Pella Christian Boys Cross Country 2nd, Girls 9th at Williamsburg
The Pella Christian cross country teams returned from a nine-day break to run at the Williamsburg Invitational Tuesday afternoon.
The Class 2A #2 Eagle boys took second place in the meet with 125 points, taking the runner-up spot to Class 3A #6 Mount Vernon-Lisbon. The Pella Christian girls had a team score of 268, finishing in ninth place. Will Vanden Bosch led the way for the Eagles’ boys squad, taking 12th place with a time of 17:09.7. Joel Pogany (17:20.3) and Griffin Stoltz (17:31.5) weren’t far behind Vanden Bosch, finishing in 16th and 20th places. Ian Vander Molen (17:56.7) and Kaeden Bouma (18:07.5) rounded out the team scoring in 35th and 43rd. Hayley Rens continued to lead the Pella Christian girls on Tuesday, taking 22nd place in 21:24.2. Tessa Van Zee (22:01.8) and Greta Vos (22:12.7) were the next two runners across the finish line in 44th and 50th, while Julia Van Zee (22:58.5) and Chloe Vos (23:57.5) completed the team scoring in 65th and 90th places.
Find full results from the Williamsburg Invitational here. The Eagles cross country teams are now off until the Chariton Invitational on Monday.
Pella Christian Volleyball Falls to Ranked Norwalk Team
The Pella Christian volleyball team returned home for the first time since September 10th Tuesday night, falling 3-0 against Class 4A #2 Norwalk.
The Eagles dropped the first two sets by identical scores of 25-13, but continued to battle against the ranked Warriors squad. In the final set, Pella Christian held four point leads of 13-9, 14-10, and 15-11, but Norwalk rallied to win the third set 25-21 to complete the sweep. Laurel Roozeboom led the Eagles offensively with nine kills, while Mya Huisman and Brynn Runner had seven and six kills apiece. Runner also contributed team-highs of 13 assists and eight digs. Reagan Van Maanen added 10 assists on the night, while Nora Van Arendonk had seven digs and Sophia Slagter had a solo block and two block assists.
Pella Christian fell to 4-10 overall on the season, and will look to bounce back on Thursday at home against Washington.
