Camille Wood has been an important member of PVHS’s varsity golf team ever since she started high school.  “My interest in golf comes from my family ties to it. My dad has played since he was young...

Despite growing efforts to make softball a spring sport, Iowa continues to be the only state in the country to hold high school baseball and softball during the summer. Despite the absolute minority, rumors...

Sophomore Maddie Millage started her running journey in 7th grade. Five years later, she is a vital member of the varsity cross country and track team. “My parents did triathlons and half marathons...

Behind every successful athlete, there exists the parent who made it all possible - who drove to every away game, packed every snack and smiled at every win. But just as often, there is another kind of...

Senior Grace Boleyn has been running for the school district since seventh grade. Although she didn’t start running until Junior High, she participated in the Mississippi Valley Track Club as a kid,...

With a busy schedule both in and out of school, high school student-athletes have a lot on their plates. While many have shown to succeed both academically and athletically, the toll the balance takes...

In 2024, when people talked about the women’s March Madness tournament, the first thing that popped into many minds was a specific player and a team. The University of Iowa’s Caitlin Clark changed...

The start of the 2025 MLB season was taken by storm on opening weekend with the phenomenon of the new “torpedo bats”. On March 29, the Yankees opened their season with the new bowling-pin-shaped bats. In...

Senior Henry Gannaway has been playing soccer for 11 years and has committed to Notre Dame. Gannaway is one of the captains on Pleasant Valley’s varsity soccer team and practices almost 6 days a week....

In 2018, the Supreme Court overturned the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act which prevented states from sanctioning sports gambling. Since then, sports betting has rapidly grown in popularity...

April 3, 2025 was the PV girls track and field home meet; the second home meet for the team in the last four years. Seniors on the team looked forward to getting a senior night and having the opportunity...

Spartan seniors are making arrangements for life after high school; some having taken on the impressive feat of continuing their athletic careers during their post-secondary education. Unique challenges...