The Gazette’s 2025 Female Athlete of the Year finalists: Libby Dix and Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon, Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Jayden Kuper of Monticello and Noelle Steines of Tipton.
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The Gazette’s 2025 Female Athlete of the Year finalists: Libby Dix and Chloe Meester of Mount Vernon, Libby Fandel of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Jayden Kuper of Monticello and Noelle Steines of Tipton.
Softball notes: Tracking the conference softball races, and saluting the champions. The MVC Mississippi Division race should become more clear tonight. Meanwhile, Lisbon, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Sigourney have extended lengthy title strings.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (July 3): Linn-Mar has narrowed the gap, but Cedar Rapids Xavier remains at No. 1.
Highlights and events from girls’ softball Cedar Rapids Xaver at Linn-Mar Monday, June 30, 2025.
High school softball: Class 4A No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier, 5A No. 2 Linn-Mar split an important Mississippi Valley Conference twinbill.
Photo Gallery: Girls’ softball Cedar Rapids Xaver vs. Linn-Mar Saturday, June 28, 2025
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released the Class 3A and 4A substate pairings that begin July 11. The 1A and 2A districts and substates have already been released and start July 5. Here’s some matchups to of Gazette area Iowa High School Baseball teams.
Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 23): Unbeaten Cedar Rapids Xavier remains a clear No. 1; Linn-Mar continues its season-long climb, all the way up to No. 2.
Photos from Cedar Rapids Prairie vs. Cedar Rapids Xavier Thursday, June 19, 2025
Cedar Rapids Xavier’s softball team is ranked No. 1 in Class 4A and 25-0 after a double-header sweep of Class 5A No. 7 Cedar Rapids Prairie on Thursday night, 10-0 and 1-0, at Xavier.
Benton Community visits Marion in a Wamac Conference clash. Sigourney comes to North Linn for a battle of ranked Class 1A teams, Dyersville Beckman heads to Cascade in one of Iowa’s top high school baseball rivalries and more games to watch in Week 5.
Brayden Mayer changed his approach to be more like a pitcher than a thrower. He pitched six scoreless innings in a 3-1 victory over Cedar Rapids Xavier on Friday night at Bob Erusha Field. The Saints won the opener, 6-1, for the split.
The culture that is tennis at Cedar Rapids Xavier was on display Tuesday in Waterloo the Saints were looking to make one final piece of history.
Pantini's talents have spread to other areas over the years. He can be heard announcing Coe football, Cedar Rapids RoughRiders hockey and Cedar Rapids Kernels baseball, but his No. 1 priority has always been announcing for Linn-Mar.
February 4 is National Girls and Sports Day across the country. Club, youth, high school and even collegiate sports programs will be marking the day in various ways.
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