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YATESVILLE &#8212; All season, the two most dominant wrestlers in the Wyoming Valley Conference have been Hazleton Area&#8217;s Jimmy Hoffman and Tunkhannock&#8217;s Tommy Traver.The two Class 3A athletes have combined for a 70-1 record at different weights.But this weekend, the two could collide as they&#8217;re both wrestling in the 132-pound weight class of the District 2 Class 3A Tournament. The pairings became official on Wednesday night when the brackets were released at Pittston Area.Hoffman, a senior and returning state runner-up, wrestled at 138 all season. Traver, a sophomore, is the only unbeaten wrestler in all of District 2 with a mark of 35-0 and has been in the 132-pound weight all year long. The Cougar is seeded first in the bracket, while Traver sits on the bottom half of the bracket. Making the weight even tougher is Coughlin&#8217;s Josh Brown (32-9), who placed sixth in the region last year and is seeded third.Hoffman is one of four No. 1 seeds for the Cougars, the reigning Class 3A duals champions. Jake Maurer (106), Shane Noonan (182) and Carson Kinney (195) are the others as the team leads 3A with four top seeds.Dallas, which was WVC Division 1 co-champion with Hazleton Area and Tunkhannock, has three No. 1 seeds in Alec Sampson (152), Steven Newell (160) and Xavier Barber (170).Other Class 3A top seeds from the WVC are Wyoming Valley West&#8217;s David Krokowski (113), Tunkhannock&#8217;s Gavin D&#8217;Amato (120) and Coughlin&#8217;s Jake Brown (126).In Class 2A, Meyers and Hanover Area each have three No. 1 seeds to lead the district. The Mohawks&#8217; Colin Pasone paces the team&#8217;s trio at 120 pounds as a three-time district champ. Anthony Kasper (113) and Jeremy Bergold (152) are Meyers&#8217; other top seeds. Seeded at the top of their respective brackets for the Hawkeyes are the tournament&#8217;s reigning Outstanding Wrestler Jeff Bennett (132), Noah Rakowski (160) and Nick Hannon (285). Berwick&#8217;s Nick Yule is seeded first at 106, while Lake-Lehman&#8217;s Bob Lipski is No. 1 at 145 to round out the WVC&#8217;s top seeds in Class 2A.Both district tournaments will be held on Friday and Saturday at the 109th Field Artillery (Kingston Armory) with action starting on Friday at 5 p.m. with the preliminary round and quarterfinals. Wrestling will resume on Saturday at 10 a.m. with the semifinals and consolation rounds. Finals and medal rounds will follow during nonstop action on Saturday.All-day admission is $6 for adults and $4 for students.District 2 Wrestling Top two SeedsClass 3A106 &#8212; 1. Jake Maurer, Hazleton Area; 2. JJ White, Wyoming Valley West113 &#8212; 1. David Krokowski, Wyoming Valley West; 2. Bobby Zelinski, Scranton120 &#8212; 1. Gavin D&#8217;Amato, Tunkhannock; 2. Machias Magill, Delaware Valley126 &#8212; 1. Jake Brown, Coughlin; 2. Kade Kravits, Dallas132 &#8212; 1. Jimmy Hoffman, Hazleton Area; 2. Tommy Traver, Tunkhannock138 &#8212; 1. Jeremiah Oakes, Scranton; 2. Jared Slack, West Scranton145 &#8212; 1. Will Evanitsky, Scranton; 2. Ron Grevera, Crestwood152 &#8212; 1. Alec Sampson, Dallas; 2. Jacob Burgette, Scranton160 &#8212; 1. Steven Newell, Dallas; 2. Taylor Chronowski, Coughlin170 &#8212; 1. Xavier Barber, Dallas; 2. Jeremy Seymour, West Scranton182 &#8212; 1. Shane Noonan, Hazleton Area; 2. Andrew Kidd, Delaware Valley195 &#8212; 1. Carson Kinney, Hazleton Area; 2. Sam Rice, Tunkhannock220 &#8212; 1. John McCarthy, Delaware Valley; 2. Logan Hivner, Abington Heights285 &#8212; 1. David Degroat, Wallenpaupack; 2. Anthony Giordano, West ScrantonClass 2A106 &#8212; 1. Nick Yule, Berwick; 2. Cullen Ratchford, Lackawanna Trail113 &#8212; 1. Anthony Kasper, Meyers; 2. Ryan Dunn, Western Wayne120 &#8212; 1. Colin Pasone, Meyers; 2. Jake O&#8217;Brien, Montrose126 &#8212; 1. Brandon Judge, Valley View; 2. Joe Hester, Montrose132 &#8212; 1. Jeff Bennett, Hanover Area; 2. RJ. Driscoll, Lake-Lehman138 &#8212; 1. Brett Uhrin, Valley View; 2. DJ Erickson, Hanover Area145 &#8212; 1. Bob Lipski, Lake-Lehman; 2. Marc Stine, Valley View152 &#8212; 1. Jeremy Bergold, Meyers; 2. Jake Tomolonis, Lake-Lehman160 &#8212; 1. Noah Rakowski, Hanover Area; 2. Ryan Atcavage, Western Wayne170 &#8212; 1. Bruce Parola, Scranton Prep; 2. Jake Hand, Elk Lake182 &#8212; 1. Alec Dragos, Honesdale; 2. J.J. Hooper, Hanover Area195 &#8212; 1. Ivan Balavage, Scranton Prep; 2. Justin Joseph, Wyoming Area220 &#8212; 1. Cole Fuller, Western Wayne; 2. Matt Pittsman, Valley View285 &#8212; 1. Nick Hannon, Hanover Area; 2. Kaleb Konigus, Lake-Lehman<style>
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<div class="metaInfo"><bylineMeta>By Dave RosengrantFor Times Leader</bylineMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><factboxMeta>IF YOU GOFriday 3 p.m.District 2 Class 2A/Class 3A Wrestling Tournament at Kingston Armory</factboxMeta></div><div class="metaInfo"><shirttailMeta>Reach Times Leader sports at 570-829-7143 or on Twitter @tlsports.</shirttailMeta></div>

District 2 Wrestling Seedings released