As usual, the Catholic League is beating most other conferences to the punch by a week, and as usual, the CL meet (hosted this year by Providence) will be the toughest in the state ...

Illinois Best Weekly's most recent Class AA rankings (new ones are due Tuesday) have three Catholic League teams in the top 15 (No. 4 Providence, No. 12 Mount Carmel and No. 13 St. Rita) ... the list of talented squads doesn't end there, with Fenwick having three ranked individuals and De La Salle also boasting some quality wrestlers ...

Depending on who goes up, stays put or moves down, there could be a couple of matchups of state-ranked individuals: Fenwick's Chris Chris Dardanes/Providence's Mark Augle at 125 and Providence's Brian Reynolds/St. Rita's Taylor Osborn at 160) ...

Check out Weighing In on Saturday for live coverage of the Catholic League meet, from the big individual matchups to the team chase and the inevitable controversies ...

Among the other big events on tap on Saturday is the SouthWest Suburban at Lincoln-Way Central, where No. 3 Sandburg and the No. 7 hosts should square off for the title ...