1/11/2024
NCHS 84 – Metea Valley 0
Naperville Central won all four contested matches against a depleted
Metea Valley wrestling team. All four
matches were won by fall. With the win the
Redhawks improve to 19-6 on the year and a perfect 5-0 in the DVC. It was the final regular season dual for the
Hawks as they look ahead to the DuPage Valley Conference Tournament and the
IHSA Regionals later in the month. Prior
to the dual, Naperville Central recognized their seniors.
Ty Martin (120), CJ Bierman (138), Javier Sevilla (150) and John Carens (165) were the wrestlers who received matches. None of the matches made it to the third period.
The NCHS Girls wrestled under the lights with Arianna Rico
and Dezi Azar both posting wins. Rico
came from behind to win by fall in the third period. Azar scored on a takedown go-behind followed
by a half nelson to win by fall in the first period. In all there were six girls matches with
Gracie Meluch, Ellen Purl, Bianca Arredondo and Sophia Liu also competing.
Seniors and their parents each walked out to be recognized
by Principal Jackie Thornton, Athletic Director Chris Kirkpatrick, and Head
Coach Noah Fitzenreider. All had memories
of past Redhawk wrestling experiences, thanked their parents, coaches and teammates
and announced what they plan on pursuing post high school. Senior wrestlers were Luciano Antonietti,
Christopher Bern, Niko Besteiro, John Carens, Sean FitzGerald, Mitchell
Kaszuba, Tyler Kim, Dylan Kosloski, Christian Kuta, Tyler Martin, Alexander
Quintanalopez, Nate Radtke, Javier Sevilla, Jacob Smetters, and Hagan Taylor. Wrestling Manager Ella Smith was also recognized
with her parents for her fine work helping with stats, table work, video, and
team organization.
The Naperville Central JV1 team defeated Metea Valley by a
score of 73-0. The JV2 dual score was
75-0 in favor of the Redhawks. The
Freshman won 72-6. In all, NCHS won all
matches save two against the Mustangs.
Naperville Central Hosts West Chicago
1/9/2024
Naperville Central JV2 and freshman teams invited West Chicago for a friendly completion at home. No team scores were kept, but the Redhawks won 16 matches against 15 losses. Winners include Jackson Bell, Blake Highhouse, Jeremiah Starks, Johnny Brouwer, Qais Azar, Dylan Wickmann, Eli Rodriguez, Mason Constantine, Max Leon, Tyler Gonzalez, Vardhan Singu, Matthew Jabbar, Tyler Thornton, Zayd Qureshi, Connor Parkhurst and Nate Sadowski.