Wayne Wrestling – Wayne Central Alumni

The very complete Wayne Wrestling website has gone away. Before it disappeared, I was able to save a bit of info relating to Wayne Wrestling history. Unfortunately, I did not get most of the team photos. I have some yearbooks, so I should be able to get some.
Thanks to the Wayne Wrestling boosters for assembling this information and organizing the Hall of Fame. I don’t know who specifically, but I communicated with Matt Prinsen in years past. I believe Matt was mainly responsible for the original Wayne Wrestling website.

Hall of Fame Inductees

2014
Jeff Howard
Class of 1986
High School: 100+ wins, Section V Champion
College (University at Buffalo): 4 year starter, New York State Collegiate Champion, Northeast Regional Champion, NCAA All American, NCAA Runner up, Most Valuable Wrestler, University of Buffalo’s Male Athlete of the Year, University of Buffalo Hall of Fame Inductee
New York State Collegiate Judo Champion
Empire State Games Gold Medalist in Judo
13 year Section V Varsity Official
Tournament Director for County, Class, Sectional, and NYS Tournaments
Assistant Section V Wrestling Director – 10 years

2014
Ron Gross
Class of 1986
High School: 4 time Section V Champion, 2nd in NYS Championship, 139 Varsity Wins, Section V Wrestling Hall of Fame
College (Ithaca): 4 time All NYS, 2 time NCAA All American, Ithaca Athletic Hall of Fame, Wrestling Team Captain for 2 Team Championship years

2011
Mike Patterson
Class of 2003
3 Time Class B Sectional Champion; 2X Section 5 Champion, 2X NYS runner-up. Mike’s record his last two years of high school was an outstanding 96 – 3. I had the privilege of watching Mike throughout his outstanding high school and college career and can attest to his commitment, toughness, athleticism, intelligence, and all around “class” as an athlete and person. As an 8th grader, Mike struggled against more mature wrestlers, gaining experience that would suit him well as he dominated Section 5 and New York state over the latter part of his career. Mike’s wrestling style was as tough and physically dominant as it was possible to be while, at the same time, he was one of the most personable young men that I coached. Mike, an outstanding student, earned his degree from SUNY Binghamton and is enjoying a successful career in private industry.

Mike’s college career was, to me, a demonstration of not just his ability to compete at the Division I level, but a demonstration of his commitment to his family. Despite battling thru several serious injuries that would have caused a lesser individual to call it a career, Mike stepped on the mat against the top guys in the nation, serving as a leader of his team and competing with his brothers one last time. (by Scott Freischlag)

2009
Leo Urbinelli, MD
Class of 1996
Leo is the son of Romeo and Marilyn Urbinelli. While at Wayne Leo was a 3X Class B Sectional champion and a Section 5 champion; Upon graduation, Leo held the school record for career wins with a 154 wins and 21 losses (most of those pins were with his infamous cross-face cradle!)

While at Cornell: Leo’s honors included: being named to the All Ivy team, serving as team captain, 2X NYS College Champion, 2X NCAA qualifier – reaching the All American round. In addition, Leo earned team awards for most pins, most valuable wrestler, and toughness.

Leo recently graduated from SUNY Upstate Medical Center and is a surgical resident in the combined general surgery – plastic surgery program at NYU.

2009
Brian Swedrock
Class of 1996
Brian is the son of Rosie and John Swedrock. While at Wayne Brian was a 3X Class B Sectional champion and a Section 5 Champion with a career record of 90 – 14, a team captain with extensive freestyle and Greco roman experience.

In addition to being a four year member of the wrestling team at Cornell; Brian was introduced to Olympic style power lifting; he has been a nationally ranked competitor in that sport for the past 10 years (he’s gone from all of 75 pounds as an 8^th grader to being able to put almost 300 pounds over his head!)

Brian was also honored as member of the wrestling team for achieving a 4.0 GPA during the wrestling season. Brian graduated with honors with a degree in Applied Economics and Business.

