A gymnasium full of talented wrestling squads from around the area made for a tough Saturday for the Little Dutch, as they finished in ninth place in the Pella Invitational.  Levi Azinger finished in 5th place at 103 pounds, and Kyle Langstraat placed 6th at 125 to give Pella its only points in the tournament.  Norwalk was the overall team winner with 186.5 points; edging out second-place Albia by a mere 3.5 points.  The Pella wrestling team is now off until after the holiday break.

Place Score School
1  186.5 Norwalk
2  183.0 Albia
3  169.0 Dallas Center – Grimes
4  155.0 South Tama
5  147.5 Oskaloosa
6 130.5 Mt. Pleasant
7 112.0 Eddyville – Blakesburg
8 69.0 Ottumwa
9 11.0 Pella

103:  Levi Azinger (9) 5th Place
-Lost by fall in 1:02 vs. Shadown Leshen of Albia
-Lost by decision 4-11 vs. Trevor Murano of DCG
-Won by decision 6-0 vs. Jake Thiessen of ST

112:  Calvin Van Donslaar (9)
-Lost by fall in 1:36 vs. Adam Genskow of Osky
-Lost by fall in 2:28 vs. Dalton Burnstedt of OTT

119:  David Wiley (9)
-Lost by fall in 1:37 vs. Tyler Oviatt of DCG
-Lost by decision 3-6 vs. Alex Lanphier of MTP

125:  Kyle Langstraat (10) 6th Place
-Lost by fall in 1:32 vs. Jesse Jensen of Albia
-Lost by fall in 3:41 vs. Lucas Shope of ST
-Lost by fall in 2:58 vs. Blake Raymond of Norwalk

135:  Josh Ravestein (11)
-Lost by fall in 3:14 vs. Cody Dickerson of Osky
-Lost by decision 1-8 vs. Tyler Stanley of Norwalk
 
140:  Johnny Blauw (10)
-Lost by fall in 0:35 vs. Tyler Waltz of ST
-Lost by fall in 0:53 vs. Bobby Deagnan of DCG

145:  Zakk Belloma (11) 
-Lost by fall in 3:48 vs. Dakota Clausen of DCG
-Lost by fall in 1:04 vs. Brandon Britt of Norwalk

171:  Jesse Blauw (12) 6th Place
-Lost by fall in 2:51 vs. Sean Hickey of Norwalk
-Lost by decision 1-6 vs. Sam Anderson of DCG
-Lost by decision 4-7 vs. Sean Hickey of Norwalk

189:  Wes Hoksbergen (12)
-Lost by fall in 3:43 vs. Dane Jones of Osky
-Lost by tech fall 1-16 vs. Dylan Plasley of Eddyville Blakesburg