Hall of Fame
Tom Vargo was a four-year letterwinner and four-year starter on the wrestling team from 1962 to 1966. He was a two-time Pennsylvania State College Athletic Conference (PSCAC) champion his junior and senior year and placed second as a sophomore and third as a freshman. He was also a two-time NAIA All-American placing fifth in 1963 and third in 1965, which helped the Huskies win the NAIA Team Championship. The team did not participate in the NAIA his senior year. He was co-captain of the team in 1966 and received the Robert B. Redman Award as Outstanding Male Senior Athlete. Vargo was a two-time NCAA Division I tournament participant and was twice selected by Amateur Wrestling News as an NCAA Division I All American Honorable Mention.
In post-collegiate competition, wrestling throughout the Middle Atlantic States, Vargo won 10 open tournament titles. He was also a Wilkes Open and East Stroudsburg Open finalist.Â
Vargo taught health and physical education for 34 years at Lancaster Catholic High School in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. He coached wrestling for 20 years overall and, in his 15 years as a head coach, his teams never had a losing season. His overall coaching record was 184-61-3 with his teams winning four League/Section Titles. Vargo was also voted as the Section Coach of the Year three times. His accomplishments are especially noteworthy since the school did not sponsor a junior high wrestling program.
As head tennis coach at Lancaster Catholic from 2001-05, Vargo's teams compiled a 43-2 record in Section II and won three Section Titles. In 2005, they were Flight Champions of the 21-team Lancaster/Lebanon League, District III AA Champions, and PIAA State Semifinalists.
Vargo also coached freshman football for 12 seasons.Â
He was inducted into the District III Wrestling Hall of Fame in 1995, the Lancaster Catholic Athletic Wall of Fame in 2005, and the Lancaster/Lebanon League Wrestling Hall of Fame in 2015.
