December 20-21, 2013
Naperville Central wrestling team competed at the Whitlatch tournament this weekend held at Hinsdale Central High School. The tournament includes some of the top ranked teams in Illinois. The top performer for the Redhawks: and “I’m Somebody” winner was Derek Wilke wrestling at 113 pounds. Derek finished with three wins and took 7th place. Derek drew a bye the first round and advanced to the quarterfinals by defeating Martinez of Moline by fall. Wilke was defeated by top-ranked Yates of Brother Rice then upended McGee 5-2 to qualify for a place. Wilke pinned Sterns of Sandberg in the second period in the place match to finish in 7th place.
Sophomore Connor Cesaretti won three matches on the day at 126 pounds and just missed placing. Cesaretti defeated Lara of Downers Grove South at Nguyen of Brother Rice by fall and won 5-2 against Johnson of Glenbard West. Rick Marciniak won two matches at 152 pounds He defeated Zimbrich of DGS by fall and Ventris of Moline by a score of 7-2.
Wrestlers who also won matches in the tournament were Shuji Mizoguchi at 106 pounds, Nick Nunziato at 132 pounds, Ben Williamson at 138 pounds, Matt Chobak at 145 pounds, and Riley Guttosch at 160 pounds. Evin Kilicarslan, Kyle Hildebrand, and Hayden Saldivar also competed for the Redhawks.
NCHS underlevel teams competed at Glenbard West on Friday. The JV1 and JV2 team lost while the freshman team won.
On Saturday, the Redhawk Sophomore team took 1st place at the ten team Maine South Tournament. There were five tournament champions: Jake Keating, Luc Jandt, Cam Hayes, Laddie Skarecky, and Alex Hunter. The JV1 team competed well at Oak Forest, though a bit depleted due to wrestlers competing at Maine South. They lost by 7 to Joliet Central and by 7 to Bolingbrook and also lost to Oak Forest. The freshman gave up five forfeits at their quad at Hinsdale South. Still they only lost by 6 to Hinsdale South and by 5 to Downers Grove South. They were also defeated by Wheaton North.
Next up the Redhawks will host a varsity and JV dual against Sandburg at home at 10:00am on Saturday, December 28.
GO REDHAWK!