NCHS 33 – NNHS 32
January 7, 2016
Naperville Central (19-3, 4-1 in DVC) squeaked by its sister school Naperville
North in a thriller. The contest was viewed under the spotlight in front of a packed house at Naperville Central High School. Starting at 170
pounds Schmult defeated John Szczap by a score of 1-16. Ben Cianchetti was pinned in the second
period by Martin at 182 pounds. North
won their third match in a row when DiRienzo defeated Alex Raulicks 11-4. Raulicks earned a late escape to lose by
seven points.
With the Huskies up 0-14 in the team score, the Redhawks got
on the board with two wins at the heavy weights. Christian Nussbaum used two first period
takedowns and held on to win 5-3 at 215 pounds.
Alex Hunter broke a 0-0 tie with an escape in the second period of his
match, and then he scored a take down and a fall. The win pulled the Hawks to within 5 points,
9-14. North got back in the win column
when the younger Kruk scored six first period points and battled to a 2-8
decision verses Kyle Guttosch at 106 pounds.
In perhaps the match of the night, Shuji Mizoguchi defeated
Van Poucke by a score of 9-8. Van Poucke opened the scoring with a takedown
but Mizoguchi answered with a reversal and two point nearfall to go up
4-2. In the second period Mizoguchi
scored another reversal with nearfall, but Van Poucke came back with a reversal
and three point nearfall to make the score 8-7 at the end of the second
period. Mizoguchi attempted several
turning combinations in the third period but all he was able to earn was a
point for stalling. As time expired in
the match, Van Poucke nearly reversed Mizoguchi, but was only awarded an escape
for loss of control. The win made the
team score 12-17 in favor of the Huskies.
Central took their first lead of the night when sophomore 120
pounder Nick Keating pinned Fisher in the first period. Jake Keating won by forfeit at 126 pounds
putting the Hawks up by seven, 24-17.
Luke Jandt was pinned by the older brother Kruk pulling North to within
1 on the team score. Steven Bumpus earned
10 points in the second period and fought on to win by a major decision 14-3 at
138 pounds.
The Huskies would not go away. McKenna of NN scored a 4-11 victory at 145
pounds and Cameli earned a fall verses Jackson Punzel at 152 pounds. The two wins put North up 28-32. Senior captain Cameron Hayes scored a
takedown and three point nearfall to begin his match against Weber. He added another takedown to go up 7-1 at the
end of the first period. Picking
neutral, Hayes scored two more takedowns to go up 11-2 going into the third
period. After an intentional escape,
Hayes earn a takedown and got two tilt nearfalls for the 18-3 technical
fall. The win scored five team points to
make the final team score 33-32.
Naperville North won at the JV1, JV2 and Freshman levels. Next up the Hawks will visit DVC foe Wheaton Warrenville South.
GO REDHAWKS!
Naperville North won at the JV1, JV2 and Freshman levels. Next up the Hawks will visit DVC foe Wheaton Warrenville South.
GO REDHAWKS!