1/5/2019
NCHS 59 – Metamora 6
NCHS 75 – South Elgin 3
NCHS 53 – Downers Grove North 23
Naperville Central added another three dual meet wins after sweeping
all duals at the Downers Grove North quad.
Central lost two matches against Metamora in the opening dual and
only one match against South Elgin in dual two.
NCHS won 8 of 12 contested matches against Downers Grove North. Nine Redhawks left the gym winning all of
their matches: Tommy Porter, Tyler Driessens, Colin Baumgartner, Elrin
Esporlas, Kyle Guttosch, Ryan Silva, Shane Roth, Jackson Punzel, and Angelo
Eklou.
The Naperville Central junior varsity team traveled to Bolingbrook for
the competitive 15 team JV Invitational.
NCHS brought only 9 wrestlers for 15 weight classes but still finished
in 4th place. Ethan Jones
battled to three tough victories to take first place at 120 pounds. He won by fall in the finals. Anthony Pendolino continues to impress his
coaches, winning the 145 pound weight class.
Pendolino scored two falls and added a technical fall in route to his
blue ribbon. Veteran Tariq Sikander
scored a 7-2 decision in the championship match to get the gold medal at 160
pounds. His other two wins were by
fall. Manny Riveria lost in the finals
and finished in 2nd place. Charlie
Morgan and Alex Knusel both ended up in 4th place. Knusel won his first two matches by
fall. Senior Frank Saponaro earned three
victories for a 5th place finish and Alek Van Eeuwen was 3-2: 6th
place.
The NCHS JV2 / Freshman fielded two teams at the 51st Annual
Naperville JV2 Wrestling Tournament.
Central had three champions and three runner-ups. Ian Collins, Phillip Marrero, and Jonah
Boykin were the champs while Kumaran Gandhi, Tristen Hall, and Christopher
Ramirez took 2nd.