Sunday, December 13, 2015

Naperville Central takes the Silver at the Hoffman Estates Tournament

Hoffman Estates Tournament

Cam Hayes, Alex Hunter Champions, Jake Keating, Luke Russell finalists

December 12, 2015

Places:
106: 3rd Kyle Guttosch
113: 3rd Shuji Mizoguchi 
120: 5th Nick Keating
126: 2nd Jake Keating
132: 4th Luc Jandt
138: 2nd Luke Russell
145: 3rd Steven Bumpus
152: 6th Derek McDaniel
160: 1st Cam Hayes
220: 1st Alex Hunter
285: 6th Christian Nussbaum

Naperville Central took 2nd place at the 14 team Hoffman Estates Tournament on Saturday.  NCHS was winning the tournament after round 1 and was in first place after three weight classes in the final round, but Niles Notre Dame pulled away after that when they had four champions. They won the event by 14 team points.  The third place team, Bolingbrook finished 48 points behind Central.

The Redhawks had four finalists in the tournament and 11 of the 13 participants placed in the top six.  Senior Cam Hayes won the event in style by scoring a 15-0 technical fall in the championship match.  Cam dominated his opponents at 160, scoring a pin and three technical falls on the day.  Senior Alex Hunter also won the event at 220 pounds.  This is Alex’s first time winning a varsity tournament.  Seeded third, Alex locked down a pin in the quarterfinals and won 4-2 in the semifinals.  In the championship match, he was able to ride his opponent out to win again by a 4-2 score.

Jake Keating and Luke Russell both made the finals and took 2nd.  Jake scored two falls before losing in the finals by a 2-8 score.  Freshman Luke Russell put together a very exciting tournament, winning in come-from-behind fashion several times and scoring pins in three matches to make the finals.  Unseeded, he took 2nd, losing by a score of 0-7 in his last match.

Three NCHS wrestlers took 3rd at the tournament.  Freshman Kyle Guttosch scored a fall in his place match.  Kyle had a very good day, winning two matches at 106 pounds.  Shuji Mizoguchi lost in the semifinals but earned a fall in his bronze medal match at 113.  Steven Bumpus, unseeded, got to pins to make the semifinals and then won 3-2 in his third place match.

Luc Jandt took 4th place at 132 pounds.  Nick Keating took 5th and Derek McDaniel and Christian Nussbaum both took 6th place.

The NCHS JV team won the Streamwood Dual Tournament on Saturday.  They beat Highland Park 63-0 and then South Elgin 35-18.  In the finals, the Redhawks defeated DeKalb 48-27 to bring home the trophy.  The freshman traveled to Lyons Township again, this time in a dual effort.  They won 26 of 33 total matches on the day.

Next up Naperville Central will host Wabaunsee Valley on Friday, December 18.  Hope to see you there to cheer on the Redhawks.  On Saturday the JV will host a quad with Bolingbrook, Oak Lawn and Joliet, the Sophomores will wrestle at the Maine South Tournament and the freshman will go to Hinsdale South.


GO REDHAWKS!