West York Wrestling

Don Lehman
West York Wrestling
3-time YCIAA Sectional Wrestling Champion (1971-72-73)
1971 & 1972 Easton Holiday Tournament Champion (1972-OW)
1972-73 WY Wrestling Team Captain
59-5-1 Overall Career Record @ Heavyweight
▪ Dual Meets - 40-1-1 (1971-73)



1972-73 West York Wrestling Captains
 ▪ Keith Lichty, Kevin McCleary & Don Lehman ...
 before their last home match for West York High School.


1972 Easton Area Holiday Tourney Champions
Front (L-R)  Greg Shoemaker, Easton; Jeff Duke, Manheim Twp.; Garth Springer, Manheim Twp.; 
Rich Rodriguez, Saucon Valley; Curt Stanley, Easton; Len Kaminski, Hanover Area.
Back (L-R)  Russ Snyder, Easton; Fred Landis, Manheim Twp.; Kevin McCleary, West York (OW); 
Wayne Horton, Bethlehem Freedom; Lee Guzzo, Easton; Don Lehman, West York (OW).




1972 - West York vs. Dallastown Football Senior Day
WY Game Captain - Don Lehman with parents.


1972 West York Area Senior High Football Team
1972 Senior Front Row: (L-R) Dave Heim, Keith Zimmerman, Don Lehman,
Larry Schultz, Jeff Kochenour, Steve Yohe, Paul Sentz, Jeff Hershey,
Bob Berger, Dan Markey, Jeff Markey.




Don Lehman
▪ 4-Year ESU Wrestling Letterman
▪ 3-Time PSAC Medalist
▪ ESU Career Record - 58-22-5

1976-77 East Stroudsburg State College
Varsity Wrestling Team
1st Row (L-R) Sal Picone, Desi McNelis, Jim Vargo, Galen McWilliams.
2nd Row (L-R) Coach Rich Schumacher, Don Lehman, Gary Kessel, Skip Falcone, Bill Cuff, unknown.
3rd Row (L-R) Coach Bob Dalling, Bill Katinowsky, Kerry Hyman, Wayne Carroll, Greg Shoemaker,
Don Blair, Head Coach Clyde "Red" Witman.
▪ (Not pictured: Kerry Ciatto, Harvey Freeman, Ken Magaro)

1976-77 ESSC Varsity Wrestling Team Record (12-4-1)
ESSC 30 Elizabethtown 12, ESSC 20 F&M 18, ESSC 24 Trenton State 14, ESSC 31 Mass. Maritime 21,
ESSC 23 Slippery Rock 14, ESSC 24 Montclair St. 14, Millersville 32 ESSC 11, ESSC 21 Lock Haven 21,
Shippensburg 20 ESSC 18, ESSC 42 Mansfield 3, ESSC 25 Yale 13, ESSC 30 Kutztown 11,
ESSC 31 West Chester State 6, Wilkes College 24 ESSC 13, Bloomsburg State 27 ESSC 4,
ESSC 20 Columbia University 12, ESSC 35 Bucknell University 6.

Head Coach: Clyde H. "Red" Witman
Asst. Coaches: Robert Dalling & Rich Schumacher
ESU Wrestling Team Manager: Kathy Koch
• Lafayette Invitational Wrestling Tournament: ESSC Team - 3rd Place
 (Lafayette Invitational Tourney Champions - G. Shoemaker, S. Picone, G. Kessel, D. Lehman)
• EIWA Team Wrestling Championships @ Syracuse University: ESSC Team - 5th Place
• Team's Outstanding Wrestler - Gary Kessel (1st PSAC) (1st - EIWA)

▪ 1977 EIWA Wrestling Championship Brackets - CLICK HERE!

Lafayette Invitational Wrestling Tournament
Team Scoring: Princeton 67, Army 66, East Stroudsburg 64 1/2, F&M 41, Rider 35 1/2,
Lafayette College 26 1/2, University of Delaware 23 1/2, University of Pennsylvania (Penn) 11.

1976 Lafayette College Invitational Wrestling Champions
@ Lafayette College, Easton PA
(118lbs.)    Tom Coleman, Army
(126lbs.)    Greg Shoemaker, East Stroudsburg State
(134lbs.)    Sal Picone, East Stroudsburg State
(142lbs.)    Brian Brown, Franklin & Marshall College
(150lbs.)    Steve Grubman, Princeton University
(158lbs.)    Gary Kessel, East Stroudsburg State
(167lbs.)    Jeff Culp, Army
(177lbs.)    Keith Ely, Princeton University
(190lbs.)    Don Lehman, East Stroudsburg State
(Hwt.)    John Sefter, Princeton University

√ Other ESSC Placewinners:   Randy Tillman (118lbs.) - 2nd place
▪ ESSC Wrestlers who did not place:  Galen McWilliams (142lbs.) Ken Magaro (150lbs.)
Harvey Freeman (167lbs.) Don Blair (177lbs.) Bill Katinowsky (Hwt.)
 

1974-75 ESSC Season/Team Photo


(L-R) Tom Jackson (California State), Don Lehman (East Stroudsburg State),
Bill Shuffstall (Slippery Rock State),
Eric Guyll (Millersville State), Matt Tydor (Bloomsburg State),
Andy Aronstam (West Chester State).


East Stroudsburg University Wrestling
ESU Wrestling Archive..1973 to 1977 - CLICK HERE!
(Bill Luckenbaugh, Mike Stambaugh, Don Lehman, Keith Lichty)
ESU Wrestling Lettermen 1960-2007 - CLICK HERE!
(10 West York Wrestlers on the ESU Lettermen List)
West York Wrestlers Lettered @ ESU  - CLICK HERE!
(Eby, Luckenbaugh, Stambaugh's, Lehman, Lichty, Gay, Buelow, Sprenkle, Wolfe)