Currently Brian resides in Connecticut with his wife and daughter where he works as a senior portfolio administrator

2008
Ted Hargarther
Class of 1976
Assistant Varsity and JV coach for over 25 years.
2003 recipient of the Terry Robert Justice Memorial Award for his dedication to the sport of wrestling.
1976 recipient of “The Outstanding Wrestler” at the Fingerlakes League Tournament and was the Wayne County and Fingerlakes League Champion.
Coach Ted Hargarther is well known for his ability to motivate and teach young wrestlers the fundamental wrestling skills and evolve young grapplers into seasoned athletes.
Coach Hargarther probably has more years in the Wayne Wrestling Program than any other person in history when you factor his career as a wrestler and a coach.

2007
JOE MOLINO
Class of 1956
30 years of refereeing and Always supporting Wayne Sports

Career/Professional
Ontario Excavating, B & L Slocum, Ontario Town Supervisor and
Teacher at Genesee Coop for 4 years &1 year at Wayne Central School District

2007
STEVE AZZANO
Class of 1982
1981 Sect. V Runner up, 1982 Bradshaw Champ, 1982 Class A Champ @ 138 lbs, 2 time Penfield Champ
1983 Regional Champ Jamestown College
high school senior record 39 – 2 @ 138 lbs.

Career/Professional
Successful businessman Azzano Construction

2005
CHRIS BOURNE
Head Coach 1981 – 1990,
Sectional Champions – 1981, Section 5 Coach of the Year, Class A Coach of the Year, Two time Class B Coach of the Year, Co-founder Wayne Wrestling Booster Club, Director of Physical Education and Athletics, Coached 13 Sectional Champions.

2005
BILL GROSS
Class of 1958
Two year varsity starter,
Undefeated in regular season 1957 – 1958,
Co-founder of Wayne Wrestling Booster Club
Coached sons Bryon and Ron until high school with both boys winning sectional titles and becoming college wrestlers

2004
RICK LANG
Mr. Rick Lang, Class of 1974, enjoyed a stellar career at Wayne Central and at the Rochester Institute of Technology. In high school, Rick was a Wayne County champion and a Finger Lakes League champion. Rick also won the Penfield, Spencerport, and Bradshaw tournaments.
After high school, Rick continued his wrestling career at R.I.T., where he was a two time state college tournament place winner. In his last year of wrestling Rick achieved Division 3 All-American status by placing in the national tournament.
Over the years, Rick has continued to support the wrestling program by providing financial assistance to wrestlers. Many of our current wrestlers have benefited from Rick’s generosity. Please join us in congratulating Mr. Rick Lang on his induction into the Wayne wrestling Hall of Fame.

2004
ROY LANG
Mr. Roy Lang, Class of 1977, joins his brother Rick in the Hall of Fame. Roy had one of the best high school careers in the history of the program. In addition to winning the Penfield, Spencerport, and Bradshaw tournaments, Roy was a county and league champion. Roy became the first wrestler from Wayne to win a sectional tournament, qualifying for the New York State tournament and taking 4^th place as a senior. Roy was also the first Wayne wrestler to amass 100 career wins in an era when most wrestlers had about 20 – 25 matches in a season. Please join us in congratulating Mr. Roy Lang on his induction into the Wayne wrestling Hall of Fame.

2004
DAWSON RAYMO
The Wayne Central Wrestling Program proudly presents Dawson Raymo the award for his contributions to the Wayne Wrestling Program.
After being a four time sectional champion at Messina HS, Mr. Dawson Raymo came to Wayne in 1970 and served the district as a teacher and as the Wayne head wrestling coach for 10 years. During that time the wrestling program experienced a growth in popularity that laid the foundation for the program that we have today. Coach established the youth wrestling program at Wayne, recruiting many young athletes into the sport.
Coach Raymo coached many outstanding wrestlers, including Coach Ted Hargarther. Coach also coached many of Wayne’s outstanding sets of brothers; the Affronti’s, the Lang’s, the Azzano’s, as well as countless other fine wrestlers.
Upon his retirement from teaching, Coach went on to a successful business career. Please join us in congratulating Coach Dawson Raymo on his induction into the Wayne Wrestling Hall of Fame.

