. @JaguarGirlsTF ties for 7th place in Class 4A to earn the first top-10 finish in school history: ankenyfanatic.com/2026/05/24…

What an amazing State Meet! Highest team finish in school history, most points ever scored at the state meet, 4 more school records, and so many memories made! Great weekend to be a Jag!

State Meet Day 1! Let’s go Jags!!

🚨 School Record! 🚨 Congrats to Ava Barten on breaking her own school record in the 400 Hurdles with a time of 1:03.04!

Congrats to all of our State Qualifiers! 15 events and 21 entries! Go Jags!!

Day 15 How did you become friends with George Brett? The timing of this question feels especially fitting since today is George’s birthday. Happy Birthday, George! Back in 2018, I was living out a dream by working as a police officer in the Royals dugout. Before the game started, George’s son, Jackson, came down behind the dugout to say hello to my friend Sergeant Tommy Woods, who had graciously let me work alongside him that night. Tommy introduced us and mentioned that I had just been diagnosed with ALS. Not long after, I jokingly told Jackson, “Tell your dad to come down here. I want to meet him.” Normally, I would never say something like that. But I knew how deeply ALS mattered to George. It’s even referenced on the inscription of his statue beyond the right field wall. For more than 40 years, George has been committed to fighting ALS after losing his close friend Keith Worthington to the disease. He made Keith a promise that he would stay in the fight until there’s a cure. A little while later, Jackson returned and said, “George is down there and wants to meet you.” Instantly, I was nervous. What do you even say to your childhood hero? George greeted me with a hug and handed me a baseball he had signed. He asked how I was doing and made sure I had the support I needed. Before we finished talking, he asked what he could do for me. I remember laughing and saying, “Honestly, this is already pretty amazing.” But then I added, “Throwing out the first pitch with you would be awesome.” George smiled and said, “Consider it done.” Less than a month later, it happened. Before we parted ways that night, George also promised me something else — that he would stand beside me throughout my battle with ALS. Over the years, he has kept that promise in every way possible. A lot of people know George Brett as a Hall of Fame baseball player. I know him as a loyal friend, a man of his word, and someone who quietly shows up for people when they need it most. His friendship has been one of the greatest blessings of my ALS journey, and I will never stop being grateful for the kindness he’s shown me and so many others fighting this disease. #ALS #ALSAwareness #SarahsSoldiers #FightLikeAGirl

Senior Ava Barten of @JaguarGirlsTF, who was a part of 3 school records over the weekend at the @DrakeRelays, is the @AnkenyFanatic prep of the week: ankenyfanatic.com/2026/04/27…

Very proud of Ava and her teammates; it was really something to watch. Great team of ladies at @JaguarGirlsTF

What a weekend! The Jags broke 7 school records and medaled in 5 events at the Drake Relays! So proud of this team!

Ava Barten of @JaguarGirlsTF comes out of the first of 2 sections to place 8th in the 400 hurdles in a personal-best time of 1:04.01.

Friday was a record-setting day at the Drake Relays for both the @ankenytrackxc and @JaguarGirlsTF teams: ankenyfanatic.com/2026/04/25…

🚨 School Record! 🚨 Congrats to our 4x400 team of Aly Balashaitis, Ava Barten, Bella Buesch, and Becci Flick on shattering the school record with a time of 3:52.78 and qualifying for Finals!

🚨 School Record! 🚨 Congrats to our 4x200 team of Anna Woods, Ava Barten, Bella Buesch, and Aly Balashaitis on smashing the school record with a time of 1:41.99 on their way to a 4th place finish at the Drake Relays!

Congrats to all of our Drake Relays Qualifiers!

🔵 Blue Standard! 🔵 Congrats to our 4x4 team of Aly Balashaitis, Becci Flick, Teagan Jackson, and Ava Barten on hitting the @DrakeRelays Blue Standard in a time of 3:59.41!

Zane Gore, son of the late Terrance Gore, threw out the first pitch as the Royals honored his father in their first home game since his passing He threw a perfect strike to his dad's 2015 World Series champion teammate Alex Gordon

The loser of this Iowa/Nebraska basketball game should have to plant Pioneer

“I kept showing up” Listen to Gabe Arnold chat after he secures AA status from the 27 seed 😳 #IAwrestle

I really sincerely hope this catches on and ultimately makes its way to Hilton so we don’t have to see that damn green pretzel on the floor all the time.