lannen 185-AA
1986 53.) Leroy Haupt 138-AA
1989 54.) Tony Owens 119-AA
1990 55.) Troy Walk 103-AA
56.) Tony Owens 119-AA
57.) Sean McGraw 140-AA
1991 58.) Jason Parks 103-AA
59.) Troy Walk 112-AA
1992 60.) Jason Parks 103-AA
61.) Rob Campbell 189-AA
1993 62.) Todd Snyder 152-AA
2003 63.)Thaddeus Westley 125-AA
2004 64.)Thaddeus Westley 135-AA
65.) Terry Tate 275-AA
2005 66.) Brice Mertiff 160-AA
67.) Terry Tate 275-AA
2006 68.)TJ.Albright 112-AA
69.)Robert Waite 119-AA
2008 70.)Ronnie Garbinski 103-AA
71.)A.J. Schopp 112-AA
Eagles with 75 or more Wins
Wrestler Record Win%
Terry Tate 149-24 86%
TJ Albright 133-41 76%
Thaddeus Westley 127-32 79%
*AJ Schopp 118-11 92%
David Miller 116-44 72%
Bruce Wallace 111-15 88%
Robert Waite 107-37 74%
Brice Mertiff 101-48 67%
Tony Owens 99-24 76%
Todd Campbell 87-23-3 76%
Rich Kustenbauder 86-20-4 75%
Tom Lannen 86-23-1 78%
Mike Woodring 85-24-3 75%
Anthony Romano 85-58 59%
Ryan Walk 81-4 na
*Ronnie Garbinsky 78-7 93%
Roy Cowfer 78-26 75%
Dane McCloskey 77-30 71%
Danny Miller 77-41 65%
Troy Walk 75-32 70%
*--indicates wrestler is still active
Tyrone's Regional Champions
REGIONAL CHAMPIONS
YEAR WT GRAPPLERS
1952 103 1.) Charles DelBaggio
138 2.) Blair Walk
1953 165 3.) William Thomas
1955 95 4.) Nick Maisano
1957 120 5.) Tony Scordo
1966 180 6.) Gary DiDomenico
1971 103 7.) Gib Fink
1972 103 8.) Gib Fink
1974 119-A 9.) Clay Fink
132-A 10.) Tim Snyder
1982 167-AA 11.) Bruce Wallace
1983 167-AA 12.) Bruce Wallace
UNL-AA 13.) Tom Lannen
1985 98-AA 14.) Ken Myers
1991 103-AA 15.) Jason Parks
1998 140-AA 16.) John Givler
2004 135-AA 17.)Thaddeus Westley
2004 275-AA 18.)Terry Tate
2005 275-AA 19.)Terry Tate
2007 103-AA 20.)A.J. Schopp
Tyrone's State Champions
State Champions
YEAR GRAPPLER WT
1944 John Dickson 145
1950 Elwood Reese 185
1952 Blair Walk 138
1953 William Thomas 165
1966 Gary DiDomenico 180
1971 Gib Fink 103
1972 Gib Fink 103
1982 Bruce Wallace 167-AA
1983 Bruce Wallace 167-AA
1985 Ken Myers 98-AA
2005 Terry Tate 275-AA
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The Golden Eagles completed an improbable day by winning 3 straight matches without 2 state ranked guys(Heath and Brice) and defended their District Duel Crown by topping Forest Hills in the finals 36-33. 175 lb Sophmore Donnie Conrad played the hero by knocking off Dan Hendrickson at 215 in the final bout of the match with the team score tied at 33.
CONGRATULATION TO ALL OF THE GOLDEN EAGLE WRESTLERS, COACHES & FANS
Anthony Romano TJ Albright Robert Waite
Josh Hunter Andrew Hiller Vince Campbell
Shayne Tate Sam McCloskey David Miller
Jacob Smerekar Justin Schopp Eric Sweet
Matt Lauder Brice Mertiff James Updike
John Markel Brady Williams Heath Walk
John Miller Donnie Conrad Steve Wilhelm
Terry Tate Brandon Oswalt
Coaches: Blair Packer, Daren Desch, Billy Dubler, Jason Bainey, Ron Garbinski, Dick Kustenborder, Tim Sleeth
Volunteers: Steve Hanzir, Dane McCloskey, Thad Westley, Dan Miller
Tyrone 41 Richland 24
275- Terry Tate T pin Rob Flecker 1:33
103- Anthony Romano T dec Tyler Morder 2-1
112- TJ Albright T dec Alex Lehman 9-2
119- Robert Waite T tech. fall Anthony Jardina 17-1 5:23
125- Travis Lees R dec Shayne Tate 10-3
130- Russ Sichak R pin Josh Hunter 4:38
135- David Miller T forfeit
140- John Whistler R dec Sam McCloskey 9-2
145- Jacob Smerekar T dec Nick Samko 6-5
152- Marco Pecora R pin Eric Sweet 1:35
160- Justin Schopp T dec Mark Houck 8-3
171-James Updike T pin Andy Zimmerman 1:14
189- Jon Sakmar R forfeit
215- Donnie Conrad T pinned Phil Parkins 1:33
SEMI-FINALS
Tyrone 34 Westmont 29
275- Terry Tate T pin Polenik 0:14
103- Anthony Romano T Maj Shawn O'Donnell 15-2
112- TJ Albright T pin Brandon Curtis 1:41
119- Robert Waite T dec TJ Polacek 6-3
125- Mike Bair W dec Shayne Tate 2-1
