Dallas Center – Grimes boys wrestling took the mat on Saturday in their 3A district tournament in Carlisle, and they were able to find some tremendous success. The Mustangs were able to find six state qualifiers, a terrific number considering the competition in their district.

The six qualifiers for DCG are Avery Van Zelderen at 106, Blake Forrester at 120, Nick Esser at 132, Cayden Mayfield at 144, Lane Nelsen at 190, and Ryan Pertzsch at 285. Pertzsch had a very strong day getting all the way to the championship matchup placing 2nd in the process.  Van Zelderen, Forrester, Esser, Mayfield, and Nelsen were all able to finish in 3rd place.

For DCG, they will be apart of the four day state tournament being held at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines starting on Wednesday morning. Raccoon Valley Radio will be having wall to wall coverage of the tournament starting on Wednesday morning providing live play-by-play coverage of all local area matches including Dallas Center – Grimes.