The Charger wrestling team placed seventh at the GPAC Wrestling Championships after day two in Orange City, Iowa Saturday. The Chargers totaled 61.5 team points at the tournament.

"First, I would like to commend the guys in the program for a solid season. We've taken huge strides as a program, but still have more distance to cover," said Head Coach Donaco Watts. "Rod did a great job navigating the deepest bracket in the conference to punch his ticket to Wichita and we still have Dante and Jackson with a shot for at-large bids. We'll know the answer to that on Wednesday."
 
Jarrod Gilliam in the 133-pound bracket finished fourth after going 2-2 in the tournament. After falling to Doane's Matthew Terrence, Gilliam took a 4-3 decision over Hastings' Justin Rodriguez. He would fall in his final bout to Kipp Cordes of Dakota Wesleyan 7-3 decision.
 
Jackson Balmer in the 165-pound bracket finished fourth went 3-2 in the tournament. He defeated Jackson Remmers of Dakota Wesleyan by a 11-5 decision followed by a pin victory. He dropped a 9-7 decision to Cole Price of Concordia in his final match.
 
Jeremiah Bethel finished fifth in the 184-pound bracket and defeated Jaxon Quail of Dakota Wesleyan with a 18-9 decision.
 
Trystan Berry at 149 finished fifth and went 2-2 in the tournament. He avenged his early tournament loss against Johnny Burnette of Northwestern in his final match, taking a 4-0 decision win.
 
Erik Lessears at 165 and Dante Rigal at 133 finished sixth in their respective brackets.

The Doane Tigers captured the team tournament title.

For the full results, visit HERE.