Naperville Central Finishes 3rd at 26-Team Marty Williams Invitational

•  1^st Place: Mahomet Seymour 400.5 points
• 2^nd Place: Normal West 380 points
• 3^rd Place: Naperville Central 374.5 points
• 4^th Place: Ft. Zumwalt South High School 341.5 points
• 5^th Place: Normal Community High School 323 points

January 14, 2023

Naperville Central finished in third place at the Marty Williams Invitational held at Mahomet-Seymour High School.  The host school won the event with 400.5 points.  The event begins with a preliminary round in a round-robin format with 2-0 wrestlers competing in the gold bracket, placing 1^st - 8^th, 1-1 in the silver bracket placing 9^th – 16^th.  Eight Redhawks advanced to the Gold bracket.

Ethan Olson finished with a record of 5-0 and brought home a tournament championship at 126 pounds.  Olson lead the team with 14 takedowns in the tournament.  Gavin Bohan (160) finished in third place winning three of the four matches he wrestled.  Chris Bern came home as a fourth place finisher at 152 pounds.

Central had four wrestlers take fifth place.  Mitchell Kaszuba (132), Hagan Taylor (145) and Ty Martin (113) all finished with four wins out of five and all with three of those wins coming by fall.  Martin and Taylor tied with eleven takedowns in their matches.  Chase Enfield (285) also finished fifth but needed only three wins out of four.  Niko Besteiro (220) made the gold bracket and finished 8^th place.

NCHS had three wrestlers win the Silver Bracket, coming in ninth place.  Larry Stubitsch (138), Nyree Dabney (182) and Jake Smetters (195) all won four out of five matches.  John Carens (160) and CJ Bierman (120) both made the finals in the Silver Bracket and finished in tenth place.  Hendy Rydwelski (170) injury defaulted to 12^th place.  Duncan Foley (285: 13^th, record 3-2), Vince Bern (120: 13^th, record 2-2), Jake Cochran (106: 13^th, record 2-2), and Joe Thomas (160: 18^th, 2-3 record).  Foley record his first varsity wins as a Redhawk.