2003
RON MILLER
The Wayne Central Wrestling Program proudly presents Mr. Ronald E. Miller the award for being one of the greatest contributors to the Wayne Wrestling Program and to the Wayne Central School District. Ronald E. Miller was born in Montgomery, Pa. on July 11, 1941, where he attended school and graduated from Montgomery High School in 1959. He enrolled in Bloomsburg State College, in Pennsylvania, and graduated in 1963 with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Education. His major was in Social Studies and his minor was in Geography. His graduate studies include courses taken at Bloomsburg, Oswego, Brockport, and the University of Rochester. In September of 1963, Mr. Miller began his career at Wayne Central to teach social studies. He also coached wrestling for five years, from 1964-1969, served as Senior Class Advisor, and was a Student Council Advisor. He became vice-principal in 1969 and served in that capacity for eighteen years. In 1987, he became principal of the high school and remained in that position for ten years. Ron left Wayne in 1997 to serve as vice principal and principal of Jersey Shore High School until 2003 (this year), when he decided to retire. Ron Miller always wanted to show his support for the students at Wayne Central by attending as many events as he could in order to compliment them on their athletic and academic achievements.

2003
AL GENTILE
The Wayne Central Wrestling Program proudly presents Mr. Al Gentile the award for being one of the greatest contributors to the Wayne Wrestling Program and to the Wayne Central School District. Mr. Al Gentile founded the wrestling program at Wayne in 1950 after the boys were interested in starting a boxing team. Practice was held on the Ontario Primary stage, but band practice interfered. To remedy this situation, practice had to be held in the Walworth School. Coach Gentile had his wrestlers run alongside his car, which had the mats strapped onto it, for 6 miles through all of the weather! The JV program was formed during the 1950-1951 season, and the following season they entered the varsity level. Coach Gentile saw success come early with many individual section winners. One year, six out of 10 wrestlers won the sectionals!! Finally, Al Gentile decided to turn to officiating and turned the program over to Mr. Ron Miller. Other achievements of Al Gentile include coaching numerous champions including Olympic wrestler Carmen Molino. In 1975-1982, Al Gentile was selected to work five State Wrestling Champion Tournaments. In 1982, he was honored by the NYSHSAA as the #1 Wrestling Referee in New York State and was inducted into the Section Five Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1996.

2002
CARMEN J. MOLINO
The Wayne Central Wrestling Program proudly presents Mr. Carmon J. Molino the award for being one of the greatest contributors to the Wayne Wrestling Program and to the Wayne Central School District. An outstanding wrestler for Cornell University during his three varsity seasons from 1955 to 1958, he compiled an overall mark of 25-7 and was undefeated in Ivy League matches (18-0). He was runner-up at 125 pounds at the Eastern Intercollegiate championships in 1958 and reached the semis of the NCAA championships. In 1960 he won the National AAU 125-lb. title, was runner-up in 1961 and placed fourth in 1962. He was named the outstanding wrestler of the prestigious Wilkes Open Tournament in 1959. He placed sixth in the World Freestyle championships in 1961. He was a member of the U.S. Greco Roman teams in 1962 and 1963 and the U.S. freestyle team in 1961. In 1964, he was runner-up in the U.S. Olympic Trials and was an alternate U.S. Olympic team member. Since graduation from Cornell, Molino has taught at Groton (N.Y.) High School and was Groton’s head wrestling coach from 1960-66. He was an assistant coach at Cornell from 1967-72 and from 1974-92. He graduated from Wayne Central School in Ontario, N.Y. in the class of 1954 and resides in Groton.

