Shuji Mizoguchi 5th at 106
Ben Williamson 5th at 138
Matt Chobak 7th at 145
January 18, 2014
Naperville Central swept its four place matches at the Mahomet-Seymour “Marty Williams” Invitational at Mahomet. Top finisher was Derek Wilke at 113 pounds. Wilke scored two wins by pin and another by technical fall to finish in third place. Shuji Mizoguchi won three matches to finish in fifth place at 106 pounds. Mizoguchi avenged his first round loss to Vester of Yorkville in the fifth place match win a fall. Mizoguchi was the team’s “I’m Somebody” Award winner. Ben Williamson earned four wins in route to his 5th place finish. Matt Chobak rounded out the place winners ending with a 7th place finish at 138 pounds. Matt ended with a record of 2-1.
Several wrestlers ended with a record of 2-2. Evin Kilicarslan scored a 9-5 win in the preliminary round and later a win by fall in the wrestle-backs. Connor Cesaretti battled out two decisions at 126 pounds. Nick Nunziato won in the preliminary round by a score 14-6 and advanced with another win by injury default. Rick Marciniak also locked down two decision. Marciniak wrestled at 152 pounds.
Riley Guttosch, Robby Martins, Kyle Hildebrand and Alex Hunter also won at the tournament. Naperville Central finished in 14th place at the 21 team tournament. The Redhawks enjoyed some practice mat time at the University of Illinois Huff Hall on Friday night, then watched the Fighting Illini take on Michigan. On Saturday night, the team enjoyed a pizza party before heading back to Naperville.
The NCHS JV2 team finished 1-2 at the Oswego Quad. All duals were very close. The NCHS freshman won all three of their duals at Neuqua Valley. Both the JV2 and freshman teams won duals by tie-breaker criteria.
Next up for the Redhawks are two big home events followed by the DVC conference tournaments. NCHS hosts West Aurora on Thursday night and Naperville North on Friday night. Both duals start at 5:30 with varsity action starting at about 7:00. Friday night is also senior night. Saturday JV1 DVC is at Naperville North high school JV2 DVC is at West Aurora. The freshman will compete at Libertyville.
GO REDHAWKS!