Pella Area High School Baseball Opens Spring Practice
Pella High and Pella Christian baseball teams begin spring workouts under coaches Jim Ruthven and Jay Weldhouse. Returning lettermen head lines for Pella High including De Bruin and Boat while several freshmen and sophomores join out squads. Pella Christian plans spring drills with limited pitching depth, plus first-year track coach John Ellis preparing a budding program.
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Pella Christian
Weldhouse
High School Players Ordered to Wear Batting Gear
The Iowa High School Athletic Association adopts National Federation rule requiring all batters to wear head protectors. THSAA enforces the change as part of safety measures for high school ball.
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Board of Control
Iowa High School Athletic Association
National Federation
THSAA
Re-entry rule adopted for Iowa high school baseball
Iowa high school baseball adopts a re-entry rule allowing a coach to remove a fatigued or temporarily disabled player and later re enter him, as long as the player does not bat before re entry. The piece notes high school protective measures and mentions 700,000 Americans trained in first aid last year.
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Iowa
Pella High Opens Track Season at Iowa City Saturday
A Pella High squad of 57 boys begins the 1966 track season at Iowa City Saturday with seven returning lettermen. Coach Stan Horgman aims to fill gaps left by graduates and points to last year’s 2 mile relay team as a returning strength. Other reporters include seniors, juniors, sophomores, and freshmen, plus new weight lifting equipment aiding training.
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Pella Christian
John Ellis
Ellis
Pella High
Iowa City
Borgman
Town City
Bergman
Oskalooss
Valley
Ottumwa
Pella
Ames
Buyert Sets Record As Pella Becomes Conference Champ
Pellas High 1955 56 basketball season featured the South Central Conference championship first since 1944 45. The Little Dutch posted an 18 win 7 loss record .720 percent with Indianola the sole conference foe to defeat them in the regular season. Returning lettermen included Buyert Gene De Heer and Max Van Rees. They outscored opponents 1492 to 1220. Buyert led scoring with a record total.
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Pells High
Pella
Indianola
Buyert
Gene de Heer
Max van Rees
Boyert
Mn Wit
Pella player breaks school scoring mark in 1953-54 season
The 1953-54 Pella team eyes a school single season scoring record as 459 points in 25 games set to break Cleo Verhoef’s 822. Varsity includes Jim De Bruin Bob Boyert Gene De Heer Max Van Rees Jerry Rempe Don Rouwen horst Ron Veenstra Tom Boat Ron Bogaard Leroy Den Besten Kim Duffus Tom Gaard Max Vander Pol Harley Van Roekel Butch Sheppard John Van Waardhuizen and Don Muyskens. Buyert and Duffus lead scoring with 18.8 and 14 points per game respectively and Buyert earns South Central Conference first team honors.
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Pells High
Jim Ruthven
Jim de Bruin
Bob Boyert
Tom Boat
Ron Bogs
Jim Duffus
Butch Shepperd
Gerry
Stermen
Don
Mark de Cook
Alvin Davis
Kenneth Douglas
Roger Duven
Ronnie van Ekeran
Lee van Ham
Jerry Hoogenakker
Gerald Kuiper
Ron Vander Lest
Delbert McComb
Jim Redeker
Bob Slykhuis
Aston Terpetera
Jerry Ulrich
Ruthven
Legion
Cleo Verhoef
Gene de Heer
Max van Rees
Jerry Rempe
Don Rouwenhorst
Ron Veenstra
Ron Bogaard
Leroy den Besten
Kim Duffus
Tom Gaard
Max Vander Pol
Harley van Roekel
Butch Sheppard
John van Waardhuizen
Don Muyskens
Pella
Buyert
Duffus
Opinions Split on Class A and B Tournament Split
In Pella locals debate aglating Class A and B teams for this year’s tournament. Caldwell praises fairness and better matchups but notes travel distance and weather hurt attendance. Gaass suggests combining all classes. Borgman calls for reversion or mixed classes. Boertje supports parity across AA and A. Hiemstra argues single class boosts quality and interest. students Lanser and peers claim better competition sustains attendance and sparks rivalries.
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C. B. Caldwell
Stan Borgman
Borgman
Robert Hiemstra
Pella High School
Home nurses aid 65 million sick Americans yearly
Red Cross trained home nurses provide care to about 65 million Americans who fall ill each year, delivering in home health support and monitoring.
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Red Cross
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