NCHS 50 – NNHS 19
December 17, 2021
Sister schools Naperville’s Central and North faced off for
their annual wrestling clash, this year hosted by Naperville North High
School. The Redhawks prevailed by a
score of 50-19. There were thirteen
contested matches and Central won ten.
NCHS won by fall in five matches and by technical fall in a sixth
match. NNHS scored a fall, a major
decision and an overtime win.
The dual started with a bang at 126 pounds where Hinkle (NN) jumped out to an early lead with a takedown. Losing in the second period, August Kukis (NC) scored a takedown and used the lock put Hinkle down for the fall. Grant Gentile (NN-132) avenged his team’s loss scoring a pin with a pancake against Central’s Mitchell Kaszuba. The Huskies took the team score lead after Cameron Clark (NN-138) controlled Neil Rao with a major decision 9-0.
The Redhawks then got on a roll winning the next eight
matches. Central’s captain at 145, Tommy
Porter, scored four takedowns followed by a fall to regain the team score
lead. Chris Ramirez (NC-152) scored two
takedowns in the final seconds of his match against Kai Goodrick to get the
bonus team point-major decision 15-7. Ramirez
serves as Central’s second captain. The
third in the captain trio, Redhawk’s Ayden Lutes (160) aggressively scored an
early takedown followed by a first period pin.
Tristen Hall (NC-170) was able to takedown Kyle Gatlin five
times in route to a 15-3 major decision.
Hall’s victory was followed by fellow senior David Pirozhnik (NC-182)
who got four takedowns himself then pinned Murphy in the second period. Sophomore upstart Niko Besteiro (NC-220) used
a body lock throw early in the match to pin Schmitt. Finally, in the eighth consecutive match win,
Nick Antonietti (NC-285) was able to fend off an aggressive Darrick Ibrashimov
with a decision 1-0.
Naperville North’s Ben Messier picked up a forfeit for the
Huskies at 106 pounds. Huskie Zac Malley
(113) scored the first takedown and carried the 2-0 lead late into the third
period before Tyler Martin tied the score on a takedown as time expired. Malley, however, was able to get the overtime
win with a takedown, winning 4-2. In the
final match of the night, Central’s Ethan Olson (120) scored ten takedowns,
winning by technical fall 24-7.
Naperville Central won the JV1 dual and the freshman
dual. Central and North tied in the JV2
dual.