Starting Monday, the summer sports teams of Iowa will resume practicing, with the aim of preparing for competition on June 15th. Pella Christian’s baseball team — despite losing multiple-time All-State player Will Dembski and multiple year starters Lawson Bruxvoort and Cole Webster, come back with a senior class of nine athletes and several juniors and sophomores who all saw time on the varsity field.

Head Coach Jeff Bruxvoort says that combination of talent and experience, and with an offseason of improvement, may make the team more balanced and ready for the challenges that lie ahead in a shortened season.

Among the key returning seniors in 2020:
Devin Haveman – 1B/P – Started all 32 games, hit .316 with 27 RBI and two home runs, 14 walks; 5-6 as a pitcher with a 3.46 ERA and 43 K in 60 1/3 innings pitched
Matthew Bokhoven – INF/P – Started 31 games, hit .245 with 16 RBI; struck out 23 batters in 30 innings
Jack Anderson – P – 3-1 as a pitcher, with a 4.15 ERA in 27 innings, including four starts
Dan Jungling – OF – Started 31 games in varsity debut, hitting .279 with 15 runs scored, only one outfield error in 31 games played
Cameron Vander Wal – INF – started 26 games on the infield, mainly as a defender
Blake Veenstra – OF – joined team later in season after throwing discus and shot put at state, in 21 games, had four extra base hits
Stone Turner – C – emerged as No. 2 catcher last season

The Eagles baseball and softball teams will open at Oskaloosa High School on Monday, June 15th. Stay tuned to 92.1 KRLS for a broadcast schedule to be released soon as we highlight the Eagles and Dutch throughout the four-week regular season and the playoffs on the air and online at kniakrls.com.