Annville-Cleona's Matthew Darok, left, battles Elco's Chad Puglio during a regular season meeting Jan. 26. Darok would win the bout by decision. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS JEREMY LONG)
A quartet of Lebanon County wrestlers will be grappling with high expectations in today's PIAA District Three Sectional Tournaments.

The Sectionals, split into Class AA and AAA, will be contested at seven different venues across the district's region starting Saturday morning.

County Meet champion Northern Lebanon joins Annville-Cleona and Elco at the AA-II meet at Hamburg H.S. Cedar Crest and Lebanon are competing in the AAA-IV tourney at Governor Mifflin H.S. Palmyra grapples at Central Dauphin East in the AAA-II bracket.

Locally, four wrestlers locked down No. 1 seeds in their respective weight classes. Annville-Cleona's Jeffrey Inman and Justin Ulrich both hold top billing for the Dutchmen. Inman carries a 33-2 record into the 132-pound battle at Hamburg, while Ulrich (20-10) enters as the favorite at 160.

In addition, the Lancaster-Lebanon Section Three champion Vikings also own a pair No. 1's in Evan Daub and Caleb Blatt. NL's Daub (34-4) owns the high seed at 152, followed by Elco's Zach Bankus (27-8). Blatt (37-3) is the top dog at the county's most competitive class. Blatt, along with Elco's Matt Achey (21-8) and A-C's Phil Corle (26-10) hold three of the top four spots.

Other top ranked locals include No. 2 seeds in Palmyra's 220-pounder Ben Martin (25-4), A-C's 113-pounder Matthew Darok (27-6) and A-C's 138-pounder Tanner Pyles (13-9).

The individual championships are scheduled for Friday, Feb. 22, and Saturday, Feb. 23, at HersheyPark

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H.S. WRESTLING
DISTRICT THREE SECTIONALS
SATURDAY
Top seeded locals

CLASS AAA - SECTION II
at Central Dauphin East H.S.
Team Key - Central Dauphin (CD), Harrisburg (HBG), Hershey (HER), Lower Dauphin (LD), Middletown (MDT), Palmyra (PAL).

106 -1 Zach Elvin 21-5 (CD); 2 Levi Sterner 21-4 (MDT); 3 Evan Bogdan 25-5 (PAL); 4 Myles Taylor 9-4 Milton (HER).
220 -1 David Wuestner 23-7 (LD);

Northern Lebanon's Evan Daub controls his opponent during a recent match. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS ANDY MEASE)
2 Ben Martin 25-4 (PAL); 3 Andrew Brown 13-6 (HBG); 4 Christian Gallitz 15-9 Milton (HER).

CLASS AAA - Section IV
at Governor Mifflin H.S.
Team Key - Wilson (W); Exeter (EX); Cedar Crest (CC); Reading (R); Governor Mifflin (GM); Exeter (EX).

160 -1 Andy Francos 32-6 (W); 2 Dylan Dalton 20-4 (CW); 3 Robert Beard 14-8 (CC); 4 Anthony Rivera 15-13 (R).
182 -1 Marcus Johnson 27-6 (GM); 2 James Moran 30-25 (EX); 3 Adam Gilson 28-5 (CC); 4 Aboubacar Kallo 22-8 (R).
195 -1 Jan Johnson 31-2 (GM); 2 Colby Auman 21-6 (CW); 3 Matthew Reinhart 27-9 (R); 4 Lukas Gerdes 24-7 (CC).

CLASS AA - SECTION II
at Hamburg H.S.
Team Key - Annville-Cleona (A-C), Bishop McDevitt (BM), Brandywine Heights (BH), Columbia (COL), Elco (E), Hamburg (H), Kutztown (K), Lancaster Catholic (LAC), Northern Lebanon (NL), Pequea Valley (PV), Schuylkill Valley (SV), Wyomissing (WYO).

106 -1 Jacob Horst 17-5 (SV); 2 Joe Lobeck 32-4 (LAC); 3 Hunter Gimbor 27-3 (BH); 4 Tyshawn White 13-4 (BM).
113 -1 Alec Torres 22-1 (WYO); 2 Matthew Darok 27-6 (A-C); 3 David Pipa 27-4 (BM); 4 Chad Puglio 23-6 (E).
120 -1 Terrence White 20-1 (BM); 2 Josh Giorgio 27-5 (SV); 3 John Lobeck 23-7 (LAC); 4 Orlando Bellaman 22-12 (A-C).
126 -1 Caleb Blatt 37-3 (NL); 2 Matt Achey 21-8 (E); 3 Jaquan Gordon 22-6 (WYO); 4 Phil Corle 26-10 (A-C).
132 -1 Jeffrey Inman 33-2 (A-C); 2

Annville-Cleona's Jeff Inman, top, battles Northern Lebanon's Joey Emborsky in the L-L League wrestling tournament semi-finals. (LEBANON DAILY NEWS MIKE GIVLER)
Chris Kummerer 28-6 (H); 3 Dan Schmeck 27-7 (BH); 4 Quinn Blatt 30-10 (NL).
138 -1 Nick Oswald 21-6 (H); 2 Tanner Pyles 13-9 (A-C); 3 Gavin Arredondo 23-8 (WYO); 4 Joey Emborsky 16-11 (NL).
145 -1 Zach Homan 27-8 (SV); 2 Kyle Wanner 26-11 (PV); 3 Austin Rueppel 24-11 (E); 4 Dalton Himmelberger 19-15 (A-C).
152 -1 Evan Daub 34-4 (NL); 2 Zach Bankus 27-8 (E); 3 Joe Raffensperger 14-7 (H); 4 Marco Navarro 18-10 (BM).
160 -1 Justin Ulrich 20-10 (A-C); 2 Mark Kramer 14-9 (H); 3 Tom Redd 21-15 (LAC); 4 Alex Centeno 17-16 (E).
170 -1 Pete Renda 29-0 (BH); 2 Joseph Waack 23-5 (SV); 3 Isiah Taltoan 29-4 (LAC); 4 Cody Miller 27-6 (H).
182 -1 Adam Mackie 28-0 (BH); 2 Stephen Loiseau 34-0 (LAC); 3 Derek DiAngelis 19-5 (NL); 4 Kody Reichert 14-11 (K).
195 -1 Evan Schnader 15-2 (LAC); 2 Josh Naylor 14-3 (WYO); 3 Cody Madtes 18-7 (K); 4 Jonathan Tindall 17-8 (SV).
220 -1 Dante Giorgio 26-9 (SV); 2 Chris Langston 21-8 (BH); 3 Vanyel Leytham-Peterson 25-8 (COL)4 Matt Vines 22-14 (NL).
285 -1 Andres Munoz 27-7 (COL); 2 Trevor Crupi 23-9 (SV); 3 Anthony Deyo 31-11 (NL); 4 Nick Reber 25-8 (H).