Mudge/McMorrow Tournament Results
1 Libertyville 199.0
2 Naperville Central
169.5
3 Prospect 160.5
4 York 149.5
5 Joliet Catholic 139.0
6 Fremd 120.0
7 Moline 112.0
8 McHenry 100.5
8 Prairie Ridge 100.5
10 Fox Lake Grant 99.0
11Round Lake 74.0
12 Belvidere North 64.0
13 Addison Trail 57.0
14 Grayslake Central
54.0
15 New Trier 39.0
16 Lake Zurich 20.0
12/9/23
Naperville Central finished second at the Mudge/McMorrow Tournament held at Prospect High School. Central edged host Prospect for the runner up prize. Libertyville won the tournament. Of the sixteen participants for the Redhawks, thirteen placed in the top eight. Naperville Central and Prospect were nearly tied for second going into the place matches, but the Redhawks were able to pull away winning nine of the thirteen place matches in the final round. Austin Aguinaldo (106) and Niko Besteiro (215) made the finals and took hope silvers. Hagen Taylor (150), Jacob Smetters (190) and Will Erbeck (285) all posted four wins earned bronze medals. NCHS won 43 individual matches, 22 by fall, against 27 losses. Last year Central finished in sixth place.
Niko Besterio advanced to the finals after posting three consecutive falls against opponents from Joliet Catholic, Fremd and York. He lost 0-5 in the finals against McGrory of Libertyville. Besteiro improves to 10-2 on the season with nine wins by fall. Austin Aguinaldo received a bye in the first round, won by fall in the quarterfinals and advanced to the championship match by defeating Hutchinson of Grant 9-2. Aguinaldo lost his first match of the year in the finals to MeMarco of Grayslake Central 5-11. Aguinaldo still has the best record percentage on the team at 9-1.
Central’s three bronze medal winners include Hagan Taylor (150) who posted an amazing four falls in the tournament, the last one for third against Quirk of Prospect in 47 seconds. Will Erbeck (285) defeated Pizano of Belvidere by fall in the preliminaries and won 4-0 over Dalach of Joliet Catholic to advance to the semifinals. After losing there, Erbeck won both matches on the backside including a throw and pin in the place match against Fallaw of Prairie Ridge in the second period. Erbeck leads the team in wins with 11 against only two losses. Senior Jacob Smetters (190) proved to be the heart attack kid as he posted three consecutive decisions by scores of 4-3, 4-3 and 5-2, the last for third against Olascoaga of Addison Trail. Smetters is now 10-3 this season.
Four Naperville Central wrestlers won their 5th place matches to help the Redhawks secure second place in the tournament. All four finished with records of 3-2. Chris Bern (157) finished with a hard fought 4-3 decision against Schuldt of McHenry. Bern continues to lead the team for the season in the takedown category with 33. Mitchell Kaszuba (132) added three more pins to his total, the last one against Valdez of Addison Trail. Sophomore Jake Moore (113) made the most of his first varsity experience winning three matches in the tournament. CJ Bierman (144) wrestled as well as he has all season advancing to the semifinals. He opened the tournament with nail-biting 4-3 double-overtime win over Carney of Libertyville, holding him down for the ride-out to win. Bierman won by fall to get to the semifinals. After falling to the fifth place match, Bierman impressively won by major decision 13-2 over Alvarez of Belvidere. Moore opened the tournament with a 6-1 decision over Martinez of Addison Trail for his first ever varsity win. Moore took 5th with a pin against Christophersen of Grayslake Central. Moore posted two wins by fall.
Henry Rydwelski (175) lost a heart-breaker in round one and made up for
it with four consecutive wins to finish in seventh place. Rydwelski racked up 16 points, wining 16-6 in
the final match verses Bautista of Prospect.
John Carens (165) also took seventh defeating Grazzini of York by fall
in 1:40, his second pin of the day.
Jacob Cochran (113) and Flynn Collins (120) both placed 8th. Cochran improved to 9-4 on the season while
Collins continues to impress with his varsity experiences showing a winning
varsity record of 3-2 on the year. Vince
Bern (138) won two matches and Tyler Martin (126) added a win to his record with
a 15-4 major decision against Wagner of McHenry. Senior Christian Kuta (285) got into the
varsity lineup and competed in the event.
NCHS JV1 Streamwood Dual Team Tournament Champions
Meanwhile the NCHS JV1 team traveled to Streamwood for the
Streamwood JV1 Dual Tournament and won all three duals defeating Bartlett 81-0,
South Elgin 50-30, and in the finals, Wheeling 84-0. Central won 38 matches at the tournament
against only five losses. Of the 38
wins, 30 were recorded as falls.
Triple winners were Javier Sevilla, Luci Antonietti, Gavin
McDonald, Paul Peradotti, Landon Lucero, and Jackson Bell. Sevilla, Antonietti, McDonald and Peradotti
all finished with three falls. Bradley
Anderson, Quinn O’Donnell, Aaron Nussbaum, Jack Schwartz, and Yusuf Sikander
all ended undefeated at 2-0. Zaide Azar
and Caelon Young both won the only match they competed in.
Naperville Central will host the Crosstown Classic this year with Naperville North coming to visit on Thursday, December 14. Girls, junior varsity and freshman matches will begin at 5:30pm. Varsity matches are expected to begin at 7:15pm. The varsity will travel to Oak Forest on Saturday for a set of four duals while junior varsity teams will compete at home and at Maine South. NCHS girls will travel to Grant on Monday and Batavia on Wednesday.