JAMESTOWN — Thirty-seven area wrestling teams will crowd into the Physical Education Complex at Jamestown Community College on Friday and Saturday to compete in the 38th STWOA Holiday Wrestling Classic.

From those many teams there are five local athletes that managed top seeds throughout the 14 weight classes.

Starting things off at the lowest weight class is a returning champion, Randolph’s Kamren Anderson, who won at 101 pounds last year and is the top seed at 103 today.

After finishing in second place at 108 pounds last year, Southwestern’s Adrian Torres returns as the top seed today at 110 pounds with Eden’s Mason DellaPenta the No. 2 and Randolph’s Tanner Patterson the No. 7.

With a run to the podium a year ago at the state championships, Southwestern’s Miles Torres enters the year with plenty of hype and is the top seed at 126 pounds. Fredonia/Forestville/Silver Creek’s Mayson Simmons comes into the bracket as the No. 6 and Jamestown’s Nicholas Melendez is No. 11.

Maple Grove’s Jaxon Kraft is the top seed at 150 pounds, while Warren (Pa.) holds the No. 2 seed with Ryan Letko.

Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Patrick Braley will look to improve last year’s second-place finish coming in as the top seed at 190 pounds. His group includes Eisenhower (Pa.) Bryce Wilkins at No. 3 and Frewsburg’s Branden Francis at No. 4.

Despite wins last year at the tournament, Falconer/Cassadaga Valley’s Dylan Newman, Southwestern’s Carmine Calimeri and Chautauqua Lake/Panama/Clymer/Westfield’s Colton Hamilton are not top seeds.

Newman is the No. 2 seed at 132 pounds after winning 124, just behind top-seed Cullen Edwards of St. Francis. That bracket also includes Chautauqua Lake/Panama/Clymer/Westfield’s Thandon Bensink at No. 3 and Jamestown’s Aaden Howard at No. 5.

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Calimeri is the No. 2 seed at 144 pounds after winning 131 last year and he is seeded behind Eden’s Trevor DellaPenta.

After winning 215 last year, Hamilton is seeded No. 4 this year at the weight with Port Allegany’s (Pa.) Aiden Bliss the top seed after placing third in the Pennsylvania state championships.

At 118 pounds, there are 18 seeded wrestlers with Dansville’s Wyatt Sartori taking the top seed. Fredonia/Forestville/Silver Creek’s Rocco Muscarella is No. 10 in the bracket, Chautauqua Lake/Panama/Clymer/Westfield’s Chase Shirley is at No. 11, Jamestown’s Zach Little is No. 13, the Eagles have another with Zander Lombardo at No. 14 and Frewsburg’s Mason Raymond is No. 17.

The 138-pound top seed is Letchworth’s Joe Scott, who took fifth at states last year.

157 pounds is headlined by Waverly’s Cooper Robinson, who also took fifth at states, Warren’s (Pa.) Carter Campbell is No. 6 and No. 10 is Chautauqua Lake/Panama/Clymer/Westfield’s Jordin Eddy.

St. Francis has a top seed with Rory White at 165 pounds after taking fourth on the podium at states.

Portville’s Jake Zeigler is the top seed at 175 pounds, while Maple Grove’s Ezekiel Paddock is No. 3.

The tournament is rounded out with Waverly’s Troy Beeman at No. 1 at 285 pounds, while Southwestern’s Brayden Potter takes No. 5 in the bracket.

Doors open today at 1:30 p.m. with action commencing an hour later with quarterfinals being wrestled around 5:45 and wrestlebacks ending the session after 7.

It’s back to action Saturday morning with wrestlebacks beginning at 10 a.m. and the semifinals taking place at 10:45. Wrestlebacks will take place most of the day, but the evening will culminate with the finals parade at 3:30 p.m. and the matches being planned for 3:45.