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145:Pennsylvania State Athletic Conference
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1030:Sports leagues disestablished in 2019
171:joined to form an eight-team league.
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710:Roger Moore, NCAA.com (2011-12-23).
201:In 2013, the league announced that
1025:Sports leagues established in 1975
830:"Eastern Wrestling League Archive"
247:starting in the 2019-2020 season.
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635:2004 Edinboro & West Virginia
439:1993 Lock Haven & Bloomsburg
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828:Brown, Allen; Closson, Bruce.
538:EWL Team Tournament Champions
305:Schools leaving before 2018–19
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765:Bash, Homa (April 15, 2015).
414:1986 Penn State & Clarion
375:EWL Team Dual Meet Champions
211:Colonial Athletic Association
194:in July 2012 and Pittsburgh
188:became an all-sports member
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341:West Virginia Mountaineers
122:northeastern United States
94:Northeastern United States
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534:Team tournament champions
184:Atlantic Coast Conference
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909:Eastern Wrestling League
371:Team dual meet champions
323:Penn State Nittany Lions
103:Eastern Wrestling League
17:Eastern Wrestling League
805:Mid-American Conference
518:2018 Edinboro and Rider
280:Edinboro Fighting Scots
274:Cleveland State Vikings
245:Mid-American Conference
317:Millersville Marauders
292:Lock Haven Bald Eagles
223:Atlantic 10 Conference
286:George Mason Patriots
268:Clarion Golden Eagles
556:1979 Cleveland State
393:1979 Cleveland State
335:Virginia Tech Hokies
348:Membership timeline
329:Pittsburgh Panthers
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611:1996 West Virginia
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985:Bald Eagles
343:(1977–2012)
337:(1998–2004)
331:(1975–2013)
325:(1975–1992)
319:(1981–1984)
313:(1975–1977)
300:(2013–2019)
294:(1975–2019)
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270:(1975–2019)
264:(1975–2019)
231:Division II
31:Association
1014:Categories
980:Lock Haven
920:Bloomsburg
840:2011-02-11
718:2016-02-27
714:. NCAA.com
697:References
675:2016 Rider
157:Lock Haven
149:Bloomsburg
143:and three
137:Pittsburgh
133:Penn State
118:conference
114:Division I
76:Division I
785:March 15,
771:Cleveland
126:wrestling
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949:Vikings
932:Clarion
925:Huskies
810:5 March
775:WEWS-TV
251:Schools
190:of the
153:Clarion
141:Buffalo
41:Founded
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90:Region
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49:Ceased
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