January 7, 2017
NCHS 58 – South Elgin 6
NCHS 65 – Champaign Central 6
NCHS 50 – Downers Grove South 21
The Redhawks won 27 of 33 contested matches in a quad
competed at Downers Grove South on Saturday, January 7th. There were six additional wins gathered by
forfeit.
Jackson Punzel had a particularly good day, finishing 3-0
with three pins. Other three match
winners were Jake Keating, Mujtaba Ahmed, Nick Keating, Christian Nussbaum and
Colin Baumgartner. Jake Keating scored
two pins and a technical fall. Ahmed added
one pin and a technical fall. Nick
Keating scored two pins and picked up one win by forfeit. Nussbaum got a pin as well.
Three more Redhawk wrestlers finished undefeated on the
day. Luke Russell ended up 2-0 with two
pins. Cameron Palmer was also 2-0, with
one pin. Derek McDaniel won one match by
fall and one by injury default.
Kyle Guttosch, Joe Lopez, Ben Cianchetti, and Brad Catalano
all finished 2-1 on the day. Qayin
Dabney won his first varsity match, an 18-4 victory against Pelmore of
Champaign Central.
The Naperville Central JV2 team took 2nd place at
the eight team Naperville Central tournament on Saturday.
The Naperville Central JV1 team took 3rd place at
the 17 team Bolingbrook Tournament. Zeke
Hill won the tournament at 160 pounds.
Jacob Smitas, Tyler Driessens, and Michael Norwood all took second
place.
Next up the Redhawks will compete at the Mahomet-Seymour
Tournament on Saturday, January 14.