12/30/2024
The Naperville Central Girls Wrestling Team finished an impressive 8th place at the 37-Team Ottawa Holiday Hootenanny wrestling tournament. Morris won the event and hosts Ottawa too second place.
Senior Leader Ellen Purl
had a great tournament placing second in the 120 pound Elite Bracket. Purl earned falls over Lustrup of Oswego East
and Lacey of OPRF to make the finals. Fellow
Senior Annika Hull also earned two falls in her efforts to make the championship
match at the 100 pound Varsity Bracket.
Her semifinal victim was Fuentes of Plainfield South. Sophomore Arianna Rico wrestled back to
fourth place in the Elite 145 weight division.
Rico won a key match over Rios of Sandwich in the wrestle backs. Gracie Meluch finished 2-2 in the 115 pound
Varsity Bracket and Melva Gallego-Sugar won a match in the same bracket. Three Lady Redhawks wrestled in the junior
varsity bracket. Both Alejandra Perez
Delgado and Bella Lopez opened the tournament with a 2-0 start to face each
other in the 105 pound bracket. Lopez
came out on top, winning gold while Perez Delgado finished with silver.