Photo by Troy Hugen

The Class 1A #9 ranked Pella Christian football team ran all over the city of Panora Friday night, as they steamrolled Panorama 61-3 in a game heard live on 92.1 KRLS.

The Panthers actually got the scoring started in the game by nailing a 42-yard field goal to take a 3-0 lead, but it would be all Eagles the rest of the way. Pella Christian got 64-yard touchdown runs on their first two offensive plays of the game from running back Benny Schirz and quarterback Isaac Kacmarynski. Kacmarynski then extended the 1st quarter lead to 21-3 with a 45-yard rushing score. Once again mirroring the yardage, Peyton Ritzert got in on the score action with a 45-yard touchdown. Kacmarynski added a third rushing touchdown, with a 41-yard quarterback keeper midway through the second quarter, before Benny Schirz closed out the half with a 74-yard touchdown run to put the Eagles up 42-3.

The second half saw the same dominant ground attack for Pella Christian. Isaac Kacmarynski punctuated his night with his fourth rushing touchdown, this time from 29 yards out. Peyton Ritzert pushed the lead to 55-3 with a 27-yard rushing touchdown. Johnson Morgan capped off the dominant rushing attack for the Eagles with a 75-yard touchdown run. In total, Pella Christian ran just 31 offensive plays, with 26 of them being rushing attempts that resulted in 522 yards and eight touchdowns.  

Pella Christian improved to 2-0 with the win, and will welcome their Highway 163 rivals, PCM, to Eagle Lane on Friday.