Grootenboer Enjoying Strong Season at Dordt

Chatham’s Eric Grootenboer is enjoying a strong Junior season playing soccer with Dordt College, an NAIA Division I school in Sioux Center, Iowa.

Grootenboer finished the regular seaosn Saturday, as the Dordt College Defenders scoring leader with 11 goals and 4 assists. He is also tied for 3rd in scoring in the Great Plains Athletic Conference (GPAC).

His Dordt team finished their regular season Saturday with a 3-1 loss to Hastings, giving the Defenders a 6-3-1 conference record this season, sitting them in 4th overall.

Grootenboer is a graduate of Chatham Christian High School where he lead the Flames to OFSAA in his senior year. During the summer, Grootenboer returns to Chatham where he plays with Chatham Express in the Western Ontario Premier Division.

Grootenboer and his Dordt teammates will now take on Morningside November 1, in the GPAC quarterfinals.