Thursday, January 20, 2022

Naperville Central Add Dual Win

 NCHS 63 – Wheaton North 7

1/20/2022

Naperville Central improved to 18-1 (4-1 in DVC) on the season after defeating Wheaton North at home.  The Redhawks won eight out of ten matches contended, four by fall.  Of the ten matches, Central started eight seniors.  The varsity dual was preceded by a recognition of twenty of its seniors.

The dual started with Wheaton North forfeiting the first four weight classes, 106, 113, 120, and 126.  Mitchell Kaszuba started the dual competition with a first period pin at 132.  Senior Tommy Porter won by major decision 14-4.  His senior co-captain Chris Ramirez also earned a win by technical fall.  Senior Charlie Morgan battled by lost at 152 by a score of 1-8.  Junior upstart Joe Thomas looked impressive in a 6-0 decision wrestling at 160 pounds.  Senior Tristen Hall gave up a major decision at 170, losing 2-12.

NCHS the final four matches in the dual.  Senior David Pirozhnik, 182, won by fall in the first period.  Haaris Khan (195), also a senior, won by major decision 16-6.  Muhammad Totten took advantage of being under the spotlight by locking down a fall in the first period at 220.  Nick Antonietti completed the dual with a fall in just 42 seconds at 285.

Seniors that were recognized were:  Nick Antonietti, Andrew Baker, Nick Ball, Will Damge, Niko Epps, Pace Goldenman, Tristen Hall, Haaris Khan, August Kukis, Darrion Lee, Ayden Lutes, Charlie Morgan, David Pirozhnik, Tommy Porter, Ethan Pytlak, Christopher Ramirez, Neil Rao, Michael Salvo, Ethan Sentman, and Muhammad Totten

Naperville Central won duals at the JV1, JV2 and Freshman Levels.