Ron Hamrick, who guided the Collingswood High School wrestling team for 25 seasons, will be awarded the Lifetime Service award by the New Jersey Chapter of the National Wrestling Hall of Fame on Sunday, Sept. 28.
The induction banquet will be held at the Westin Princeton at Forrestal Village in Princeton. Tickets are $80 and can be ordered online at ticketleap.events/events/nj-nwhof
Other inductees to be honored are Doug Bower, Joseph Forte, Edward Gibbons, Carmine Rossi and Alexander Sidar.
Hamrick took over the Collingswood wrestling program in 1985 and would add stability to a position that was held by four different coaches over the previous four seasons, including his predecessor, Gary McGaurn.
Over the next quarter-century, Hamrick led the Panthers to 22 winning seasons and fini