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Twin Cedars is going to the Bluegrass Conference Track and Field Meet on Tuesday. The girls, while not being one of the favorites for the team title, are confident that they can contend along with several individual titles. Coach Cam Parker tells KNIA/KRLS Sports he is spotlighting a number of events for conference titles this season. Parker: “I think we’ll have a very good chance to compete for our conference championship. For the first time in our last meet at South Tama, I put every girl in four events, and we beat teams like South Tama and Saydel, and competed very well.”

The Twin Cedars Girls Track and Field Squad head to South Tama. The Sabers have a chance to improve on times in preparation for the Bluegrass Conference Meet and the state qualifying event in May. Rylee Dunkin has the 8th best time according to Varsity Bound in class 1A in the 1500 with a time of 5:21.10.

The Twin Cedars Track and Field Squads head to different venues tonight. The boys will travel to Eddyville-Blakesburg-Fremont while the girls will travel to Wayne for the Annual Pyner Relays. Rylee Dunkin currently has the 8th best time in class 1A in the 1500 meter run according to Varsity Bound with a 5:21.10 set at the Colo-NESCO event last week. The Sabers’ 4×800 meter relay team is ranked 20th. Coach Cam Parker tells KNIA/KRLS Sports those events are ones he is hoping can make a run at the state meet.

While all boys and girls teams in all four spring sports have had their first competitions of the year from Pella High, it’s been an exceptional start and one of the best in program history for the boys track and field team wearing green and while. The Dutch have swept all scored meets so far with team victories, and have done so against several top Class 3A and 4A teams, with strong performances in particular coming from thrower Kody Huisman, a deep batch of middle distance and distance runners, and a strong core of hurdlers racking up points and 1st place finishes. Pella’s performance a...

The road to the Well hits its final destination Monday in the Class 3A Substate finals as the No. 2 Pella Dutch aim to make back-to-back trips to the boys state tournament against conference foe Grinnell. Pella is rolling into the round of 16 in the Class 3A playoffs after defending their home court with ease; knocking off Centerville 100-45 and Newton 73-44 in the first two rounds, while Grinnell enters the matchup as road warriors, knocking off No. 3 seeded Clear Creek-Amana 69-58 and winning in the last second against Washington 49-48. The teams have met twice this winter, with Pella sweep...