And they’re off.
The Pella girls wrestling team has opened its first-ever season with the first officially sanctioned matches in program history at the Ballard scramble Thursday evening.
“Overall we coaches are really pleased with the performance by our girls. We told them going in that our expectations for today were to high effort, try technique we’ve practiced, and stay positive. Our team did a great job of meeting those goals and we even picked up some wins to boot,” Head Coach Adam Hale says.
Isabella Smith earned the first official takedown and escape in Pella Girls Wrestling history and Andie Branson picked up the first official win with her pin in her first match. Emmalee Spurgeon and Andie Branson both went 2-0 on the night, both with two pins.
Find full results below; no team scores were kept. The team is next in action Tuesday at Norwalk.
“It was a night with a lot of nerves and a lot of excitement, but it was really nice to get some real competition in. Ballard ran a great tournament. Our girls continue to prove their willingness to work hard and stay positive,” Hale says.
Lily Webster (Colfax-Mingo) won by fall over Serenity Turner (Pella) (Fall 1:43)
Emry Rayman (Martensdale-St Marys) won by fall over Hailey Mackey (Pella) (Fall 0:45)
Lily Webster (Colfax-Mingo) won by fall over Hailey Mackey (Pella) (Fall 0:30)
Alysse Ivanovich (Norwalk) won by fall over Hailey Mackey (Pella) (Fall 1:30)
Lissbeth Rosenstein (Pella) won by fall over Madeline Benge (Norwalk) (Fall 2:25)
Melanie Martinez (Ankeny) won by fall over Lissbeth Rosenstein (Pella) (Fall 1:01)
Melanie Martinez (Ankeny) won by fall over Meav Swank (Pella) (Fall 3:31)
Ciera Hutton-Spieker (Interstate 35) won by fall over Meav Swank (Pella) (Fall 1:04)
Joslyn Dawson (Colfax-Mingo) won by fall over Elaine Babcock (Pella) (Fall 4:39)
Elaine Babcock (Pella) won by fall over Aowyn Schrader (Ankeny) (Fall 4:39)
Macie Silvius (Norwalk) won by fall over Berklie McKay (Pella) (Fall 0:46)
Allison Metschke (Ames) won by fall over Berklie McKay (Pella) (Fall 0:36)
Emmalee Spurgeon (Pella) won by fall over Ella Dollman (Ankeny) (Fall 3:00)
Emmalee Spurgeon (Pella) won by fall over Zariel Samuels (Clarke, Osceola/Murray) (Fall 5:17)
Elizabeth Thomas (Pella) won by fall over Liberty Boettger (Ballard) (Fall 0:47)
Julie Maylum (Perry) won by fall over Elizabeth Thomas (Pella) (Fall 1:21)
Clara Sapienza (Southwest Iowa) won by fall over Jasey Olson (Pella) (Fall 5:21)
Summer Wolff (Indianola) won by fall over Jasey Olson (Pella) (Fall 1:20)
Andie Branson (Pella) won by fall over Tatiana Orozco (Southwest Iowa) (Fall 0:48)
Andie Branson (Pella) won by fall over Janell Salinas (Clarke, Osceola/Murray) (Fall 2:38)
Emma Ites (Iowa Falls-Alden) won by decision over Isabella Smith (Pella) (Dec 7-5)
Brooklyn Greenlee (Ames) won by fall over Isabella Smith (Pella) (Fall 0:47)
Marley Crooks (Indianola) won by fall over Lorin Mart (Pella) (Fall 1:40)
Campbell Crabb (Southeast Polk) won by tech fall over Lorin Mart (Pella) (TF 22-6)