2026 IHSPA Spring News (Iowa)

Feature Photo ( Class A) Back

  • Place Name: First Place
    Contestant Name: Mount Vernon High School
    Entry Title: Future Mustang
    Entry Credit: Lucy Wischmeyer
  • Place Name: Second Place
    Contestant Name: Mount Vernon High School
    Entry Title: Conducting in the Rain
    Entry Credit: Lydia Marshall
  • Place Name: Third Place
    Contestant Name: West Delaware High School
    Entry Title: Sophomores Karly Ogden, Tamara Pittman, Joslyn Hess, Claire Smith, Lane Gudenkauf, and Sladen Shover use their strength to win against the freshmen during tug of war.
    Entry Credit: Maya Pennington
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: West Delaware High School
    Entry Title: Barreling to the ground, Nathan Gents (10) pushes Lyle Cassel (11) in a wheel barrow race. "I was scared. I asked Nathan if he knew his lefts and rights, and he said, 'Yeah, I have my left and my other left,'" Cassel said.
    Entry Credit: Tess Thomsen
  • Place Name: Honorable Mention
    Contestant Name: West Delaware High School
    Entry Title: Hyping up the crowd, varsity football player Macoy Roling (12) chants with the crowd. The senior captain emceed the pep rally games.
    Entry Credit: Maya Pennington