Retirees Al Wolstenholme and George Heebner and La Salle's Vic Stanley, who at the Council Rock helm became the first District 1 coach to win a PIAA Class AAA championship, will be honored at the chapter's 15th anniversary banquet at the Bent Creek Country Club in Lititz.

Stanley, 67, has been at La Salle for four seasons after spending much of his career at Council Rock. He has a 427-158-5 career record. Wolstenholme retired from Conestoga with a 327-66-3 record. Heebner, 70, who coached his entire 23-year career at Octorara, compiled a 194-180-5 record.

Stanley, who guided La Salle to its second Catholic League championship in the school's history two years ago, said he owed his success to two people he met while competing for Lock Haven.

"Hubert Jack, the coach, and my teammate Gray Simons, a great wrestler who won three national championships and was on the 1960 and 1964 Olympic teams, taught me what I know about coaching and wrestling," he said. "I was not a great wrestler in school."

Stanley, a 1963 graduate of Lock Haven, took his first high school head coaching job at Council Rock. He was there from 1967 to 1992, and his 1977 team won the state title. After stepping down at Council Rock for health reasons, he returned to coaching, with stops at Neshaminy, Archbishop Wood and Penn Argyl. Commuting 52 miles each way between Pen Argyl and his Doylestown home made him consider retirement, but the opportunity at La Salle came up four years ago and he took it.

When asked about retiring, Stanley has a ready response.

"When you see my name in the obituaries, you'll know I've retired," he tells people.

Heebner won seven Southern Chester County League championships and had two undefeated teams in 23 seasons at Octorara.

"I came here as an assistant, and after a year the head coach suddenly left," said Heebner in explaining how he got the post. He retired after the 1987-88 season.

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