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Northwestern Lehigh has gained statewide recognition for its excellence in wrestling.  Looking at the high school's wrestling history may reveal how this great wrestling tradition began and how it has been maintained throughout the years.  The roots of Northwestern began in 1964.  It was head coach Paul Civitts and his assistant Ralph organ who were instrumental in the planning, preparing, and workings needed to get the program off the ground.  Hardships, such as practices held in the boiler room and improvised wrestling mats were overcome by sheer determination and desire put forth by the wrestlers.  Although the 1964-1965 wrestling season was in its inaugural year, the team managed to break into the win column and finished 1-11.   To view the history click on the year you wish to view.

 

 

1965-1966	1977-1978	1988-1989	2000-2001
1966-1967	1978-1979	1990-1991	2001-2002
1967-1968	1979-1980	1991-1992	2002-2003
1968-1969	1980-1981	1992-1993	2003-2004
1969-1970	1981-1982	1993-1994	2004-2005
1970-1971	1982-1983	1994-1995	2005-2006
1972-1973	1983-1984	1995-1996	2006-2007
1973-1974	1984-1985	1996-1997	2007-2008
1974-1975	1985-1986	1997-1998	2008-2009
1975-1976	1986-1987	1998-1999	2009-2010
1976-1977	1987-1988	1999-2000	2010-2011

 

**As made available, more Years will be added.**

 

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Coaching History   Head Coach Years Seasons District Champs Regional Champs State Champs Record Paul Civitts 65-69 4 0 0 0 11-68 Paul Hassler 69-70 4 0 0 0 3-11 Don Heusgen 70-71 1 0 0 0 10-4 Dave Hawk 72-80 8 15 12 5 76-35 Michael Pladus 80-86 6 8 5 0 98-28-2 Don Heusgen 86-88 2 3 2 0 19-15-2 Dave Evans 88-92 4 1 1 0 13-35 Mike Jordan 92-93 1 0 0 0 4-12-1 Jim Yost 93-96 3 0 0 0 7-49 Thad Smith 96-98 2 0 0 0 11-29  Don Billig 98-01 3 0 0 0 11-37 Mike Williams 01-07 6 8 5 1 103-21 Bryan Klass 07-08 1 5 2 1 27-3 Brad Kleckner 08- 09 1 1 1 1 11-10 Jim Moll 09-present 1       13-9 TOTAL 1965-2010 45 40 28 8 407-365

 

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*NWL Hall Of Fame*    Northwestern Lehigh Wrestling Hall of Fame (Click on the Link to view the NWL Wrestling Hall of Fame)

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Team Championships & Awards

Colonial League Champions:	2004, 2007, 2008
Colonial League Runner-up:	2005, 2006
Centennial League Champions:	1977, 1980, 1984, 1985, 1986
District XI Dual Champions:	2007, 2008
District XI Duals Runner-Up:	2004, 2005, 2006
District XI Champions:	1977, 1978, 1985, 2007
Regional Champions:	1985, 2007
PIAA State Tournament Champions:	1979
PIAA State Tournament Runner-Up:	2008
PIAA State Dual Meet Runner-up:	2007
PIAA State Dual Meet Places:	2006 (4th), 2007 (2nd)
JV District Champions:	2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
District XI Sportsmanship Award:	2008
Most Team Wins (27):	2008
Team Score vs. Opponents (1,884-784):	2008
Team Score vs. Opponents (1,305-342):	2007

 

Team Awards
Year	Tiger Award (OW)	Black and Gold	Most Improved	Scholar Athlete	Blood Sweat Tears (3rd pd points)	Most Takedowns	Most Pins	Most Team Points
2009 2010	Dylan Long	Levi Veppert	Levi Veppert	--	Bobby Clymer (+42)	Bobby clymer (38)	Dylan Long (14)	Dylan Long (150)
2008 2009	Evan Yenolevich	Lucas Dise	Bobby Clymer	Eddie Keichel	--	Eddie Keichel (29)	Evan Yenolevich (19)	Evan Yenolevich (119)
2007 2008	Ben Clymer	Victor Konno	Ricky Williams	Victor Konno	--	Ricky Williams (135)	Evan Yenolevich	Ben Clymer
2006 2007	Evan Yenolevich	---	--	--		--	--	--
2005 2006	Scott Clymer	--	--	--		--	--	--
2004 2005		--
2003 2004		--
2002 2003
2001 2002		--
2000 2001	Mike Stepan	--
1999 2000	Zach Wehr

 

 

Northwestern Lehigh  State Champions

1977	Dan Blose	185 lbs	30-0
1979	Greg Stewart	112 lbs	24-7-1
1979	Scott Fenstermaker	132 lbs	25-3
1980	Kurt Wentz	98 lbs	27-2
1980	Greg Stewart	112 lbs	32-0
2006	Scott Clymer	125 lbs	40-9
2008	Ben Clymer*	171 lbs	47-2
2009	Evan Yenolevich	125 lbs	38-1

*PIAA Outstanding Wrestler

  Who's Next?

