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The struggles continued for the Pella Christian basketball teams last night at Newton, as the Eagles were swept for a third straight doubleheader.  The Cardinals won the girls game 52-44 and the boys game 74-62 in a twinbill heard live on the KRLS2 stream at www.kniakrls.com. In a see-saw girls game, P.C. jumped out to a seven point first quarter lead, saw Newton pull even at halftime, fell down by nine in the third quarter, then rallied back to a tie early in the fourth quarter.  Poor reboun...

A pair of ranked Dallas Center-Grimes basketball teams flexed their muscle last night on their home floor in a doubleheader sweep of Pella Christian heard live on the KRLS2 stream.  The Mustangs never trailed in either game, winning 52-34 in the girls contest and 73-40 in the boys game. DCG jumped out to a 9-0 lead in the girls game, but Pella Christian hung tough, getting within five points early in the second quarter.  After the lead ballooned to 16 at halftime, PC started the third quarter...

The Pella Christian basketball teams kept it close in a varsity doubleheader with Des Moines Christian Saturday, but were unable to upset the ranked Lions, with the Eagles girls falling 54-39 and the boys 44-41, as heard live on 92.1 KRLS. It was a second half comeback that fell short for Pella Christian’s boys, as they trailed at one point 34-22 just outside of the halftime break, and had three opportunities to tie or take a lead against the No. 1 on BCMoore Lions, but missed those and ultim...

Dec 23, 2020 Pella Christians Allison Van Gorp (43) blocks EBFs Whitney Klyn (2) shot. Photo by Colin Peters/Oskaloosa Herald PELLA — It’s always a boost to the team to enter the holiday break on a high note. After losing their previous two games by 20-plus points, Pella Christian was able to cap off the calendar year on a high note as they were able to hold on to defeat Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont on Tuesday, 52-46. The Eagles started it off by settin...

A road trip to Grinnell provided two very different games and results for the Pella Christian basketball teams, as the boys won 61-54, while the girls were blown out 59-21, as heard live on 92.1 KRLS. The Eagles boys led wire-to-wire in their varsity contest — an 8-0 run in the first 1:42 turned into a 17 point lead by halfway through the 2nd quarter. But the offense stalled out from that point to the middle of the 3rd quarter, only scoring one basket from the field in that stretch, which all...