Midpark Meteor Wrestling - Midpark High School

The Midpark Wrestling History

Midpark Coaches

Midpark Head Westling Coaches

Start	Finish	Head Coach
November 1964	March 1972	Marv Rader
November 1972	March 1979	Len Pariano
November 1980	March 1982	Ralph Lucas
November 1982	March 1985	Barry Gargiulo
November 1985	March 1990	Jim Thomas
November 1990	March 1992	Bill Needham
November 1992	March 1995	Bob Johnson
November 1995	March 1996	Leu Diulus
November 1997	March 2003	Steve Bosko
November 2003	March 2005	Mike Carpenter
November 2005	March 2006	Russ Krivak
November 2007	Present	Steve Bosko

Team Records

Best Team Dual Record (%)	12 - 0	1976
Best Team Dual Record (# wins)	17 - 5	2005
Conference Champs		1965 GCC 1976 New LEL 1977 New LEL
Sectional Champs		1965, 1975, 1976, 1977
District Runner-ups		1975, 1976
State Placement	4th 3rd 4th	1975 1976 1977

Individual Records

Most Wins - Season: Szymon Rapacz	36	2005
Most Wins - Career: David Campbell/Dean Tibbitts	90	2001-2005
Best Record - Season (%): Jeff Shymske (85%)	33-6	2005
Best Record - Career (%): Tom Spiegal	23 - 0	1964-1966
Most Pins - Season: Dean Tibbitts	19	2005
Most Pins - Career: Ted Kopacko/Erik Ambrose	39	(1974-77) (2004-07)
Fastest Pin: Tim Yanik	6 sec	1993
Most Takedowns - Season: Rich Jackson	113	2001
Most Takedowns - Career: Dean Tibbitts	219	2001-2005

Old Records

Most Reversals - Season: Don Reiman	26	1996-1997
Most Reversals - Career: Mike Woodring	34	1995-1997
Most Nearfalls- Season: Fred Bolden	47	1990-1991
Best Nearfalls - Career: Fred Bolden	47	1990-1991
Most Team Points - Season: Tim Hess	147.5	1991-1992
Most Team Points - Career: Mark Durkalec	238	1988-1991

State Champions

Tom Spiegal	128 lbs	1966
Gary Smith	112 lbs	1977
Ted Kopacko	175 lbs	1977

State Placers

Dave Unik	3rd	1964
Jim Greathouse	3rd	1964
Chuck Sidoti	2nd	1965
Cliff Myles	2nd	1972
Gene Frescone	6th	1973
Jim Polomsky	4th	1975
Tim Gagat	4th	1975
Ted Kopacko	4th	1975
Ted Kopacko	3rd	1976
Phil Franz	2nd	1976
Lou Joseph	2nd	1976
Pete Mascia	2nd	1979
Mark Durkalec	3rd	1991

State Qualifiers

Since 1975
(Please e-mail corrections, addtions, omissions, as we are still correcting this category. We have very little information on qualifiers (non-placers) before 1975 to MYW@daveit.com)

Year	Wrestler	Weight
1975	Tom Kopacko Charles Maynard
1977	Tony Cepiel
1978	Scott Miller	Hvy
1980	Thom Merchandante	185
1984	Jeff King	155
1991	Dennis Durkalec Fred Bolden	130 189
1992	Tim Hess	135
1999	Chris Krakora	215
2000	Nick Shannon	Hvy
2009	Evan Krumheuer	103

Pioneer Conference Champions

Year	Wrestler	Weight
1981	Paul Sherman	167
1982	Jack Linx John Kaszei	119 155
1984	Ken Karaba Jack Linx	119 132
1985	Fred Garmone Dayne Wendling Brian Wendling	98 105 112
1986	Ron Hess	112
1989	Dave Giuliano Randy Wendling Brian Kmetz Mike Durkalec	103 125 135 145
1990	Dave Giuliano Tim Lynch	112 152
1991	Fred Bolden Mark Durkalec Marc Hayek Dennis Durkalec	119 125 130
1992	Tim Hess	135
1993	Bob Woodring	140
1994	Lew Diulus	130
1996	Tim Kennedy John Laszlo Jason Martin	112 145 152
1998	Scott Kasnik	189
2000	Chris Lozano	215
2003	Dave Campbell Jeff Gulley	112 140
Runner-Ups
1997	Keith Haynik Tim Kennedy David Leonard Mike Woodring
1998	Kyle Kapinski
1999	Chris Krakora Kale Schultz
2002	Jeff Gulley
South West Conference Champions

Runner-ups
2006	Jeff Shymske	112
2009	Evan Krumheuer	103


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