Saturday, January 21, 2023

Naperville Central JV2 DuPage Valley Conference Champions

  • 1st: Naperville Central 291
  • 2nd: Naperville North 199.5
  • 3rd: Neuqua Valley 113.5
  • 4th: Metea Valley 112
  • 5th: DeKalb 109
  • 6th: Waubonsie Valley 94

January 21, 2023

The Naperville Central Junior Varsity 2 Team won the JV2 DuPage Valley Conference Tournament in convincing fashion.  The tournament was held at DeKalb High School.  The Hawks were able to send 16 individuals to the finals and crowned ten DVC Conference champions out of fourteen weight classes.  Twelve of the fourteen weight classes had at least one Central wrestler in the finals.  Four of the weight classes featured two Redhawks squaring off against each other.  At 138 pounds, the Hawks place three in the top three.  In all, Central finished 71-32 in individual matches with an outstanding 52 wins coming by fall.

Conference champions were: Jack Schwartz (106), Adrian Wadas-Luis (126), Niko Karalis (132), Austin Wadas-Luis (138), William Kotecki (145), Matthew Guerin (152), Luci Antonietti (160), Nick Haddad (170), Nick Zbylut (182), and Nate Sadowski (195).

Conference runner-ups were: Austin Aguinaldo (106), Zach Moen (113), Quinn O’Donnell (138), Mark Klavohn (152), Paul Peradotti (160), and Sean FitzGerald (285).

Bronze medalist were: Austin Schiltz (126), Caelon Young (138), Yusuf Sikander (145), and Nate Radtke (195).

Other place winners were: Jackson Bell (4th at 106), Cayden Castro (5th at 120), Stavros Gferousis (5th at 132), and Akhil Kanuri (6th at 120)