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2/28/2025
Dezi Azar represented Naperville Central as the sole state
qualifier at the IHSA Girls Individual State Tournament on Friday, February 28
and Saturday, March 1 at the Grossinger Motor Arena in Bloomington
Illinois. Azar wrestled in the 125-pound
weight class and entered the tournament with a record of 36-6.
2/26/2025
The Naperville Central Wrestling Team reconvened on
Wednesday, February 26 for their annual awards banquet held in the aux gym
(wrestling room) at Naperville Central High School. There was much to
celebrate. The boys varsity finished 17-6
in duals and undefeated 5-0 in DuPage Valley Conference competition. They took second in DVC tournament. The boys placed in all tournaments including eighth
at the Marmion Tournament, second at the Prospect Tournament, 14th
at the DeKalb Dual Tournament, first at the Stem Tournament, first at the Mahomet-Seymour
tournament, and second at IHSA Regionals.
Five individual boys were conference champions which tied a record for
most individual champions in a single season.
They were Jacob Cochran, Vince Bern, Henry Rydwelski, Paul Peradotti,
and Will Erbeck. Those five wrestlers
and CJ Bierman were also honored as DVC All-Conference wrestlers. Cochran was named Outstanding Wrestler in the
tournament. Vince Bern and Will Erbeck
are both two-time DVC conference champions.
2/22/2025
Naperville
Central advanced three wrestlers to the IHSA Individual State Tournament
competed at the State Farm Center on the campus of the University of
Illinois. Central athletes won three
matches against five losses.
Senior
Henry Rydwelski, competing at 175 pounds 3A, become the 26th
wrestler in Naperville high School / Naperville Central High School to become a
state place winner. Naperville High
School started its wrestling program in 1956 and their first state place winner
was William Hoyt in 1962 (3rd at 120 pounds).
Boys
at IHSA Individual Sectional at Hinsdale Central:
·
Henry Rydwelski 175 1st place
· Jacob
Cochran 126 4th place
·
Will Erbeck 285 4th place
Girls
at IHSA Individual Sectional at Schaumburg:
·
Dezi Azar 125 3rd place
Naperville Central
will be adding four more names to the hollowed State Qualifier Board after this
week’s IHSA Sectional Tournaments. Seven
boys competed at Hinsdale Central High School with three wrestlers qualifying
for the IHSA Individual State Tournament.
They were: Jacob Cochran 126 pounds, 4th place, Will Erbeck 285 pounds, 4th
place, and Henry Rydwelski 175 pounds, 1st place. All three qualifiers are captains for the Redhawks. Cochran is a junior, Rydwelski and Erbeck are
seniors. No team scores were kept. Central won 12 matches against 11 losses. Two girls competed at Schaumburg with Dezi
Azar, 125 pounds, 3rd place becoming a state qualifier. Host Schaumburg won the tournament. Naperville Central placed 31st out of 63 teams. The boys will compete at state next week,
Thursday, Friday and Saturday, February 20-22 at the State Farm Center in
Urbana-Champaign on the campus of the University of Illinois. Dezi Azar will complete Friday and Saturday,
February 28 – March 1 at the Grossinger Motors Arena in Bloomington Illinois.