Monroe County League Championships

Varsity Wrestling Tournament
@ Rush-Henrietta Sperry High School (Henrietta, NY)

Saturday, February 21, 1976
 

Team Final

 1. Spencerport            141.5 points

 2. Greece Arcadia         108.5

 3. East Rochester          97

 4. Eastridge               86

 5. Hilton                  78

 6. Rush-Henrietta Sperry   75

 7. Greece Olympia          64

 8. Fairport                61.5

    Gates-Chili             61.5

10. Penfield                55.5

11. Webster Thomas          48

12. Brockport               44

13. Gates-Chili             35.5

14. Brighton                31.5

15. Batavia                 30

16. Irondequoit             25.5

17. Rush-Henrietta Roth     19.5

18. Webster Schroeder       18

19. Greece Athena           16.5

20. Pittsford-Mendon        15

21. Pittsford-Sutherland    10

Outstanding Wrestler Award - Greg Locke (Arcadia)
 

Spencerport's Dave Stulpin and East Rochester's Bob Steinruck battle it out in the 145-pound final of the 1976 Monroe County League Wrestling Championships. Stulpin won, 7-0. (SOURCE: D&C, 2/22/76.)

Championship Final

 91 – Rorie Legacy (Eastridge) dec. John San Filippo (Spencerport), 8-2

 98 – Don St. James (Sperry) dec. Scott Lewis (Brighton), 12-6

105 - Ray Vincelli (Spencerport) pinned Mark Siverd (Olympia), 0:59

112 – Dave Halladay (Fairport) dec. Gary Freeman (Brockport), 6-2

119 – Mike Piampiano (Eastridge) dec. Jerry Sacchitella (Spencerport), 11-4

126 – Greg Locke (Arcadia) dec. Shane Graham (Spencerport), 15-3

132 – Chuck Partridge (Hilton) dec. Joe Murnin (Fairport), 7-5

138 – Don O'Mara (Arcadia) dec. Brom Bianchi (Gates-Chili), 3-2

145 – Dave Stulpin (Spencerport) dec. Bob Steinruck (East Rochester), 7-0

155 – John Antonelli (East Rochester) dec. Chuck Kellogg (Webster Thomas), 6-4

167 – Steve Wood (Greece Arcadia) dec. Chuck Giordano (Olympia), 4-2

177 – Andy Brien (East Rochester) dec. Steve Rosa (Sperry), 3-1

215 – John Kinley (Webster Thomas) dec. Dan Van Atta (Hilton), 11-1

275 – Mike Wilmart (Spencerport) defeated Mike Palumbo (Arcadia), judge's decision
 

Spencerport Retains Title

By Tom Fitzgerald, D&C Sportswriter

Democrat and Chronicle

Sunday, February 22, 1976

Full Text: Copyright © 1976 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Company Inc.

The ranks of unbeaten wrestlers were thinned last night in the Monroe County League Tournament finals, but Spencerport fattened up with its seventh straight county title.

Spencerport's Ray Vincelli and East Rochester's Andy Brien provided a pair of stunning victories in the packed gym at Rush-Henrietta Sperry.

Vincelli, a sophomore seeded only fourth in the Western Division, pinned Greece Olympia's Mark Siverd at the 59-second mark of their 108-pound bout.

A two-point reversal with about 40 seconds left gave Brien a 3-1 victory over Sperry's Steve Rosa at 180 pounds.

Spencerport, which also had individual champions in Mike Wilmart (unlimited) and Dave Stulpin (148), best runner-up Greece Arcadia by 33 points, 104.5 to 108.5.  East Rochester was third at 97, Eastridge was fourth at 86, and Hilton fifth at 78.

Vincelli had beaten another well-regarded wrestler in Hilton's Dan Kasper in the semifinals.  In the final, Siverd, who had won 23 straight matches, made a fatal early mistake.

"He had a single leg (hold) on me but I worked off that and slapped a cradle on him," said Vincelli.

"That (match) was the big one for us," said Vincelli's teammate, Stulpin, who beat East Rochester's Bob Steinruck in a battle of unbeaten contenders.

"After East-West Day (during which Spencerport lost to East Rochester), we figured it was time to get going," said Stulpin (25-0).

The Rangers other victor, Wilmart, was extended to overtime by Arcadia's Mike Palumbo and needed a unanimous decision by the three judges when the bout ended in a 2-2 tie.

Brien fell behind Rosa, 1-0, on an escape in the second period but tied the score when Rosa was called for stalling near the end of the period.  Then Brien made his crucial reversal.

I didn't think I was going to get any takedowns, so I knew I just had to battle for six minutes," said Brien.

"I hadn't seen him wrestle this season until this tournament.  I went to scout one of his matches but he won a forfeit."

Arcadia emerged with three champions, including the tournament's outstanding wrestler, Greg Locke at 129.

Locke beat Shane Graham of Spencerport, 15-3, but said, "None of my matches are one-sided.  They're all tough.  Just because you win by a lot of points doesn't mean they're not tough."

Don St. James of Sperry scored a 12-4 victory over Brighton's Scott Lewis at 101, and Fairport's Dave Halladay beat Brockport's Gary Freeman at 115.  At 135, Chuck Partridge of Hilton reversed an East-West Day loss to Joe Murnin of Fairport with a 7-5 victory.  "We should meet again in the sectional finals," said Partridge.

Eastridge's two champions were Rorie Legacy at 94 and Mike Piampiano at 122.  Legacy beat John San Filippo of Spencerport, 8-2, and Piampiano beat Jerry Sacchitella at 122, 11-4.