Pella Boys Wrestlers 2nd at Williamsburg Tournament
The Pella boys wrestling team placed 2nd place at the Williamsburg Raider Dual Tournament Saturday.
Center Point-Urbana: 60-18 W
Davenport Assumption: 39-38 W
Grinnell: 44-30 W
Marshalltown: 39-34 W
Williamsburg: 51-27 L
Click here for full results from Pella’s individual matches at the Williamsburg Tournament. Pella is next in action Tuesday at Pleasantville.
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Pella Girls Wrestlers Nab 5th in Newton
The Dutch girls wrestling team competed in Newton Saturday.
Pella results:
Serenity Turner 4th
Isabella Smith 2nd (2-1, 1 forfeit, 1 pin)
Lorin Mart 5th
Anna German 5th
Jasey Olson 2nd (3-1, 2 pins, 1 med. forfeit)
Ellison Ritzert 2nd (1-1, 1 pin)
Emmalee Spurgeon 1st (2-0, 1 pin, 1 inj. default)
A. Branson 5th
E. Babcock 1st (2-0, 1 pin, 1 med. forfeit, PLUS win by fall in an exhibition match)
Click here for full results from the Pella girls wrestlers at Newton. The girls next head to Norwalk Tuesday.
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Pella Boys Bowlers 5th at Newton
One day after defeating Knoxville, the Pella boys bowlers turned around to the Newton Cardinal Invitational Saturday.
Oskaloosa 2695
Newton 2663
Waukee 2738
Mason City 2270
Knoxville 2363
Pella 2106
Sigourney 2427
Anderson Schirm (324) and Carter Failor (317) were the top scorers for the Dutch. Pella joins the girls for competition at home Thursday vs. Centerville.
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Pella Boys Swimmers Place 3rd at Cardinal Invitational
The Pella boys swimmers with Newton competed at the Cardinal invitational Saturday, placing 3rd in a competitive field.
Coach Sarah Patterson says the most exciting event of the season was the last one–the 400 freestyle relay where they battled with Indianola back and forth until freshman Finn Martin dove in for the last leg and posted a blistering 55.00 for the final split. Eli Eekhoff led off with a personal best split of 57.54, Clay Lamb was a 1:02.55, and MacK Copeland swam a personal best split of 1:03.24.
Eekhoff also placed 2nd in the 50 freestyle.
“His training has been spot-on, and he is super fun to watch. I feel like we are just scratching the surface with all of our guys,” Patterson says.
Freshman Mason Gaulke placed 4th in the IM and 8th in the 100 freestyle with a converted time of under 1:00.
MacK Copeland placed 5th in the 400 freestyle, and Patterson says his time of 5:22.50 “crushed” where he started last year.