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The student news site of Pleasant Valley High School

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Winnipeg Jets (blue) face the Ottawa Senators (white)
Photo Credit: Maia Katragadda

US-Canada hockey game highlights growing political divide

Mau Sanchez Carmona, Sports Section Editor March 5, 2025

With over 10.4 million viewers across the US and Canada, the US-Canada hockey game shattered viewership records this week as the most watched non-olympic hockey game in history. What would have otherwise...

Throwing it back to 2024 Varsity runner, Caitlin Quinn, is pictured competing at Muscatine. The girl’s team dominated in season meets last year before going on to win the state meet.

The start of the 2025 track season brings excitement and ambition

Grace Boleyn, PV Only Editor March 4, 2025

Feb. 24 marked the first girl’s track practice of the year. Coming off of an exceptional 2024 season, 2025 brings new goals and excitement for what can be achieved this time around. To recap, the...

Ambition Baton & Dance twirlers pose for a group photo at the Reach for the Stars competition in Omaha, NE.
Image Credit: Bruce Fustos

The new age of Baton Twirling: Competitors and coaches show displeasure with international organizations merger

Estelle Treiber, News Editor February 25, 2025

Amid a growing number of athletes, students are being tasked with the burden of meeting unrealistic expectations. A primary example of this is the sport of baton twirling, an aging sport that, in recent...

Varsity swimmers spectate the JV Mac meet and cheer on their teammates during the final event of the day.

The end of the boys’ swimming season incites feelings of accomplishment and pain of separation

Reid Yoder, Photo Uploader February 8, 2025

For PV’s Boys Swim Team, the same situation applies. Varsity swimmers are now tapering for their meet this Saturday, while others finished last weekend with the JV Mac taper meet.  However, this...

Kaylee Mowen faces off against Dewitt amidst a close game on senior night.
Photo Credit: Maureen Dyer

Students don’t give girl’s basketball a chance: How gender stereotypes impact student recreation

Grace Boleyn, PV Only Editor February 7, 2025

Girls sports at Pleasant Valley have been thriving over the last two years, proving time and again that PV is a competitive threat at the state level. However, while the girls basketball team has been...

The 2023-2024 state championship PV Platinum team.
Photo credit to Maddy Wells

PV Platinum repeatedly remains excluded in mentions of PV girls athletic success

Mackenzie Fah, Copy Editor January 8, 2025

“In the last 173 days, Pleasant Valley has won girls’ state championships in track & field, golf, softball, cross country and volleyball. Quite a run,” freelance sports columnist Matt Coss posted...

Student attempts to log into Netflix account.

Netflix fails to uphold expectations during the Paul vs. Tyson fight

Mackenzie Fah, Copy Editor January 8, 2025

On Friday, Nov. 15, Mike Tyson and Jake Paul faced off in a boxing match that was streamed for free to all Netflix users. Easy accessibility through the streaming service left many users ecstatic. Typically,...

A group picture of Pleasant Valley Girls Wrestling. 
Photo Credit to: Reese Winslow

The PV Girls Wrestling team: A new era of athletic excellence

Sunayana Khadka, Photo Manager January 7, 2025

In 2022, girls wrestling officially became a sanctioned sport in Iowa. Since then, PV's Girls Wrestling has come a long way. The 1st IGHSAU-sanctioned season took place during the 2022-23 school year....

Volleyball seniors pose with state qualifier banner as they prepare to take on the state tournament.

Photo Credit to Isabelle Kremer

Pleasant Valley volleyball and cross country teams seek out championships

Mackenzie Fah, Copy Editor January 7, 2025

For nearly the entire fall sports season, Pleasant Valley volleyball and girls cross country have been atop every weekly ranking. With both state competitions on the horizon, expectations remain high. The...

All of the female State Champion Teams pose together for a photo.

Athletic dominance: Spartan female athletes secure five consecutive State Championships

Grace Ludwig, A&E Editor November 30, 2024

With five state championship titles earned in the last seven months, the girls athletic department is a force to be reckoned with. The Spartan female athletes proudly hold state titles in girls golf, track,...

Senior basketball player Quinn Vice completes a press interview after a home win. Photo Credit to Maureen Dyer

Caitlin Clark’s legacy on Hawkeye Women’s Basketball continues through new season

Grace Schmidt, Business Manager November 15, 2024

Caitlin Clark brought new excitement and energy to women’s basketball, bringing in new fans and viewers to the sport. Clark’s talent spotlighted both herself and her team. New and old women’s basketball...

Senior Sophia Foad commits to D1 rowing at University of Notre Dame in the fall of her senior year. 
Photo Credit to Sophia Foad

Athlete of the Week: Sophia Foad

Prerna Vanga, Co-Editor-in-Chief November 6, 2024

Senior Sophia Foad started her rowing journey in the beginning of her junior year, just as a way to stay fit between cross country and track seasons. Most recently, Foad has committed to Division 1 rowing...

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