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n an otherwise individual sport, the 1995-96 La Salle wrestlers epitomized the word "team." By going undefeated in the Catholic League and capturing their first ever P.C.L. Crown, the La Salle wre$tl.er or:trayed the determination and dedication ;g sport. So, as a single cry of 'r room following their 29-27 victory .C.L. Final match, one would certainly aced upon this team's unity. As .. "Guns" Flood stated, "We would thing less than a championship ... r to simply let it slip away." tling team's season proved to i e assistance of coaches ttr" Mike Braciszewski, Mr. young men through a season nbearably hard, but, all in all, ng the Explorer grapplers this s Mike Gadsby, Craig Hamilton, ey and Greg Ventresca rounded rters, while Junior starters, orrell, Brad Guidi, Nick Klohe, ere all major contributors in La Michael Byrnes and Freshman ounger portion of the varsity ng the way to the 1996 Catholic 5-1996 La Salle wrestling team soul w ·..... a~ing history. By taking home 111 strai{f '''·"· tory ove''n>tfile ~riep and with a second • • '<>\f\i;ff\\7; • two wins this seasen over the previous league champs, North Catholic, the La Salle wrestler's captured a title 23 years in the making.
1995-96 LaSalle J.V. Wrestling Team: Back Row (L to R): Coach Mike Braciszewski, Head Coach Ken Flood, Mike Hunsicker, Dan Fineberg, Lloyd Beck, Gene Welsh, Jack Neil, Mark Ruegg, John Brown, Rob Miller, Mike Kavanagh, Sean Beaty, Coach Dan Joyce; Middle Row (L to R): Bill Laible, Andy Buschmeier, Joe Fedyna, John Burton, Ed Brzostek, Charles Johnson; Front Row (L to R): Coach Kevin Latchford, Tim Gallagher, Bill Sautter, Vince Cifelli, Steve Cissne
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