Team Photos

Sectional Champions

NYSPHSAA Tournament Wild Card entry instituted in 2007

2015	2014	2013	2012	2011
Section V, Class BBB Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff: Scott Freischlag Paul Peterson Kevin Steinruck Gus Zaso Matt Caccamise Joe Sliwoski Luke Yankloski NYSPHSAA Div 2 Qualifier Wild Card Recipients Joe Sliwoski 113 Luke Yankloski 120 Coach of the Year	Third Place in Class BBB @ Canandaigua Academy Coaching Staff Luke Baum Gio Bianchi Michael Cox Joe Sliwoski Luke Yankloski Bryan LantryNYSPHSAA Div 2 Qualifier Tournament Champions Bryan Lantry 120 Luke Yankloski 106 Wild Card Recipient Joe Sliwoski 99NYSPHSAA Div 2 Tournament Bryan Lantry Champion – 120 lb. Luke Yankloski 2^nd – 106 lb. Joe Sliwoski 4^th – 99 lb.	Sixth Place in Class A @ Canandaigua Academy Coaching Staff Luke Baum Gio Bianchi Michael Cox Scott Prinsen Bryan Lantry Steve Azzano NYSPHSAA Div 1 Qualifier Tournament Champions Bryan Lantry 113 Steve Azzano 152 NYSPHSAA Tournament Bryan Lantry 113 4^th – 113 lb.	Fifth Place in Class A @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Luke Baum Scott Prinsen Gio Bianchi Frank Affronti NYSPHSAA Div 1 Qualifier Tournament Champions Frank Affronti 160 lb. NYSPHSAA Tournament Frank Affronti 3^rd-160 lb.Wild Card Recipient Bryan Lantry 5^th-99 lb.	Fourth Place in Class A @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Scott Freischlag Luke Baum Ted Hargarther Joe Montroy Al Dierna Bobby Dierna Tory Cain NYSPHSAA Div 1 Qualifier Tournament Champions Alec Dierna 119 lb. Bobby Dierna 135 lb. Tory Cain 145 lb. Frank Affronti 152 lb.NYSPHSAA Tournament Alec Dierna 3^rd – 119 lb. Bobby Dierna 2^nd – 135 lb. Tory Cain 5^th – 145 lb.
2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
Second Place in Class A @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Brad Miller Joe Montroy Al Dierna Bobby Dierna Tory Cain NYSPHSAA Tournament Alec Dierna Div. 1 – 103 lb. Champion Vinny DiGravio 3rd–145 lb. Bobby Dierna 4th–130 lb. NHSCA Jr. National Champion Wild Card Recipient Tory Cain 6th–140 lb.	Second Place in Class A @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Ron Gross Ted Hargarther Brad Miller Mike Patterson Joe Montroy Al Dierna Bobby Dierna Vinny DiGravio Chris MarvinNYSPHSAA Tournament Vinny DiGravio Div. 1 – 130 lb. Champion Bobby Dierna 3rd–112 lb. 96 lb. – Alec Dierna Wild Card Recipient 160 Lbs – Chris Marvin	Section V Class “A” Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Ron Gross Bobby Dierna Vinny DiGravio Kevin Steinruck Chris Marvin NYSPHSAA Tournament Bobby DiernaDiv.1 – 96 lb. Champion Vinny DiGravio* Coach of the Year*	Section V Class “A” Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaching Staff Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Ron Gross Bobby Dierna Dave Leberth Kevin Connelly Kurt Freischlag NYSPHSAA Tournament Bobby Dierna 5th -96 lbs. Wild Card Recipient Vinny DiGravio	Class A Second Place @ Canandaigua Academy Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Mike Rosselli John Marvin Josh Patterson Ryan Lamagra NYSPHSAA Tournament Josh Patterson Div.1 – 171 lb. Champion NHSCA Sr. National ChampionRyan Lamagra NYSPHSAA Div. 1 189 lb. Champion
2005	2004	2003	2002	2001
Section V Class “A” Team Champions@ Wayne HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Kevin Steinruck Steven Singley Vinny Bianchi Luke Baum Nathan Patterson Scott Prinsen Josh Patterson Ryan Lamagra NYSPHSAA TournamentLuke Baum _4th Josh Patterson _3rd Ryan Lamagra _3rd	Section V Class “A” Team Champions @ Canandaigua Academy Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Luke Baum A. J. Haak Mike Johnson Ryan Lamagra Joe Zaso NYSPHSAA Tournament Nathan Patterson _3rd Joe Zaso _4thRyan Lamagra	Section V Class “B” Team Champions @ Newark HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Luke Baum A. J. Haak Josh Patterson Mike Patterson Nathan Patterson NYSPHSAA Tournament Mike Patterson _2nd	Class B Second Place @ Wayland-Cohocton HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Josh Patterson Mike Patterson NYSPHSAA Tournament Mike Patterson _2nd	Section V Class “B” Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Drew Nagel Mike Patterson Nathan Patterson
2000	1999	1998	1997	1996
Dan Showman Scott Fry	Mike Bourne Peter Pagan Scott Fry	Karl Baum Mike Bourne J.C. Montroy NYSPHSAA Tournament Mike Bourne _6th	J.C. Montroy Dylan Wright	Brian Swedrock Leo Urbinelli
1995	1994	1993	1992	1986
Brian Swedrock Leo Urbinelli	Chris Lombino Ed Schafer Brian Swedrock NYSPHSAA Tournament Chris Lombino Brian Swedrock	Leo Urbinelli NYSPHSAA Tournament Leo Urbinelli	Scott Shales	Ron Gross Jeff Howard NYSPHSAA Tournament Ron Gross
1985	1984	1983	1982	1981
Ron Gross Rick Wheeler	Ron Gross	Ron Gross Rob VanAlstyne	Section V Class “B” Team Champions Coach Chris Bourne Rich Azzano Steve Azzano Bryon Gross	Billy Affronti Steve Azzano Charlie Jordan
1977	1976	1975	1962	1961
Roy Lang	Roy Lang	Roy Lang	Henry	Rene Vandeviere
1956	1955	1954	1953	1952
Charles Rowell Robert Mason	Thomas Cass Freer Charles Rowell	Thomas Cass Carmen Molino (Olympic Alternate)	Carmen Molino	Robert Jeffers Larry Zimmer

