2025 Spring Sports Recap

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Waukee CSD athletes wrapped up an exciting spring season! We’re proud to recognize their efforts and success. Take a look at the highlights from spring varsity sports at Waukee High School and Northwest High School:

Tennis

The NWHS girls tennis team claimed their very first state title in team tennis! The Wolves also had their best showing for the individual tournament in school history.

  • 2nd place doubles: Mia Deines/London Taylor
  • 5th place singles: Riley Hilton
  • 8th place doubles: Ella Steffensmeier/Kate Osier

The Northwest boys tennis team earned another team state title for the second year in a row.

  • 3rd place singles: Jake Nelson
  • 4th place singles: Kellan Croatt
  • 4th place doubles: Vivek Kothari/Maarten Beekhuis
  • 5th place doubles: Drew Fenton/Vincent Flynn

NWHS had two entires in the coed state tennis tournament. The Wolves earned both first and second place!

  • Coed State Champs – London Taylor and Jake Nelson
  • Coed State Runner-up – Riley Hilton and Kellen Croatt

Girls Golf

NWHS finished off their great season as runner-up at the state meet, losing in the championship by just one stroke.

NWHS students Adalyn Wiig, Kendall Curran, and Hannah Kenkel were named to the All-District Team.

Soccer

WHS and NWHS punched their tickets to the girls’ state soccer tournament, meeting in a semifinal matchup. Northwest edged Waukee 1-0 to advance, then went on to defeat Linn-Mar 3-2 in the championship to claim the Class 3A state title.

Both teams were well represented on the Class 3A all-tournament team. Northwest had five players selected: Grace Thomason, Lindsay Shane, Josie Jones (named captain), Romey Croatt and Izzy Simonini, while Waukee had two players named to the honorary team: Stella Braddock and Lauren Nidey.

Track & Field

Our track and field programs had an impressive season. The NWHS girls team claimed the 4A State Team Title for the third time in four years! There were also six relay winners:

  • 800m Sprint Medley Relay
  • 1600m Sprint Medley Relay
  • 4x100m Relay
  • 4x200m Relay
  • 4x100m Shuttle Hurdle Relay
  • 4x400m Relay

The NWHS boys and girls teams had a great showing at the Drake Relays:

  • NWHS Boys Shuttle Hurdle — Drake Relays record, school record, & all-time Iowa best
  • NWHS Girls 4×400 and 4×200 — fourth straight title in the 4×200
  • NWHS Girls Shuttle Hurdle — Drake Relays record
  • NWHS Girls 4×100 — second consecutive title and a Drake Relays record
  • NWHS won the first-ever mixed 4×400

The NWHS girls team also won the Drake Relays Cup as the best girls team.

The WHS boys team placed 13th and the girls team placed 11th at the state meet. Both teams broke several school records:

  • WHS Boys Shuttle Hurdle Relay — 59.31 – Tavian White, Cal Meisner, Lucas Peterson, Noah Hinrichs
  • WHS Boys Distance Medley Relay — 3:27.75 – Tavian White, Alvin Grier, Jayden Jeter, Jonas VanDis
  • WHS Boys 3200m — 9:09.12 – Jonas VanDis
  • WHS Girls 4x100m Relay — 48.04 – Lena Bruening, Estelle Hinke, Gentry Williams, Jana Maharry
  • WHS Girls Long Jump — 18’5″ – Lena Bruening

Esports

The WHS Esports League of Legends team finished as runner-up in the State Spring Showdown.