Wapsie Valley High School (WVHS) is a

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in northeastern

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, part of the

Wapsie Valley Community School District The Wapsie Valley School District, or Wapsie Valley Schools, is a public school district serving the towns of Fairbank and Readlyn and surrounding rural areas in eastern Buchanan County and western Black Hawk County. The school's mascot is t ...

. It is located equidistantly between Readlyn and Fairbank. It combines both junior and senior high school.

Athletics

The Warriors compete in the

North Iowa Cedar League The North Iowa Cedar League (NICL) is a high school athletic conference made up of 15 high schools in north central and northeast Iowa. Most of the schools compete as 2A schools, (the second-smallest classification). The conference's most recent ...

Conference. Boys Baseball, Basketball, Cross Country, Football, Golf, Track and Field, Wrestling Girls Basketball, Cross Country, Golf, Softball, Track and Field, Volleyball

Football

*Class 2A state champions in 1986 and 1987 *Class 1A state champions in 1997 *Class A state champions in 2007 and 2012

Boys Basketball

*Class 1A state champions in 2020

Boys Cross Country

*Class 1A state champs in 2000, 2004, and 2005

Volleyball

*Class 1A state champions in 2006 and 2007

Extra

*Claimed the first ever Class 1A Traveling Challenge Cup for their athletic and academic achievements during the 2007–08 school year. *Wapsie Valley was the first of two football teams in the state of Iowa to claim championships in 3 separate classes: A, 1A, and 2A.

Notable alumni

Chris Jans Christopher Paul Jans (born April 12, 1969) is the American college basketball head coach for Mississippi State. Jans previously coached at New Mexico State, where he led the Aggies from 2017 to 2022. Jans is a graduate of Loras College, and hails ...

— collegiate basketball coach

References

External links

Wapsie Valley Community School District - High School
Public high schools in Iowa Schools in Buchanan County, Iowa {{Iowa-school-stub