I am so excited for this opportunity! I love 💜 the Norwalk community and am ready to help these young ladies reach their full potential. Thank you to my family for their unwavering support of me doing something I enjoy so much. Go Warriors! 🏀
Caitlin Clark is “must watch” basketball! Such a confident shooter and scorer. She passes really well too. Fearless competitor! My whole family enjoys watching
@IowaWBB
🏀
I wanted to take some time to show my family, friends, players and coaches how much they mean to me, and how instrumental they have been in my life... 🐯🏀🏆🏆
Unbelievable! Down 7 with under 2:00 to play in regulation... the senior leadership in our huddle was UNREAL! Those young ladies refused to give in and go home in the state semifinals... Would love to see all of Tiger 🐯 Nation at the “Well” tomorrow at 6 pm! Championship night!
What an unbelievable feeling tonight! So happy for this awesome group of young men. My family is all in Norwalk and that is what this team is all about. Congratulations, players and coaches! We are dancing at the WELL!
It was an honor coaching these two for the past 4 years! Zoe and Shea were instrumental in taking our program to a whole new level. I wish them all the best in their college careers. Maryland and Minnesota State are getting special young ladies!
#AllStars
🏆🏆
Tomorrow officially begins my 13th year being a head high school basketball coach. I’m very excited to coach the young ladies of Norwalk! I will strive to help them enjoy the journey together. 🏀💜
Had a great lunch with our 6 seniors before they head off to college. Very proud of each of them and excited about their futures! Thank you for your commitment to our program. We’ll miss you! 🐯🏀🎓
Reflecting today after returning from a week and a half spent with my family! In 7 years, our program has had 5-D1 recruits, 2-DII, and 5-DIII/NAIA/JUCO. It’s been one heck of a ride as Head Coach of WDM Valley! Most importantly, these young ladies are amazing individuals‼️ 🐯🏀
Crazy! As I pull into Valley High School to prepare for our team banquet... this comes on 100.3 The Bus. What an unreal week! Can’t wait to celebrate one more time with an amazing group of people...
#StateChampions2019
🐯🏀🏆🥇
So proud of
@alex_honnold22
and
@JazzySpann
on leading their Valley 🐯 softball 🥎 team to a state championship 🏆 tonight! Proof that multi-sport athletes are crucial to SCHOOL TEAM SUCCESS!!! 👏
Completed my first week at Norwalk. Administration and Staff made me feel at home. The Chamber luncheon today was fantastic! Very excited about this school year! Love this community.
I feel so fortunate our lives crossed paths on several occasions. You were a true Iowa legend to your family, friends, colleagues, and to Iowa Girls Basketball. You will be deeply missed! 💔
R.I.P. Lisa Brinkmeyer VanDeventer
Coaching is such a rewarding profession for so many reasons. Not only do you get to make a positive impact on the lives of young people, but you also get to form amazing relationships with other coaches... Zoe made a fantastic college choice!
Had a great time watching our Feldt twins play basketball at Central College tonight. They helped Coe College to a 76-71 comeback victory! Very proud of their continued success!
#StateChamps
🐯🏀
Today, we honor those who made the ultimate sacrifice to defend and protect our freedom. I think about my friend, and fellow 1999 Massillon WHS graduate, Aaron Seesan. He lost his life in Iraq in 2005. Please think about those who lay it all on the line for our freedoms. 🙏🏻🇺🇸
So many emotions and countless people to thank for this TEAM accomplishment. I have coached amazing young ladies and had the best assistant coaches in my 9 years at Valley. Truly humbled and thankful for my time here. Excited about this young team and our potential!
#TigerPride
🐯
This is a special picture for me! Coach Hanson has always been a great mentor to me, and bringing him onto our staff was perfect. His experience and wealth of basketball knowledge was instrumental in our title run. Most of all, I gained a great friend for life! Thank you, Bert!
I received this award from the
@IowaBCA
a couple weeks ago. Busy got in the way, but I wanted to now take the time to thank both my coaching staff for their long hours and hard work, and my fellow coaching peers, who I respect so much! And... my PLAYERS are awesome!
#Honored
Tonight was really fun! I’ve said before and I’ll say it again, Covid has not been ideal in many ways, but a tremendous 1A program agreeing to a game with a 5A school makes for a special night. The
@IGHSAU
is a class act organization, just like so many of the schools rep’n it!
WARRIORS WIN! Our team goes on the road to Urbandale and earns a 76-55 victory. We played our fun style of basketball for our first win.
@23_baileyb
led the way with 31 points and
@AnnaLarson33
added 11. Home opener vs. ADM on Monday evening.
#Toughness
#NPM
🏀💜
Proud doesn’t even begin to explain my true feelings for this TEAM. I want to thank our players for bringing it every day, my coaches for their unbelievable work, my administration for their support and the Norwalk community for standing with us. 🏀💜
Final: Lewis Central 53 Norwalk 49
The Warriors finish the year 18-5. Thank you so much to our senior leader,
@AnnaLarson33
, for everything she has contributed to our program. We will greatly miss her leadership and contributions to the program. 💜
.
