The home cooking was good for the Pella Christian summer teams on their return to Eagle Lane, with the baseball team snapping a nine-game losing streak with a 7-1 win over Newton, and the softball girls hanging on until the end of an 11-10 win Wednesday evening.

Pella Christian rode the dominant pitching of Micah DeHaan, who struck out 11 Cardinals in 6 ⅔ innings, with Bennett Spronk smashing his fourth home run of the season to generate the offense.

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On the softball diamond, the Eagles girls had the winning run in scoring position with two outs in the bottom of the 6th, but narrowly missed a mercy rule win after a fielder’s choice. Newton would surge into the top of the 7th, scoring eight runs before a flyout to left field with the bases loaded ended the contest before Pella Christian could lose the lead. Emri Agre finished 2-for-4 with 3 RBI, with Natalie Harrill and Jarah Morgan each going 2-for-4 as well.

The Eagles baseball team improves to 2-10 overall, earning their first conference win, and the P.C. softball team is up to 9-5 overall and 2-4 against LHC competition. Both teams are off until they welcome Oskaloosa to Eagle Lane Friday for a doubleheader, with game two of the baseball matchup live on 92.1 KRLS.