ELKHART – Warsaw junior Kyle Hatch remained undefeated at 138 pounds for the season, and won his third straight Northern Lakes Conference tournament title at Elkhart Memorial Saturday. He was joined by Wawasee’s Tristin Ponsler, the gold medalist at 132 pounds. Elkhart Memorial won the team title handily over NorthWood. Warsaw was sixth in the team standings, Wawasee seventh. Hatch beat Memorial senior Blade Corpe 13-6 for his conference title, Ponsler downed Warsaw’s Kameron Hile 3-0 for the title. Wawasee’s Braxton Alexander was second at 113, as was Warsaw’s Andrew Brock at 220. Warsaw’s Anthony Penn was voted Honorable Mention all-conference by the coaches. He’s been unable to wrestle this season due to injury, but was a 30-match winner and NLC champion last season. Both Warsaw and Wawasee will compete in the Plymouth Sectional on Saturday.
NLC WRESTLING MATCH Team results: 1. Elkhart Memorial 242, 2. NorthWood 184, 3. Goshen 173, 4. Plymouth 162, 5. Northridge 148, 6. Warsaw 119, 7. Wawasee 105.5, 8. Concord 50. Local individual results: 106 – 4. Ricardo Romo (Waw); 113 – 2. Braxton Alexander (Waw), 5. Gustave Cartajena (War); 120 – 6. Victor Mejia (War); 132 – 1. Tristin Ponsler (Waw) 2. Kameron Hile (War); 138 – 1. Kyle Hatch (War); 145 – 4. Marcos Mejia (Waw), 6. Christian Taylor (War); 152 – 5. Francisco Ramirez (War), 6. Raymon Torres (Waw); 160 – 3. Zac McKee (Waw), 5. Brady Stout (War); 170 – 6. Carlos Hermosillo (War); 182 – 5. Alejanro Castro (Waw), 6. Luis Juarez (War); 195 – 4. Jeremiah Dilley (Waw) ; 220 – 2. Andrew Brock (War); 285 – 4. Alec Haines (War), 6. Ricky Nelson (Waw)
