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This is a little awkward, but if I had received something like this from a classmate - I would be pleased and happy to share it with you!! I hope you don't think I'm patting myself on the back, but I am very proud to share this with you - my classmates!
Last Saturday at the PIAA Southeast Pennsylvania Regional Wrestling Tournament, I had the honor of being inducted into the Southeast Pennsylvania Wrestling Hall of Fame. This was a most unusual and humbling event in my 47 years as a PIAA Wrestling Official. Usually we just get booed when on the mat - not receive accolades!! It was especially poignant for me because I was working my first State Tournament in Hershey in 1998 when Coach Art Weiss was inducted into the Pennsylvania State Wrestling Hall of Fame!! How proud and happy I was to be officiating the state finals in front of my Coach, about 12 Clearfield State Champions and 300 fans from Clearfield that had made the trip to watch (and cheer) when our beloved coach was honored. Coach Weiss retired from coaching in 1959 - our senior year. I would like to lay old rumors to rest - it was NOT my team that drove him into retirement!! He just simply decided to go out on top!!
Following are some pictures of that night. My son, Paul (a very good local high school wrestler), presented me with my plaque, as Ralph Wetzel (Assistant Coach at Clearfield after we graduated) read the "accolades".
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| My son Paul, after giving me the plaque |
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| My friend and Co-Inductee, Eddie |
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| My fellow officials who were working the tournament |
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Apology
I must apologize to my fellow blog members for not keeping up to date lately!! I have had several good classmate "stories" submitted lately that I have not been able to get posted!! As I think most of you know - I have been involved for 47 years as a PIAA Wrestling Referee and this time of year has always been hectic for me. In addition to "reffing", I have been my PIAA Chapter's Rules Interpreter for the past 26 years and assignor for 17 years. It's that assignor job that got hectic this year with all the snow cancellations and rescheduling (schools down here seem to close at ANY hint of snow in the next TWO years!!) and reassignment of officials. Top all that off with a case of the coughing your lungs out for the past week - and I will be VERY happy to see the 2014-2015 PIAA Wrestling season come to an end shortly!! I promise - I will get caught up!!
By the way - now would be a good time for YOU to bring us up to date on what's going on in YOUR life!! Drop me a note and I'll post it for you!
Orvis
Class of '59 Loses Another Member
I am sad to report that we have lost another classmate, J. Keith Knepp. Sam Lansberry reported that Keith, who lived in Austin, Texas, passed away on January 26th, 2015.Very few details are available and services will be private.
I will post further details as they become available.
Saturday, January 31, 2015
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