NCHS 19 – DeKalb 47
1/5/2023
Naperville Central (15-8, 3-1 in DVC) was defeated by Dupage
Valley Conference foe DeKalb. The dual
was contested at DeKalb High School.
Central won four of the thirteen contested matches.
Ty Martin (120) fell behind 1-4 in the first period but battled back by scoring a near-fall in the third period and was awarded a penalty point to send the match into overtime. Martin scored on a double leg takedown early in the sudden-victory extra period to win 9-7. Ethan Olson (126) scored five takedowns to win by major decision 11-3. Mitchell Kaszuba (132) was nearly defeated by a score of 3-4. Kaszuba nearly scored the match winning nearfall late in the third period. Gavin Bohan (160) came from behind and scored on a takedown to force overtime, but lost in sudden-victory 5-7. Henry Rydwelski (170) scored a third period takedown but his efforts fell short, losing 6-9.
Upstart junior Nyree Dabney (182) earned a couple takedowns
and added nearfall points before pinning his opponent. Niko Besteiro (220) also looked aggressive
earning two takedowns and a fall in his match.
Chase Enfield (285) jumped out to a 4-1 lead in his match before
succumbing to his opponent.
The NCHS JV1 team defeated DeKalb 53-21 and the JV2 team won
70-12. The Redhawk freshman team also
won by a score of 43-33. Four of the
Redhawk girls wrestled with Ellen Purl (130) winning by fall in the third
period.