03/10/2026
Here we go with Part 3 of the lineup reveals with the updated format. (Update)
Our All-Time Lehigh Valley Wrestling League continues with three more programs:
🔴 DIERUFF
🔵 LIBERTY
🔴 STROUDSBURG
These are not simply the 13 greatest wrestlers in each school’s history. We’re building the strongest possible 13-man dual-meet lineup using today’s high-school weight classes.
Our evaluation:
• 90 points — High-school career
• 8 points — College career
• 2 points — Freestyle / international achievement
Actual high-school weights and career progression matter, which means even accomplished state champions may be edged out of the starting lineup.
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🔴 DIERUFF HUSKIES
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ALL-TIME DUAL LINEUP
106 — Mitch Marcks
PIAA AAA state qualifier for Dieruff who went on to b three-time NCAA Division III All-American at King’s, including an NCAA runner-up finish.
113 — Justin Gottwald
Strong Dieruff lightweight who went on to become a four-year Division I wrestler at Drexel.
120 — Buddy Maxwell
Three-time Northeast Regional finalist, 1988 regional champion and Dieruff’s first 100-match winner.
126 — Dave Halulko 🏆
PIAA State Champion with an undefeated championship season; later a two-time NCAA Division I qualifier for Indiana State.
132 — Dan Howard 🏆
PIAA State Champion at 133 pounds.
138 — John Halasovski
1964 District XI and Northeast Regional champion and PIAA state runner-up.
145 — Charlie Houser 🏆
1965 PIAA State Champion.
152 — Jon Rushatz
Two-time District XI champion who later finished third in NCAA Division I for Lehigh.
160 — Ronald Nguyen
PIAA qualifier with a strong upperclassman middleweight career. He gets the spot because of best natural fit at 160.
170 — John Sallitt 🏆
1993 PIAA AAA State Champion at 171 pounds.
182 — Dan Newhard 🏆
1968 PIAA State Champion at 180, finishing 22-0-1.
195 — Andy Voit 🏆
PIAA third in 1983 and State Champion in 1984 at 185 pounds before becoming a three-time NCAA Division I All-American at Penn State.
285 — George Atiyeh 🏆🏆
Back-to-back PIAA heavyweight champion — 1976 and 1977.
⭐ EXTENDED ALL-TIME TEAM
Dennis Atiyeh 🏆
PIAA 4th in 1980 and State Champion in 1981 at heavyweight. George Atiyeh’s two titles keep the starting spot.
Abe Atiyeh
1978 PIAA runner-up at 185 after winning District XI and the regional.
Rick Frable
1986 PIAA 6th-place finisher at 185.
John Flamish
1995 PIAA 6th-place finisher at 189.
Mike Moya
1999 PIAA 6th-place finisher at heavyweight.
Jayden Reyes
2015 PIAA 8th-place finisher at 182, with 108 career victories.
Jovon Reyes
Two-time PIAA medalist at 195 — 6th in 2013 and 5th in 2014.
Northeast Regional Champs < 1970 - Jim Davis, Ron Trexler & Willie Brickhouse.
Dieruff’s signature is its remarkable state-championship depth, with champions spread from the lightweights through heavyweight.
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🔵 LIBERTY HURRICANES
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ALL-TIME DUAL LINEUP
106 — Dan McIntyre
Two-time PIAA State Runner-up and back-to-back District XI and Northeast Regional champion; later a two-time NCAA Division I qualifier and three-time ACC placewinner at Maryland.
113 — Mickey Torres 🏆
1983 PIAA AAA State Champion at 112 and 1984 state runner-up.
120 — Dick Santoro
Two-time District XI champion; later a two-time EIWA champion and NCAA Division I third-place finisher for Lehigh. His total résumé and historical weight fit narrowly keep him in the starting lineup.
126 — John Fritz
District XI and regional champion who later became an NCAA Division I champion and three-time All-American at Penn State.
132 — Doug Koch 🏆
1960 PIAA State Champion, later an EIWA champion and NCAA third-place finisher for Lehigh.
138 — Gino Capuano 🏆
1985 PIAA AAA State Champion at 138 pounds.
145 — Greg Ruth
PIAA runner-up before becoming a two-time NCAA Division I champion at Oklahoma.
152 — Brian Statum 🏆🏆
Back-to-back PIAA State Champion — 1975 and 1976.
