January 3, 2020
NCHS 39 – Schaumburg 31
NCHS 36 – Libertyville 29
NCHS 42 – Bolingbrook 24
Naperville Central added three more
dual meet victories competing at Schaumburg High School. Central improves to 18-4 on the season with just
five dual meets remaining on the season.
On the day, Tyler Driessens (120) and Angelo Eklou (220) were the only
Redhawk wrestlers to finish 3-0 on the day.
Central opened with wrestling the
host school Schaumburg in what turned out to be a very close contest. NCHS won
six match while losing five. Tommy Porter
won by fall at 113 and Tyler Driessens matched the result with a pin of his
own. Bryce Cooperkawa battled for a pin
at 132 pounds. Esporlas picked up a
forfeit win. Ryan Silva got a second
period fall at 145 and Sean King shown grit by getting a 3rd period
pin. Schaumburg won the next three
matches in a row, but Angelo Eklou locked down the dual win with a late
takedown to win 9-8 in the deciding match.
In dual two, Central battled
state ranked Libertyville in what was to be the top contest of the night. Central forfeited 106 to go down 0-6 in the
team score, but exploded with four consecutive pins. Porter, Driessens, Jones, and Cooperkawa
earned 6 team points each and all did it in the first period save Jones (3rd). Libertyville earned a major and decision at
138 and 145 to make the team score 24-13.
NCHS and Libertyville traded punches with Ryan Silva scoring a 5-2
decision before King losing a very close 0-2 decision. Shane Roth fought for a 5-3 win while Tariq
Sikander fall 1-9. That made the team
score 30-20. Then after losing a close
3-4 decision at 195, Angelo Eklou shut the door on the Wildcat. His first period fall made the team score
36-23. Central forfeited 285.
In
the last scuffle the Redhawks defeated Bolingbrook 42-24. NCHS won seven matches and lost four. In the first match, McDermott nearily beat
Tommy Porter 4-5 in a matchup of ranked wrestlers. Tyler Driessens scored a 6-0 decision at
120. Esporlas and Lutes were winners by
fall. Starting with 160 pounds, Central
won the final five matches. King (160)
won by fall in what was a close match, Roth (170), picked up a forfeit,
Sikander (170) scored a very important first period fall with a cradle,
Longmire (195) toughed out a 5-1 decision and Eklou (220) took the curtain call
with a first period pin.
Not to be outdone, the JV1 team
also won all three of their duals at Schaumburg. NCHS defeated host Schaumburg 39-27, defeated
Libertyville 57-18, and beat Bolingbrook 57-24.
The NCHS freshman team took 3rd
at the 10 team Hinsdale South Freshman Tournament. Hinsdale South won with 194 team points,
Hersey took 2nd with 157 and Central had 152 points. Reaching the top of the podium for the
Redhawks were Dominic Hautzinger (113), Patrick Geiger (120) and John Penny
(220). Taking 3rd: Larry
Stubitsch (106), Joseph Thomas (160), and Chase Enfield (195),
Next up the Redhawks will host
former DVC foe Wheaton North on Thursday, January 9th. They will host Neuqua Valley on Friday,
January 10th for the final DVC dual of the year. That will be the last home meet and we will
recognize our seniors on that night. On
Saturday, January 11th Central will travel to Downers Grove North
for a quad. The JV1 team will wrestle at
the Bolingbrook Tournament and the JV2/Freshman team will wrestle at home in
the annual NCHS JV2 Tournament.
GO REDHAWKS