WRESTLING
1964

- 1965

Left to right - Kneeling - Rocco Forte and William
Paule. Standing - Coach Russ Houk and Assistant
Coach Gerald Maurey.

PRESS and RADIO
INFORMATION
BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE
Bloomsburg

Pennsylvania

GENERAL INFORMATION

Dr. Harvey A. Andruss
President, Bloomsburg State College
Russell Houk, Lock Haven S. C. '52
Athletic Director and Varsity Wrestling Coach
Gerald Maurey, Penn State '54
Freshman Wrestling Coach
Boyd F. Buckingham, Bloomsburg S. C. '43
Director of Public Relations
Bruce "Nick" Dietterick, Penn State '47
Sports Publicity
Wayne Eddowes, Bloomsburg S. C. '66
Student Manager
Bill Troutman, Bloomsburg S. C. '66
Statistician
ATHLETIC INFORMATION

Member - - - - ~ NCAA, PSCAC, NAIA
Colors
______________ Maroon and Gold
Huskies
Team Name
Home Court ____________________ Centennial Gymnasium
Capacity _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1,000
Press Table ________ Accomodations for 12 persons
Radio Facilities are available
Telephone, Sports Publicity ____ 784-4660 Ext. 18
COLLEGE INFORMATION

Denomination ______________________ Non-Denominational
Conducted by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Year Founded
____________ 1839
Enrollment - - - - - ~ - - - - - ~ - - 2478

WRESTLING OUTLOOK
With the freshman rule in effect at Bloomsburg
State College this year, Coach Russ Houk indicates
he will not have one of his better teams but should
have a good season. The Huskies, who are PSCAC
champions, will have five first string lettermen returning from last year's squad. Lost by graduation
from last year's squad were Jerry Fortney, 115 lbs former State Champion; Joel Melitski, 123 lb. State
Champion, Dave Steumple, 167 lbs. runner up State
Champion, and Dick Scorese, former State and NAIA
Champion.
The five returning veterans are Bill Robb, 130 lbs. finished fourth in NCAA competition; Ed Taylor,
137 lbs. - State Champion and second in N AIA;
Bill Paule, 157 lbs. - two time State Champion; Tom
Vargo, 167 lbs., second in PSCAC finals; Roy Resavage, 177 lbs., who placed third in the State finals.
For the first time in the history of the college,
Coach Houk will be unable to utilize an outstanding
group of freshmen and will have to select the balance
of his varsity squad from last year's jayvees. Some
of the leading contenders are: 115 lbs.-Grant Stevens and Donald Ulrich; 123 lbs.-Robert Gibble,
Fran Decembrino, Reginald Berlin, and Donald
Sholley; 130 lbs.-James Rolley; 147 lbs.-Rocco
Forte, Bob Pierce, and James Campbell; 177 lbs.Jim Lewis; unlimited-Lee Viard.
Coach Houk is well pleased with his new assistant Jerry Maurey, who initiated practice this year
while Houk was still handling his chores as head
football coach. In addition to their rugged schedule
against many top rated opponents, the Huskies will
enter three tournaments-tl1e Wilkes College Open,
the Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference
championship and the NAIA Championship.
Coach Houk will also probably send any outstanding wrestlers to the NCAA championships at
the University of Wyoming.
Two new opponents, Purdue and the University
of Miami of Ohio, will be engaged this year at the
Quadrangular Meet at Indiana State University.
The Huskies open their schedule with a practice
meet with the Na val Academy at Annapolis on November 21.

WRESTLING SCHEDULE
Dec. 11-University of Southern Illinois ____________ A
Dec. 12-Quadrangular Meet-(Purdue,
Indiana State, Miami of Ohio)
Indiana State
Dec. 28-Wilkes Tournament
Dec. 29-Wilkes Tournament
*Jan. 9-Millersville
H
Jan. IS-Appalachian State
__________________
A
Jan. 23-Rochester Institute Technology _
H
*Jan. 29-East Stroudsburg
A
Feb. 5-Waynesburg ------------------------ _______________
A
*Feb. 12-Shippensburg _______
___________________ A
Feb. 20-Lock Haven
H
*Feb. 23-Mansfield
___________________ H
*Feb. 27-West Chester
H
March 5-6-State Meet - Lock Haven
*Freshman Meet - 6:30 p.m.
Varsity Meet - 8:00 p.m.
Note: The Freshmen will also wrestle West Point
(Jan. 23), Stevens Trade (Feb. 18) and
Kutztown (Feb. 6).

