Area roundup: Pella boys, Osky's Terpstra qualify for state golf
May 17—Boys golf
Pella advances to state, Osky's Terpstra qualifies as individual
PELLA — Taking on the challenging Bos Landen on Monday, the Pella boys golf team was able to clinch a trip to the state tournament after finishing one shot behind Knoxville for second place with a team score of 322. After entering as the lone Indian in the district meet, Oskaloosa's Johnathon Terpstra also punched his ticket to state as an individual.
Since Pella was hosting the event, they needed a top-two finish to qualify as a team. They would do that by five strokes to finish ahead of Newton, who still qualified since the top three teams are taken if the host team finishes in the top two.
Pella was led by another strong round from Will Simpson, who finished with a bogey-free 70 to take home the medalist honors.
Last year Simpson went to stay as an individual, this year he will be competing with his teammates after Ayden Gordon (81), Cade McGinley (85) and AJ Hoekstra (86) all had strong rounds to put the Dutch in second.
Terpstra was competing as an individual and was able to put a consistent round together to card an 82, good for eighth overall and a trip to state.
The Boys 3A State Tournament will be on May 23-24 at Veenker Memorial Golf Course in Ames.
Team standings
1. Knoxville (321), 2. Pella (322), 3. Newton (327), 4. Winterset (343), 5. Williamsburg (365)
Pella Christian falls short of state
STATE CENTER — After a slow start, Pella Christian was able to put some pretty good scores on the board. Unfortunately it was not enough to advance as they finished with a team score of 334, 13 shots behind Hudson for second place.
Eliot Menninga finished as the low scorer for the Eagles on the day, taking 16th with his round of 81, five shots off a trip to state as an individual. Isaiah Breems (83), Cooper Spronk (84), Kyle Gao (86), Dane Geetings (88) and Deacon Branderhorst (95) rounded out the PC lineup.
Boys soccer
No. 8 Pella 8, Pella Christian 0
PELLA — The Dutch wrapped up regular season play in a big way on Monday as they would take down the Eagles of Pella Christian, 8-0.
Pella used five goals in the first half and another three in the second half to lead them to the win. The Dutch had seven different goal scorers with Austin Bone collecting two goals while Teddy Apostolopoulos, Isaac Semini, Logan Solomon, Logan Schroeder, Preston Rowe and Tyson Barnes also scored. Semini and Camden Bryngelson also had three assists a piece. Tyler Killoren had three saves in the shutout win.
No. 8 Pella (15-2) awaits the winner of Oskaloosa vs Fairfield in the substate semifinals on Monday at 6:30 p.m. while Pella Christian (6-9) travels to Williamsburg (10-5) on Thursday at 6:30 p.m. for a substate quarterfinals matchup.
Girls soccer
No. 13 Pella 5, Pella Christian 0
PELLA — Regular season soccer wrapped up on Monday with 13th-ranked Pella defeating their crosstown foes at home.
The Lady Dutch picked up a 2-0 lead at the half and were able to add some more insurance to their lead in the second.
Abby Warner had a pair of goals for Pella while Kaylee Van Polen, Claire Smock and Anneka Stoltzfus also found the back of the net. Eliza Van Zee had two assists while Van Polen, Anna Vander Waal and Smock also tallied helpers.
Haley Van Houweling had seven saves in the shutout win while Lydia Zylstra finished with 12 saves for the Eagles.
The Lady Dutch finished the regular season with nine wins, eight of them were shutouts.
No. 13 Pella (9-6) has a first round bye and awaits the winner of Mount Pleasant vs Iowa City Liberty in the regional semifinals next Tuesday at 6 p.m. in Pella while Pella Christian (6-7) hosts Grand View Christian (7-5) in the regional quarterfinals on Wednesday at 6 p.m.
Baseball
Oskaloosa 6, Albia 5
OSKALOOSA — Baseball is back in a big way for Oskaloosa as they walked off a wild season opener on Monday night.
Albia got the first run on the night, taking advantage of an Oskaloosa error to go up 1-0. That lead would hold until the fifth inning with the Blue Demons adding an insurance run to make it 2-0.
The Indians got that run back in the fifth and would take the lead in the sixth with three more runs coming across with Charlie North, Trey Miller and Marcus Fresquez all driving in runs.
Albia rallied with three runs of their own to take back the lead with their backs against the wall and turn the tables on Oskaloosa, who now trailed 5-4 going to the bottom of the seventh.
A leadoff walk and wild pitch would put the tying run at second base with Aiden North at the plate. North would get into a favorable 3-1 count and would jump on the next pitch and nuke it to left center over the fence for a walk-off two-run homer. North paused at second base for a second not knowing if it did clear the fence before rounding the bases and getting mobbed by his teammates at home plate.
Alex Christ started on the mound for Oskaloosa, going three innings giving up one run on three hits with one walk and four strikeouts. Logan Hoskinson eventually got the win in relief after pitching one inning and striking out two.
North finished 2-for-4 at the plate with one home run and two RBIs.
Oskaloosa (1-0) is right back at it on Tuesday at 7:30 p.m. as they travel to Fairfield (0-1).
Pella 13, PCM 0 (5)
MONROE — It was a very successful first night of action for the Pella baseball team on Monday as they made the trip to PCM and left with a run-rule win after five innings.
Jason Knox was dominant on the mound and at the plate for the Dutch. Knox would pitch five no-hit innings with 13 punch outs while also going 3-for-4 at the dish finishing a triple short of the cycle with a single, double, home run and five RBIs.
Freshman Isaiah Kettler made a good first impression going 1-for-2 with a walk, a home run and threes RBIs in his varsity debut. Cole Hillman, Quinn Rhamy and Caleb Stewart also had an RBI for the Dutch.
Pella (1-0) continues their three games in three days start on Tuesday at 5 p.m. with a trip to Bondurant-Farrar (1-0).
Colin Peters can be reached at 641-672-2581, by email at cpeters@oskyherald.com or on Twitter @ColinPetersOH.
