Wrestling: District 17 information, predictions

Where: Hunterdon Central Field House, Raritan Township.

Teams: Delaware Valley, Ewing, Hopewell Valley, Hunterdon Central, Lawrence, North Hunterdon, Notre Dame, Princeton, Voorhees.

Saturday's schedule: Preliminaries and quarterfinals, 9:30 a.m., semifinals, 11 a.m., third-place consolations, 12:30 p.m., championships, 1:30 p.m.

Returning champions (7): So. Peter Nace, Hunterdon Central (113); Sr. Paul Robinson, North Hunterdon (113, 2013); Jr. Kyle DiNapoli, Voorhees (120); Sr. Ryan Pomrinca, North Hunterdon (126); Sr. Michael Sicola, North Hunterdon (160); Sr. Nick Suk, Hunterdon Central (195); Sr. Alex Fischetti, Voorhees (285, 2013).

Predictions: The top three finishers in each weight class advance to the Region 5 Tournament that begins on Wednesday at the Hunterdon Central Field House.

106 -- 1. Hunter Graf, Hunterdon Central; 2. Spencer Brost, Hopewell Valley; 3. Colby Koshinski, Voorhees.

113 -- 1. Peter Nace, Hunterdon Central; 2. Paul Robinson, North Hunterdon; 3. Jake Moore, Delaware Valley.

120 -- 1. Kyle DiNapoli, Voorhees; 2. Lucas Approvato, North Hunterdon; 3. Kyle Refalvy, Delaware Valley.

126 -- 1. Ryan Pomrinca, North Hunterdon; 2. Matt Kolonia, Delaware Valley; 3. Harley Sacks, Voorhees.

132 -- 1. Ryan Erwin, Delaware Valley; 2. Mark Gerstacker, Hopewell Valley; 3. Patrick Sockler, Princeton.

138 -- 1. Thomas Miers, Princeton; 2. Kevin Ciresa, Hunterdon Central; 3. Owen Clarke, Hopewell Valley.

145 -- 1. Derek Ciavarro, North Hunterdon; 2. Devan Thomas, Voorhees; 3. Bill Godfrey, Hopewell Valley.

152 -- 1. Brian Smolinsky, North Hunterdon; 2. Michael Fernandes, Voorhees; 3. Jake Verga, Lawrence.

160 -- 1. Joe Scerbo, Hunterdon Central; 2. Michael Sicola, North Hunterdon; 3. Tommy Riley, Voorhees.

170 -- 1. Cory Lightner, Delaware Valley; 2. Michael Iodice, Hunterdon Central; 3. Sam Lamport, Voorhees.

182 -- 1. Kyle Schlittler, Delaware Valley; 2. Nick Suk, Hunterdon Central; 3. Tyler Gapas, North Hunterdon.

195 -- 1. Nestor Crespo, Hunterdon Central; 2. Brock Houser, Delaware Valley; 3. Gregg Luberto, North Hunterdon.

220 -- 1. Victor Lacombe, Hunterdon Central; 2. Will Ortman, Hopewell Valley; 3. Derek Howarth, Voorhees.

285 -- 1. Alex Fischetti, Voorhees; 2. Stefanos Karpontinis, Notre Dame; 3. Charlie Tordik, North Hunterdon.

Team champion: Hunterdon Central nips North Hunterdon for its 29th title in this district and the program's 35th overall.