12/14/2024
1. Joliet Catholic 271.5
2. Naperville Central 207.5
3. York 173.0
4. Prospect 140.0
5. Grayslake Central 127.0
6. Moline 102.5
7. Libertyville 102.0
8. McHenry 100.0
9. Addison Trail 98.0
10. New Trier 97.5
11. Hampshire 75.0
12. Belvidere North 56.5
13. St. Charles (North) 53.0
14. Round Lake 36.5
15. Chicago (Noble/UIC) 14.0
Naperville Central finished in
second place that the Mudge / McMorrow Invitational held at Prospect High School. The tournament was won by Joliet Catholic. Central won 45 matches against only 28
losses. All nineteen wrestlers in the field
for the Redhawks won at least one match.
Of the 45 matches won, 25 were by fall and 5 were by technical
fall. Seventeen of the nineteen
wrestlers placed in the top eight. NCHS
sent five wrestlers to the finals with two champions.
Leading the way for the Redhawks was 175 pounder Hendy Rydwelski who remains undefeated after winning all three of his matches. Rydwelski, now 13-0, defeated Gavin Payne of Prospect by a score of 5-4 to bring home gold. Also standing at the top of the podium for the Hawks was 138 pounder Vince Bern. Bern needed four wins in the tournament to get the blue ribbon. Bern, 7-2, defeated Aiurelio Munoz of Joliet Catholic by a 7-1 decision. Bern scored 11 takedowns combined in this four matches.
Three other Central wrestlers made the finals and finished in second place. Mainstay Jacob Cochran, 132, 12-3, scored a fall in the semifinals over Ryan Hanson of McHenry. Cochran is currently second on the team list for wins and leads the team in falls with 9. Paul Peradotti, 190, improved to 7-1 on the season after going 2-1 at the tournament. Peradotti scored a major decision over Jude Ossian of Moline 11-2 in his semifinal match. Senior leader and heavyweight Will Erbeck just missed defeating top-ranked William Cole of Round Lake in the finals, falling 5-3. Erbeck, also 7-1, earned two falls to advance to his finals match.
Two Central grapplers advanced to the semifinals and finished in third place. Jack Schwartz finished 3-1 on the day including a 6-2 win in his place match at 113 pounds. He won by decision over Tommy Connors of York 6-2. Senior CJ Bierman, 150, scored two fails to improve to 7-1. Bierman defeated Liam O’Brien of St. Charles North by fall in the second period of his place match.
Four additional Hawks made the semifinals and finished in fourth place. Dalton Meluch, 9-5 at 106 pounds, Jake Moore, 6-4 at 126, Austin Schiltz, 138 won two of four matches, and at 157 Justin Skryd won his first two matches at the varsity level this season.
Gavin McDonald and Jack Fitzgerald both had very successful days working their way through the consolation rounds to finish in fifth place. Both McDonald (132) and Fitzgerald (106) ended 4-1 and both with three wins by fall. McDonald improves to 6-3 on the season. Freshman Fitzgerald already has five varsity wins on his resume. Yusuf Sikander finished 3-2 at 157 and lead the team in takedowns at the tournament with 12. Sikander has the takedown lead for the season with 33. Freshman James Ball is now 4-4 wrestling at 126 after winning three matches at the Prospect tournament. Both Sikander and Ball finished in 6th place. Nicolas Olvera, 8-3 on the season at 165, took 7th place winning two matches. Nithilan Gandi won a match at 215 and now holds a varsity record of 6-7. Gandi ended with an 8th place finish. Stavros Gerousis won a match at 144. Freshman Reid Balis won his first ever varsity match also wrestled at 144.