Today, Iowa High School basketball’s next round of state champions will be crowned at Wells Fargo Arena. Thirty years ago, perhaps the greatest basketball team in Marion County history accomplished the feat for the first time.

The 1990 Pella Christian Eagles went 25-0 to claim the first of three state titles in program history, and the only perfect championship. Head Coach of the 1990 Eagles Jerry Nikkel says it was a special time and the right team to break the ceiling for the now storied Pella Christian boys basketball program, as that run also marked the first ever trip to the state tournament for the school.

Earlier this week, the Eagles season ended with the program’s 15th trip to state, falling in the quarterfinals.

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Watch the documentary below that premiered on January 16th below, on the night the 1990 Eagles were honored.