130- Kyle Patton Maj Josh Hunter 11-2
135- Sam McCloskey T pin Mike Brant 0:35
140- David Miller T pin Vince O'donnell 1:31
145- Dan Golias W dec Jacob Smerekar 5-1
152-Bryan Dunmire W pin Eric Sweet 5:11
160- Quinton Cameron W pin Justin Schop 2:39
171- Luke Patton W dec James Updike 2-1 in 2 ot
189- Donnie Conrad T dec Nate Hammel 9-4
215- Brandon Ferre W maj John Miller 14-5
FINALS
Tyrone 36 Forest Hills 33
275- Terry Tate T pin Adam Bourdess 1:20
103- Tom McVicker FH pin Anthony Romano 1:16
112- TJ Albright T pin Cory Harrison 1:00
119- Robert Waite T pin Kaylyn Oshaben 0:39
125- Shayne Tate T dec Travis Moss 3-2
130- Shane Valko FH pin Josh Hunter 1:28
135- Seth Moyer FH dec Sam McCloskey 8-7
140- David Miller T pin Jared Baxter 3:34
145- Arnold Bernard FH dec Jacob Smerekar 5-0
152- Justin Schopp T pin Josh Weaver 5:44
160- Art Moss FH pin Matt Lauder 0:50
171- RJ Hostetler FH dec James Updike 6-3
189- Sean Kisel FH pin John Markel 0:49
215- Donnie Conrad T dec Dan Hendrickson 10-6
Tyrone Announces Hall Of Fame Inductees for 2005
2005 inductees into the Tyrone Wrestling Hall of Fame.
The awards ceremony will be conducted Saturday, Febuary 12th at approximately 2:00 p.m.
just prior to Tyrone's wrestling match with Philipsburg-Osceola.
The three inductees are as follows:
Anthony (Tony) Yaniello (Coach): Mr. Yaniello coached the Golden Eagle Wrestling program for 20 seasons from 1980 thru 1999 the longest for any coach in Tyrone's history. Tony's record stands at 158-115-2. Tony coached twenty one district-six champs, six regional champs, and three P.I.A.A. state champions, Tony also was district-six coach of the year in 1981, 1983, and 1985.
Larry Strong (Coach): Mr. Strong Graduated from United High School and was a state champ in 1967 producing an undefeated season of 21-0. Mr. Strong attended Clarion College and was coached by former Tyrone coach Bob Bubb who is also a hall of fame inductee. Mr. Strong was the assistant coach at Tyrone for 22 years amassing just over 200 wins as the Junior Varsity Coach. Mr. Strong has also been inducted into the United High School Hall of Fame, the Indiana County Hall of Fame, And also was the District-Six Man of the Year in 1996.
Harry Sickler ( Wrestler & Contributor): Harry Sickler is a long time contributor for all Tyrone sports. Mr. Sickler likes to refer to himself as the "Rudy" of Tyrone wrestling taking the name from the Notre Dame football walk-on. Like Rudy, Harry participated from the sidelines, his high school wrestling record was an unforgettable zero wins and zero losses. Even though family commitments forced Mr. Sickler to give up wrestling his sophomore year ha never gave up his love and dedication for the sport. To this day he proudly proclaims that high school wrestling is his favorite high school athletic activity. " Where else can you find a better discipline and character builder." Harry backs up his convictions by being an avid supporter of the Tyrone High School wrestling program in many ways. He just doesn't know how to say no.
Mark R. Westley
Hall of Fame Chairman
&
District-Six Historian
RD#3 BOX 253
Tyrone, Pa. 16686
2004-2005 records
WRESTLER W/L FALLS TF MD WBD
Anthony Romano 17-13 5 - 5 -
TJ Albright 32-10 20 - 4 -
Robert Waite 26-10 15 2 1 -
Josh Hunter 16-26 5 1 1 1
Shayne Tate 10-23 5 - 1 -
Sam McCloskey 16-21 8 1 2 1
David Miller 40-8 22 4 3 1
Jacob Smerekar 19-19 11 - - -
Justin Schopp 16-20 9 2 1 -
Matt Lauder 3-7 2 - - -
Brice Mertiff 39-9 31 1 1 -
James Updike 9-18 6 - 1 -
Heath Walk 27-8 16 1 1 -
John Miller 4-11 2 - - -
Donnie Conrad 10-18 2 - 1 -
Terry Tate 47-0 36 - 3 2
John Markel 0-3 - - - -
Eric Sweet 0-2 - - - -
Andrew Hiller 1-0
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DISTRICT CHAMPS 2006 TJ AND ROBERT & COACH PACKER

