NCHS 63 - Champaign Central 6, NCHS 74 - Hillcrest -1, NCHS 30 - DGN 33
January 5, 2012
Naperville Central (9-11) defeated Champaign Central and Hillcrest, but lost to Downers Grove North at DGN. Naperville Central started with Champaign Central first. NCHS won nine of ten contested matches and picked up four forfeits in the first contest. Derek Wilke, Ben Williamson and Andrew Cassioppi each scored wins by fall. Mitch Lee won by technical fall by a score of 17-2. Aidan Kehrli won his match in double overtime 9-7. Aidan scored when his opponent locked his hands on top, then scored a key reversal in the first half of double overtime. Other winners were Shuji Mizoguchi, John Needham, Eric Reents, and Ryan Berg. Giovannetti, Tardy, Roth, and Saleh all won by forfeit.
Next up the Redhawks faced Hillcrest. Naperville Central won all eight contested matches. Wilke, Lee, Williamson and Matt Chobak each recorded falls. Matt Chobak, down by five points, scored a late third period reversal and tightened down his pin with only :28 seconds remaining his match. Matt was honored as the team's "I'm Somebody Award" for his outstanding effort. Giovannetti and Tardy each one by a major decision, Reents and Kerhli both recorded wins as well. The Redhawks picked up five wins by forfeit. Hillcrest had a point deducted for unsportsmanlike conduct.
In the marquee match of the night, Naperville Central faced host Downers Grove North. Mitch Lee started the dual and scored a 7-3 decision at 120 pounds. Aidan Kehrli scored a key takedown in the third period and rode his opponent out for a 4-2 decision at 126 pounds. Ben Williamson added a technical fall, winning 23-8 at 132 pounds. The win put the Redhawks up 11-0 in the team score. Lee, Kehrli, and Williamson each finished the day 3-0. Williamson racked up 20 takedowns.
The Trojans responded with four wins in a row. Chobak, Cassioppi and Reents were all defeated by fall. Needham nearly pulled off an upset at 152 pounds, but fell short, losing 2-3. Downers took a 11-21 team lead.
The two teams traded punches from that point. Louie Giovannetti scored 6-2 win at 170 pounds. Justin Tardy was defeated 2-9 at 182 pounds. Ryan Berg got four takedowns followed by a fall at 195 pounds and Luke Roth added 8 takedowns himself to win by a major decision 18-5. The two wins knotted up the team score at 24 with three matches left. Joe Saleh lost a heart breaker at 285 by a score of 3-4 and Shuji Mizoguchi was pinned at 106 to give the dual to DGN. Derek Wilke ended the dual on a good note for the Redhawks, scoring a first period fall, his third pin of the day.
Next up the Redhawks will face cross-town rival Naperville North on Thursday, January 10th at NNHS. The dual is always exciting. Action for JV2 and freshman starts at 5:30. Varsity and JV1 will follow starting at about 7:00pm. Hope to see you there.
GO REDHAWKS.