11/24/2018
Naperville Central 75 – Blue Island (Eisenhower) 3
Naperville Central 50 – Batavia 26
Naperville Central 43 – Downers Grove (South) 27
The Redhawks kicked off the 2018-2019 varsity wrestling
season with three dual meet victories at home.
Several Hawk wrestlers finished the day undefeated including: Tyler
Driessens (113), Colin Baumgartner (120), Leo Keating (126), Cameron Palmer
(170), Jackson Punzel (182), and Angelo Eklou (220).
Central won the first dual by a large margin, 75-3. After Porter started the dual with a forfeit,
the next five Redhawks won by fall.
Central cruised to a victory winning eleven of twelve contested matches.
Next up, Central beat Batavia 50-26. Batavia was depleted in the upper weight
classes due to their school’s recent participation deep in the IHSA football playoffs. Central won four of nine contested matches
and picked up five forfeits. Baumgartner
and Keating started the dual with a bang - both gaining pins. Batavia answered, winning the next four
matches in a row, including a rare defensive pin. Ange Eklou got the Hawks back on the board
with an 8-4 decision. Tommy Porter finished
the dual with a win by technical fall for his first win as a Redhawk.
In the final dual of the day, NCHS defeated Downers Grove
South 43-27. The Redhawks came out of
the gate fast, taking a 29-0 team score lead.
Led by Baumgartner, the Hawks scored a TF, forfeit, and three falls in a
row. After DGS took a couple of matches,
Seniors Palmer and Punzel scored a couple more falls to take the team score to
41-9. Eklou and Driessens rounded out
the wins for the Hawks.
Finishing 2-1 were Tommy Porter (106), Elrin Esporlas (132),
Kyle Guttosch (138), Ryan Silva (145), Ben Cianchetti (195), and Carson Enfield
(285)
Shane Roth wrestled well, finish 1-1 at 160. Matt Kaszuba dropped a pair of matches,
losing by injury default in his final match.
He left with an injured shoulder.
Ben Mota took over in his place in the final dual. Manny Rivera lost the only match in which he participated.
Colin Baumgartner led the way for Central with two pins and
a technical fall. Other wrestlers with
two pins were Keating, Esporlas, Guttosch, and Palmer.
The NCHS JV team won all three duals as well at home,
defeating Stagg 56-24, Batavia 48-18 and DGS 43-26. The freshman traveled to Plainfield South and
competed in the freshman-sophomore super quad and split duals 2-2. They defeated Oak Lawn and Plainfield South.
Next up Naperville Central will begin the DVC season facing
Metea Valley at home on Friday, November 30.
Underlevel action starts at 5:30 and varsity will start approximately
6:30. On Saturday, December 1st
Central will complete at the Mega Duals (varsity at WWS, JV1 at WA, JV2 at
home). The freshman will enter the Lyons
Township freshman tournament.
GO REDHAWKS!