Pella High Rout Pella Christian 13-1 Behind Vanden Oever
Dave Vanden Oever nearly pitched a no hitter as Pella High routed Pella Christian 13-1 on Friday. The Dutch exploded for four runs in the fourth after leading 3-0, with Lonnie Van de Kamp Jay McDaniel and Jay Vande voort each posting three hits. PC fell to 5-5, while Pella improved to 3-4 in conference and 6-7 overall. a July 9 rematch is set.
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Dave Vanden Oever
Pella High
Pella Christian
Vanden Oever
Bud Schutte
Rick Terpstra
Guy de Haan
Lonnie van de Kamp
Jay McDaniel
Jay Vandevoort
Pella Little Dutch baseball split week with two wins
Pella split a four game span going two and two. Randy Jones pitched well but lost 2-1 to Clark Osceola. In twin bill vs Newton Pella lost 3-0 then won 5-0 behind Scott De Jong. De Jong doubled and later tripled as Vande Kamp and Vande Voort produced key hits. Bragg says the team played strong defense and timely offense. They blanked Winterset 1-0 on June 21 with Vanden Oever tossing four K and three hits. Pella hosts Centerville July 1 at home.
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Pella
Denny Brass
Newton
Brad van Dusseldorp
Scott de Jong
de Jong
Lonnie Vande Kamp
Craig Wassenaar
Vande Kamp
Jay Vande Voort
Jones
Brian Vande Lune
Brass
Bob de Jong
RBI
Randy Kloosterman
Sam Blom
Terpstra
the Fopmas
Mark Gritters
Twin Cedars
Lady Dutch suffer two softball losses in week
Pella dropped two games last week with a 12-0 loss to Clarke in four innings and a 13-11 setback to Winterset. Coach Bob Kramer blamed nerves and costly errors as Pam Van Haaften took the losses, while Pella committed numerous errors and left runners stranded late in the Winterset setback. The JV also fell to Clarke 10-9, and Winterset routed the JV 23-1. The team played Davis County Tuesday and has a Pella Christian tournament this weekend and a Friday game with Centerville on tap.
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Pella
Clarke
Winterset
Bob Kramer
Pam van Haaften
Kramer
van Haaften
Lori Fox
Brenda Boyert
Liz Bruinekool
Kelli Eeling
Linda van Hal
Lori Petersma
Deb Lubbert
Brenda de Ruiter
Shellie Klein
van Hal
Norma Stursma
Petersma
Lubbert
de Ruiter
Davis County
Pella Christian
Centerville
Knoxville
Cubs Hold Fitness Contest In Pella Pack 372
Pella Cub Scout pack 372 held its physical fitness championship as part of a national contest sponsored by Boy Scouts of America. Winners were Joe Lavery nine year olds Marty Kerger and Mike De Cook in the eight nine and ten year old divisions respectively. Winners advance to Mid Iowa Council final in Indianola on July 16 for a shot at the national title. Contestants competed in five events.
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Pella
Boy Scouts of America
Joe Lavery
Marty Kerger
Mike
Mid Iowa Council
Indianola
Eagles overwhelm North Mahaska in five inning win
Pella Christian rapped 12 hits and benefited from seven North Mahaska errors to rout the Warhawks 15-5 in five innings. Rick Terpstra, Mike Lanser, and Dave Vande Pol led the offense as PC built an 11-0 lead before North Mahaska staged a brief rally.
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Pella Christian
North Mahaska
Eagles
Warhawks
Rick Terpstra
Wes Fopma
Mike Lanser
Fopma
Dave Vande Pol
Lanser
Dave Lierstra
Rick Fopma
Vande Pol
Bosch Wins Pella City Men’s Tennis Title
In the Pella all city tennis tournament held June 24-26 at city and Central College courts under Mark Wesselink, Bob Bosch defeated Doug Stursma 6-2 6-3 in the final after a 12-0 rout of Mathis and 12-8 over Curt Tangen. Doubles saw Haskell/Stursma triumph 6-1 6-2 over Porter/De Haan. Women’s doubles crowned Sagraves/Valvoord after a 5-7 6-3 6-3 comeback. Mixed finals to be played July 2.
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Stan Porter
Pella
Mark Wesselink
Central College
Bob Bosch
Doug Stursma
Bosch
Mathis
Curt Tangen
Ray de Haan
Stursma
Steenhoek
Jaap Kroes
Haskell
de Haan
Porter-De Haan
Porter
Jaap
Evert Kroes
Tom Thies
Tom Vander Linden
Pam Sagraves
Jane Valvoord
Sagraves- Valvoord
Lori Vander Laan
Jane Robbins
Barb Fassler
John de Jong
Sue Froelich
Fassler-De Jong
Anderson-Tangen
Stursma regains ladder crown in city tennis action
In the Pella all city tennis ladder event Doug Stursma beat Steve Haskell 6-3 6-4 in a defensive duel and outlasted Ray De Haan 4-6 6-1 7-5. Dave Netz won 6-0 6-0 over Jaap Kroes as standings show Stursma atop the ladder with Haskell and Holwerda close behind.
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Pella
Doug Stursma
Steve Haskell
Stursma
Ray de Haan
Dave Netz
Jaap Kroes
Netz
Steve Holwerda
David Bowles
Bob Christiansen
Paul Kuyper
Ron Dittmar
Tim Johnson
Evert Kroes
al Cabbage
Stan Porter
Ted Loynachan
Jerry Dowell
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