 

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Northwestern Lehigh  High School all-Americans

Year	Name	Weight	Tournament	Place
1977	Chris Wentz	98 lbs	All-American Team	-
1980	Greg Stewart	112 lbs	All-American Team	-
2007	Scott Clymer	135 lbs	Reno Tournament of Champions	3rd
2007	Evan Yenolevich	112 lbs	NHSCA Sophomore Nationals	3rd
2008	Evan Yenolevich	119 lbs	NHSCA Junior Nationals	4th

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District XI Champions					Regional Champions					State Place Winners
1	1974	Chris Wentz	88		1	1974	Chris Wentz	88		1	1975	Chris Wentz	88	2nd
2	1975	Chris Wentz	98		2	1975	Chris Wentz	98		2	1976	Chris Wentz	105	2nd
3	1976	Chris Wentz	105		3	1976	Chris Wentz	105		3	1977	Chris Wentz	112	3rd
4	1976	Dan Blose	185		4	1977	Chris Wentz	112		4	1977	Dan Blose	185	1st
5	1977	Chris Wentz	112		5	1977	Dwight Billig	126		5	1978	Vince Stravino	98	2nd
6	1977	Bryan Billig	119		6	1977	Dan Blose	185		6	1978	Rick Mohr	126	3rd
7	1977	Dan Blose	185		7	1978	Vince Stravino	98		7	1979	Vince Stravino	105	2nd
8	1978	Vince Stravino	98		8	1978	Rick Mohr	126		8	1979	Greg Stewart	112	1st
9	1978	Rick Mohr	126		9	1979	Kurt Wentz	98		9	1979	Scott Fenstermaker	132	1st
10	1979	Kurt Wentz	98		10	1979	Vince Stravino	105		10	1980	Kurt Wentz	98	1st
11	1979	Vince Stravino	105		11	1980	Kurt Wentz	98		11	1980	Greg Stewart	112	1st
12	1979	Scott Fenstermaker	132		12	1980	Greg Stewart	112		12	1984	Tim Kelchner	138	6th
13	1980	Kurt Wentz	98		13	1984	Keith Neilsen	167		13	1985	George Padamonsky	138	6th
14	1980	Greg Stewart	112		14	1985	Phil Villard	155		14	1986	Scott Derr	98	4th
15	1980	Phill Smith	185		15	1985	Keith Neilsen	167		15	1986	George Padamonsky	138	3rd
16	1981	Mike Hontz	119		16	1985	George Padamonsky	138		16	1987	Scott Derr	119	4th
17	1984	Tim Erkinger	105		17	1986	Scott Derr	98		17	1988	Scott Derr	126	3rd
18	1984	Keith Neilsen	167		18	1987	Scott Derr	119		18	1989	Chris Shalbert		5th
19	1985	Scott Derr	98		19	1988	Scott Derr	126		19	1990	Matt Masters	135	2nd
20	1985	Phil Villard	155		20	1990	Matt Masters	135		20	2000	Zach Wehr	140	3rd
21	1985	Keith Neilsen	167		21	2004	Scott Clymer	103		21	2004	Scott Clymer	103	5th
22	1986	Scott Derr	98		22	2006	Evan Yenolevich	103		22	2006	Scott Clymer	125	1st
23	1986	George Padamonsky	138		23	2006	Dan Konno	145		23	2006	Dan Konno	145	2nd
24	1987	Scott Derr	119		24	2007	Scott Clymer	135		24	2007	Evan Yenolevich	112	2nd
25	1987	Dave Leiby	132		25	2007	Ben Clymer	171		25	2007	Victor Konno	125	8th
25	1988	Scott Derr	126		26	2008	Evan yenolevich	171		26	2007	Scott Clymer	135	3rd
26	1990	Mike Peters	140		27	2008	Ben Clymer	171		27	2007	Garrett Sukanick	189	6th
27	2004	Scott Clymer	103		28	2009	Evan Yenolevich	125		28	2008	Evan Yenolevich	119	2nd
28	2005	Scott Clymer	112							29	2008	Victor Konno	130	6th
29	2005	Ben Beitler	135							30	2008	Ricky Williams	135	5th
30	2006	Evan Yenolevich	103							31	2008	Ben Clymer	171	1st
31	2006	Dan Konno	135							32	2009	Dylan Long	103	7th
32	2007	Evan Yenolevich	112							33	2009	Evan Yenolevich	125	1st
33	2007	Scott Clymer	135
34	2007	Ben Clymer	171
35	2008	Eddie Faust	112
36	2008	Evan Yenolecich	119
37	2008	Victor Konno	130
38	2008	Ricky Williams	135
39	2008	Ben Clymer	171
40	2009	Evan Yenolevich	125

