Dallas Center-Grimes softball team is one step away from a state tournament bid in the substate region 2 bracket final.

The Mustangs will be playing tonight to go to Fort Dodge, but will have to beat the Tigers from Adel-DeSoto-Minburn. Dallas Center-Grimes is coming off a run rule 11-1 victory over the Carroll Tigers where Aubrey Johansen grabbed her 19 win on the mound going all 5 innings only allowing one hit and striking out nine batters. The Mustangs hit the cover off the ball with 12 hits and 10 runs batted in. They will face a formidable opponent that comes out of the Raccoon River Conference, the ADM Tigers will enter tonight’s ball game with an overall record of (23-12) and they are scorching hot after a win over Storm Lake by a score of 12 to 4.

DCG Head Coach Steve Schlafke talks about the challenge they will face tonight.

“You know,  we’ve watched them play and and so on. They’re a great team. They play really, really well. They’ve got great pitching. Their hitters are are resilient at the plate. They really battle. And they’re not a team that, you know, you can dominate the the full game you know you know a lot of times one time through the order you might be able to get them the second and third time through the order. They really make great adjustments. They’re very well coached and they play good defense. So they’re just a great team.”

The game can be listened to on KDLS 94.3 99.7FM or 1310Am and on our webstream. First pitch is set for 7pm and pregame coverage will start around 6:45pm.