[West
Virginia High School Wrestling]

Keyser High School

Golden Tornado -- Wrestling


Keyser High's first wrestling team was started in 1953 by Joe Stanislawczyk. Keyser had seven state champions, 11 state place winners, and one state runnerup team before Coach "Stan" retired in midseason 1967-68. Jim Thompson followed as coach until 1977. He coached several state runners-up and state place winners. Under Coach Thompson Keyser was the 1976 "AA" and 1977 "AAA" regional champions. In 1977-78 Joe Altobello became only the third head coach for Keyser. He has had two state champions and 21 state place winners overall.

Cary Kyle assumed the coaching duties at Keyser beginning with the 2001-02 season, and Coach Rotruck takes over as Head Coach with the 2008-09 season. Keyser claimed a AA/A Region 2 Championship in 2005. Keyser claimed another AA/A Region 2 Championship in 2009-2010 qualifying 13 wrestlers to wrestle in Huntington.

2010-11 Schedule


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Updated 06/05/2010