A rare opportunity presents itself today as the Pella basketball teams welcome one of the largest schools in Iowa for doubleheader basketball action.
Ankeny makes the trek to the Tulip City in a matchup that otherwise likely wouldn’t happen, as Fairfield needed to cancel due to virtual learning protocols and the Dutch and Hawks found a mutual date, with the Class 4A school seeking additional opponents with several Des Moines metro schools out of action.
In the girls’ varsity opener, 3-2 Pella will face a 1-0 Hawks team coming away with a 71-47 victory over Mason City in their first game of the winter. Pella senior guard Faith Diers looks forward to the opportunity to test themselves outside of the already tough Little Hawkeye Conference against a new team.