January
19, 2019
Naperville
Central won both the junior varsity 1 and junior varsity 2 DuPage Valley
Conference wrestling tournaments. The
two tournaments were held simultaneously at Naperville Central High School. Wrestling was competed on six mats, three for
the JV1 tournament and three for the JV2 tournament.
JV1
NCHS
254
NNHS
237.5
MV
154.5
NV
115.0
WV
93.5
JV2
NCHS
251.5
NN
193
NV
139
MV
116
WV
96
Central
crowned a total of 13 individual conference champions, seven in the JV1
tournament and six in the JV2 tournament.
In
the junior varsity 1 tournament in addition to the seven champions in 14 weight
classes, central also had three runner-ups, three bronze medalists, and three 4th
place finishers. At 120 pounds, Ethan
Jones earned gold by pinning his way through the tournament. At 126, Bryce Cooperkawa won 10-6 for his
gold. Freshman Ayden Lutes won by a
score of 16-6 in the finals at 132 for his blue ribbon. Anthony Pendolino continues to show his
dominance, taking 1st in the tough 145 bracket and pinning his way through the
event. Tariq Sikander won by fall at 160
for his championship at 160 pounds.
Austin Longmire pinned his opponent in the finals at 182 for 1st place
and senior Frank Saporano avenged a loss just 15 hours earlier with a fall in
the finals at 220 pounds for his championship.
Senior
Ben Mota, freshman Nick Antonietti and junior Adam Hayes all took 2nd
place. Charlie Morgan, Alek Van Eeuwen,
and Max Sibley all won their final matches to take 3rd place. Van Eeuwen and Sibley are both seniors. Ian Collins, Yiguang Zhu, Jaylin Wright, and
Justin Lefkowitz all took 4th place.
Jaylin Wright is a senior. Matt
Kaszuba defaulted by injury in the first round.
Zach Kotecki competed at 120 pounds.
In
the junior varsity 2 tournament, Phillip Marrero won 10-4 in the finals at 120
pounds over teammate Haaris Khan.
Likewise, Alex Knusel won by fall over teammate Tristen Hall at 120
pounds in the championship bout. Brayden
Halverson won three matches by fall to take the gold at 132 pounds. Sean Bakos won two of three matches by fall
including one in the finals at 145 for first place. Freshman Nick Ball defeated teammate Justen
McCoy in the finals at 160 for the crown.
Last, but not least, freshman Andrew Baker won all three matches by fall
to stand at the top of the podium at 170 pounds. He defeated fellow teammate Broderick
Whitaker in the finals.