The #2 Indianola volleyball team swept Pella Christian to begin Little Hawkeye Conference play Tuesday night at home 3-0, while the Indianola girls and boys cross country teams each had top finishes at Dallas Center-Grimes.

The volleyball squad won game one 25-11, but had to work to get the other two sets from the Eagles. Pella Christian was ahead 10-9 in set two, then had a chance at 14-all before the Indians went on a run to get ahead and earn the win. The third set saw the Indians jump out to an early 10-3 lead, but the Eagles fought back to get to a two-point deficit at 14-12, before it seemed like Indianola took control to lead 23-16, but the Eagles fought all the way back to get it back to a 24-23 deficit but the Indians held on to win the next point and earn the sweep. They improve to 11-0 on the season, and will next play next Tuesday at Norwalk.

The Indianola girls cross country team finished in 2nd place at DCG, with Jordyn Brown and Gracie Foster leading the way with 2nd and 3rd place finishes respectively, leading the team to 58 team points. Freshman runners Paige Hoger and Hadley Erickson were the next top finishers for the squad, finishing in 13th and 18th respectively.

The boys had a 4th place finish after losing a 3rd place tiebreaker with 93 team points, and had three top 12 finishes. A trio of sophomores were Indianola’s best runners on the day, as Reed Robbins placed 7th, Kiefer Barnes placed 11th, and Paxton Bloom finished in 12th. Freshman Owen Welling placed 33rd for the Indians to round out the top four placements.

Both cross country teams will next run again Saturday at Urbandale.