1/21/2019
Naperville Central travelled to Mahomet-Seymour on Martin Luther King
Jr. Day and dominated the Marty Williams Invitational, winning the event by an
astonishing 212 points. The event was a make-up
event, postponed from last weekend due to poor weather.
The top five teams were:
1st: Naperville Central 510.0
2nd: Mattoon 298
3rd: Belleville West 284
4th: Olney 259
5th: Mahomet-Seymour 252.2
Naperville Central finish with a record of 53-14 with three of those
losses due to injury default (Carson Enfield injury defaulted after winning his
first match). All other Redhawks won at
least three matches each.
Six Hawks made the finals and three were crowned champions. Jackson Punzel continues to look impressive
in his new weight class, 170 – winning all five matches, three by fall. The senior lead the team in takedowns with
15. Ben Cianchetti, 195, won all five of
his matches by fall. In fact, he scored
the most fall in the least amount of time for the entire tournament. Angelo Eklou, 220 scored a takedown in the
final seconds of the first overtime period to take gold. Angelo’s other four matches were won by fall.
Tommy Porter, 106 took second place, losing 2-5 in the finals to Mattoon. Mattoon is coached by Brett Porter, Tommy’s
uncle. Tommy had a very good day winning
his other four matches by fall and raking up 12 takedowns in the
tournament. Elrin Esporlas, 132, showed
perhaps the most improvement taking 2nd place and getting 3 falls
and a technical fall. Ryan Silva, 145
looked very tough with three pins and 10 total takedowns.
All Redhawk wrestlers going for 3rd place won their
matches. Colin Baumgartner (120)
finished 4-1 and had the second most takedowns (14). Cameron Palmer (182) earned four wins, three
by fall. Kyle Guttosch (138) battled for
four wins and a bronze medal. Tyler
Driessens (113) had a great day finishing 3-1 for 3rd place.
Leo Keating (126) lost in the opening pool against the eventual
champion. The lost, unfortunately,
dropped to a lower bracket where he dominated for the best possible finish, 7th. Keating finished with a 4-1 record on the
day. Shane Roth (160) matched Keating’s
efforts with a 4-1 record, all hard-fought decisions. Sean King (152) finished the day with a 3-2
record and a 9th place finish.
Carson Enfield (285) won his opening pool, but was unable to continue in
the tournament after suffering a knee injury.
The pool win still place him 6th in the event.