The Pella Christian baseball team overcame some early season jitters to pick up a 4-3 season opening win over Carlisle.

Senior and ace Micah DeHaan put on an impressive performance to kick off his final baseball season. DeHaan was the leadoff hitter and went 3-4 with 2 RBIs at the plate, while also pitching all seven innings, scattering 5 hits and allowing no earned runs. Carlisle’s three runs on the night came as part of six Pella Christian errors. Senior Ty Vander Molen batted in a run in the second inning, and Bennett Spronk scored the game winning run in the top of the sixth inning on a delayed steal. Talking about the impact DeHaan had on the game, Eagles Head Coach Braden Shull said his growth as a player helped give his squad a chance in the ballgame.

“Micah’s really matured in the game of baseball a lot since since I first started working with him last year and he’s just calm, cool and he knows what to do in scenarios and he executes right. And I mean we had a chat with the hitters before his one of his big doubles and it was just put a barrel on the ball and that’s all he did. He didn’t try to get special, just barreled up a ball. He went on the mound and didn’t have his best stuff, by any means but competed every AB and gave us a really”

Pella Christian is now 1-0 on the season and open Little Hawkeye Conference play on Monday on the road at Norwalk.