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Regional wrestling set for this weekend

The Class 2A Southeast and Class 3A Northeast Regional wrestling tournaments are set for this weekend.

Ten area wrestlers qualified for the Class 2A event, which will be held at Freedom High School. Pleasant Valley’s James Syracuse will be competing in the Class 3A tournament, held at Liberty.

Palmerton’s Daniel Lucykanish and Lehighton’s Aidan Gruber, the Times News/Lehigh Valley Health Network Male Athletes of the Week, are coming off runner-up finishes at last week’s District 11 Class event at 160 and 113 pounds, respectively.

Action begins Friday at 4:30 p.m. with preliminary rounds, followed by quarterfinals (6:30) and first round consolations (8:30).

On Saturday, action resumes with second round consolations at 9:30 a.m., followed by semifinals and third round consolations at 11 a.m. The fourth round consolations will take place at 1:30 p.m.

The Parade of Champions will take place at 4:50 p.m., followed by the consolation and championship finals at 5 p.m.

In Class 2A, the top six wrestlers advance to states, while the top four move on From 3A.

Match-ups for area wrestlers are listed below.

Class 2A

First Round

113

- Aidan Gruber (Lehighton) vs. Michael Beutler (Bishop McDevitt); Julian Zaragoza (Northern Lebanon) vs. Gabe Erbe (Tamaqua);

126

- Ridge Snyder (Jim Thorpe) vs. Cameron Mingee (Littlestown);

152

- Dalton Clymer (Northwestern) vs. Gage Bishop (Biglersville); Justice Hockenberry-Folk (West Perry) vs. Gabe Heaney (Jim Thorpe);

160

- Cooper Gill (Northern Lebanon) vs. Mason Brensinger (Northwestern); Daniel Lucykanish (Palmerton) vs. James Brady (Columbia);

172

- Gabriel Davis (Berks Catholic) vs. Lucas Miller (Northwestern);

189

- Tucker Paytner (Trinity) vs. Caleb McDermott (Jim Thorpe);

215

- Matthew Frame (Northern Lehigh) vs. Mason Keiper (Biglerville).

Class 3A

First Round

189

- Dylan Clair (LaSalle) vs. James Syracuse (Pleasant Valley).