12/4/2021
- NCHS 48 – Oswego 21
- NCHS 35 – West Aurora 27
- NCHS 36 – St. Charles East 30
Naperville Central (7-0, 1-0) won all three duals at the annual Mega-Duals hosted by Wheaton Warrenville South. Four wrestlers won all three of their matches: Tommy Porter (138), Ayden Lutes (160), David Pirozhnik (182) and Haaris Khan (195). Porter and Lutes lead the team with two falls each.
In the opening dual, Central defeated Oswego by a score of 48-21. The Redhawks won ten of fourteen matches with four of those wins coming by forfeit. Tommy Porter (138) scored the only fall for the Hawks while Chris Ramirez (145) won by technical fall 17-1. Ayden Lutes (160) won the most exciting match of the night with a takedown in overtime, 7-5. Mitchell Kaszuba won his first varsity match of the season with a 6-1 decision.
In dual two, the Redhawks (ranked 21 by IWCOA Class 3A rankings) defeated West Aurora (ranked 13) by a score of 35-27. Both teams won seven matches, so the result was decided by bonus points. Central scored falls in three of their wins and a technical fall in a fourth. West Aurora earned two pins. Leading the way for the Hawks were Ayden Lutes (160) and Tristen Hall (170). They scored their pins in the second and third matches of the contest. David Pirozhnik (182) and Haaris Khan (195) won by decisions to give the Redhawks a 21-3 dual team score after five matches. They never relinquished their lead. Ty Martin (113) earned a fall in the third period of his match and Ethan Olson (23-7) earned a technical fall. Tommy Porter (138) won perhaps the most exciting match of the night. Down by one in the third period, Porter scored a reversal and near-fall and rode out his opponent to win 12-9.
In the final match-up of the day, NCHS defeated St. Charles East (ranked 10) 36-30. Central won six of the first seven matches to take strong 27-4 team score lead. Senior Captain Ayden Lutes (160) won his third match of the night, this one by fall. Lutes is undefeated on the year: 7-0 with five wins by fall. Nick Antonetti (285) used a hip toss to throw his opponent to his back for a win by fall. Antonietti improves to 6-1 on the season. David Pirozhnik (182) scored a takedown in sudden victory overtime to win 8-6 and remind undefeated on the season. He is 7-0 with five wins by pin. Tristen Hall (170) suffered his first loss of the season, but the senior holds a 6-1 record on the year. The Saints of St. Charles East came storming back in the next four weight classes, winning three by fall and one by technical fall. With the team score knotted at 27, Senior Captain Tommy Porter (138) earned a fall to give the Redhawks a 33-27 team score lead with two matches remaining. Porter finished the day 3-0 and has a 6-1 record on the season. He leads the team in takedowns with 24. Senior Chris Ramirez (145) battled to a tight 5-3 decision to win his fifth match on the year. The match mathematically won the dual on the night. Ramirez has a record of 5-1 this season.
The Redhawks won all three JV duals in their Mega-dual efforts hosted by St. Charles East. They swept Rockton-Hononegah and Wheaton Warrenville South while also defeating St. Charles East. The JV2 team competed at West Aurora and won two duals. The NCHS Freshman team took second place at the eight team Lyons Tournament. Champions were Bradley Anderson, William Erbeck and Dylan Schroeder. Silver medalists were Flynn Collins, Matthias Hautzinger, Liam Morales, and Nithilan Gandhi. Taking the bronze were Gavin McDonald, CJ Bierman, Kyle VanBallen, William Kotecki, Sammy Mullin, Henry Rydwelski, and Aiden Kopsel.
Next up Central will travel to DeKalb on Thursday and will host DVC foe on Friday night. Saturday the varsity will wrestle in their first tournament of the year at Hoffman Estates.