Wapsie Valley High School

Wapsie Valley Jr./Sr. High School
Location
2535 Viking Ave. Fairbank , Iowa 50629 United States
Information
Type	Public
Established	1959
Superintendent	Chris Hoover
Principal	TJ Murphy
Staff	21.95 (FTE) [1]
Grades	7-12
Enrollment	293 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	13.35 [1]
Color(s)	Black and Gold
Fight song	Minnesota Rouser
Athletics conference	NICL East
Nickname	Warriors
Website	http://wapsievalleyschools.com

Wapsie Valley High School (WVHS) is a public high school in northeastern Iowa, part of the Wapsie Valley Community School District. 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 Conference. ^[2]

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 ^[3]

Boys Basketball

• Class 1A state champions in 2020 ^{[4] [5] [6]}

Boys Cross Country

• Class 1A state champs in 2000, 2004, and 2005 ^[7]

Volleyball

• Class 1A state champions in 2006 ^[8] and 2007 ^[9]

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. ^[10]

Notable alumni

• Chris Jans — collegiate basketball coach

See also

• List of high schools in Iowa

References

1. "Wapsie Valley High School". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved May 12, 2025.
2. "North Iowa Cedar League". North Iowa Cedar League. Retrieved July 22, 2020.
3. "Record Book Football 2020 Complete Edition" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. June 9, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
4. "Wapsie Valley vs Bishop Garrigan, Algona (03/13/20 at IOWA BOYS STATE TOURN - 2A CHAMPIONSHIP)". www.iahsaa.org.
5. Nelson, Jim. "Wapsie Valley gets it done, captures 1A boys' state title". Waterloo Cedar Falls Courier.
6. "2020 State Tournament Stat Book Basketball" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. January 29, 2020. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
7. "2020 IHSAA Cross Country Stat Book" (PDF). Iowa High School Athletic Association. December 16, 2019. Retrieved July 23, 2020.
8. "vbpreseason". Ighsau.org. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
9. "vbpreseason". Ighsau.org. Retrieved January 3, 2014.
10. "2013 FOOTBALL STAT BOOK" (PDF). IOWA HIGH SCHOOL ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION. Archived from the original (PDF) on September 15, 2016.

External links

• Wapsie Valley Community School District - High School

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