Wrestling: Regions 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 schedules

Here are the schedules for regions involving Hunterdon-Warren-Sussex schools. All tournaments begin on Wednesday with the preliminary round pitting district seconds against thirds.

In all, there are 125 wrestlers from the HWS area still competing -- up seven from the previous two seasons since this ridiculous realignment was introduced for the 2016-17 season.

Here's the team-by team breakdown of local qualifiers:

Phillipsburg (12); Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon and Pope John (11); Newton (10); High Point and Warren Hills (9); Delaware Valley (8); Lenape Valley, Sparta and Voorhees (7); Kittatinny (6); Hackettstown (5); Belvidere (4); Hopatcong (3); North Warren and Wallkill Valley (2); Vernon (1).

Region 1

At West Milford High School

Area schools: High Point, Kittatinny, Newton, North Warren, Pope John, Sparta, Vernon, Wallkill Valley.

Rest of the field: Butler, Cresskill, Demarest, Don Bosco Prep, Dumont, Fair Lawn, Glen Rock, Hawthorne, Indian Hills, Kinnelon, Lakeland, Mahwah, Manchester Regional, New Milford, Northern Highlands, Old Tappan, Pascack Hills, Pascack Valley, Passaic Tech, Pequannock, Pompton Lakes, Ramapo, Ramsey, Ridgewood, River Dell, St. Joseph-Montvale, Tenafly, Waldwick-Midland Park, Wayne Hills, West Milford, Westwood.

West Milford will host R1 for the 2nd straight year.

Returning champions (6): Samuel Alvarez, St. Joseph-Montvale (126), Kaya Sement, Pope John (132), Trent Furman, Westwood (132), JoJo Aragona, Pope John (138), Wyatt McCarthy, Newton (145), Tommy Chiellini, Pascack Valley (182).

Previous champions (2): Eddie Ventresca, Pope John (120, 2017), Robert Garcia, Pope John (152, 2017).

Thursday schedule: Preliminaries (three mats), 5:30 p.m.

Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (three mats), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (three mats), 9:30 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations plus championship finals (three mats), 2 p.m.

Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (Thursday and Friday). $10 adults, $6 students and seniors for all-day pass only on Saturday.

Region 2

At Mount Olive High School

Area schools: Hopatcong, Lenape Valley.

Rest of the field: Bergen Catholic, Bergenfield, Bogota-Ridgefield Park, Boonton, Cedar Grove, Clifton, DePaul, Dover, Dwight Morrow, Elmwood Park, Emerson-Park Ridge, Fort Lee, Garfield, Hackensack, Hasbrouck Heights, Jefferson, Leonia-Palisades Park, Lodi, Montville, Morris Hills, Morris Knolls, Mountain Lakes, Mount Olive, Paramus, Paramus Catholic, Parsippany, Parsippany Hills, Passaic, Passaic Valley, Paterson Eastside, Paterson Kennedy, Roxbury, Saddle Brook, Teaneck, Wayne Valley, Weehawken, West Essex.

Returning champions (9): Nick Kayal, Bergen Catholic (113), Nick Babin, Emerson-Park Ridge (113), Dylan Cedeno, Bergen Catholic (120), Robert Howard, Bergen Catholic (126), Nicky Cabanillas, DePaul (126), Ricky Cabanillas, DePaul (145), Jonah Schechtman, Emerson Park-Ridge (152), Jacob Cardenas, Bergen Catholic (195), John High, Bergen Catholic (285).

Previous champions (2): Connor O'Neil, DePaul (160, 2017), Christopher Foca, Bergen Catholic (182, 2016).

Thursday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 6 p.m.

Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 6 p.m.

Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 9:30 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations (two mats), 2 p.m.; championship finals (approximately), 4 p.m.

Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (single session); $10 adults, $6 students and seniors all-day pass on Saturday.

Region 3

At West Orange High School

Area schools: Belvidere, Hackettstown, Warren Hills.

