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Hall Of Fame Inductees

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

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 senior high school 39 – 2 record 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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2010	2009	2008	2007	2006
		Section V Class "A" Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Ron Gross Bobby Dierna Vinny DiGravio Kevin Steinruck Chris Marvin NYS Tournament Bobby Dierna NYSPHSAA Div.1 96 lb. Champion NYS Tournament Qualifier Vinny DiGravio Coach of the Year	Section V Class "A" Team Champions @ Wayne HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Ron Gross Bobby Dierna Dave Leberth Kevin Connelly Kurt Freischlag NYS Tournament Qualifier Bobby Dierna_5th Wild Card Recipient Vinny DiGravio	@ Canandaigua Academy Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Mike Rosselli John Marvin Josh Patterson Ryan Lamagra NYS Tournament Qualifier Josh Patterson NYSPHSAA Div.1 171 lb. Champion NHSCA National Champion Ryan 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 NYS Tournament Qualifier Luke 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 NYS Tournament Qualifier Nathan Patterson _3rd Ryan Lamagra Joe Zaso _4th	Section V Class "B" Team Champions @ Newark HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Luke Baum A. J. Haak Josh Patterson Mike Patterson Nathan Patterson NYS Tournament Qualifier Mike Patterson _2nd	@ Wayland-Cohocton HS Coaches Scott Freischlag Ted Hargarther Josh Patterson Mike Patterson NYS Tournament Qualifier 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 NYS Tournament Qualifier 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 NYS Tournament Qualifier Chris Lombino Brian Swedrock	Leo Urbinelli NYS Tournament Qualifier Leo Urbinelli	Scott Shales	Ron Gross Jeff Howard NYS Tournament Qualifier 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
Charles Rowell Robert Mason	Thomas Cass Freer Charles Rowell	Thomas Cass Carmen Molino (Olympic Alternate)	Carmen Molino	NYSPHSAA Tournament Wild Card entry instituted in 2007

2008

Bobby Dierna NYSPHSAA Div.1
96 lb. Champion

2006

Josh Patterson
NYSPHSAA Div.1
171 lb. Champion

2006

Ryan Lamagra
NYSPHSAA Div. 1
189 lb. Champion

Luke Baum Ontario, NY Rochester Institute of Technology Major: Math	Scott Prinsen Ontario, NY Thiel College Major: History
Nathan Patterson Ontario, NY Binghamton University Major: Pre Med	Josh Patterson Ontario, NY Binghamton University Major: Undeclared
Vinny Bianchi Ontario, NY Pensacola Christian College Major:	Steve Young Ontario, NY University of Southern Maine Major:
Michael Patterson 5'10" 197 lbs. Ontario, N.Y. Binghamton University Major: Secondary Education	Karl Baum Ontario, NY Syracuse University Major: Computer Sciences

Leo Urbinelli
5'-10" 157 lbs.
Ontario, N.Y.
Cornell University
Major:
Nutritional Sciences

J.C. Montroy
6' 174 lbs.
Ontario, N.Y.
University of Buffalo
Major:
Secondary Education

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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

		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

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

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