2021 Shield Featured Athletes

The PV boys basketball team has been on fire this year. While it is a team game, a few players have definitely stepped up in the last few games to keep the team on top of the MAC. Joey Borbeck, a senior on the squad had a career-high 19 points in the boys senior night match against Clinton. This 19 point performance was not only a personal best for Borbeck, but also the most points scored in a game...

For the last three years, junior guard Ryan Dolphin has played a big part in the success of the PV boys basketball team, yet each year his presence becomes more and more prominent. In the Spartans 57-46 win over Iowa City Liberty on Tuesday, March 2, Dolphin carried the team on his back to a win that granted them the program's first trip to state in five years. Dolphin had a high school career-hi...

The Pleasant Valley girls soccer team is undefeated throughout their first 10 games of this season, sitting at the top of the state rankings as of now. The team has continuously got the job done on both ends of the field, night in and night out. Through 10 games, the Spartans have scored 32 goals, and only allowed five. The Spartans offense is led by freshman Morgan Russmann. Russmann serves as the str...

When junior Erika Holmberg came into the high school as a 5’4 freshman, she was not seen as an athlete. She was well known for being an exceptional musician, but her athletic abilities were completely overlooked.  However, she proved everyone wrong by finding success at the start of her high school golf career. As a freshman, she was first team all conference, second team all state, a state qual...