For the third time in the last two weeks, the Pella High football team extended their season by another game, this time playing a full four quarters in a 31 – 14 win over Washington on Friday. Pella knows now they’ll be playing Cedar Rapids Xavier in the semifinals in the late game at 8:21 p.m. The Little Dutch were last at the Dome for a three-year stretch between 2008 and 2010 and once before that in 2003. Getting to this point of the playoffs means you get a little bit longer to prepare as opposed to previous postseason games, but Coach Jay McKinstrey says the preparations are mostly the same. He adds that they also tried practicing indoors to try and account for the “conditions” in Cedar Falls, but noted they would not be doing that this year. Pella’s semifinal game will be live on 92.1 KRLS and KNIAKRLS.com, with pre-game starting at around 7:50 p.m. on Thursday.

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