By Sam Parsons

Oskaloosa High School’s Dance Teams were competing in the Iowa State Dance Championships at Casey’s Center on Friday. For the second consecutive year, the coed dance team came away with a championship victory in Division I, as they received an average score of 91.13 from the judges.

That wasn’t the only notable result for Osky’s dance teams. They also took 2nd place in the Jazz category (class V), 2nd place in the Lyrical category (class III), 3rd place in the Pom category (class X), and 4th place in Color Guard (class II).

Other area teams were represented well in the State Dance Championships. Pella’s team won titles in the Military (class II), Jazz (class V), and Color Guard (class II) categories; North Mahaska’s team earned a state championship victory in the Novelty (class I) category; Knoxville’s team took 1st place in the Prop (class II) category; Grinnell’s team won the title for the Pom (class IX) category; and PCM earned the top spot in the Hip Hop (class V) category.

Full results from the 2026 ISDTA Championships can be found here.