Sunday, December 6, 2015

Naperville Central finishes 2-1 in the Megaduals

NCHS 38  –  St. Charles East 34
NCHS 19  –  Hononegah 47
NCHS 48  –  Oswego 22

December 5, 2015

The Redhawks (4-3, 0-1 DVC) won two of three duals at the Megaduals held at Wheaton Warrenville South HS.  The Hawks opened with an impressive win against St. Charles East.  Alex Hunter and Christian Nussbaum opened the day with two first period pins.  St. Charles answered with a fall at 106 pounds.  Senior Shuji Mizoguchi earned a bonus point with a 12-4 major decision.  Nick Keating dropped an overtime decision but his brother Jake scored  fall in the first period to give the Redhawks a 22-9 team score lead.

St. Charles East answered with two wins at 132 and 138.  Senior Steven Bumpus locked down a very important fall at 145 pounds.  The opponents answered with a fall to pull to within three in the team score, but the Redhawks earned a major decision from Cam Hayes and a fall from John Szczap to take a 13 point team score lead.  St. C. East won the last two matches, but it wasn’t enough to cover the deficit.

NCHS lost to Rockton Hononegah.  Shuji Mizoguchi won his second match of the day with a pin at the 1:22 mark.  Jake Keaton scored five points to open his match and held on to win 7-5 at 126 pounds.  Luc Jandt looked solid with a 12-4 major decision at 132 pounds.

Naperville Central bounced back with a solid win against Oswego.  Kyle Guttosch scored four takedowns in route to an 8-3 win.  Mizoguchi won his third on the day with another first period win.  Not to be outdone, Jake Keating scored his third win 17-5.  Karolis Ugintas won his first ever varsity match scoring five points in the third period for an 8-4 decision.

Steven Bumpus earned a pin at 145 pounds.  Cam Hayes put on a clinic on his feet with 10 pins for a 24-8 technical fall.  NCHS had three wins at the top weight classes.  Alex Raulicks won 5-2, Alex Hunter and Christian Nussbaum each won by pin at 220 and 285.

The JV1 team won all three of their duals at St. Charles East High School, the last a squeaker 37-36 against St. Charles East.  They beat Oswego and West Aurora as well.  The JV2 team wrestled at West Aurora High School and finished 1-2 in duals on the day.

The freshman team took 4th place at the Lyons Freshman Tournament.  Colin Baumgartner, Luke Russell, Jackson Punzel and Ben Cianchetti all took home gold at their respective weight classes.  Punzel and Cianchetti both tied for the fastest pin award.  Luke Russell was named the outstanding wrestler.

Next up the Redhawks have a busy week next week.  They travel to Neuqua Valley High School on Thursday and then travel to Metea Valley on Friday for back-to-back DVC contests.  On Saturday the varsity will enter their first tournament of the year at Hoffman Estates High School while the JV1 will compete at the Streamwood Dual Tournament and the freshman will travel back to Lyons Township – this time for a quad.

GO REDHAWKS!