For the second straight season, the Pella Christian offense couldn’t find their stride in the State basketball semifinals round, falling to Cascade and their classic zone 51-36.

It seemed early that the Eagles had a solution, quickly racking up 10 first quarter points, but the Cougars successfully cut Levi Jungling and the normally shooter-friendly attack out of the equation near the basket.

Assistant Coach Marv Van Wyk tells KNIA/KRLS Sports it was difficult to get traction on the scoreboard throughout due to the success of Cascade’s half court D, which he was impressed with.

Senior Mitch Fopma scored 13 points and Jeremy Van Beek tacked on seven and snagged five boards.

The now 17-10 Eagles will trying to snag 3rd place in Class 2A against Anamosa at 11:45, with pregame at approximately 11:20 on 92.1 KRLS and kniakrls.com.

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