WARSAW – Elkhart Memorial maintained its stronghold of the Northern Lakes Conference Tuesday night, beating Warsaw 48-29 in wrestling, but the Tigers were able to pull closer to the perennial kings of the conference.

Memorial was just 8-6 in the 14 weight classes as the Tigers had two pins and three decisions on the Chargers. Grayson Drugde at 182 and Kyle Hatch at 152 each won by pin while Christian Taylor at 138 and Andrew Owens at 170 claimed major decisions. At 106, Isaiah Owens claimed a late takedown to pull three points and Gustavo Cartegena earned a forfeit.

In the JV matchups, Max Bradley and Gavin Truex both got wins for Warsaw.

Warsaw sits at 5-6 on the season and 0-2 in the NLC. The Tigers work again Saturday at the Valparaiso Super Duals.