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Best PV Sports Moments 2019-2020

Jack Young, Photo Manager • May 25, 2020

Hannah Lederman

The 2019-20 Pleasant Valley Platinum holding their trophies from state.

The 2019-20 season was full of exciting moments for the Spartans; here is a list of the top seven moments.

Girls Basketball: Muscatine regional game: After losing to Muscatine twice already the Spartans chances of victory were looking small. However they persevered and came out with a victory in the regional game advancing them to the next stage.

Boys Basketball: With the season on the line the Spartans were faced with Davenport Central, a team they had lost to twice already, (39-19, 43-39) and was ranked second in the MAC. However with the season on the line the Spartans ended up winning 59-47 and came out victorious.

Football: Upsetting Linn-Mar in the final game of the season. Going into the game the Spartans were 3-5, while the Linn-Mar Lions were 6-2 and in first place in the conference. This led to a huge upset with a final score of 29-28.

Volleyball: Placing 4th place at state after beating Iowa City Liberty in the State Quarter Final and Bettendorf in the regional championship to go to state.

Wrestling: Eli Loyd finished his year by placing 3rd at state to cap off his career at PVHS while becoming the career wins and pins leader with 125 falls and 195 victories; at 219 matches.

Cross Country: Max Murphy has come from behind victory to win state and help the Spartans reach second place at state. Max also won Gatorade Player of the Year after placing fourth at the Nike Cross Nationals Heartland Regionals Championships.

1.Dance: Winning Jazz and Pom state championships. This was accomplished after beating their rival Iowa City West for Pom and North Scott for Jazz. These

two victories made the Spartans go home double state champions.

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Jack Young, Photo Manager

Jack Young is a senior at Pleasant Valley High School and a member of the Spartan Shield Online. In school, Jack likes to learn about science. Outside of school, he enjoys hanging out with friends, watching movies, cooking, and playing sports. Jack has a great passion for baseball; as a captain of PV’s team in 2019, he helped lead the Spartans to Iowa’s state quarter-finals and earned both All-State and Academic All-State awards. Jack also excelled in football his senior year; even though he hadn’t set foot on the field since 2016, he led the team in tackles as a safety. After high school, Jack will continue his baseball career at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois. At Parkland, he plans to study Kinesiology in order to pursue a career as a chiropractor.

Hannah Lederman, Multimedia Manager

Hello! I am Hannah Lederman, the video editor for the Spartan Shield. Along with this online newspaper, I play many roles in PV’s activities. I am the Co-Captain for Pleasant Valley Platinum Dance team, a class representative for Spartan Assembly, a page designer for the yearbook, and I am a writer for the print Spartan Shield. Along with these positions, I spend the majority of my time traveling to Iowa City for dance at Nolte Academy. As for the little remainder I have in my free time, I love to cheer on Iowa Football. My family holds season tickets, and my dad and I travel to the away games to support the best team in the nation.