State Champions

Jeff Adriaansen Memorial Scholarship Winners

2015	2014 Bryan Lantry	2013 Jake Yankloski	2012 Cody Nellis
2011 Bradley Mayville	2010 Vincent DiGravio	2009 Devrin Bradford	2008 Jeff Marianetti
2007 Kurt Freischlag	2006 John Marvin	2005 Scott Prinsen	2004 A. J. Haak
2003 Jeff Gerber	2002 Steve Young	2001 Jason Gerber	2000 Kyle Hegedorn
1999 Mark Sasko	1998 Howard Crosby	1997 Rich Cain	1996 Brian Swedrock
1995 Aaron Malbone	1994 John Fadden Ed Schafer	1993 Romeo Urbinelli	1992 Sean Stevenson

Bernie Porray Award

2014 Luke Yankloski	2013 Steve Azzano	2012 Brandon Lantry	2011 Brad Mayville
2010 Vinny DiGravio	2009 Tory Cain	2008 Kevin Steinruck	2007 Rory Eichner
2006 Mike Rosselli	2005 Luke Baum	2004 Joe Zaso	2003 Joe Young
2002 Steve Young	2001 Andy Wilbert	2000 Jason Gerber	1999 Karl Baum
1998 J. C. Montroy	1997 Rich Cain	1996 Brian Swedrock	1995 Dave Tedesche
1994 John Fadden	1993 Romeo Urbinelli	1992 Jeff Adriaansen	1991 Sean Stevenson

100 Wins Award

Bryan Lantry +100 – 2013	Steve Azzano +100 – 2013	Jake Yankloski +100 – 2013	Brad Mayville 127 – 2011
Frank Affronti 100+ 2010	Tory Cain 170 – 2011	Bobby Dierna 100+ 2009	Chris Marvin 100+ 2008
Vinny DiGravio 100+ 2008	Kevin Steinruck 100 – 2008	Jeff Marianetti 107 – 2008	Mike Rosselli 100 2008
Steven Singley 127 – 2007	Ryan Lamagra 100 – 2006	Josh Patterson 213 – 2006	Luke Baum 162 – 2005
Nathan Patterson 214 – 2005	Michael Patterson 162 – 2003	Todd Casella 116 – 2003	Dan Showman 115 – 2001
Kyle Hegedorn 100 – 2000	Scott Fry 124 – 2000	Karl Baum 107 – 2000	J. C. Montroy 150 – 1998
Leo Urbinelli 154 – 1996	Ed Schafer 129 – 1994	Ron Gross 133 – 1986	Roy Lang 100+ 1977

2014 Bryan Lantry NYSPHSAA Div. 2 120 lb. Champion	2010 Alec Dierna NYSPHSAA Div. 1 103 lb. Champion	2009 Vinny DiGravio NYSPHSAA Div. 1 130 lb. Champion
2008 Bobby DiernaNYSPHSAA Div.1 96 lb. Champion	2006 Josh Patterson NYSPHSAA Div.1 171 lb. Champion	2006 Ryan Lamagra NYSPHSAA Div. 1 189 lb. Champion