Head Coach - Scott Freischlag
Scott Freischlag enters his 18th year as head coach of the Wayne wrestling
program with a career dual meet record of 188-36-2. Coach Freischlag is a 1981
graduate of Lewiston-Porter High School (Section VI). During his enrollment at
Lew-Port, Freischlag enjoyed an outstanding wrestling and football career
highlighted by being named All-State in football his senior year. Following high
school, Freischlag competed for Division II Ashland College in football and
wrestling, earning Heartland Conference runner-up honors as a freshman. After
transferring to SUNY Cortland, Freischlag captured a SUNY title as heavyweight
and was third place finisher in the NYS Collegiate Championships. Freischlag
earned a Red Letter Award, recognizing him as the most outstanding wrestler on
the Cortland team in 1985. After serving as an assistant coach in Ridgeway, New
Jersey for three years, Freischlag took over the Wayne program from Chris
Bourne. Wayne has experienced unprecedented success during his tenure. Wayne
shared the Finger Lakes East title in 1995 and 1996, a period that saw the team
have a two-year record of 22-1-1. The 2000-2001and 2002-2003 teams ended their
seasons with section V class "B" championships and the 2003-2004 and
the 2004-2005 teams finished their seasons with a Class A championships. The
2004-2005 and the 2005-2006 teams were also the first Section Five teams to
defeat the Spencerport Team in thirteen years. Freischlag's wrestlers have won
27 individual Class B championships, 21 individual Class A championships
and fourteen individual Section V titles. Freischlag is a
physical education teacher at Wayne’s T. C. Armstrong Middle School and
resides in Ontario with his wife Mary, daughters Ali and Kayla and son Kurt.
Assistant Varsity Coach - Ted Hargarther
Ted Hargarther is a veteran of the Wayne Central wrestling program. He has served as the junior varsity coach of the Eagles for 24 seasons, working for ten years with ex coach Chris Bourne and for the past fifteen seasons with Scott Freischlag. Ted is a 1976 graduate of Wayne Central. While in high school, he was an exceptional wrestler under the coaching of Dawson Raymo. Hargarther's outstanding high school wrestling career led to many victories and a county championship. Hargarther is known for his ability to teach fundamental wrestling skills and to evolve young grapplers into seasoned athletes. "Coach Hargarther is great at relating to our wrestlers." "He is particularly good at letting our younger guys know what is expected of them as well as what they need to do to be successful in this sport." "He is an ideal assistant coach." - Scott Freischlag. Coach Hargarther has been recognized for his dedication to the sport of wrestling by being selected as the 2003 recipient of the Terry Robert Justice Memorial Award. Awards Photo Coach Hargarther resides in Williamson with his wife Joyce.
Junior Varsity Coach - Brad Miller
Modified Coach - Gary Schojan
EagleForce Head Coach & HS Assistant Coach - Ron Gross
Ron Gross is a 1986 Graduate of the Wayne
Central High School. While at Wayne Ron was a 4X Class B Champion and a 1986 New
York State Tournament Runner-Up. Ron
continued on with a successful college career including 4X NYS Team, 4X NCAA
Qualifier, 2X NCAA Division III All-American and Captain of 2X
NCAA Division III National Championship Team at Ithaca College. Ron was Inducted
into the Ithaca College Athletic "Hall of Fame" in 2004. Ron's
extensive coaching experience includes; Head
Coach @ Wesleyan University (CT) 1990-1992, Assistant Coach @ Ithaca College
1993, Head Coach @ RIT 1993-1997 (NYS College Coach of the Year in 1997),
Assistant Coach @ Wayne Central H.S. 1997-2001, Head Coach @ Brighton H.S.
2001-2005. This past
year Ron resigned from his coaching position with Brighton
to spend more time with his family and to help with the Wayne youth program of
which his sons wrestle in. Currently a social studies teacher at the
Twelve Corners Middle School in the Brighton School District, Coach Gross
resides in Walworth with his wife Lisa, daughter Carly and sons Trevor and
Tyler.
