Elise Johnson, Arts and Entertainment Editor
• February 18, 2020
There are not many students able to perfect and maintain a rigorous routine, and if there were to be any examples, the closest one to exemplify this perfection would be student-athlete Taylor English.
Sports,...
With all the recent success of the tennis teams in the past years, tennis is turning into one of the top PVHS sports. With the 2020 season arriving, the expectations are no less.
Within the last three...
Jacob Townsend first stepped foot on the court at 5 years old. Eleven years later, the junior basketball player is still continuing to perfect his game.
His drive to compete has recently paid dividends;...
Lena Ahrens, Social Media Manager
• February 18, 2020
In high school, many people participate in a sport or extracurricular activity. Outside of high school and club athletic programs, there are various leagues that people can still play through, including...
More than 50 percent of high school wrestlers get injured per season. This is a groundbreaking number. However, is wrestling as dangerous as it is often portrayed?
Cutting weight is a major part...
Many student athletes have been playing sports since they could remember, running around like herds of animals after a ball they all want but not really knowing what to do with it once they receive it....
Cecilia Zavala, Overflow Section Editor
• February 10, 2020
If there’s one thing Pleasant Valley is known for other than academics, it’s sports. With many of PV’s athletic teams advancing to state, athletes, coaches and spectators are excited about what this...
The idea of a female coaching a male team has raised some eyebrows in the past, but this Super Bowl Sunday there was nothing but respect for the 49ers offensive assistant coach, Katie Sowers.
Sower’s...
Iowa is often ranked as one of the top high school wrestling states in the nation. But there is one group of young athletes who have often been overlooked in this wrestling-crazy state.
Girls wrestling...
Playing a varsity sport is extremely hard, and is also a high school athlete’s ultimate goal. Gaining a spot on varsity is tough since it is normally filled by the more experienced upperclassmen. In...
Jimmy Feeney, Staff Contributer
• January 14, 2020
As the NFL season is coming near a close, a new football league is also about to begin. The XFL, which is owned by Vince McMahon’s Alpha Entertainment, is a new football league set to begin in February...
