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P-C’s Alivya Smith is VB Academic All-State
Paton-Churdan High School senior Alivya Smith is one of just over 200 senior volleyball players in Iowa to earn Academic All-State honors. The daughter of Jake and Annie Smith, Alivya helped lead the Rockets to six wins this season, the most for the program in recent seasons. She also led the Rockets in multiple statistical categories.
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Five Tiger Dancers Earn Division 1 Ratings At 2026 Iowa HS Solo Qualifiers
Five individuals from the Adel-DeSoto-Minburn Dance Team were recently recognized for their solo performances. Tiger dancers Brooklyn Van Horn, Brinn Kreifels, Lilee Wahlert, as well as Brenna and Clare Garrity participated in the Iowa State Dance/Drill Team Association Solo Qualifying Competition at Pella High School on October 22nd. All five girls were awarded with Division-1 Ratings for their performances.
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Iowa high school students required to pass new civics test in order to graduate
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Two Students Bring Home Gold at Tournavelt
Two of Atlantic High School’s speech and debate members took home first place trophies on Friday, Oct. 23, and Saturday, Oct. 24, from Roosevelt High School in Des Moines. Interpretation (Acting) Captain David Blake, Ean Bloomfield, Aubrey Flood, Public Address Captain John McCurdy, and Coach Trisha Koenig attended the Tournavelt tournament. On Friday they competed in events such as acting and informational speeches. Blake did a humorous interpretation piece where he placed first. Blake also competed in oral interpretation, “which is just like a mix of multiple acting pieces in one.” Bloomfield participated in dramatic interpretation. Dramatic interpretation is an acting event. “It’s on more serious topics and is usually a 10-minute piece,” Blake said. Bloomfield placed third.
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Bahtagic wraps up junior campaign with Bluejays football with stellar outing
Photo courtesy of Dallas County News Director Allison Ullmann. The Perry Bluejays football team wrapped up the regular season on Friday night, falling to the Creston Panthers 48-21. Although the scoreboard did not go the Bluejays’ way, Michael Bahtagic had a stellar night on the grid iron on both sides of the ball.
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Siouxland Scoreboard: High school girls volleyball playoff highlights and scores 10/26/26
SIOUX CITY, IA (KCAU) – Here is a look at some scores of local high school volleyball playoff scores! IOWA Gehlen Catholic 3, Remsen St. Mary’s 1 Hinton 3, Rock Valley 1 Aplington-Parkersburg 3, Ridge View 0 Boyden-Hull 3, South O’Brien 0 Central Lyon 3, MMCRU 1 East Mills 3, Westwood 2 West Monona 3, […]
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Ballard clinches spot in Iowa high school state volleyball tournament
HUXLEY — Erica Dunkin was riding a whirlwind of emotions after the No. 8 Ballard volleyball team's historic four-set win over No. 15 Lewis Central in a Class 4A regional final on Tuesday, Oct. 27. The coach had just given birth to her daughter, Cal, two days earlier, and now she had led the Bombers to their first state tournament berth in program history. "I have to give props to Keslie (Sickles) and my dad," Dunkin said. "They split the practices 50/50, they did a full-on scouting report, and we just kind of tag-teamed what my leave might look like. I knew once I had the baby I was going to figure out how to try and be here, and it just kind of worked out." Dunkin coached the first set, then had to go take care of the baby to start the second set. Sickels took over on the sidelines until she returned later in the set, and Dunkin remained with her team until Harley Askelsen slammed down the final point of a 25-21 fourth-set victory to send the Bombers to the state tournament for the first time. "I'm elated," Dunkin said. "I really don't know what to feel,
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Des Moines Public Schools hits record enrollment in AP courses
DES MOINES, Iowa — Des Moines Public Schools is celebrating a record number of its students taking college-level Advanced Placement classes this year. DMPS announced the numbers Tuesday, stating that 3,993 of the district’s students were enrolled in AP courses as of October 1st. That’s an all-time high for DMPS. The district also pointed to […]