Radnor’s Horvath looking to repeat at Centrals; Chi favored at Del Vals

Radnor’s Jack Horvath has ruled the 182-pound weight class in the Central League for the past three years.

The senior is going for his third straight league title at Saturday’s Central League championships at Ridley High School.

Wrestling starts at 10 and consolations are at 5:20 p.m.

The top six wrestlers move on to the District 1 Class 3A Central championships next week at Boyertown High School.

Horvath (17-1), the top seed at 182, has won 11 matches in a row since suffering his only loss of the season Jan. 13, a 6-3 decision to Jonathan Vizcarrondo of Faith Christian in the final at the Church Farm Invitational.

Springfield’s David Bagirov and Penncrest’s Brendon Stocku are the only other returning champions.

Bagirov (19-4) is the No. 1 seed at 126. He won the 120-pound class a year ago.

Stocku (28-1) is the top seed at He won at 132 pounds last year.

The other top seeds are: Ridley freshman Chris Green (21-4) at 106; freshman Morgan Lofland (28-3) of Conestoga at 113; Lower Merion sophomore Christian Hodges (26-4) at 120; senior Jake McGrath of Ridley (17-7) at 132; Upper Darby’s Justin O’Donnell (26-3) at 145; sophomore James Lledo (27-2) of Lower Merion at 152; Strath Haven junior John Crawford (22-7) at 160 and Panther senior Brett Burns (24-5) at 170; Conestoga senior Scott Jean (166) and junior Paul Pelham (26-3) at 195 and 220, respectively and Strath Haven senior Lee Holbert (25-3) at 285.

Elsewhere, it’s easy to see how Chichester stormed to the Del Val League title.

The Eagles have eight of the 14 No. 1 seeds and one of the three returning champions in junior Josiah Nichols (18-9) for the league tournament a.m. The finals slated to begin 138. that gets under way at at Academy Park.

Nicholas is back to defend at 132 pounds.

Chi’s other No. 1 seeds are freshman Chase Whartnaby (26-1) at 106, sophomore Mason McClure (21-6) at 120, junior Marquell Hudnell (21-6) at 145, senior Jovani Perez (23-4) at 152, senior Noah Harvey (23-4) at 170, sophomore Matt Richardson (18-7) at 195 and junior Faizan Raza (18-9) at 285.

Interboro’s Osvaldo Carbajal (21-7) won the 106-pound title last year as a freshman and is one of four top seeds for the Bucs. He is No. 1 at 113. The other top seeds for Interboro are freshman Aiden McDevitt (16-13) at 126, freshman Dylan Lajudice (1513) at 138 and senior Anthony Zizza (17-11) at 182, Penn Wood senior Dan Dumas (22-4) the other returning champion. He won the 195-pound title a year ago and is the top seed at 220 pounds.

Senior teammate Marcus Brogsdale (18-12) is the top seed at 160.

With only five teams in the there will be few breaks.

The finals and consolation round are expected to start around 12:30, according to AP coach John Basile.

The top three wrestlers in each weight class advance to the District 1 Class 3A West championships at Interboro.

The Ches-Mont League championships get under way at 8 a.m. at Rustin High School.

Sun Valley sophomore Hunter Catka (28-1) is the top seed at 220. He finished second at 195 last year and advanced to the PIAA championships.

Teammates Avery Frank (23-7) and Nicholas Bailey (25-2) are the No. 2 seeds at 160 and 182, respectively, and freshman Ryan Catka (22-6) is the No. 4 seed at 170.

The top six wrestlers advance to the District 1 Class 3A West tournament at Interboro. is 10 a.m. Saturday his title league