PV’s Fall Sports Journey in 2021

Over the duration of the 2021 Iowa high school fall sports season, many of PV’s athletics programs have risen to the top, defeating several competitors in the area.  After a rocky start to the football season, the Spartans found footing and noted valuable wins against Dubuque Senior (28-14) and 11th ranked Cedar Falls (42-14).  Although gaining confidence and chemistry does not always come easily, senior S.J. ...

The Pleasant Valley girls' volleyball team became the school's first ever state champions on Thursday, Nov. 4. After losing to the Ankeny Hawkettes in the semi-finals last year, the PVHS volleyball team was eager to make a comeback.  Last year, PV’s volleyball team was ranked eighth in the state. Through hard work and dedication, they moved up to fifth in the state for this year. They rode t...

After pulling off a stunning upset against the then second ranked Iowa City Little Hawks, The Spartan football team has found their footing during the most pivotal time of the regular season. Riding season-high momentum after beating rival Bettendorf and upsetting the Iowa City Little Hawks at home during senior night, the Spartan’s rocky start is well in the rearview mirror. The team has o...

Getting accepted into an Ivy League school is a dream students share worldwide. That dream became reality for PV senior Aidan Kilstrom when he was accepted to Harvard. Now if I were to tell you that Kilstrom was offered a scholarship to play football for their team your opinions on him may not be the same. There is a stigma around Ivy League sports commits. Recruiting athletes looks different for Ivy Leag...

Victory is nothing new to the PV boys’ golf team–and neither is being the underdog. Fueled by an impressive two-day total of 147 by senior Nathan Tillman and a solid 154 by junior Sam Johnson, the PV boys’ golf team earned their fifth straight Mississippi Athletic Conference (MAC) title on the challenging two-day battle at Midland Golf Club in Kewanee, Illinois, on Sept. 24 and 25.  Le...

Freshman cross country runner Grace Boleyn has sped past competition in her debut high school season with the PV girls cross country team. Boelyn began to build her portfolio of success in junior high. Running track for PVJH in the spring created a platform for the elite runner to show coaches, teammates and competition what she was capable of when it came to breaking boundaries. To finish off ...

Following an extremely impressive 2020-2021 school year from PV’s athletic programs, high expectations accompany several historic accomplishments met over the course of last year. To exemplify the Spartans’ noteworthy achievements, every team, only excluding the girls’ basketball squad, made it to the qualifying rounds of their state tournaments. Additionally, the boys’ soccer and baseb...

After an extremely difficult year filled with restrictions due to COVID-19, Pleasant Valley is entering the fall sports season regulation-free. This means that mask requirements, team quarantines and limited attendances are in the past. Pleasant Valley Atheltic Director D’Anne Kroemer gave a run-down of the current guidelines for if an athlete or coach were to test positive. “If we are made aw...