It was sort of a last minute matchup, and one that a lot of schools across Indiana are adding to their calendars.

Just as Wawasee held its first home girls dual earlier this year against John Glenn, West Noble hosted its first-ever girls dual Tuesday in hosting the Lady Warriors. Without boasting of a full roster, West Noble wanted some experience against their neighbors to the west, and found out Wawasee is more of the standard to aspire in a 65-12 Lady Warrior win.

West Noble forfeited seven of the weight classes, giving Wawasee 36 free points along with a double forfeit at 100. Wawasee did most of the heavy lifting in the circle, scoring four pins and a tech fall in five of the seven contested matches in a definitive show of force.

Wawasee’s fastest pin of the lot came in match one, where Lydia LaBarbera got a quick takedown and worked over Christina Kimell into a mat slap at 1:17. Sandwiched between five West Noble forfeits was a clinic by Kenidi Nine, wrestling down to 130 to get a matchup against a very scrappy Mylee Johnson. Nine got a quick takedown and a near fall four within the first minute, and never looked back, her second near four into the second period ending a 15-0 punctuation.

Alex Garcia returned from a scary weekend injury to get a pin at 1:34, and Kenadi Pierce had perhaps the match of the night for the Lady Warriors, getting an even battle from Emily Bontrager before reversing from bottom on the restart of the third period right into a pin at 4:53.

Karlee Clevenger had Wawasee’s other six, following directions and executing to a tee in pinning Kara Arnold at 3:02.

West Noble broke up a 53-0 run by Wawasee with a pair of heavyweight pins, Destiny Martinez at 17 seconds over Isabelle Brown and Brynn Neigold getting Tiana Senders three seconds before the end of the first.

Wawasee gets back to business Saturday at the Lakeland Invite.

At West Noble
Wawasee 65, West Noble 12

115 – Lydia LaBarbera (Waw) pin Christina Kimell (1:17)  6-0
120 – Aaliyah James (Waw) forfeit  12-0
125 – Katie Sigsbee (Waw) forfeit  18-0
130 – Kenidi Nine (Waw) tech fall Mylee Johnson (15-0)  23-0
135 – Evalyn Blanco (Waw) forfeit  29-0
140 – Peyton Hohman (Waw) forfeit  35-0
145 – Naviya Leon (Waw) forfeit  41-0
155 – Alex Garcia (Waw) pin Ariana Nunez (1:35)  47-0
170 – Kenadi Pierce (Waw) pin Emily Bontrager (4:53)  53-0
190 – Destiny Martinez (WN) pin Isabelle Brown (:17)  53-6
235 – Brynn Neigold (WN) pin Tiana Senders (1:57)  53-12
100 – Double forfeit
105 – Karlee Clevenger (Waw) pin Kara Arnold (3:02)  59-12
110 – Hadley Faroute (Waw) forfeit  65-12