Alejandro Herrera-Rondon is going for three in a row.

Knoch is going for its first one, period.

The Section 3-AAA Individual Wrestling Championships take place Saturday at Fox Chapel High School. The top five placers in each weight class advance to the WPIAL tournament the following week.

Herrera-Rondon is one of four Seneca Valley wrestlers with No. 1 seeds in their respective weight classes Saturday. He is 32-3 this season and is chasing his third successive section crown.

“He's the only one we've got going for three straight,” Raiders coach Kevin Wildrick said. “We have some others going for two in a row.

“Ideally, every wrestler we have competing in the section meet, we want to push through to WPIALs. If we have 14 wrestlers in the tournament, we want 14 to move on. I don't put much emphasis on the seeding. You have to go out there and wrestle.”

Other top seeds for the Raiders are Tyler Chappell (22-11) at 106 pounds, Hunter Swedish (26-11) at 113 and Dylan Chappell (39-4) at 120. Chanz Shearer, Antonio Amelio and Drew Vlasnik are all seeded No. 2 in their weight classes.

Knoch has had a varsity wrestling program for 14 years, but has yet to produce a section champion. The Knights have a solid shot this year in unbeaten Guy DeLeonardis, 18-0 and seeded No. 1 at 160 pounds.

“I lost by a couple of points late in the semifinals my senior year,” Knoch coach Grayson Hixon recalled of his mat career with the Knights. “We've never had a champion at sections.

“If Guy is able to pull that off, I'd be ecstatic. He has a definite shot. So does Eli Reese.”

Reese, 21-4, is the No. 2 seed at 285 pounds. Matthew Frank (9-12) at 106 and Kam Grassi (20-4) at 138 are seeded fourth for Knoch.

“Guy missed one of our duals and the Mercer Tournament because he was sick,” Hixon said. “That cost him five more matches, at least, but he's healthy and on his game right now.

“My goal is to get five guys to the WPIAL meet. That would be sweet.”

Butler does not have a top-seeded wrestler in the section tourney. Levi Donnel (31-2) at 113 pounds, Cooper Baxter (27-5) at 170 and Caleb Hartung (28-7) at 195 are all seeded No. 2.

“Hunter scored a late takedown against Levi in our dual with Butler,” Wildrick said. “That's how he won that night, but that was a tough match and I expect it will be close again should they meet.”

Butler coach Scott Stoner said he couldn't argue with the seeding.

“The Swedish kid did beat us and they've wrestled a tougher schedule than us,” Stoner said. “Levi will have to go more on the offensive if he faces him again.

“We've got a number of kids with good records who are only seeded fourth or fifth. That says a lot for the depth of our section.”

Nate McDonald (24-9) is seeded third for the Golden Tornado at 160 pounds while Nate McMaster (23-10) at 145 and Steven Green (26-9) at 152 are seeded fourth.

“You look at the records seeded in front of Steven at 152 — 31-0, 28-7 and 33-7 — that's impressive,” Stoner said. “Our schedule was tougher this season, but I can't argue with that seed. That weight class is awfully good.”

Stoner is hopeful of getting nine of his 11 wrestlers through to the WPIAL. Jacob Pomykata is a likely scratch at 220 because of a slight meniscus tear suffered during practice.

“It will take a colossal effort for us to get nine through,” Stoner admitted. “We've got four seniors going in there looking to extend their season another week. I hope they're focused that way.”

Mars has three wrestlers seeded fifth — Rocco Darocy (17-9) at 113, Christian Scheller (21-8) at 138 and Sean McElhinny (20-14) at 160.

“I see 152, 145 and 138 as the deepest weight classes in the section,” Wildrick said.

Matches get under way at 9:30 a.m. Saturday. The finals and consolation finals are expected to begin at approximately 4 p.m., or an hour after the conclusion of the second round of consolations.

SECTION 3-AAA WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

(top 2 seeds)

106 pounds: 1-Tyler Chappell (Seneca Valley) 22-11, 2-Anthony Ferraro (Pine-Richland) 27-3

113: 1-Hunter Swedish (Seneca Valley) 26-11, 2-Levi Donnel (Butler) 31-2

120: 1-Dylan Chappell (Seneca Valley) 39-4, 2-Dylan Coy (North Allegheny) 26-6

126: 1-Zach Wright (Hampton) 25-7, 2-Robert Palmieri (Pine-Richland) 26-8

132: 1-Alejandro Herrera-Rondon (Seneca Valley) 32-3, 2-Kelin Laffey (Pine-Richland) 29-4

138: 1-Sam Hillegas (North Hills) 29-1, 2-Chanz Shearer (Seneca Valley) 30-6

145: 1-Nathan Lukez (Pine-Richland) 28-3, 2-Antonio Amelio (Seneca Valley) 27-13

152: 1-Cole Spencer (Pine-Richland) 31-0, 2-Drew Vlasnik (Seneca Valley) 28-7

160: 1-Guy DeLeonardis (Knoch) 18-0, 2-Alex Wecht (Fox Chapel) 23-6

170: 1-Tyler Kocak (Hampton) 30-4, 2-Cooper Baxter (Butler) 27-5

182: 1-Justin Hart (Hampton) 31-2, 2-AJ Ryan (Indiana) 24-4

195: 1-Logan Hartman (Armstrong) 20-3, 2-Caleb Hartung (Butler) 28-7

220: 1-Dawson Dietz (Hampton) 31-8, 2-Ed Farrell (Fox Chapel) 27-5

285: 1-Ben Grafton (North Allegheny) 31-4, 2-Eli Reese (Knoch) 21-4