 

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150 Win Club

168-21	Evan Yenolevich*	2005-2009
152-23	Scott Clymer	2003-2007

*NWL all-time win leader

100 Win Club

125-12-3	Scott Derr	1985-1988
104-35	Zach Wehr	1997-2000
105-30	Ben Beitler	2002-2005
102-41	Justin Shorts	2002-2005
121-27	Dan Konno	2003-2006
115-32	Ben Marich	2004-2007
107-57	Brandon Williams	2004-2007
139-54	Victor Konno	2005-2008
128-18	Ben Clymer	2005-2008
102-41	Dylan Long	2007-2010

*Currently wrestling

  Who's Next?

 

3x State Place Winners

Chris Wentz- 1975, 1976, 1977 Scott Derr- 1986, 1987, 1988 Scott Clymer- 2004, 2005, 2006 Evan Yenolevich- 2007, 2008, 2009

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2x State Place Winners

Vince Stravino- 1978, 1979 Greg Stewart*- 1979, 1980 Geroge Padamonsky- 1985, 1986 Victor Konno- 2007, 2008 *2x State Champion **Currently Wreslting

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4x Regional Champions

Chris Wentz- 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 Scott Derr- 1985, 1986, 1987, 1988

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3x Regional Champions

Scott Derr- 1986, 1987, 1988 Evan Yenolevich- 2006, 2008, 2009

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2x Regional Champions Vince Stravino- 1978, 1979 Kurt Wentz- 1979, 1980 Keith Neilsen- 1984, 1985 Scot Clymer- 2004, 2007 Ben Clymer- 2007, 2008 *Currently wrestling

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4x District champions

Chris Wentz- 1974, 1975, 1976, 1977 Evan Yenolevich- 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009

3x District Champions Scott Clymer- 2004, 2005, 2007 2x District Champions Dan Blouse- 1976, 1977 Vince Stravino- 1978, 1979 Kurt Wentz- 1979, 1980 Keith Neilsen- 1984, 1985 Ben Clymer- 2007, 2008

Northwestern Lehigh  “44 Years of Wrestling history”  8 PIAA State Champions 1 PIAA Most Outstanding Wrestler 33 State Place Winners 28 Regional Champions 40 District Champions 1 PIAA State Team Championship 2 PIAA State Team Runner-Ups 2 District XI Team Dual Titles 4 District XI Team Titles 2 Regional Team Titles 8 League Titles 3 Top-Six ‘Team State’ Finishes 5 Straight Trips to the District XI Team Dual Finals 4 Straight Trips to the PIAA State Dual Tournament 5 JV District XI ‘AA’ Team Titles Reno Tournament of Champions 6th Place finish 5 High School All-Americas 10 ‘100 Match Winners’ 2 ‘150 Match Winner’ 1 Two-Time State Champion 4 Three-Time State Place Winners 5 Two-Time State Place Winners 2 Four-Time Regional Champions 2 Three-Time Regional Champion 6 Two-Time Regional Champions 2 Four-Time District Champion 2 Three-Time District Champions 5 Two-Time District Champions 1 PIAA District XI Team Sportsmanship Award 2 Morning Call “Team of the Year” Honors 1 Morning Call “Wrestler of the Year” 2 Times News “Wrestler of the Year” 3 Blue Ridge ‘Athlete of the Year’ Honors 2 District XI ‘Scholar Athlete’ Honor 4 Current Division I Wrestlers 16 Current Wrestling Alumni Pursuing  a Post Secondary Education 1 PIAA State “Coach of the Year” Honor 2 PIAA State “Assistant Coach of the Year” Honors 3 Morning Call “Coach of the Year” Honors 3 District XI “Coach of the Year” Honors 4 District XI “Assistant Coach of the Year” Honors

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