January 9, 2015
NCHS 30 - Wheaton North 27
Naperville Central defeated Wheaton North at Wheaton by a
score of 30-27. The two teams split
matches 7-7. The starting weight class
was 113 pounds. Shuji Mizoguchi worked
to a 6-3 decision and Derek Wilke added a decision at 120 to give the Redhawks
an early 6-0 team score lead. The Falcons
answered with three wins in a row. Luc
Jandt was pinned, Nick Nunziato was defeated by technical fall and Ben
Williamson was defeated by a score of 1-3.
With Wheaton North winning 6-14, Cam Hays scored a 4-1 in at
145 pounds to pull the team score to within five points, but then WN scored a
major decision against Rick Marciniak and a decision against Riley
Guttosch. Laddie Skarecky scored a key
3-1 decision for the Redhawks but the Falcons beat Kyle Hildebrand by a score
of 1-3 to make the team score 12-24.
Alex Hunter was taken down early in the first period of his
match at 195, but scored a reversal and a fall.
The six team points earned for pin helped bring the team score to
18-24. Alex’s fall earned him the team’s
“I’m Somebody” Award. Christian Nussbaum
battled but lost at 220 pounds by a score of 5-7 to give the Falcons a nine
point lead.
Wheaton North gave up a forfeit at heavyweight to Hayden
Saldivar to make the score 24-27 going into the final match of the night at 106
pounds. There Jake Keating found a way
to lock down a first period fall for the 30-27 victory for the Redhawks.
Naperville Central is now 2-1 in duals in the DVC.