JCHS 2nd at East Noble

KENDALLVILLE — Last weekend, Katie Rowles, Mallory Winner and Emily Manor walked away with first place in their weight classes.

Rowles and Manor repeated this weekend while Kiley Williams added her name to that list.

The Jay County High School girls wrestling team claimed championships in the 100 pound, 135 and 190 weight classes en route to a second-place finish at the East Noble Girls Invitational on Saturday.

The Patriots earned 164 points in the second-place finish. Rochester topped the field of 33 teams by earning 175 points.

Rowles and Manor both earned 26 points by pinning five girls each. Rowles beat Wawasee’s Karlee Clevenger in 2:09 in the final round while Manor took down Armani Serrano of Wayne in 40 seconds.

Williams won four matches by fall to earn 18 points for the Patriots. She pinned Northside’s Ka Lay 49 seconds into the championship match.

Maleah Parsons earned the most points for Jay County without winning her bracket. She totalled 20 points in four wins before falling to Garrett’s Mika Roxas in the 145 weight class.

Every Jay County wrestler placed in the meet. The other wrestlers were Sophia Thomas (105, sixth), Tatiana Willis (110, second), Calie Yates (115, third), Ellie Wendel (120, fifth), Willow Hardy (125, second), Lina Lingo (130, third), Haley Ridenour (155, third) and Tessa Miller (170, sixth).

The Patriots will be back in action on Thursday with a dual meet at Columbia City.