Photo courtesy of Karlee Knode

After dominating Davis County Thursday night, the Pella Christian boys basketball team will square off with Grand View Christian for the Class 2A District 10 Championship on Tuesday.

After earning a first-round bye in postseason action, the Thunder snuck past PCM for a 73-61 win in the district semifinals on Thursday night. Grand View, who is in their first season competing in the Heart of Iowa Conference, finished as the conference champions with a perfect 16-0 mark against league opponents. Overall, the Thunder finished the season with a 21-1 record, with their lone loss coming against Class 3A #1 Clear Lake. 

As a team, Grand View Christian ranks in the top five of six stat categories in Class 2A, including blocks per game (1st – 149), effective field goal percentage (2nd – 59.8%), field goal percentage (3rd – 51.3%), three pointers made (4th – 198), three point percentage (5th – 36.8%), and assists per game (5th – 393).

The Thunder have been led on the season by senior Emiliano Barrantes, and juniors Jameson Scharnberg and Brayden Hoben. Barrantes enters Tuesday’s contest averaging a double-double on the season, recording 21.5 points and 14 rebounds per game, while also posting 4.3 blocks a contest. The juniors Scharnberg and Hoben, who scored 49 combined points in an 82-49 win over Pella Christian on December 19th, come into the matchup averaging 17.1 and 15.9 points a game respectively.

Coverage of the Eagles’ District Championship game against Grand View Christian at Knoxville High School on Tuesday begins at 6:30 pm on the KRLS2 stream at KNIAKRLS.com.