Rest of the field: Barringer, Becton, Belleville, Bloomfield, Caldwell, Cliffside Park, Columbia, Delbarton, East Orange, Glen Ridge, Hanover Park, Irvington, Kearny, Livingston, Lyndhurst-North Arlington, Madison, Mendham, Montclair, Morris Catholic, Morristown, Newark Academy, Newark East Side, North Bergen, Nutley, Orange, Randolph, Rutherford, Secaucus, Union City, Verona, West Morris, West Orange, Whippany Park, Wood-Ridge.

Returning champions (5): Anthony Clark, Delbarton (120), Joey Olivieri, Hanover Park (126), Nick Raimo, Hanover Park (132), Kieran Calvetti, Delbarton (182), Gage Armijo, Mendham (220).

Thursday schedule: Preliminaries, 6 p.m.

Friday schedule: Quarterfinals, 6 p.m.

Saturday schedule: Semifinals, 9 a.m.; wrestlebacks, 11 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations, 1:30 p.m.; championship finals, 3:30 p.m.

Ticket prices: $6 adults, $3 students and seniors (Thursday and Friday); $6 adults, $4 students and seniors for single-session on Saturday; $10 adults, $5 students and seniors for all-day pass.

Region 4

At Union High School

Area schools: Phillipsburg, Voorhees.

Rest of the field: Bayonne, Bernards, Bound Brook, Brearley-Dayton, Bridgewater-Raritan, Carteret, Christ the King, Colonia, Cranford, Elizabeth, Governor Livingston, JFK-Iselin, A.L. Johnson, J.P. Stevens, Linden, Metuchen, Middlesex-Dunellen, Millburn, Newark Collegiate Academy, New Providence, North Plainfield, Plainfield, Rahway, Ridge, Roselle Park, St. Joseph-Metuchen, St. Peter's Prep, Scotch Plains, Seton Hall Prep, Somerville, Summit-Chatham, Union, Watchung Hills, Weequahic, Westfield, Woodbridge.

Returning champions (8): Luke Hoerle, Westfield (120), CJ Composto, Westfield (126), Travis Jones, Phillipsburg (132), Rhise Royster, Rahway (145), Cody Harrison, Phillipsburg (152), John Poznanski, Colonia (182), Jervey Sistrunk, Bound Brook (285), Lewis Fernandes, Voorhees (285).

Previous champions (1): Mark Montgomery, Roselle Park (132, 2017).

Thursday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 6 p.m.

Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 6 p.m.

Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 9 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations plus championship finals (three mats), 3 p.m.

Ticket prices: $5 adults, $3 students and seniors (single session); $10 adults, $5 students and seniors all-day pass on Saturday.

Region 5

At Franklin High School

Area schools: Delaware Valley, Hunterdon Central, North Hunterdon.

North Hunterdon is back in R5 after a two-year hiatus.

Rest of the field: Bishop Ahr, East Brunswick, Edison, Franklin, Highland Park. Hillsborough, Holmdel, Hopewell Valley, Keansburg, Keyport-Henry Hudson, Manalapan, Manville, Marlboro, Matawan, Middletown South, Monmouth, Montgomery, New Brunswick, North Brunswick, Old Bridge, Perth Amboy, Pingry, Piscataway, Princeton, Red Bank Regional, Rumson-Fair Haven, Rutgers Prep, St. John Vianney, Sayreville, Shore Regional, South Brunswick, South Plainfield, South River, Spotswood, West Windsor North, West Windsor South.

Returning champions (3): Brett Ungar, Hunterdon Central (106), AJ DeRosa, Delaware Valley (132), Alec Bobchin, Princeton (138).

Previous champions (1): Zach DelVecchio, South Plainfield (220, 2017, '16).

Thursday schedule: Preliminaries (four mats), 5:30 p.m.

Friday schedule: Quarterfinals (four mats), 5:30 p.m.

Saturday schedule: Semifinals and wrestlebacks (four mats), 10 a.m.; third-place and fifth-place consolations, 2:30 p.m.; championship finals, 4 p.m.