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Since he busted onto the wrestling scene as a freshman, J.J. White showed he was destined to have a historic career. He started as a ninth-grader being one just a handful of freshmen to win the Wyoming Valley Conference Tournament, and carried that title into a history-maker last month becoming just the second to claim that event four times.
				This weekend, the Wyoming Valley West senior is looking to join more elite company. With a gold medal at the District 2 Class 3A Championships, White will become just the 30th member of the D2 four-time champions club.
				In addition to that, he could accomplish a feat that hasn&rsquo;t been completed in a dozen years. If White can successfully complete the goal of four-time champion on Saturday at Hazleton Area, he will do so by not losing a match to a District 2 opponent.
				That hasn&rsquo;t happened since Meyers&rsquo; Colin Pasone did so in 2017 in Class 2A. Even more exclusive is in Class 3A where the feat has not been achieved since Crestwood&rsquo;s Josh Roosa in 2008.
				White enters as the No. 2 top seed in the 126-pound weight class. The competition at 126 is tough where White could see West Scranton&rsquo;s Anthony Caramanno, the top seed, or Hazleton Area&rsquo;s Jorven Rodriguez, the No. 3 seed.
				Caramanno has previously finished fourth and third at the tournament the last two years. Rodriguez was third at the event last year. He and White have squared off twice this season with the last bout being decided by just three points at a dual in January.
				Wilkes-Barre Area&rsquo;s Jason Carver, runner-up for Meyers in Class 2A is in the bracket along with Crestwood&rsquo;s Justin Sterling, a regional qualifier is also seeded in the weight.
				RETURNING CHAMPS
				In addition to White being a returning district champion, there are six other past champs looking to rack up the hardware in Class 3A. Honesdale&rsquo;s Trystyn Bodie won in Class 2A in 2018, while Berwick&rsquo;s Nick Yule was a two-time titlist in Class 2A in 2017 and 2018.
				The Hazleton Area trio of Johnny Corra, Charles Everdale and Jake Marnell won crowns last year, as did Delaware Valley&rsquo;s Gavin Brazanskas. Only Corra (113), Yule (138), Everdale (152) and Marnell (182) are top seeds in their respective brackets of the past champions. Bodie is the No. 2 seed at 113 and could set up a thrilling final at 113 against Corra.
				THAT&rsquo;S A TOUGH WEIGHT
				The 126-pound weight class might be the hardest to get through when all is said and done, while 113 boasts a pair of past district champions. But 132 and 152 each consists of four past medalists. At 132, Delaware Valley&rsquo;s Preston Machado and Crestwood&rsquo;s Jordan Miale both have runner-up finishes in the past, while Hazleton Area&rsquo;s Beck Hutchison and Wilkes-Barre Area&rsquo;s Nino Cinti were both fourth last season.
				At 152, Everdale leads the crew with a district title last year. He&rsquo;s joined by 2018 runner-up Thad Mead from Dallas, third-place finisher last year Garrett Walsh from West Scranton, and James Brown from Abington Heights who was fourth last season.
				WOLFPACK HOWLING
				The Wilkes-Barre Area Wolfpack might be considered a long shot to claim the team title in this their first season in the tournament because they didn&rsquo;t finish in the top four at district duals. But the team does have a participant in 13 of the 14 weight classes, and any time a team can do that, it will be tough to deal with.
				The Wolfpack don&rsquo;t have any top seeds, but have No. 2 seeds in Cinti (132) and Connor Lee (220) and a No. 3 seed in Josh Warman (106). Carver was runner-up in 2018, while Jamie Pahler placed third last year.
				CAN COUGARS REPEAT?
				Hazleton Area claimed the team plaque last year, but it wasn&rsquo;t easy. And it won&rsquo;t be easy for the Cougars to get past Delaware Valley, which defeated them in the D2 Duals final earlier this month.
				The Cougars return three district champions and six other regional qualifiers from last year. The Warriors only have one returning D2 champion back, but have four other returning finalists.
				Not to be lost in the shuffle is West Scranton, which has six returning regional qualifiers and will certainly push the aforementioned duo in the standings.
				GOING STREAKING
				White is trying to extend Wyoming Valley West&rsquo;s streak of at least one district champion to 10 straight years. That stretch is tied for Dallas for the longest current such streak by Class 3A teams in the WVC. On the flip side, Crestwood and Pittston Area are trying to dress a gold medalist for the first time since 2015. That&rsquo;s when Dan Ritz won gold for the Comets and Jake Vaxmonsky won his bracket for the Patriots.
				Dallas has a pair of top seeds in Lenny Kelley (170) and Taylor Bolesta (285). Pittston Area&rsquo;s top seed is freshman Jimmy Spindler at 145 and will try to become the school&rsquo;s first freshman district champ since James and Jason Woodall did so in 1997.
				Crestwood doesn&rsquo;t have any No. 1 seeds, but the Comets have three returning second-place medalists in Jordan Miale, Garrett Swank and Trey Zabroski.

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