Section 5 Class AAA Championships

Varsity Wrestling Tournament

@ Monroe Community College (Rochester, NY)

Saturday, February 25, 1978

Team Final

 1. Fairport 147 points
 2. Spencerport 138.5
 3. Hilton 130.5
 4. Gates Chili 118
 5. Irondequoit 95
 6. Brighton 77
 7. Penfield 69.5
 8. McQuaid 66
 9. East 43.5
10. Bishop Kearney 42
    Eastridge 42
12. Rush-Henrietta Sperry 40.5
13. Webster Thomas 24.5
14. Franklin 22
15. Corning West 21.5
16. Edison 20.5
17. Greece Arcadia 14
18. Aquinas 5
19. Cardinal Mooney 0
 

Individual Final

91 pounds:
1st. Trevor Graham (Spencerport) d. Larry Kane (Penfield), 6-5
3rd. Bret Simpson (Irondequoit)

98 pounds:
1st. Rory Legacy (Spencerport) d. Tim Lehmann (Irondequoit), 9-2
3rd. Steve Burton (Hilton)

105 pounds:
1st. Rob Starkweather (McQuaid) d. Tony Cotroneo (Irondequoit), 1-0
3rd. Carl Tandoi (Spencerport)

112 pounds:
1st. Chris Kellman (Hilton) d. Chuck Tortorello (Fairport), 13-7
3rd. John Sanfilipo (Spencerport)

119 pounds:
1st. Don St. James (R-H Sperry) p. Steve Levine (Brighton), 3:41
3rd. Bob Arao (Fairport)

126 pounds:
1st. Ron Winnie (Spencerport) d. Gary Curwin (Brighton), 4-1
3rd. Paul Nesser (McQuaid)

132 pounds:
1st. Mike LaRocca (GC) d. Ray Vincelli (Spencerport), 8-5
3rd. Bob Ely (Corning West)

138 pounds:
1st. Dave Silipini (GC) d. Gary Eiffert (BK), 6-1
3rd. Scott Gillman (Fairport)

145 pounds:
1st. George Eblacker (Hilton) d. Tom Schakow (East), 10-2
3rd. Mike Scavo (Gates Chili)

155 pounds:
1st. Len Barber (East) d. Rich Boland (Fairport), 4-3
3rd. Ken Juergens (Hilton)

167 pounds:
1st. Bob Kyff (Fairport) d. Mark Wyland (Penfield), 11-0
3rd. Jon Campo (Irondequoit)

177 pounds:
1st. Mark Evarts (Brighton) d. Bob Dunlap (GC), 6-2
3rd. Phil Lanzatella (McQuaid)

215 pounds:
1st. Dan Enright (Fairport) p. Charles Hill (Edison), 6:23 OT
3rd. Joe D'Aquisto (Franklin)

275 pounds:
1st. Wally Vaughn (Fairport) d. Brian Owens (Penfield), 8-3
3rd. Kevin Schlosser (GC)

Tom Batzold's Column

Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY
Monday, February 27, 1978

Full Text: Copyright © 1978 Rochester Democrat and Chronicle.
Reproduced with the permission of Gannett Company Inc.

UPSTART GATES CHILI caused the biggest shock waves in the Section 5 Class AAA wrestling tournament Saturday by winning two individual titles.

"It's been 11 years since we had a sectional champ here," says Gates coach Jim Hosenfelt, "and that was the only time we ever had one. Now, in one night, we pop two."

Seventh-seeded Mike LaRocca pulled the first upset by stunning top-seeded Ray Vincelli of Spencerport for the 132-pound title. Vincelli had beaten LaRocca by 10-4 in a dual meet earlier this season.

"Ray probably took him too lightly," Hosenfelt admits, "but it's been that way for us all season. Too many people have taken us for granted. Mike really wanted another shot at Vincelli. He (LaRocca) pinned the No. 2 seed to get to the finals."

If LaRocca's 8-5 victory was unexpected, what can you say about sophomore Dave Sillipini's victory over Kearney's Gary Eiffert in the 138-pound finals? Sillipini came into the tournament with a modest 13-7-1 record while Eiffert, the top seed, hadn't lost all season.

"The kids are on cloud nine," Hosenfelt said. "It's the closest team I've ever had. They work hard and they pull hard for each other. To have the kind of season we've had (11-4 in duals and a second-place finish in the County West) and now this..."

Team champion Fairport and Spencerport each had three individual champs. Bob Nyff (167), Dan Enright (215) and Wally Vaughn (250) went all the way for Fairport while Trev Graham (91), Rory Legacy (98) and Ron Winnie (126) won for Spencerport... Graham, just a freshamn, finished second a year ago. He's taking advantage of a new state rule that allows mature junior high students to compete on varsity teams.