Northampton
Wrestling

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1959–60

Pete Guntar and Adolph Ebner win district titles

Pete Guntar (145) and heavyweight Adolph Ebner won District XI championships and Fred Heffelfinger was runner-up as Northampton placed fourth with 45 points. Guntar and Ebner both lost Northeast Regional semifinals, 2–1 and 2–0.

Northampton went 9–1–1 in the Lehigh Valley League and placed third behind Bethlehem Liberty (10–0–1), which beat it 27–20 before the holiday break. The team opened with a 54–8 win over Notre Dame, beat Allentown 35–11 with four falls, rallied from 23–5 down to tie Easton 25–25, and came back from 15–0 to beat Dieruff 28–24. It was second at the Washington, N.J., holiday tournament, where Guntar and Larry Suranofsky (103) won titles.

Season facts from Lehigh Valley Wrestling History, PA-Wrestling, and Northampton’s banquet programs. See something we got wrong? Send a correction.

Head coach: Harry Wall

Postseason

1959–60 postseason results by wrestler
WrestlerDistrict XINE RegionalPIAA
Adolph Ebner HWT1st
Pete Guntar 1451st

District XI and NE Regional columns list titles; the PIAA column lists state medals.