Area roundup: Dutch boys soccer open with shutout win
Mar. 31—Boys soccer
Pella 6, Winterset 0
WINTERSET — It was a very strong first showing for the Dutch as they rolled to 6-0 win over Winterset to kick off their 2023 campaign on Thursday.
Senior forward/midfielder Logan Solomon got the Dutch going with four goals helping Pella build a 4-0 lead after the first half. This allowed them to try different lineups and formations in the second half as Isaac Kalkwarf also found the back of the net and a Winterset own goal contributed to the 6-0 final score.
Teddy Apostolopoulos tallied two assists in the game while Austin Bone also had one helper. Goalkeeper time was split between Isaac Boualavong and Tristan Huckstep with the two combining for the three-save shutout.
Pella (1-0) returns home to face Norwalk (0-2) on Tuesday at 7:45 p.m.
Ottumwa 4, Oskaloosa 0
OTTUMWA — The Indians opened up their season on the road at Ottumwa on Thursday and would suffer a shutout loss.
The Bulldogs have been a tough matchup for Oskaloosa over the years with Thursday's loss dropping their record to 0-11 in the series since 2011 with four of those losses coming by one goal.
Osky trailed 1-0 at the half before Ottumwa opened it up with three more goals in the second half. Junior Jose Pineda Fernandez tallied two goals and one assist for the Bulldogs while Osky keeper Omar Garcia tallied 12 saves on the night.
Oskaloosa (0-1) hosts Knoxville (0-0) on Monday at 5:30 p.m. for their home opener.
Pella Christian 2, PCM 0
MONROE — The Eagles scored a tight season-opening win on the road on Thursday.
The two teams were locked at 0-0 at the half before PC broke the tie eight minutes into the second half with Aiden Stoltz finding Trevan Parker in front of the net for their first goal. Stoltz would create another great opportunity a few minutes later with a lofted cross to Ethan Van Arendonk who knocked it in with a header to make it 2-0. That score would hold with PC keeper Kaleb Pogany only needing two saves to secure his shutout.
Pella Christian (1-0) travels to Newton (1-1) on Tuesday at 5:30 p.m.
Track and field
Pella boys get three more Drake qualifiers at Waukee
WAUKEE — The Pella boys track team was up at Waukee on Thursday as they put together another strong night with three more events hitting the Drake Relays blue standard.
Out in the field, Brandon Fischer was nine inches away from breaking the school record with a discus throw of 186 feet, which now leads all of Iowa in the early season. He would then add a shot put throw of 55-7 which would also pass the blue standard mark to send him to Drake in both events.
Joining Fischer with bids on the night was Pella's distance medley of CJ Shetterly, Quinn Gruver, Trey Van Hauen and Chase Lauman who raced to a time of 3:34.88 to hit the blue standard.
Pella had a couple of other wins on the night including Luke Fairchild in the 110 hurdles (16.12), Nathan Vander Waal in the 3200 (10:22.55) and the sprint medley (1:38.08).
Pella goes to Dallas Center-Grimes on Saturday.
Pella Christian competes at Ogden
OGDEN — Both Pella Christian track and field teams were in action at Ogden on Thursday at the Ogden Early Bird Co-ed Meet. The girls would take fourth place with 71 points while the boys took fifth with 82 points.
Bailey Vos grabbed PC's lone first place finish at the meet by winning the 400 with her time of 1:03.45. The Eagles also had five runner-up finishes including Vos in the 800 (2:34.22), Cara Veenstra in the high jump (4-10) and Meredith Van Wyk in the 100 (13.86). PC's 4x400 (4:27.57) and sprint medley (2:00.74) also took second.
On the boys side, Trevor Veenstra comfortably won both throwing events with throws of 56-5.25 in the shot put and 163-4 in the discus. Luke Nikkel also tallied a win in the 100 (12.02) while also finishing second in the long jump (19-7.5). Other second place finishers were Ely Cadwell in the 800 (2:16.59) and PC's 4x400 (3:55.35).
Pella Christian return to action on Tuesday at Davis County.
Boys tennis
No. 1 Pella 11, No. 7 Ballard 0
BALLARD — It was a Dutch sweep as they took down their second top 10 team this week in dominating fashion with an 11-0 sweep.
Jack Briggs would edge out a 6-1, 3-6, 1-0 (4) tiebreaker while the rest of Pella's singles would cruise with Joshua Roozeboom (6-1, 6-0), Cameron Rowe (6-1, 6-1), Cashen Thompson (6-1, 6-1), Beau Bush (6-0, 6-0) and Ben Van Gorp (6-1, 6-1) all picking up wins.
In doubles play, the Dutch completed the sweep with Briggs/Roozeboom (6-1, 6-0), Rowe/Thompson (6-1, 6-0), Bush/Van Gorp (2-6, 6-2, 1-0 (9)), Hayden Rozenboom/Nile Roozeboom 6-3, 6-4 and Noah Zobel/Jamison Visser (6-0, 6-4) getting victories.
No. 1 Pella (2-0) makes the short trip across town on Tuesday at 4:15 p.m. to take on Pella Christian (1-0).
Girls golf
Lady Dutch win first meet at Lynnville-Sully
LYNVILLE — The Pella Lady Dutch golfers took on Diamond Trail Golf Course in Sully on Thursday as they took on Lynnville-Sully and PCM in a triangular with the girls in green coming out on top with a team score of 206.
The Lady Dutch would sweep the medalist honors with Karsyn Lyons taking first with her round of 44 with Ellie Wogen taking second with a 51. Olivia Hood (52) and Landrey Els (59) would round out the scoring.
Pella will go to Newton next Thursday.
Colin Peters can be reached at 641-672-2581, by email at cpeters@oskyherald.com or on Twitter @ColinPetersOH.
