2021 DISTRICT III M&T BANK WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS Class 2A Championships, Sunday, Feb. 21, 2021 at Central Dauphin East HS 2020-2021 DISTRICT III M&T BANK WRESTLING CHAMPIONSHIPS INFORMATION PAGE PIAA District III welcomes you to the 2020-2021 District III M&T Bank Wrestling Championships. Thank you for viewing this year’s Class 2A Championships at Central Dauphin East HS and our Class 3A Championships at Spring Grove Area HS either via livestreaming or real-time publishing. District III extends its gratitude to both schools for their outstanding efforts to produce a quality championship event and to its wrestling fans for their patience and understanding in this most unique of seasons. First, there are no brackets in this online program due to rapid turnaround time for the Class 2A Championship at CD East. Complete brackets may be found on the District III website’s Wrestling page (https://piaad3.org/sports/wrestling) in pdf form on the Triple J Boutmasters website (http://www.boutmastersllc.com/live.cfm - click on the PIAA District III AA Championships or the PIAA District III AAA Championships link. This take you to the FloArena page). Please remember that Class 2A Championships are Sunday, Feb 21 while Class 3A Championships are Saturday, Feb. 27. To view the livestreaming of the either tournament, you may access the FloWrestling subscription and schedule page via the District III website at (https://piaad3.org/news/2021/2/19/general-piaa-district-iii-wrestling-livestreamed-on- flowrestling.aspx). There is a substantial fee to access the FloWrestling stream. Please read the article carefully. To clarify, FloWrestling is livestreaming only. FloArena is real-time results and bracket updates with no video. FloArena is free; FlowWrestling is not. District III encourages fans to use FloWrestling or FloArena pages to stay informed with up-to- the-minute with results, live action and upcoming bouts. Here are the time schedules for the District III M&T Bank Wrestling Championships: CLASS 2A CLASS 3A Due to the coronavirus pandemic, the District III Wrestling Coaches Association has suspended the Hall of Fame program for the 2020-2021 school year. However, the Association will continue its Books for Scholars program. Special thanks to District III intern Sean Colgan for his work on the list of annual District III Wrestling Champions. Please enjoy the 84th District III Wrestling Championships. A MESSAGE FROM PIAA DISTRICT III CHAIRMAN DOUG BOHANNON Welcome to the 2020-2021 District III M&T Bank Winter Sports Championship Series. I am pleased to be in my second school year as PIAA District III Chairman. It is always fulfilling to work for the benefit of our schools’ student-athletes. We have a great team of dedicated people serving on the District III Committee, and a large number of equally dedicated people throughout the district’s 10-county jurisdiction who serve as game managers and support staff for our Championships. This year has been the most challenging year in recent memory for school districts – and all Pennsylvanians – in their ongoing battle against the novel coronavirus and its COVID-19 illness. The virus has disrupted the flow of daily life for many people, including those serving in our public and private schools. We are very proud of the way our schools and our students have reacted to the challenges presented during a pandemic. They have all developed and followed health and safety plans designed to prevent the spread of COVID-19. School athletics have faced complex issues in dealing with COVID-19. District III has spent many hours discussing and implementing plans to provide for the safe return of students to education and for athletes to return to competition. The result of these efforts is what you see today: District III championships that were not a certainty in the summer of 2020. It took the dedication and efforts of many people to reach this point where our students are able to engage in PIAA post-season action. We are very happy that our students have the opportunity to qualify for and play in our championship contests. We realize that our decisions, including reducing the number of qualifiers to most of our winter sports championships, do not please everyone. We had to make all of our decisions based on the welfare of our student-athletes while still providing the district and PIAA competition they have come to expect. At all times during this ever-changing process of determining our playoffs, we tried to be as fair and as equitable to all schools in our district. That is always one of our most important goals in PIAA District III. We wish that this year’s championship series was no different than in years past, contests that fully involved not just athletes, but other