January 23, 2015
NCHS 30 – WWS 27
Naperville Central defeated DVC foe Wheaton Warrenville
South at South by a score of 30-27.
There were five lead changes in team score in the event. This was the last dual of the season as the
Redhawks finish with a record of 18-5, 4-1 in the DVC, good enough for second
place in the conference for the regular season.
It was senior night for the Tigers.
The dual started at 145 where Cameron Hayes scored a last
second takedown to defeat Flores by a score of 7-6. Hayes, down 2-5 going into the third period,
recorded an escape and two takedowns in the final frame to erase the
deficit. The win earned him the team’s
“I’m Somebody” Award and put the Redhawks ahead 3-0 in the team score.
Rick Marciniak did not wrestle due to injury, so Central
gave up the 6 points at 152. Senior
Riley Guttosch recorded a 19-4 technical fall at 160 pounds to add 5 team
points for the Redhawks to make team score 8-6.
The tigers then ran off four wins in a row. Laddie Skarecky was defeated by fall at 170,
Kyle Hildebrand lost by decision 5-12, Alex Hunter lost by decision 2-9, and
Christian Nussbaum battled into second overtime before losing in overtime to
Beck by a score of 1-3. The four wins by
the Tigers put them ahead 8-21.
Naperville Central started the comeback with Hayden Saldivar
winning a solid match at 285 by a score of 3-0.
Cam Baumgartner recorded a fall at 106 pounds for his second consecutive
victory at varsity. Shuji Mizoguchi
fought to a 5-1 decision at 113 pounds.
Mizoguchi scored an escape and takedown in the final period to secure
the win. Senior Derek Wilke eaned a
second period fall at 120 and Luc Jandt added a major decision at 126
pounds. The five wins earned 22 team
points and put the Redhawks in the team lead by a score of 30-21.
Nick Nunziato scored the first takedown, but could not hold
on, losing 2-9 at 132 pounds. Ben
Williamson lost the battle of two returning state qualifiers at 138 pounds by a
score of 2-3. Ben scored a takedown in
the first period and Johnic scored a reversal in the second period. The match was decided by a penalty point for
Johnic in the third period. The two wins
by WWS earned them 6 team points, but it wasn’t enough as the Redhawks
prevailed 30-27.
The NCHS JV1 team defeated WWS 57-12 and the NCHS JV2 team
won 42-20. Wheaton-Warrenville South
freshman won 20-42.
GO REDHAWKS