The Lady Tiger Wrestling team delivered gutsy performances Saturday and finished second as a team at the Monroe Invitational. All day, the ladies battled in hard-fought matches. With a field of 21 teams and some talented wrestlers, the Tigers ended the day with seven of the ten wrestlers on the mat earning a podium finish. South Dearborn, with 12 wrestlers in the field, won the tourney with 176.5 points. Warsaw ended with 123.5, and Franklin County was third with 120. The Lady Tigers entered the finals round with three wrestlers, while Franklin County had four. Jayde Fifer at 100 lbs., Mariana Morgan at 105 lbs., and Audi Gonzalez at 155 lbs. secured the Lady Tigers' second-place finish. Jayde defeated Franklin County’s Ellah Turley in a seesaw battle by fall in 5:39 to secure her first-place finish. Mariana defeated Bray’Liegh Sutton of Marion in a match she controlled most of the way by fall in 2:49, earning her first-place finish. Audi battled Cora Schmitz of Hagerstown in a match where both girls traded the lead back and forth; unfortunately, she couldn't pull out the victory, losing by fall in 2:21. The other Lady Tigers on the podium were Maleeka Kennedy at 125 with 4th place. Mya Williamson at 130 placed 5th. At 145 lbs. Sophia Gonzalez placed 6th. Elizabeth Long at 170 placed 4th. Team scores and weight brackets are attached. Thank you to Wyatt Nelson for the photos. Not on the podium, but providing team points to help the Lady Tigers capture the second-place finish were Dhanishka Sudarsan at 110, Jocelyn Snyder at 115, and Aubre Carey at 135. The Lady Tigers will be back in action on Wednesday at Columbia City for a dual meet with the Eagles. On Saturday, November 14, they will be in a field of 55 teams at the Sarah Hildebrandt Invitational at Penn High School.