The following is a breakdown of area wrestling teams by staff writer Joe Simon. Information was provided by coaches. The postseason begins Saturday with sectional tournaments. The top four wrestlers in each weight class advance to the district tournament on March 6-7. The top four at the district advance to the state tournament on March 13, 14 and 15 at the Jerome Schottenstein Center.

AUSTINTOWN FITCH

FALCONS

¯ COACH: John Burd (Fourth year at Fitch)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Matt Bostian, Greg Tibolla, Kyle Varga, Mike Mrakovich, Ahmed Ali.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division I at Kenston High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Jacob Ferguson (So., 106, 20-7), Colin Roberts (Jr., 126, 42-4), Tyler Lintner (Fr., 138, 36-12), Zach Richards (Sr., 145, 37-10), Jacob Smail (Jr., 182, 32-11), Joey Perez (Sr., 285, 32-11).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: A.J. Winterburn (Sr., 220), Marc Judy (Sr., 120), David Shannon (So., 132), Dom Miglets (Sr., 160), James Koslik (Jr., 113), Dom Hileman (So., 170).

BOARDMAN SPARTANS

¯ COACHES: Dom Mancini (19th year at Boardman); Frank Mancini (second year as co-head coach).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Jack Raver, Kevin Powell, Jim Jones.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division I at Kenston High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Nate Thompson (Sr., 152, 28-16), Jake Powell (Jr., 195, 30-9), Sean O’Horo (So., 138, 35-11), Tyler Rea (So., 132, 33-13), Ray Cmil (So., 113, 31-9).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Dominic Vennetti (So., 120), Ashton LaBelle (So., 145), Andre Averette (Fr., 170).

BROOKFIELD WARRIORS

¯ COACH: Ben Solomon (Fifth year at Brookfield)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Dacoda Randall, Larry Hackett.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Berkshire High School

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): JP Webb (Jr., 126, 24-9).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Miranda Nicholson (Fr., 113), Mark Randall (Fr., 160), Bailey Hackett (So., 170), Luke Beckstine (So., 220), Kyle Wedge (Sr., 285).

CANFIELD CARDINALS

¯ COACH: Stephen Pitts (Third year at Canfield)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Derick Fletcher, Dave Crawford, Jim Hideg, Stan Socha, Randy Langham, Shawn Williams.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Anthony D’Alesio (Sr., 182, 14-1), Nick Barber (Jr., 113, 18-9), Ethan Fletcher (Jr., 120, 31-6), Richie Hofus Sr., 285, 15-6).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Ty Stricko (Fr., 106), Logan Miller (Jr., 126), Caden Kohut (Fr., 138), Seth Hull (Sr., 160), Michael Crawford (So., 170), Chris Smith (Sr, 195), Kip Stewart (Fr., 220).

COLUMBIANA CLIPPERS

¯ COACH: Doug Velasquez (Second year at Columbiana).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Harrison Hoppel, Kyle Penrod and Ron Stallsmith.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Rootstown High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS: Creed Green (Jr., 160, 24-9), Cutter Green (Jr., 145, 19-9), Jacob Kamperman (Jr., 285, 20-2).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Cameron Sloan (Jr., 132,), Eddie Clancy (So., 138), Chandler Parish (Jr., 152).

CRESTVIEW REBELS

¯ COACH: Vic Nery (Third year at Crestview).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Spencer Desalvo and Matt Hildreth.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Rootstown High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS: Wyatt Babik (Jr., 285, 27-10), Roclen Bettura (Fr., 160, 13-5).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Braeden Stallworth (Fr., 106), A.J. Cooppersmith (Fr., 132), Collin Wonner (So., 145).

GIRARD INDIANS

¯ COACH: Jim Cardiero (29th year at Girard)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: J.T. DelGarbino, Walt Brame.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Alex DelGarbino (Sr., 138, 38-4), Kyle O’Hare (Jr., 120, 32-12), Colton McCloskey (Jr., 126, 29-11), Shawn Thomas (152, 30-11).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Matt Belcik (Sr., 145), Joel McCracken (Sr., 170), Corban Bryant (Jr., 160).

GRAND VALLEY MUSTANGS

¯ COACH: Ross Tice (Second year at GV).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Aaron Brown, Keith Sherman and Jonathon Jackson.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Berkshire High School.

