Saturday was senior recognition day as the Pella Dutch bowling teams hosted the Newton Cardinals.

The boys pulled out a 2518-2507 squeaker that, like the girls last week, went down to the final frame of the final game. The lone senior on this year’s boys team was Brayden Duninik, who was making his second straight varsity start, and helped the Dutch take a slim nine pin lead after the individual round. Reid Miller lead all bowlers for the Dutch with games of 232 and 204 for a 436 round series. Matt De Jong pitched in with a high game of 195 and a 354 series. It took Derek Hackman picking up a challenging 3-10 split in the 9th frame of the last game. Followed by De Jong who rolling a strike then 9-spare tenth frame to give Pella’s boys a slim 11 pin victory.

The Lady Dutch recognized four senior girls today, Naomi Tripp, Rebekah Fyfe, and two ladies who have been varsity starters ever frame of every game for the three seasons of the new Pella Bowling Dutch program, Kirsten Veenstra and Kaeleigh DeWaard. The Lady Dutch put up a fight against a strong and deep Newton team, falling 2038-1873. The Lady Dutch were led by Maddy Cubbage with personal bests for individual round game (170) and individual round series (307), and DeWaard had another solid effort posting a 275 series. The Dutch bowling teams next welcome Des Moines East to Excit-a-bowl Tuesday afternoon.