1/16/2025
Naperville Central Boys finished the
DVC dual season undefeated (5-0) after downing the Waubonsie Valley Warriors at
home. The date featured honoring senior
boys, girls and managers and their parents.
The Redhawks won 75-6, winning eight of nine matches, six by fall and
one more by technical fall. Central
earned five wins by forfeit. Central finished the regular season of dual meets
with a record of 17-6.
After the Warriors forfeited to Dalton
Meluch (106), Central’s Jack Schwartz won by major decision over Goldman by a
score of 12-0 at 113 pounds. Waubonsie
forfeited to Jake Moore and Jacob Cochran (120, 126). NCHS Senior Gavin McDonald battled Dufield at
132 in a back-and-forth affair before McDonald earned a fall late in the third
period. WV forfeited to Stavros Gerousis
at 138 ahead of senior Bradley Anderson’s pin over Moore at 150 pounds. Anderson 144 win came in the third
period. The seniors from Central
continued to shine as CJ Bierman locked Luna-Ramos’ shoulders to the mat at 150
for another first period pin. Central’s
Yusuf Sikander picked up the last forfeit by Waubonsie at 157.
Redhawk senior Quinn O’Donnell took
the mat against Allen at 165 and earned a mat-slapper in the second
period. Senior and captain Henry
Rydwelski battled to a technical fall victory over Warrior Pretkelis at 175. The score, 18-3. Central’s Paul Peradotti needed only 31
seconds to defeat Martin at 190. Jordan
Hatchett of Waubonsie Valley earned the only win for the Warriors. In perhaps the most exciting match of the
night, Redhawk senior and Captain William Erbeck scored a second period fall
over Hobson.
Central won the JV1 contest 72-9 and
the JV2 contest 65-18. Waubonsie Valley
won the freshman dual by a score of 42-40.
In girls matches, Arianna Rico won her match by fall. Senior Brenna Berkowitz wrestled under the
light in a back-and-forth match but was defeated.
Senior recognized on Senior night include
Bradley Anderson, who plans to study fish ecology and compete on the bass fishing
team. Bianca Arredondo will be attending
Western Illinois University to major in law enforcement and justice
administration. Jackson Bell will be
attending COD to pursue a nursing degree.
Brenna Berkowitz will be playing softball and studying interior design
at College of DuPage. CJ Bierman hopes
to major in aviation in college. Will
Erbeck will be looking to major in business management and finance in
college. Nithilan Gandhi will be going
to college for kinesiology or health sciences in hopes of becoming a physician’s
assistant. Annika Hull will be going to
college to major in accounting. William
Kotecki will be looking to study biology next year. Look for Bella Lopez at COD majoring in
health sciences. Gavin McDonald will be
a Hawkeye at the University of Iowa and majoring in Engineering. Quinn O’Donnell is heading north to the
University of Wisconsin-Whitewater to study business. Ellen Purl hope to learn film production. We will see this star produce stars. Henry Rydwelski and Jack Schwartz will join
Gavin at Iowa. Henry will study nursing
while Jack will major in criminology and chemistry. Manager Chanelle Phillips will also study nursing. She will be attending Loyola. Finally, manager Rhea Thankachen will be a
Huskie at Northern Illinois University to study biology and become a medical
examiner.