On this day 50 years ago, the wrestling squad completed an undefeated dual meet season with a 25-14 victory over Riverdale. The win over their rivals from the Bronx gave the Brook the Ivy League Championship for the first of three straight years.
The Brook quickly took a 9-0 lead behind wins from Warren Hannas (4-1), Dick Kuo (5-0), and Ron Race (5-2). After the Blue and White dropped the 130-pound match, Jack Leax pinned his man in 5:17 to give the boys a 14-3 lead. Louis Szabados followed with a pin in the 141-pound class to build a 19-3 advantage from which their opponents would not recover. Jeff Sawyer won in the 157-pound match and Read McLean in the unlimited weight class to provide the final points.
Results
| Riverhead | 26-26 |
| New York Military Academy | 36-11 |
| St. Paul’s | 22-17 |
| Poly Prep | 32-9 |
| Horace Mann | 35-8 |
| Kings Park | 29-15 |
| Trinity | 51-0 |
| Hackley | 41-5 |
| Riverdale | 25-14 |
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