Naperville Central takes 4th place at DVC Championships. Luke Roth and Ryan Berg bring home gold
January 26, 2013
Naperville Central finished in 4th place at the Dupage Valley Conference Championships this weekend held at Glenbard North High School. Glenbard North won the tournament, Glenbard East took 2nd and Wheaton North took third.
Two Redhawk wrestlers were crowned conference champions, Ryan Berg (195) and Luke Roth (220). Ryan Berg defeated Garcia of West Chicago 15-6 in round one. In the semifinals, Berg battled to a 3-2 victory over Walker of Naperville North. The championship match was won with a double leg takedown in the third period that resulted in a 4-3 victory. Ryan did not allow an offensive point in his three matches and earned the team's "I'm Somebody" award for his achievement.
Luke Roth cruised to a DVC championship. Roth scored four takedowns before pinning Beck of Wheaton Warrenville South in round one. Roth scored four more takedowns in the semifinals to defeat Ward of West Aurora by a score of 9-3. In the championship match, Luke added six more takedowns to major Vincent 13-5.
Senior Justin Tardy advanced to the finals after upsetting number one seed Williams of West Aurora in the semifinals. Tardy scored on a pass-by single in the third period of the match for the deciding takedown. Tardy finished in second place after losing in the finals to Bradford of Wheaton North.
Ben Williamson won three matches in the tournament to finish in third place. Williamson won 2-1 over Wilson of Wheaton North. After losing to Svestka in the semifinals, Williamson pinned Wehde of Glenbard East and defeated Johnnic of Wheaton Warrenville South 9-0.
Four Redhawks finished in fourth place in the tournament. Mitch Lee, Hunter Stephens, and Joe Saleh all ended with a record of 2-2 and Shuji Mizoguchi finished 1-2. In the semifinal wrestle-backs, Mizoguchi defeated Garcia of West Chicago, Lee defeated Thurston of Wheaton North, Stephens pinned Wright of Glenbard East, and Saleh scored a 15 second pin against Edwards of Glenbard North.
Eric Reents scored a 5-1 victory against Wesolek of West Chicago to finish fifth. Likewise, Louie Giovannetti won 5-3 against Hausman of Naperville North to finish fifth. Giovannetti avenged an earlier loss to Hausman. Both Reent and Giovannetti went 2-2 in the tournament.
Aiden Kehrli pinned Woods of Naperville North to finish in 6th place. John Needham battled illness but found a way to defeat Junior of Naperville North for 7th place. Derek Wilke also ended in 7th place.
Naperville Central will host the IHSA Regional Tournament next weekend, Saturday, February 2. Action starts at 9:00 and finals are scheduled to start at 5:00.
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