@G_Sigrist12
kept asking if he could play. On the waiting list for a month and got the call at 9 pm last night to play. Very proud of his hard work and determination to be his best! Congratulations, buddy! ⛳️🥇
Faced some adversity with early foul trouble tonight. Our bench stepped up and responded!
#20
is playing at a super-high level for us! They’ve earned a couple days of rest! 💜 this TEAM!!!
WARRIORS WIN 68-55 at Bondurant and head to Thanksgiving break 3-0!! Awesome fight and TEAM effort!
@23_baileyb
led with 37 points and Ava Carlson had 10 huge points in limited time. Ava is our MVP and Addi Stillman is our HYPE girl!
#Toughness
#NPM
🏀💜
Most of all, I need to thank my family. Jen, Grady and Drake, I love you so much and appreciate you being by my side and supporting me doing something I love. I love coaching!
Proud doesn’t even begin to explain my true feelings for this TEAM. I want to thank our players for bringing it every day, my coaches for their unbelievable work, my administration for their support and the Norwalk community for standing with us. 🏀💜
Coaching is always challenging. Constant highs and lows, because when you care, you take it all very personally. At 2-5 after a very tough schedule before winter break, I’m reflecting with coaches and studying film to try to help our team. Daily improvements are crucial.
I love this time of year! Watched my former girls team punch their 🎟️ to the state tourney last night. I’m so excited to start postseason play with our Norwalk boys on Friday. Hoping for a huge crowd for our last home game! 🏀
📸 -Vicki Born
WARRIORS WIN 57-54 in OT over Carlisle and move to the Region 8 Final at Lewis Central!
@23_baileyb
led the way with 23 points and
@ptravis_05
(MVP) had 6 huge threes and 18 points off the bench!
@EllieDueland
was our HYPE girl! Playing for a banner on Tuesday night!
#NPM
💜
A regular season to be very proud of! This team has been so coachable and very tough all season. Need to notch everything up another level for the postseason. We can do this TOGETHER!! 🏀💜
WARRIORS WIN 51-41 at Oskaloosa and finish the regular season 17-4 (9-3), 2nd in the LHC! Most regular season wins in 16 years!
@23_baileyb
had 25 pts,
@Braelynclark12
(MVP) 14 pts, Ava Carlson (HYPE) 9 pts. Next game will be Region 8 semifinal on Sat. Feb. 17 in the NPECC. 💜
It was great to watch my champion twins play tonight! Jackie and Jamie were leaders for
@CoeCollegeWBB
tonight, just like they were for our first title 🏆 in 2017. So proud of their continued improvements and success! Special young ladies!
Congratulations, Redek! So happy for you. I witnessed firsthand how hard you work and the leadership qualities you possess. Excited to watch you lead your team as a senior and to watch you at UNI in the future!
𝘽𝙍𝙀𝘼𝙆𝙄𝙉𝙂
Norwalk Guard Redek Born (
@redekborn
) commits to Northern Iowa 🟣🟡
Averaged 18.6 PPG / 5.5 RPG / 4.9 APG last year and was first team all state.
WARRIORS WIN 58-50 over Indianola, and improve to 8-1.
@Braelynclark12
led the way with a career high 23 points and shared MVP honors with
@AnnaLarson33
for big plays!
@23_baileyb
added 17 points. Ava Carlson was our HYPE girl! We host DSM Lincoln on Tuesday.
#NPM
🏀💜
Tomorrow officially begins my 16th year of coaching basketball, and my 7th as Head Coach of WDM Valley. I am super excited to work with our new team. Each year brings new challenges that will be fun to go through together.
This young lady makes any team better. The ultimate competitor who puts team first. I say all the time that she and her sisters helped elevate the Valley program to a whole new level. I’m very proud to say I coached Whitney, Hannah and Shea!
Year 20 of teaching for me. Drake is an 8th grader and Grady is a junior. He’s pictured in the middle of the golf picture since he’s spending day 1 on the course with his team. Wishing all students and educators a fantastic year!
#FirstDayOfSchool
for these guys! The boys are starting their first day
@NorwalkSchools
(Grady- 7th, Drake- 4th). I start my 16th year of teaching and 10th
@VSW_Tigers
. Looking forward to a great year for all of us!
WARRIORS WIN and move to 6-0 on the season with a 39-31 victory over Winterset.
@23_baileyb
led the way with 12 points and Ava Carlson added 11.
@Braelynclark12
was our MVP for her overall floor game and Pearl Brown was our HYPE girl! We host Pella Christian this Friday.
#NPM
💜
Our first team dinner of the season was tonight. Everyone showed up to my home and had a meal and lots of laughs. Honored to be entering my 8th season as head coach of
@ValleyGirlsBB
🐯🏀 The young ladies I coach each day are the best! Can’t wait for Monday with our new group.
Great season, Son! Love watching you play this great game. I am very proud of you on the floor, but even more proud of the young man you are becoming.
