CLARION — The District 9 Class 2A wrestling championships begin Friday and continue through Saturday at Clarion University, with a number of local grapplers competing not only for gold, but a berth in the Northwest Region championships.

Among those is Kane’s Reese Bechakas (33-3), who is seeking his third District 9 title. Bechakas will be competing at 160 pounds as the No. 1 seed.

Port Allegany’s Carson Neely, meanwhile, enters as the lone undefeated wrestler. A defending D9 champion, Neely is 35-0 and will be wrestling at 285. His teammate, Miska Young, is the top seed at 215.

Elsewhere, Ridgway’s Michael Coppello is the No. 1 seed at 107, as is St. Marys’ Andrew Wolfanger at 17

Action gets underway at 4 p.m. on Friday and continues at 11 a.m. on Saturday.

The top four wrestlers in each weight class move on to regionals.

Here’s a look at top eight seeds in each weight class:

1071. Michael Coppello — Ridgway (23-4); 2. Aiden Thompson — Cranberry (23-8); 3. Austin Gilliland — Curwensville (21-12); 4. Gage Park — Brockway (13-4); 5. Xavier Lutz — Clearfield (16-16); 6. Eli Shaffer — Redbank Valley (14-9); 7. Beau Stauffer — Port Allegany (8-8); 8. Ian Ginther — Johnsonburg (7-6)

1141. Dalton Wenner — Cranberry (31-4); 2. Nathan Steger — Ridgway (21-8); 3. Ian Fitzsimmons — Port Allegany (30-6); 4. Dakota Shugarts — Clearfield (19-13); 5. Jack Neil — St. Marys (11-16); 6. Jordan Hankey — Brookville (12-16); 7. Caden Burns — Redbank Valley (8-12); 8. Gage Singer — Johnsonburg (7-10)

1211. Cash Diehl — Clearfield (25-9); 2. Jared Popson — Brookville (24-9); 3. Jayce Walter — St. Marys (23-14); 4. Ian O’Shea — Port Allegany (25-10); 5. Andrew Coriaty — Oswayo Valley (22-11); 6. Dan Evans — Redbank Valley (20-12); 7. Gino Casillio — Johnsonburg (9-11); 8. Wyatt Aaron — Central Clarion (13-20)

1271. Weston Pisarchick — Brockway (29-4); 2. Elijah Brosius — Cranberry (31-8); 3. Aiden Beimel — St. Marys (37-5); 4. Bryndin Chamberlain — Clearfield (20-15); 5. Isaac Postlewait — Port Allegany (21-13); 6. Hayden Holden — Sheffield (27-10); 7. Antonio Thornton — Brookville (21-13); 8. Grayson Aaron — Central Clarion (20-12)

1331. Logan Powell — Central Clarion (29-4); 2. Colton Ryan — Clearfield (29-11); 3. Colton Ross — Brockway (24-10); 4. Alex McLaughlin — Cranberry (15-11); 5. Colton Ferguson — Port Allegany (13-18); 6. Chase Kyler — Sheffield (23-7); 7. Connor Baloga — Ridgway (5-5); 8. Ayden Adams — Redbank Valley (7-13)

1391. Parker Pisarchick — Brockway (30-5); 2. Dane Wenner — Cranberry (28-9); 3. Rocco Allegretto — Johnsonburg (25-12); 4. Colton Bumbarger — Clearfield (20-14); 5. Kelvin Burgess — Port Allegany (20-13); 6. Tony Ceriani — Brookville (19-13); 7. Christian Evens — Sheffield (12-6); 8. Brendon Wright — Central Clarion (19-15)

1451. Cole Householder — Brookville (36-3); .2 Jaden Wehler — St. Marys (34-5); 3. Ty Aveni — Clearfield (29-16); 4. Alden Ferguson — Port Allegany (24-14); 5. Danny DeLong — Cranberry (15-9); 6. Alex Marfnik — Sheffield (19-140; 7. Tristan Johnston — Redbank Valley (12-12); 8. Kaiden Garris — Ridgway (5-6)

1521. Brady Collins — Clearfield (36-2); 2. Devyn Fleeger — Cranberry (30-8); 3. Avery Bittler — Johnsonburg (18-12); 4. Tristan Dilley — St. Marys (24-12); 5. Burke Fleming — Brookville (22-14); 6. Dylan Bash — Brockway (24-11); 7. Peyton Stiles — Port Allegany (17-14); 8. Jordan Smith — Redbank Valley (17-11)

1601. Reece Bechakas — Kane (33-3); .2 Jake Henry — Central Clarion (24-10); 3. Mason Gordon — Port Allegany (24-11); 4. Will Domico — Clearfield (20-12); 5. Benji Trchan — Ridgway (20-12); 6. Jace Meyer — St. Marys (15-13); 7. Blake Pisarcik — Brockway (21-14); 8. Jack Nuhfer — Cranberry (5-14)

1721. Andrew Wolfanger — St. Marys (36-5); 2. Aiden Bliss — Port Allegany (23-7); 3. Logan Aughenbaugh — Curwensville (35-6); 4. Jack Smith — Brockway (14-9); 5. Carter Freeland — Clearfield (10-8); 6. John Wright — Coudersport (21-6); 7. Kolton Griffin — Brookville (13-8); 8. Ethan Rex — Central Clarion (13-14)

1891. Carter Chamberlain — Clearfield (26-7); 2. Easton Belfiore — Brookville (29-5); 3. Juuso Young — Port Allegany (22-9); 4. Ben Walter — Kane (24-10); 5. Alex Murawski — Curwensville (23-13); 6. Trenton Mead — Sheffield (23-12); 7. Grant Jin — St. Marys (1-16); 8. Madox Decker — Brockway (13-16)

2151. Miska Young — Port Allegany (32-4); 2. Gavyn Ayers — Coudersport (22-4); 3. Gavin Hannah — Brookville (31-8); 4. Trenton Guiher — Curwensville (24-12); 5. Matt Alston — Central Clarion (19-8); 6. Hunter Ressler — Clearfield (16-17); 7. Rocco Delhunty — Ridgway (9-8); 8. Michael Pirrow — Brockway (3-11)

2851. Carson Neely — Port Allegany (35-0); 2. Josh Beal — Central Clarion (32-9); 3. Lucas Risser — Codersport (18-7); 4. Henry Milford — Cranberry (16-10); 5. Nick Bailor — Clearfield (15-15); 6. Jonathan Winnings — Brockway (15-15); 7. Brooks Hendershot — Curwensville (14-1); 8. Bryson Tucker — St. Marys (10-12)

CLASS 3ABradford’s Jordan Thompson (152 pounds), the District 9 champion, will be competing, as will his teammate, Thomas Langdon (160).

Thompson gets a bye to the quarterfinals, where he will meet the winner of Elias Bradbury of Westinghouse (6-4) and Parker Kearns of Mifflin County (31-6).

Langdon, meanwhile, enters with a record of 11-18 and will face Dante Duncan (17-6) of Obama Academy in the first round.