Articles Tagged: Pleasant Valley High School

The Iowa high school state track and field meet begins at 9 a.m. Thursday. Here are the top individuals and teams in the girls’ field, along with The Gazette’s championship picks.

Drake Relays (Friday girls): Linn-Mar’s long jump duo of Petra Sherman and Abby Mecklenburg finished fourth and fifth.

Here are five things to watch in the high school portion of the Drake Relays, which runs Thursday through Saturday at Drake Stadium.

It’s the first day of the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament at Wells Fargo Arena in Des Moines, featuring quarterfinal games in Class 5A and Class 3A. Find the schedule, live stream links and updated scores and stats here throughout the day.

Eight Class 5A teams earned bids to the 2024 Iowa high school girls’ state basketball tournament with wins Tuesday night. Here’s a look at Tuesday’s regional finals and the state bracket and schedule released by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union.

Iowa City High’s Polyak capped off a brilliant prep career by defending his title in the 200-yard individual medley, winning in 1:46.35, five seconds ahead of runner-up Dylan Nelson of West Des Moines Valley. He backed that up by taking the 100 breaststroke title in 53.42 seconds. In most years, that performance would have likely been worthy of the swimmer of the meet honor, but that went to his I-Fly club teammate Owen Chiles of Pleasant Valley, who set state records in winning the 100 freestyle and 100 backstroke.

Girls’ basketball: Examining the regional brackets in 5A and 4A.

The seven-game MVC-CIML Shootout boys’ basketball event went down Saturday at the Alliant Energy Powerhouse in Cedar Rapids. In one of the marquee games of the inaugural event, defending Class 4A defending champion West Des Moines Valley used a fourth-quarter spurt to down Linn-Mar in a matchup of the second and fourth-ranked teams. Top-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy also beat No. 7 Waukee.

The Iowa Flyers club attracts top Cedar Rapids and Iowa City swimmers and works in harmony with high school programs, helping them reach new national and regional heights.

The MVC-CIML Crossover Shootout event is January 6 at the Alliant Energy PowerHouse in Cedar Rapids. It features seven games, most of them pitting a school from the Central Iowa Metro League against one from either the Mississippi Valley Conference or Mississippi Athletic Conference

The 19th rendition of Rivalry Saturday is, well, Saturday at Johnson Hall on the campus of Kirkwood Community College. Here are thumbnails on the eight games.

No. 1 West Des Moines Dowling swept No. 4 Pleasant Valley in a Class 5A Iowa high school state volleyball semifinal match Wednesday at Xtream Arena in Coralville.

Mackenzie Dean’s consecutive offspeed kills give West Des Moines Dowling the second set, and the Maroons go on to sweep Pleasant Valley in a Class 5A semifinal.

The 2023 Iowa high school state volleyball tournament continues Wednesday at Xtream Arena in Coralville with semifinal matches in all five classes. Follow The Gazette’s live blog for scores and updates throughout the day.

Fortunately for Pleasant Valley, talent ruled the day as the fourth-ranked Spartans outlasted No. 5 Johnston, 22-25, 25-22, 25-21, 25-20, in a Class 5A state volleyball quarterfinal on Monday at Xtream Arena.