Another remarkable spring has the athletes from Pella High School continues this week.
Pella Boys Soccer Tames Bloodhounds; Back to State
It’s back-to-back trips to state as the #8 Pella boys soccer team controlled Fort Madison 3-0 Wednesday night. It’s the 7th appearance in program history and was earned as the Dutch continued a balanced offensive approach and held off an aggressive Bloodhounds attack defensively. Scoring first was Austin Bone in the 26th minute after a difficult stretch where Fort Madison dominated possession. That seemed to break the game open, and with five minutes left until halftime, a perfectly placed corner from Teddy Apostolopoulos set up Isaac Semini for a critical second score. Levi Van Dusseldorp put the icing on the cake in the 57th minute to effectively end the contest, with the Dutch defense tightening up from there. Van Dusseldorp says an experienced bunch of Dutch have high expectations entering next week’s state tournament. Pella opens on Wednesday, June 1st, as the #1 overall seed, and will take on #8 Spencer at the Cownie Sports Complex in Des Moines at 2:30 p.m.
Briggs Bros Finish as State Tennis Runners-Up; Rowe, Thompson Top 8
The Briggs brothers Caleb and Jack gave it all they had, but were just a few points shy of a state championship, falling in the Class 1A state doubles finals Wednesday afternoon. Pella’s dynamic duo cruised through their half of the bracket, but Declan Coe and Hugh Courter of Xavier were too much to handle as the top seed. Pella’s doubles pair of Cashen Thompson and Cameron Rowe finished in 8th among the doubles players in Class 1A as well. Alejo Marcon of Pella Christian finished 5th among singles players after knocking Joshua Roozeboom of Pella out of the tournament Tuesday. Pella will play in the final four as a team in Class 1A on Tuesday, May 31st at the Waveland Park Tennis Courts in Des Moines.
Pella Girls Athletes Heading to State Today; Soccer Aiming to Return to Final Eight
The three remaining girls spring sports teams feature a pair of state-bound tennis and golf individuals and the Dutch soccer team trying to play spoiler on the way to the final eight of Class 2A as the week wraps up.
Karsyn Lyons of Pella is in the Class 3A girls state golf tournament today and tomorrow. The freshman opens at 9 a.m. this morning. Live scoring is available here.
The #13 Pella girls soccer team is heading to the regional finals in a rematch with #3 Norwalk. The Warriors knocked off the Dutch 1-0 earlier this season. The match begins at 6 p.m. at Norwalk.
Emily Blom is returning to the Class 1A State Singles tennis tournament starting Friday. She opens against Allison Pavlovec of Decorah. Click here to listen to a pre-meet interview with Blom.