160 — Ron Flemming
Northeast Regional champion who later became an NCAA Division I runner-up for Franklin & Marshall.
170 — Matt Reiss
PIAA third-place finisher at 167 in 1979 before becoming the 1980 NCAA Division I champion and a 1981 All-American for NC State.
182 — Bob Morgan
1940 PIAA runner-up; later an EIWA runner-up and U.S. Olympic Trials third-place finisher.
195 — John Strohl
District XI and Northeast Regional champion who reached the PIAA semifinals.
285 — Andrew Gunning 🏆
PIAA third at 220 in 2014, fifth at 220 in 2015 and State Champion at heavyweight in 2016. Later became a two-time NCAA Division I qualifier for North Carolina.
⭐ ALL-TIME TEAM MEMBERS (Because Liberty’s history is so deep, we used a much higher threshold here: **only omitted PIAA state champions and state runners-up are included.**)
William Unangst 🏆
PIAA runner-up at 135 in 1938 and State Champion at 155 in 1940. Blocked by Liberty’s exceptional depth in the 152–160 range.
Pete Cicchine 🏆
1940 PIAA State Champion at 135. Caught behind Doug Koch and Gino Capuano in one of Liberty’s strongest historical weight bands.
Charles Cope 🏆
1947 PIAA State Champion at 155.
Bart Mosser 🏆
1958 PIAA State Champion at 127. John Fritz’s two state finals and NCAA championship keep the starting 126 position.
John Eckenrode 🏆
1961 PIAA State Champion at 138.
Randy Biggs 🏆
1967 PIAA State Champion at 95. See Freedom team.
Jim Bresnak 🏆
1980 PIAA AAA State Champion at 105. McIntyre’s back-to-back state runner-up finishes give him the edge in the optimized lineup.
Bernie Hart
1961 PIAA runner-up at 95.
Dave Clery
1962 PIAA runner-up at 138.
Dave Hammer
1971 PIAA runner-up at 112.
Greg Filipos
1972 PIAA runner-up at 103.
Greg Sweigard
1976 PIAA AAA runner-up at 126.
Mario Stuart
PIAA third at 103 in 1998 and runner-up at 112 in 1999; later a two-time NCAA Division I All-American for Lehigh. Torres gets the starting nod because this project is high-school first and Torres owns the PIAA title.
Brandon Mihalko
2000 PIAA AAA runner-up at 171 after placing seventh at 160 the previous year. Matt Reiss retains 170 with a PIAA bronze plus an NCAA Division I championship.
Anthony Marino
2010 PIAA AAA runner-up at 119 after placing fifth at 112 in 2009. A strong two-medal résumé, but Santoro’s total career and lineup fit keep him outside the starting 13.
Luke Werner
Three-time PIAA medalist — 8th at 106, 5th at 113 and runner-up at 120 in 2017. This was one of the closest decisions:
K.J. Fenstermacher
Three-time PIAA state placewinner: 2015 7th (113), 2016 3rd (120) and 2017 3rd (132 / w/ Northampton). Assigned to Liberty under our majority-years rule.
Charles Horvath
1938 PIAA runner-up at 185.
Stan Thevenet
Two-time PIAA State Runner-up — 2nd at 138 in 1943 and 2nd at 145 in 1944.
George LaSasso
1946 PIAA State Runner-up at 185.
Jim Placatoris
1952 PIAA State Runner-up at 185.
Frank “Bud” Smith
1952 PIAA State Runner-up at 127.
State Placers not already included above:
1973 — Milton Schuler — 4th at 250
1976 — Bernie Fritz — 4th at 132
1976 — Carlos Rivera — 3rd at 112
1977 — Tom Jones — 3rd at 155
1978 — Mike Walter — 3rd at 155
1982 — Angelo Fetter — 5th at 105
1983 — Pete Bearse — 6th at 155
1987 — Pat Tocci — 3rd at 98
1988 — Lance Morabito — 5th at 185
1989 — Brian Cuddy — 6th at 135
1990 — Mike Evans — 3rd at 140
1998 — Chris D’Amico — 5th at 275
1999 — Brad Washburn — 4th at 140
2002 — Mike Liberto — 5th at 189
2003 — Mike Pena — 7th at 112
2004 — Ricci Bass — 3rd at 125
2006 — W***y Horwath — 7th at 130
2010–2011 — Anthony Cabrera — 5th at 103 in 2010; 4th at 112 in 2011
2011 — Brett Marino — 7th at 103
2012 — Grimaldi Gonzalez — 3rd at 120
2014 — Jake Gunning — 3rd at 220
2018 — Tal-Reese Flemming — 3rd at 106
2018 — Matthew Maloney — 5th at 113
2019 — Damen Moyer — 6th at 195
2019 — Michael Torres — 8th at 126
2024 — Kam Abboud — 8th at 139
Liberty’s depth may be the most striking part of the lineup: there are six additional PIAA champions who we could not fit in the starting 13!
