After months of dual meets and training, the Athol, Franklin Tech, Frontier, Mahar and Mohawk Trail wrestling teams will be competing against the best of the best on Saturday. 

The Eagles, Redhawks and Warriors are traveling to Mount Greylock Regional School in Williamstown to compete in the MIAA Div. 3 West championship meet while the Bears and Senators will be heading east to Wayland High School to wrestle in the MIAA Div. 3 Central meet. 

Both tournaments are scheduled to kick off at 9 a.m. 

Last year, Frontier’s Alex Schreiber was the lone local to capture a sectional title, though many are expected to be in the mix Saturday. 

Over in Williamstown, Franklin Tech’s Carsten Couture enters the day as the top seed at 120 pounds. Fellow Eagle Landon Purington is the top seed at 132 while Mohawk Trail’s Logan Moore is the top seed at 157. 

With the top four placers in each weight class advancing to the MIAA Div. 3 state tournament (Feb. 21-22 at Foxborough High School), expect many other locals to be in the mix to seal their spots. 

For the Eagles — which went unbeaten to win the Suburban League North — Maxon Brunette comes in as the No. 3 seed at 126, Travis Eastman enters as the No. 2 seed at 165, Collin Eddy is seeded second at 190, Jackson Morey is the No. 3 seed at 215 while Dillon Laffond is the No. 2 seed at 285. 

Johnathan McIntyre is seeded seventh at 106, Paul Giard is seeded sixth at 113, Owen Leblanc will compete at 138, Connor Herzig is competing at 144, Camden Bonnett is seeded seventh at 150, Benjamin Baker enters as the No. 6 seed at 157 while Oliver Schwenger-Sartz will compete at 175 to round out the Franklin Tech wrestlers that qualified for sectionals. 

Frontier also has a number of wrestlers who enter seeded in the top four of their brackets. Ber Calhoun is seeded second at 113, Jocelyn Antes is the No. 3 seed at 120, Konnor James is seeded third at 157 while Kaden James is the second seed at 215. 

Massimo Dibari is seeded fifth at 144, Max Hunter is the No. 5 seed at 285 while Thomas Bagdon (106), Ainsley Southergill (126), Zachary Brown (132), Jaxson Byrne (138), Matthew Taraburca (150), Sean Eich-Richardson (165) and Jonathan Olvera (175) also qualified and are competing for the Redhawks. 

For Mohawk Trail, Wade Purington is the No. 2 seed at 120, Derik Pazmino is the five seed at 132 while Liam Smith (106), Daniel Gougeon (113), Luke Read (126), Rowen Lewis (215) and Hayden Church (285) will also compete for the Warriors. 

Over in Wayland, Athol will be looking to capitalize on a season that saw it finish one game back of the Eagles for the Suburban League North title. 

Evan Ke (138), Sawyer Lefsyk (190), Timmy Gerry (215) and Nick Leblanc (285) all earned No. 3 seeds in their respective brackets while Anthony Lopez-Hippler comes in as the No. 4 seed at 165. Adam Rodriguez is the No. 6 seed at 120 while Brady O’Connell earned the No. 7 seed at 144 for the Bears. 

The Senators will also be looking to build on a strong regular season. Abduli Gilmore — who won a Div. 3 state title as a sophomore — enters Saturday as the top seed at 106. 

Orion Whitehouse is the No. 6 seed at 126, Elias Roberts is the No. 4 seed at 138 while Josh Mazza is the No. 8 seed at 144 for Mahar.