Pella Baseball Blasts Boone
The Dutch baseball team made short work of Boone 11-1, in the opening summer broadcast heard live on 92.1 KRLS Wednesday evening. Head Coach Jesse Jablonski called the five-inning contest another complete effort for the team this week. Teagan Hoekstra drove in three runs at the plate and earned the win on the mound, striking out nine in five innings, and Isaiah Kettler continued his hot start, tacking on a two-run double. Pella improves to 4-1 overall and is off until traveling to ADM on Friday.

Girls Soccer Advances to the Regional Final
A storm-moved contest saw the #5 Pella girls soccer team return to the pitch on Wednesday to knock off Newton by a 4-0 margin. Abby Warner nabbed another hat trick scoring, and Claire Smock scored the other goal. The victory advances the Dutch to the regional finals, where they will attempt to qualify for their 15th-ever state tournament trip and in back-to-back seasons. Pella will host #10 ADM at 7:00 this evening, who knocked off Bondurant-Farrar 4-2 to move to the final 16 teams. This is a rematch of the Class 2A quarterfinals, which the Dutch won in a 1-0 match last May.

Boys Tennis Team Gets Briggs, Roozeboom, and Rowe to Semifinals
Three individual Pella boys tennis players have a crack at state championships today in Waterloo. Those athletes continue in the Class 1A individual state tournament. Jack Briggs is the top-seeded singles players, and won his first two matches over Parker Stroh of Columbus Catholic 6-3, 6-3 and Ruimin Luo of Fairfield 6-2, 6-1. The Trojans top singles player eliminated Ben Van Gorp of Pella in the consolation singles bracket. Cameron Rowe and Joshua Roozeboom were the No. 4 seed and made it to the semifinals, cruising by a duo from Decorah in the opener before needing a third set to win over Roan Martineau and Charlie Curtiss of Wahlert (7-5, 3-6, 6-1). Find the bracket here.

Softball Heads to PCM for Summer Opener
It’s the debut of the Pella girls of summer this evening as the Dutch softball team heads to PCM. The green and white are under new leadership from Head Coach Katie Banowetz, who was the pitching coach last summer. Several key returners highlight the Pella roster, including two-time All-State shortstop Ava Curry, fellow senior Kiki Riggen, and state shot put qualifier Katie Scheckel, among multiple others. Former Eagle Emma Eekhoff will make her Dutch debut as well. First pitch is slated for 7:30 p.m.