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<p><strong>CORALVILLE, Iowa - </strong>Pleasant Valley won its second state championship this decade, taking down defending champion Waukee Northwest in Thursday's 5A title match at XTream Arena. The Spartans finished the season at 35-2, while the Wolves ended up the season at 28-10. </p>
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<p>Check out this Prep Dig photo gallery from Thursday's match: </p>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/137A2485-2.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-717378" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Waukee Northwest '27 Cassidy Danburg (Photo: Rob Howe/Prep Dig) </figcaption></figure>
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<figure class="wp-block-image size-large"><img src="https://prepdig.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/5/2024/11/137A2381-2.jpg?w=1024" alt="" class="wp-image-717372" /><figcaption class="wp-element-caption">Waukee Northwest '28 [player_tooltip player_id='545971' first='Avery' last='Cordes'] (Photo: Rob Howe/Prep Dig) </figcaption></figure>
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CORALVILLE, Iowa - Pleasant Valley won its second state championship this decade, taking down defending champion Waukee Northwest in Thursday's 5A title match at XTream Arena. The Spartans finished the season at 35-2, while the Wolves ended up the season at 28-10.
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