Following a two week break from competition, the Pella Christian boys basketball team will resume the 2022-2023 season with a tough slate of games on the schedule.

The Eagles return to the court on January 3rd against a much-improved Newton squad that defeated Dallas Center-Grimes and Pella as part of a three-game winning streak before the break. Pella Christian then hosts the first of two Tulip City Showdowns this season with Pella on January 6th. The Eagles follow that up with three road games the following week at Knoxville, Dallas Center-Grimes, and Class 4A #6 ranked Indianola. With several challenging games greeting Pella Christian in 2023, head coach J.D. Boer says his team needs to be ready come Tuesday night.

“We gotta get ourselves up to speed, that’s a big part of it because, we’re gonna head to Newton on Tuesday and they’re really good. They’re playing really well right now, so there’s no easing into it after Christmas break for sure. So, we gotta make sure that we’re up to speed, that we’re playing fast, that we’re playing tough on the defensive end.”

The Eagles girls-boys Little Hawkeye Conference basketball doubleheader at Newton can be heard live on the KRLS2 stream at KNIAKRLS.com, beginning with pregame coverage at 6 p.m.