John Huckaby wrestled in high school and college. He was District 4 runner-up at heavyweight as a Lewisburg Area High School senior. He also lettered in baseball and football.

After graduation he entered the U.S. Navy and served four years as a Navy journalist from 1961-65.

A long-time journalist, he was employed for 31 years at The Daily Item, Sunbury, as a reporter, regional editor, sports writer and sports editor. He later worked in the sports department at the Williamsport Sun Gazette before becoming the managing editor of the Milton Standard-Journal. He retired from that post in 2001.

During many of those 31 years, he wrote a weekly wrestling column during the season, covering all forms of amateur wrestling. During that time, he covered both the Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association and NCAA tournaments as well as other various amateur events such as the Pittsburgh Classic and the Olympic Trials. After leaving the Sunbury paper, he wrote an amateur wrestling column for the Centre Daily Times in State College.

He covered or attended 49 NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships. He was honored to receive several awards for his coverage of amateur wrestling, including the Pennsylvania Wrestling Roundup Media Award of Excellence in 1988-89 and the National Wrestling Media Association Print Journalist of the Year in 2001 and 2010.

He was inducted into the District 4 Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 1992 and the Pennsylvania Wrestling Coaches Hall of Fame in 2002.

John's wrestling contributions as a journalist have helped people understand our great sport.