Pella Christian Girls Soccer Dominates Chariton

After picking up their first conference win of the year earlier this week, the Pella Christian girls soccer team dominated Chariton 9-0 Thursday.

The Eagles got off to a quick start as Esther Ford found Joslyn Terpstra five minutes into the game for the first goal of the game. Five minutes later Terpstra found Marina DeCampo for Pella Christian’s second goal. DeCampo then found Dani Roose ten minutes later to give the Eagles a 3-0 lead, which they would take into the end of the halftime break. In the second half, it was all Pella Christian. Terpstra assisted Sarah Gritters first goal of the season in the first minute of the half. A minute later, Decampo netted her second goal of the evening, followed by Terpstra’s second goal of the night two minutes afterwards. At the 46-minute mark, Annika Van Dyke found the net for her first goal of the season, to push the Eagles lead to 7-0. After a Chariton own goal at the 55-minute mark made it 8-0, Terpstra completed the hat trick with the final goal of the night with 15 minutes left in the match. After Pella Christian’s second consecutive shutout victory, Head Coach Mike Buchheit tells KRLS Sports that his squad is putting the pieces together at the right time.

“We’re capable of putting 11 really good players on the field. We’re capable of shutting teams out, which we’ve now done for the last 160 minutes of varsity time. And we’re starting to put the ball in the back of the net as well, which we’ve been working a lot on, and it really sets the table for us next week against DCG.”

Pella Christian extended their winning streak against Chariton to five straight and their record this season improved 3-3 this spring. The Eagles next match will be a tough test on the road, when they take on Class 2A’s #2 ranked undefeated Dallas Center-Grimes squad in a Little Hawkeye Conference showdown.

Eagles Boys Track Finishes 4th at Martensdale St. Mary’s

In a last-minute schedule change, the Pella Christian boys track and field team took part of their roster to compete at Martensdale St. Mary’s and brought home a fourth place finish.

The Eagles 4×100 team of Drew Geetings, Luke Nikkel, Danny Andringa, and Levi Schelhaas won the event with a time of 44.69 seconds. Trevor Veenstra won the shot put once again, marking the third time in four meets he has done so. This time Veenstra won the event with a throw of 47-09. In the Discus Veenstra finished runner-up with a throw of 133-11, and the spring medley team of Geetings, Nikkel, Peyton Ritzert, and Andringa also finished in second with a time of 1:40.33. Pella Christian got third place finishes in the 200-meter dash from Luke Nikkel, and the 1600 meter run from Ryan Natelborg. Andringa grabbed fifth in the 800-meter run, while Noah Nunnikhoven was sixth in the 400-meter hurdles. Rounding out an excellent night for the Eagles was Ritzert finishing seventh in the 400 meter dash with a time of 53.17.

The Eagles next boys track and field meet is on Tuesday, when the run at the EBF Rocket Relays at Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont.