Eagles Boys Tennis Wins Third Straight Match, Ranked Girls Squad Falls Against Oskaloosa
The Eagles boys tennis team cruised to 9-2 victory over Oskaloosa Tuesday, while the #8 ranked girls squad was upset by the Indians 6-5.
The Pella Christian boys tennis squad went 4-2 in singles play, getting wins from Alejo Marcon in the top spot in the lineup, Shaun Oosterheert, Toby Vander Molen, and Alejandro Murdoch in the third, fourth, and fifth spots. The Eagles swept doubles play to down the Indians in the match. With the win, Pella Christian boys tennis is now 3-2 on the season, and will look for their fourth straight win on Tuesday when they host Chariton.
The Eagles girls tennis team fell just short against Oskaloosa, going 2-4 in singles play and 3-2 in doubles play. Number one and four singles players Katy Roose and Tessa Breems scored Pella Christian’s two singles wins. In doubles play, the number two team of Sydney Van Arendonk and Breems won their match, with the other two wins coming from the number four and five doubles teams of Rachel Lanferman and Leah Mulder and Deagan De Vries and Emily Van Soelen. The loss marked the first of the season for the Eagles girls tennis team, as they are now 4-1 on the spring. Pella Christian will look to get back on track Tuesday, when they travel to Indianola for a Little Hawkeye Conference showdown.
Eagles Golf Wraps Second Day of Little Hawkeye Conference Meet
The Pella Christian golf team wrapped up the second day of the three day Little Hawkeye Conference regular season meets Tuesday in third place at the Westwood Golf Course in Newton.
As a team, the Eagles scored a 340 with Eliot Menninga third place individually with a score of 80. Pella Christian came in ahead of Oskaloosa, Newton and Grinnell. Kyle Gao shot an 85 on the day while Isaiah Breems wasn’t far behind shooting an 86. Dane Geetings finished the day with a round score of 89. Deacon Branderhorst and Landon Fransman rounded out the varsity lineup with scores of 92 and 100 respectively.
The Eagles next compete in the Washington Invitational on Saturday at the Washington Golf & Country Club beginning at 9 a.m.
Eagles Boys Track and Field 6th at BGM, Girls 9th at E-B-F
The Pella Christian boys track and field team finished sixth at the Bear Trax Classic at BGM High School Tuesday, while the girls squad finished ninth at the Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont meet.
At the Bear Trax Classic, Trevor Veenstra dominated the throwing events, winning both the shot put and discus. The 4×400 meter relay team of Peyton Ritzert, Noah Nunnikhoven, Cooper Spronk, and Danny Andringa also brought home a first-place finish for the Eagles. Andringa came in second in the individual 400-meter dash and fourth in the 200-meter dash while Luke Nikkel came fifth in the 200, and Drew Geetings was third in the high jump.
At the E-B-F Eddy Relays, Cara Veenstra won the high jump for the Pella Christian girls track and field team. The Eagles 4×200 meter relay team of Cara Veenstra, Faith Kacmarynski, Makayla Nikkel, and Amelia Boender finished in third place. Anna DeBoef came in fourth in the 400-meter dash and Addison Bandstra came in fifth in the 400-meter hurdles.
The Eagles boys track and field team will return to the track on Tuesday at the E-B-F Rocket Relays at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont High School. The Pella Christian girls track and field team is off until next Thursday when they make the short drive across town to run at Pella.
Pella Christian Girls Soccer Outlasts Grinnell, While Boys Soccer Can’t Shake Losing Streak
The Eagles girls soccer team hosted a nailbiter Tuesday night as they pulled out a 1-0 Little Hawkeye Conference win against Grinnell, while the boys soccer team fell 5-2 at Grinnell.
The girls soccer match was even for most of the night, with both teams putting six shots on goal in the first half but neither team was able to find the net before halftime. The second half was equally as even until late in the period. With under 10 minutes left in regulation, Sarah Gritters found Marina DeCampo who netted her first career goal to give Pella Christian the narrow victory. Junior forward Joslyn Terpstra said that a win of this nature shows the growth of the team.
“It just gives us a lot of confidence. And matching the number of conference wins we had last year, we only had one, and we already have one this year so I think that shows a lot of growth.”
The Eagles girls soccer team improved to 2-3 on the season and 1-1 in conference play. They will look to build momentum off the big conference win against Chariton on Thursday.
The Pella Christian boys soccer team fell behind 2-0 in the first half before Jack Fancher tied the match with a pair of goals in the final 15 minutes of the period. Fancher scored his first goal on a free kick from about 30 yards out, then netted a penalty kick. Despite grabbing the momentum before halftime, the Eagles wouldn’t be able to capitalize as Grinnell scored three times in the second half to extend Pella Christian’s losing streak to four. The Eagles boys soccer team’s record fell to 2-4 overall and 0-2 in conference play. They will look to get back on track Tuesday when they host Dallas Center-Grimes.