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🔴 STROUDSBURG MOUNTAINEERS
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ALL-TIME DUAL LINEUP
106 — Ray Ward
2004 Northeast Regional champion and 2005 PIAA fourth-place finisher.
113 — Guesseppe Rea
Later became an NCAA Division III All-American at Wilkes and a senior Pan-American bronze medalist.
120 — Cameron Enriquez
Three-time PIAA sixth-place finisher and later an NJCAA national runner-up and All-PSAC wrestler at East Stroudsburg.
126 — Joey Rivera
A remarkable four-time PIAA medalist — fifth, fifth, eighth and fourthlater an NCAA Division I qualifier at Boston University.
132 — Patrick Noonan
2020 PIAA AAA state runner-up at 132 pounds, later wrestling collegiately at Virginia and Iowa State.
138 — Bob Stetler
District XI champion who later finished third and second in NCAA Division II for East Stroudsburg and also won a PSAC championship. .
145 — Josh Lesoine
1995 District XI champion and PIAA third-place finisher.
152 — Dan Woolever
District XI and Northeast Regional champion and PIAA fourth-place finisher.
160 — Mark Miller
1994 PIAA state runner-up, with earlier career weight history allowing the fit at 160.
170 — Dave Zettlemoyer
1987 District XI and Northeast Regional champion and PIAA state runner-up; later won a PSAC championship at East Stroudsburg..
182 — Lenny Pinto 🏆
2019 PIAA third-place finisher followed by the 2020 PIAA State Championship; later became a three-time NCAA Division I qualifier at Nebraska and 2025 Big Ten runner-up. .
195 — Jake Jakobsen 🏆
2015 PIAA runner-up followed by the 2016 PIAA State Championship, later an EIWA champion for Lehigh.
285 — Cody Cooper
Two-time District XI heavyweight runner-up with more than 100 career victories.
⭐ EXTENDED ALL-TIME TEAM
Scott DeLong — Regional champion and PIAA qualifier; squeezed by Stroudsburg’s lightweight depth.
John Fisher — 167 PIAA runner-up and regional champion; his natural weight overlaps directly with Zettlemoyer.
Bob Hemhauser — 126 District XI and regional champion; Rivera’s four state medals win the position.
Al Lewis — Heavyweight Regional champion and PIAA qualifier; Cooper gets the starting heavyweight spot.
Mike Muth — 155 District XI champion caught in Stroudsburg’s very deep middleweight group.
Matt Transue - 2x District Champ, Regioncal Champ and state 8th place.
Mike Yetter - PIAA 8th in both 2000 & 2001
State Placers not already listed above:
993 — Craig Loebsack — PIAA 5th at 152
2000–2001 — Mike Yetter — PIAA 8th at heavyweight in both 2000 and 2001
2001 — Andy Ludlow — PIAA 6th at 189
2011 — Eric Howey — PIAA 8th at 135
2021 — Josh Jasionowicz — PIAA 8th at 106
That’s the challenge with this project — some wrestlers are absolutely good enough to start, but only one wrestler can occupy each weight.
Stroudsburg’s strength is its sustained state-level depth.
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Three programs. Three very different historical profiles.
🔴 DIERUFF — championship strength throughout the lineup.
🔵 LIBERTY — extraordinary depth, including six additional state champions outside the starting 13.
🔴 STROUDSBURG — tremendous state-medal depth anchored by Pinto and Jakobsen.
Remember, the question isn’t: “Who are the 13 greatest wrestlers in school history?”
It’s: “What is the strongest historical dual-meet lineup you can put on the mat?”
Who did we get right? Who would you move into the starting lineup?
More teams coming in Part 4.