BLOOMSBURG STATE COLLEGE WRESTLING SQUAD
Name
Rocco Forte
William Paule
Robert Pierce
Don Sholley
Edward M. Taylor
Frances Decembrino
David Evans
Ribert Gibble
James Lewis
William D. Robb
Jim Rolley
Donald Smith
Thomas R. Vargo
Reginald L. Berlin
Thomas L. Boyer
Jim Campbell
Ron Jackson
Mike Mellinger
Grant Stevens
William Tracey
Lee Allen Viard
John R. Brosius
Tom Carr
John Ford
Joe Gerst
William Herrold
Wayne Joseph John
Glenn Allen Michael
Bill Moul
Stephen Peters
Jim Ross
Dennis Siegmann
Robert Surridge
Barry Sutter
Keith Taylor
Ronald F. Lederer

Class
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Sr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
Jr.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
So.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.
Fr.

Age

Wt.

Ht.

23
21
21
21
21
20
20
20
19
24
20
21
19
20
21
19
19
18
18
19
19
18
18
17
18
18
18
18
17
19
17
18
18
18
18
18

167
170
155
138
145
140
138
140
167
1-45
195
125
177
126
150
150
135
145
120
160
190
140
117
133
156
299
125
155
205
155
140
139
211
137
130
177

5'7
S'S
5'9
S'S
S'S
S'S
S'S
5'7
5'11
5'9
5'9
5'6
5'11
5'6
5'9
5'9
5'4
5'9
5'6
5'11
6'
5'7
5'5
5'7
S'S
6'5
5'7
5'10
6'2
5'5
5'6
5'7
6'
5'8
5'6
6'

Hometown
Somerville, N. J.
Hollidaysburg, Pa.
Bellefonte, Pa.
Port Trevorton, Pa.
Hughesville, Pa.
Ambler, Pa.
Cornwells Heights, Pa.
Manheim, Pa.
Danville, Pa.
Lock Haven, Pa.
Clearfield, Pa.
Northumberland, Pa.
Riverside, Pa.
Mechanicsburg, Pa.
Picture Rocks, Pa.
Newport, Pa.
Andalusia, Pa.
Harrisburg, Pa.
South Williamsport, Pa.
Georgetown, Del.
Frenchville, Pa.
Sunbury, Pa.
Greensburg, Pa.
Mt. Carmel, Pa.
Danville, Pa.
Shamokin, Pa.
Plymouth Meeting, Pa.
Allentown, Pa.
Spring Grove, Pa.
Kewport, Pa.
Berwick, Pa.
Levittown, Pa.
Kingston, Pa.
Newark Valley, N. Y.
Hughesville, Pa.
Allentown, Pa.

RUSSELL E. HOUK, WRESTLING COACH
Russell E. Houk, a native of Ellwood City and an
outstanding coach of high school grapplers, joined
the Bloomsburg State College faculty in September,
1957, as head wrestling coach, assistant football
coach, and athletic director. A line performer on
the Lincoln High School gridiron squad, at Ellwood
City, he later had an outstanding record in both
football and wrestling at Lock Haven State College,
where he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in
1952. He received his Master of Education degree
from Bucknell in 1957.
While coaching at both South Williamsport and
Muncy High Schools, he had a very successful tenure; several of his charges captured first and second
places in State championship meets. In the seven
years he has been at the wrestling helm at BSC, he
has won five Pennsylvania State College championships, two NAIA titles, and one Wilkes Tournament
title. In 1960 and 1962, the Huskies were undefeated. In 1962, when he had his 13 0 record, he won
both the Pennsylvania State College Conference
and the Wilkes Tourney and placed second in the
N AIA. He was named N AIA Coach of the Year
in both 1961 and '62.. His overall record at BSC
stands at 67 wins and ~ losses.
Houk qualifies as one of the busiest small college
athletic directors in the country as he also just
completed his first year as head football coach at
Bloomsburg.
As a superb conditioner of men, he instills in all of
his teams the great asset of the desire to win along
with good sportsmanship.

GERALD

MAUREY-ASSISTANT

WRESTLING COACH
Assistant Wrestling Coach ~erald Maurey is also
an instructor in education and Assistant to the Dean
of Men at Bloomsburg State College. After receiving his Bachelor of Arts and Master of Education
degrees from Pennsylvania State University, he
taught at Roaring Spring High School, Pennsylvania, followed by a five-year tenure as a teacher
and highly successful wrestling coach at Clearfield
High School.

In addition to being an outstanding high school
wrestling coach, Maurey was a stalwart performer
on Penn State's wrestling team. Coach Houk is
extremely happy to have a coach of Maurey's caliber
helping with the wrestling program.