NCHS DVC JV1 Champions and DVC JV2 Champions

JV1 Tournament

• 1^st Naperville Central 264
• 2^nd DeKalb 211
• 3^rd Naperville North 200
• 4^th Waubonsie Valley 120
• 5^th Neuqua Valley 75
• 6^th Metea Valley 35

JV2 Tournament

• 1^st Naperville Central 275
• 2^nd Naperville North 231
• 3^rd Neuqua Valley 164
• 4^th Waubonsie Valley 96
• 5^th DeKalb 71
• 6^th Metea Valley 46

1/29/2022

Naperville Central won both the Junior Varsity 1 and Junior Varsity 2 DuPage Valley Conference Tournaments held at Neuqua Valley High School.  In the JV1 tournament, Central crowned seven DVC champions out of 14 weight classes.  In the JV2 tournament, Central added eight more champions.  Overall, the Redhawks one 92 matches while losing 57.  Of those losses, eight were to other Hawks.  Central capped the day with 55 falls and 4 technical falls.  Nine senior polished off their junior varsity seasons.  In all, 49 Naperville Central wrestlers competed in the event.

In the JV1 tournament the seven champions were Chris Bern (138), Neil Rao (145), Hagan Taylor (152), Patrick Bohan (160), Michael Salvo (182), Muhammad Totten (220), and Niko Epps (285).  Naperville Central won 38 matches against only 18 losses on the JV1 side.  Bern won perhaps the most exciting match of the night, defeating Cave of DeKalb in the ultimate tie breaker 4-3.  Taylor and Bohan both ran through the tournament 3-0 with all three wins by fall.  Senior Totten also finished 2-0 with all fall, topping off his season in style.  Rao, Salvo and Epps, also seniors, showed their leadership by proving they are gold medalists as well.  Rao won his final match 4-2 over Izaguirre of DeKalb.  Salvo defeated McBride by major decision 13-2 and star heavyweight Epps defeated Rojas of Metea 11-4.

Making the finals and taking second place for the Redhawks were Luke Moen (120), Larry Stubitsch (126), Charles Kuang (132), senior Darrion Lee (160), and senior Pace Goldenman (170).  Lee lost to fellow Hawk Bohan in the finals.  Goldenman just missed winning his finals match, losing 4-3.

Bringing home a bronze medal was Gavin McDonald (106), senior Will Damge (170), and senior Ethan Pytlak (195).  Damge finished the day 3-1 in matches.  Pytlak won his third place match by fall.

CJ Bierman (113), senior Ethan Sentman (145), and Luci Antonietti (152) all took fourth place.  Sentman finished 2-2.  Nick Ball wrestled up a weight class and finished 3-2 taking fifth place.

Naperville Central had success on the JV2 side as well, crowning eight champions including Kyle VanBaalen (113), Matthias Hautzinger (126), Dominic Hautzinger (138), Alex Monchik (152), Alexander Kelsey (160), John Carens (170), Jake Smetters (195), and Chase Enfield (285).  Both Montchik and Kelsey pinned their way through the tournament 3-0.  Enfield won both of his matches by fall while picking up a third win by medical forfeit.  In all Central won 54 matches against 39 losses.  Seven of the losses were against fellow Redhawks.

Making the finals were Javier Sevilla (145), Henry Rydwelski (160), William Erbeck (170) and Dylan Schroeder (182).  Erbeck lost to teammate Carens in the finals.

Finishing in third place was Ryan Serbinski (106) and Liam Baker (132).  Fourth place finishers were Jack Schwartz (106), Mark Klavohn (120), and Bradley Anderson (145).  Anderson finished the day 3-2 with one of his losses to fellow Hawk Sevilla.  Flynn Collins (106), Carter Bergholtz (120), Quinn O’Donnell (126), Zaide Azar (145), Ethan Christiansen (152), and Nithilan Gandhi (220) all made the podium at fifth place.  Sammy Mullin (138), Liam Morales (152), Nick Haddad (152) and Yousuf Peshawarwala (160) all won matches in the tournament.  Thomas Wick (126), Vaughn Yu (145) and Keso Sahadewan (160) also competed in the tournament.

Next up the Redhawks will host the IHSA Regional next Saturday.  The top three at each weight class will advance to the IHSA Sectional tournament held at Hinsdale Central High School.  The top four at that event will become state qualifiers.