Articles Tagged: Skylar Benesh

Here are 16 Gazette-area players to watch for the 2024 Iowa high school softball season.

State softball tournament: Ellie Flanagan fires a 1-hitter in North Linn’s 6-0 win over Martensdale-St. Marys for the Class 1A championship.

Second-ranked North Linn edged No. 8 Sigourney, 1-0, in Tuesday’s Class 1A state-softball quarterfinal at the Rogers Sports Complex. The Lynx (37-6) won it on an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth, when Kenzie Bridgewater delivered the winning infield single with two outs.

Girls’ state basketball: North Linn’s second string — dubbed the Chaos Crew — brought high energy in the Lynx’s 68-36 rout of Winfield-Mount Union in a Class 1A quarterfinal. North Linn tallied 22 bench points.

Southeast Warren upset No. 1 North Linn in a Class 1A state softball semifinal game.

Here are 17 of the top area players to watch for the 2022 Iowa high school softball season.

Skylar Benesh had the big hit and the big defensive play as North Linn edged Earlham, 1-0, for the Class 2A state title.

North Linn outlasted Central Springs 8-5 in an entertaining Class 2A state softball semifinal and will make its third-straight appearance in the title game.

Skylar Benesh’s 3-run homer in the first game is a big lift