students, spectators and the community at-large. Reducing the number of qualifiers and the spectators who observe the contests has been frustrating for all. But we did what was required by the extraordinary circumstances presented to us. While many people cannot attend our championships as they freely could in the past, we hope that our new online programs and school-based online coverage of our events will enable people to engage with our athletes this winter, even from afar. Thank you for supporting our student-athletes in District III. PIAA DISTRICT III WRESTLING CHAMPIONS: YEAR-BY-YEAR 1937-1938 1941-1942 1945-1946 85: Bob Willis, Steelton 95: Bob Brown, West York 95: Merv Hemperly, Lancaster 95: Ben Klugh, Steelton 103: Carl Bowser, West York 103: Herb Marley, West York 105: Phil Geib, Manheim Central** 112: John Bowser, West York 112: Leroy Duke, Lancaster 115: Elmer Hershey, Manheim Central 120: Joe Erb, Hanover 120: Robert Miller, Lancaster 125: Roy Bowser, West York 127: Jim Schminker, Steelton 127: Dick Clarke, Lancaster 135: Ike Bellis, Steelton 133: Elwood Sherer, Manheim Central 133: Jack Charles, Lancaster** 145: Homer Garrison, Hershey 138: Dean Coffman, West York 138: Al Fasnacht, Hershey** 155: Cletus Gentzler, West York** 145: Richard Wanamaker, Hershey 145: Raymond Markle, Hanover 165: Richard Shaffer, West York 154: William Bucciarelli, Hershey 154: Bob King, West York 185: Keith Peterson, West York 165: Charles Reider, Steelton 165: Murray Winner, Lancaster 185: Henry Barnhart, Hershey 185: John Huzvar, Hershey 1938-1939 85: Eugene Donato, Steelton 1942-1943 1946-1947 95: James Laughran, Hanover 95: Eugene Brady, West York 95: Clair Koser, Manheim Central 105: Ben Klugh, Steelton 103: Don Witmyer, Manheim Central 103: Merv Hemperly, Lancaster 115: Verlin Vellati, Hershey 112: Bob Brown, West York 112: Ronald Deihm, Manheim Central 125: Elmer Hershey, Manheim Central 120: Carl Bowser, West York 120: Earl Hoffman, Hershey 135: Glen Strickler, Manheim Central 127: Joe Erb, Hanover 127: Dick Clarke, Lancaster 145: William Witmyer, Manheim Central 133: Dick Hershey, Manheim Central** 133: Ken Thompson, Manheim Central 155: Jacob Wannamaker, Hershey 138: Ray Wenrich, Hershey 138: Robert Peterson, Hershey 165: Frank McCorkel, Hershey 145: Bill Slabonik, Steelton 145: John Shilling, Lancaster 185: Harold Young, Manheim Central 154: Glenn Springer, Lancaster 154: John Evans, Manheim Central 165: Dick Graybill, Lancaster 165: Bob King, West York** 1939-1940 185: Bill Stathopulos, Lancaster 185: Merv Kreider, Lancaster 85: John Bowser, West York 95: Eugene Donato, Steelton 1943-1944 1947-1948 105: Warren Geib, Manheim Central 95: John Loose, West York 95: Harold Gillespie, Lancaster 115: Ben Klugh, Stelton 103: Eugene Brady, West York 103: Richard Rabbenstine, Hanover 125: Bob Balmer, Lancaster 112: Attillo Grossi, Lancaster 112: Leon Senft, West York 135: Anthony Verroca, Steelton 120: Carl Bowser, West York 120: Herb Marley, West York 145: Ken Smyser, West York** 127: Ed Clarke, Lancaster 127: Dick Clarke, Lancaster 155: Homer Garrison, Hershey 133: Ray Link, Lancaster 133: Earl Hoffman, Hershey 165: Bob Geary, Steelton 138: Ray Wenrich, Hershey 138: Herald Doerr, Lancaster 185: John Emig, West York 145: Alvin Wildasin, West York 145: Dan Strickler, Hershey 154: Jack Deal, West York 154: John Shilling, Lancaster 1940-1941 165: George Hershey, Lancaster 165: Herb Schmidt, West York 85: John Bowser, West York** 185: Nelson Gibble, Lancaster** 185: Merv Kreider, Lancaster 95: Sam Donato, Steelton 105: Freeland Edwards, Manheim Central 1944-1945 1948-1949 115: Dick Miller, Lancaster 95: Jack Pizzengrilli, Hershey 95: Jim Roth, Hanover 125: Ben Klugh, Steelton 103: Leroy Duke, Lancaster 103: Doug Cassel, Hershey** 135: John Frank, Lancaster 112: Stan Shear, Lancaster 112: Richard Rabbenstine, Hanover 145: Verlin Vellati, Hershey 120: Robert Miller, Lancaster 120: Leon Senft, West York 155: Herman Rossi, Hershey 127: Walter O’Conner, Lancaster 127: Richard Cassel, Hershey** 165: Ed Baker, Carlisle 133: Bob Brown, West York 133: Harry Worst, Lancaster** 185: Henry Barnhart, Hershey 138: Charles Cramer, West York 138: Don Fasnacht, Hershey** 145: Hen Shaub, Lancaster 145: Glenn Miller, Manheim Central 154: Reginald Hershey, Hanover 154: Dan Strickler, Hershey 165: Robert Markle, Hanover 165: Harold Mummau, Manheim Central 185: Fred Young, Manheim Central 185: Henry Shilling, Manheim Central** BOLD = PIAA CHAMPION * = Region Champion ** = PIAA Runner-Up *** = PIAA Third Place **** = PIAA Fourth Place PIAA DISTRICT III WRESTLING CHAMPIONS: YEAR-BY-YEAR 1949-1950 1953-1954 1957-1958 95: Chester Timmons, Hershey 95: Ralph Hartlaub, Hanover 95: Clyde Cressler, Newport 103: Jim Roth, Hanover 103: Richard Risher, Reading* 103: Henry