Naperville Central Finishes 2-1 in Duals at Grant High School

January 2, 2020

NCHS 31 – Prospect 35

NCHS 44 – Cary Grove 24

NCHS 45 – Fox Lake Grant 20

Naperville Central, 15-4, (3-1 in DVC) won two of three duals competed at Grant High School.  Five NCHS wrestlers finished the day at 3-0 including Tommy Porter (113), Tyler Driessens (120), Elrin Esporlas (138), Sean King (160), and Shane Roth (170).

NCHS faced Prospect to start the morning, a team they defeated last week in the Gold Pool of the DeKalb dual tournament.  This time the Redhawks fell short by a score of 31-35.  Still, Central defeated Prospect 7-5 in actual competed matches.  Elrin Esporlas, 138, got the first victory for Central posting a 3-1 decision.  Ryan Silva, 152, added to his team leading total of technical falls with a 15-0 effort.  Sean King added to his pin total locking his opponent down early in the second period.  Shane Roth used 4 takedowns to win with a major decision 13-5 at 170 pounds.  After a quick 55 second fall by Angelo Eklou at 220, Tommy Porter and Tyler Driessens posted decisions at 113 and 120 pounds respectively.  Porter won by major decision 13-2 and Driessens by a score of 9-2.

Central won five of eight contested matches against Cary Grove in route to a 44-24 dual team win.  Central forfeited two weight classes while Cary Grove forfeit four weight classes.  Esporlas again lead the way with the first of five straight wins.  The 138 pounder won by fall in the second period.  Ayden Lutes followed with an 8-2 decision and, after Ryan Silva earned a forfeit, Sean King and Shane Roth won by decision 4-2 and 2-1 respectively.

In the final contest of the day, the Redhawks defeated Fox Lake Grant 45-20. Central won nine out of eleven contested matches.  Once again, Elrin Esporlas, 138, started the winning with a quick, first period fall.  Ayden Lutes won 9-8, Sean King won 5-0, and Shane Roth earned a major decision at 15-4.  Angelo Eklou got his second fall at 220 pounds.  At the lighter weight classes, Tommy Porter got a pin at 113 pounds, Tyler Driessens used takedowns and nearfalls to win by technical fall 19-2.  Jones, 126 and Cooperkawa both earned first period pins at 126 and 132.

The Naperville Central JV1 team took 2^nd place at the 12 team Libertyville JV tournament.  Libertyville won the event with 250 team points, Central got 173.5 points and Deerfield was third with 154.5 points.  Alex Knusel earned gold at 132 pounds winning all four of his matches (3 pins and a major decision).  Austin Nesci took the blue ribbon at 138 pounds winning all three of his matches by technical fall.  He scored a total of 50 match points while only giving up 3.  Manny Rivera took 2^nd place and August Kukis, Ian Collins, Philip Marrero and Mason Cooperkawa all took 3^rd place.