Pella Christian Boys Tennis Dominates Davis County, Girls Tennis Edges Knoxville
The Pella Christian boys tennis team cruised to a 9-0 home sweep of Davis County Monday evening, while the girls tennis team narrowly edged Knoxville for a 5-4 road victory.
The Eagle boys opened singles action in dominant fashion, losing just 11 total games in the six matches. At the top of the lineup, Shaun Bos and Aaron Meinders were each 6-1, 6-1 victors at #1 and #2 singles. Rob Schreur was a 6-2, 6-0 winner at #3 singles and Kirby Van Wyngarden won 6-2, 6-0 at #4 singles. Rhett Terpstra and Evan Tschetter capped off sweep of singles play, with each winning 6-0, 6-1 at #5 and #6. Bos and Meinders added a 6-1, 6-1 win at #1 doubles and Schreur and Terpstra dominated at #2 doubles with a 6-0, 6-0 victory. The lone close match in the contest came at #3 doubles, where Van Wyngarden and Tschetter won 4-6, 6-1, 10-5.
In Knoxville, the Pella Christian girls used four wins in singles play to edge the Panthers. Giving the Eagles their four singles victories were Rachel Lanferman at #1 (6-3, 6-1), Reagan DeVries at #2 (6-4, 6-1), Ava Breems at #4 (6-3, 6-0), and Addie Van Arendonk at #6 (5-7, 6-3, 1-0). Needing just one win in doubles play to seal the victory, the Eagles got just that, as DeVries and Van Arendonk capped off a 2-0 night with a 6-0, 6-3 win in the #1 spot in the lineup.
The Pella Christian boys improved to 2-3 overall, while the girls improved to 3-2 on the spring. The Eagles tennis teams are slated to compete against Norwalk today at 4:15 pm, with the girls hosting the Warriors and the boys competing at Norwalk.
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Early Lead Fades as Pella Christian Boys Soccer Falls to Central Iowa United
Despite jumping out to an early lead, the Pella Christian boys soccer team saw win number four on the season slip away in a 3-2 loss to Central Iowa United Monday night.
The Eagles got the scoring started in the first half, when Trae Van Maanen’s pass from mid-field found Ethan Van Arendonk down field, and Van Arendonk beat the goalie to find the back of the net. Pella Christian’s 1-0 advantage held into halftime, before growing to 2-0 early in the second half. In the 44th minute, Theo Hugen sliced his way through the Central Iowa United defense, and his intended cross pass went off the foot of a defender and into the goal to grow the Eagles lead. The momentum flipped in the 57th minute when Central Iowa United scored on a penalty kick, before adding goals in the 60th and 68th minutes to drop Pella Christian to 3-4 overall on the spring.
The Eagles boys soccer squad is scheduled to be back in action today, hosting Dallas Center-Grimes in a boys-girls soccer doubleheader on Eagle Lane beginning at 5:15 pm.
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Pella Christian Girls Track and Field at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Relays
Having their meet moved up a day due to impending weather, the Pella Christian girls track and field team scored 107 team points en route to a third place finish in Class A at the EBF Girls Eddy Relays at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont Monday night.
Highlighting the night for the Eagle girls was the 4×200 meter relay team of Claire Westerkamp, Rachel Kacmarynski, Bailey Vos and Meredith Van Wyk winning the event with a time of 1:45.29. That time beat the Blue Standard qualifying time of 1:45.50, marking the Pella Christian girls’ fifth event to qualify for the Drake Relays. Kacmarynski, Van Wyk, Maisy Meinders, and Vos won the 4×400 meter relay (4:02.67), while Amaia Agre, Kacmarynski, Lexi Terpstra, and Vos added a victory in the sprint medley relay (1:53.35). The 4×100 Shuttle Hurdle relay team of Chloe Huisman, Isabelle Denner, Chloe Nikkel, and Ani Bell won the event in a time of 1:15.07. Adding a fifth event win for the Eagles was Van Wyk in the 100 meter dash (12.76), while Agre added the lone second place finish for the Eagles in the 200 meter dash (27.57).
Find full results from the EBF Girls Eddy Relays here. The Pella Christian boys and girls track and field athletes will get one final chance to qualify for the Drake Relays, competing in the Newton Meet on Thursday.