¯ STATE CONTDENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Trevor Meeker (Jr., 126, 21-13).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Cheyenne Dockery (So., 120), Will Seger (So., 145), Brendon Hamilton (So., 160), Mason Shreve (Sr., 195).

HOWLAND TIGERS

¯ COACH: Matt Zakrajsek (Sixth year at Howland)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Rob Holbert, Brad Gibson, Steve Wall, Greg Mock, Andy Herman, Dan Libert, Brian Baxter.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Matthew Woomer (So., 145, 13-1), Ethan Snyder (So., 138, 26-11) .

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Carter Mock (Fr., 126), Rian Spangler (So., 132), Nick Mijavec (Jr., 195), Gage Gibson (So., 220), Georgio Frazeskos (Jr., 285).

HUBBARD EAGLES

¯ COACH: Nickolai Timbs (First year at Hubbard).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Matt Chavez.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Conner Burrus (Jr., 126, 32-7).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: E.J. McCarthy (So., 106), Kylee Bentely (Jr., 113), Pat Brown (Sr., 160), Elijah Rumph (Jr., 145).

JACKSON-MILTON

BLUE JAYS

¯ COACH: Brian Weidenthal (Fifth year at J-M)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Alex Franco, Tyler Jeffries, Terry Stockton.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Rootstown High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Ryan Staton (Sr. 138, 27-10).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Hughston Lockner (Jr. 113), Austin Stanke (Jr. 120), Hunter Nitzsky (Sr. 132), Owen McDevitt (Fr. 106).

LIBERTY LEOPARDS

¯ COACH: Hadi A. Hadi (Eighth year at Liberty)

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Ryan Williams, Matt Pontuti, Don Lott.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Berkshire High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Jake Scoville (Sr., 126, 27-13), Gio DiNardo (Sr., 220, 23-15), Simi Moananu (Sr., 285, 36-5).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Connor Burns (Fr., 106), Dominic Leone (So., 113), Eli Jones (So., 132), Camden Husk (So., 170), R.J. Smith (So., 182).

POLAND BULLDOGS

¯ COACH: Jamie Jameson (First year at Poland).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Devin Smith.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Jacob Caudle (Jr., 145, 30-11), Dillon Smith (So., 170, 32-10), Daniel Pagan (Sr., 220, 24-12).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Frankie Garcia (So., 113), Braeden Shaffer (So., 138), Tyler Smith (So., 152), Brayden Pirone (So., 195).

PYMATUNING VALLEY

LAKERS

¯ COACH: Dave Miller (Eighth year at PV).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Kevin Brown.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Berkshire High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Jake Edelman (Sr., 120, 23-3), William Campbell (Sr., 126, 27-6), Kenny Crouch (Sr., 195, 30-7), Victor Verba (Jr., 285, 21-5).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Nick Hitchcock (Fr., 160, 12-15), Thurmond Adkins (So., 220), .

SOUTH RANGE RAIDERS

¯ COACH: Levi Hively (Third year at SR).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Dave Markulin, Chuck Colucci, Max Brooke.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division III at Rootstown High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Anthony Czap (Sr., 220, 28-3), Michael Markulin (So., 120, 32-3), Naseem Maali (Jr., 138, 32-7), Logan Cormell (So., 152, 25-6), Jacob Starkey (Fr., 145, 31-11).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Hunter Newell (Fr., 106), Gavin Pahanish (So., 113), Jacob Richardson (Fr., 126), Cade Holmes (Sr., 182), Chris Colucci (Fr., 195), Michael Lally (So., 285).

WEST BRANCH WARRIORS

¯ COACH: Chris Dorris (Third year at WB).

¯ ASSISTANT COACHES: Joel Szymanski, Trae Hillyer, Kenny Faulkner, Mark Brink and Ryan Ficco.

¯ SECTIONAL: Division II at West Branch High School.

¯ STATE CONTENDERS (grade, weight class, record): Kenny Marra (Jr., 195, 38-2), Gage Bickley (Sr., 152, 33-4), Steven Marra (So., 170, 30-10), Jacob Hurst (Sr., 285, 34-7).

¯ OTHERS TO WATCH: Tyler Hicks (Jr., 106, 25-13), Alex Courtney (So., 113, 27-9), Joe Coffeman (Sr., 138), Matt McKinley (Sr., 220).