Pella’s the top seed as the 1A Boys’ State Soccer tournament gets underway this afternoon in Muscatine. Coach “Coco” Guitierez says the top seed was a surprise despite his team’s 14-0-1 record. He says they’ve already accomplished their top goal of making it to state. Guittierez says there are a lot of good things going for his team, as he says they’ve been playing well together, are well conditioned, and are used to playing on a big field.He doesn’t think his team is the favorite, he says Davenport Assumption is the likely favorite with a good history of making it to the tournament.Pella lost their opening game in 2000 in their only other state tournament appearance. They face Denison-Schleswig in the first round today.
