No penalties, no points allowed, 20 points on their side of the scoreboard and one lone interception. Those were the stats the Pella High offense and defense put up in the first 24 minutes of Thursday’s Class 3A football semifinal against Cedar Rapids Xavier. As far as a half is concerned, any coach would take that just about every time out. Coach Jay McKinstrey says he was impressed by his team’s effort to begin the ballgame. The Little Dutch are off until Thursday when they take on defending Class 3A champion, Sioux City Heelan, in the state championship at 7:06 p.m.

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