@G_Sigrist12
Our TEAM had to wait 6 days longer than expected to wear these T-shirts, due to the Iowa weather . They made Coach Hanson proud with their effort tonight. He has made all of us better, and I’m so fortunate to have him by my side!
#CMS40
Words do not do justice to the impact Chris Larson has had on my coaching career. He has been my “right hand man” for 7 years, overall. Chris has made me better in every way, and every kid he coached was better because of him. He is a family man and a best friend.
#WeDidIt
🐯🏀🥇
It was so great to meet with our team this morning. So many talented young ladies who were engaged and asking great questions. Looking forward to a really fun and productive summer together! 💜🏀
I am reminded again, tonight, how much this profession means to me! Our program is full of special players both currently and those in college. I hope you all know how proud I am of you. You represent the WDM Valley program so well! 🏀
#LoveThePlayers
#LoveTheGame
The game was tight most of the way. I continue to be so impressed with the toughness of our team. We found a way to win in a hostile environment by making big plays and hitting crucial free throws down the stretch. 💜
WARRIORS WIN 69-67 at Pella and move to 5-0!
@23_baileyb
led the way with 24 points. Ava Carlson had 17 and
@EllieDueland
added 10 big points. Ava was our MVP with 14 big 1st half points and
@averymthomas1
was our HYPE girl. We host Winterset next Monday.
#Toughness
#NPM
🏀💜
Great response by our TEAM today! We were not our best last night, but the beauty of 🏀 is to be able to turn around less than 24 hours later and show our competitive toughness. Proud of our ladies and coaches! 💜
WARRIORS WIN 55-38 over Ames. The victory moves us to 13-3 on the season.
@23_baileyb
led the way with 28 points, Ava Carlson had 9 pts, 9 reb, and
@PearlBr35051225
with 6 pts, 11 reb. Pearl was our MVP and Ava our HYPE girl. Back home Tue. vs DCG.
#NPM
💜
Lost our first game of the season tonight. Lewis Central outplayed us in the second half and earned it. We will learn from it and be better tomorrow. Daily improvement is still the goal, win or lose. Love our TEAM 💜
Happy 1️⃣2️⃣th birthday to my first born son, Grady! He makes me very proud to be his father. I enjoy watching you grow up. Last year before your teenage years and I cannot believe where the time has gone! Love you, buddy!
WARRIORS WIN and move to 2-0 in the home opener! 71-32 victory over ADM.
@23_baileyb
led the way with 33 points and Ava Carlson added 11.
@PearlBr35051225
was MVP for her execution off the bench and
@EllieDueland
for her enthusiasm on the bench. We are at Bondurant tomorrow. 🏀💜
Even though our season ended yesterday, I have nothing but love in my heart 🧡 for my team and individuals who were honored tonight! Another memorable season with amazing people at the best girls’ tourney in the country! 🐯🏀
We honored our Senior on her night!
@AnnaLarson33
has been a tremendous leader for our TEAM since I took this job last Spring. Congratulations on helping this program be great!
To see the smiles, laughs and joy out of these young ladies today was special! They had tons of fun playing this beautiful game together. So happy to be along for the ride!
#Warriors
Our young ladies are playing so well! 7 straight wins and 12/14 since the break. Love our senior leadership and growth of our young kids. Appreciate the coverage! 🐯🏀👏
So excited to officially take the floor with these awesome young ladies tonight! They have been putting in lots of great work. Let’s go be Road Warriors TOGETHER!
It was great to see our girls in action for the first time in 25 days! We responded with a great defensive effort against a really good player and team. W to start the delayed second half to our season!
WARRIORS WIN in 2OT!! We took down
#12
Carlisle 63-54.
@23_baileyb
led all scorers with 27 points. Pearl Brown was our MVP for a big bucket to start 2nd OT. Alisa Pins was our HYPE girl. Now 10-2, we host Oskaloosa at 6pm on Thursday.
#NPM
#Toughness
💜
As their high school coach, I enjoy watching these young women make such positive impacts on successful college basketball programs! All of them are off to a tremendous start.
#Winners
That was an offensive clinic put on by Bailey! One of the best performances I’ve seen or coached. So happy for her and her tremendous work ethic. Great effort by our entire TEAM!
#roadWarriors
WARRIORS WIN 59-35 at Pella Christian! The victory moves us to 11-2 (4-1). Our ladies were ready to go from the tip, even with a crazy schedule change!
@23_baileyb
👀with 4️⃣0️⃣ 🔥 was our MVP and Ava Carlson our HYPE girl! We travel to Newton on Monday. Back home Tue.
#NPM
💜
Love this! And so true. Hannah is a WINNER in every way! The type of player who makes everyone around her better. A leader in every sense. I was so happy to be at this game and so proud as her high school coach. Go Bulldogs!
Congratulations,
@23_baileyb
on your 1,000 career points tonight!! So proud of the player you are and the work ethic you have for this beautiful game! It is an honor to be your coach 💜
Tomorrow marks the start of my 10th season as head coach at Valley. The decade has gone by really fast and has been filled with so many great memories. I am excited about the journey ahead with this year’s team!