Articles Tagged: Girls

Until about two weeks ago, the Cascade Cougars thought they would be a part of the meat grinder that is …

CEDAR RAPIDS — It has been 20 years since Cedar Rapids Kennedy last won a Mississippi Valley Conference softball championship. …

AMANDA OLLINGER, at a glance• Full name: Amanda Lynn Ollinger• School: Linn-Mar• Birthdate: Dec. 11, 1997• Family: Parents, Scott and Bonnie Ollinger• Transferred from Cedar Rapids Jefferson to Linn-Mar midway through her junior basketball season. First-team all-stater last season after leading Linn-Mar to the Class 5A state semifinals, averaging 17.8 points and 10.9 rebounds per contest. Finished her basketball career with 1,343 points and 780 rebounds. Four-year varsity letterwinner in volleyball (three at Jefferson, one at Linn-Mar). Led the big-school class in kills as a sophomore (6.11 per set) and as a junior (5.27). Finished her career with 1,744 kills.• Future plans: Will play basketball at the University of Iowa. Will major in engineering.

Alyssa Wiebel has hit just a few home runs in her Benton Community softball career. Sixty-one, to be exact, which …

The Cedar Rapids Kennedy Cougars once again showed why they rank among the state’s top teams. The No. 3 Cougars …

Amanda Ollinger never visited Wells Fargo Arena before the 2016 state tournament, purposefully waiting until her team qualified to step …

Megan Maahs and Western Dubuque made the trip to Wells Fargo Arena three straight years as state basketball qualifiers, then …

IOWA CITY — Back-and-forth evolved into back-to-back. Adara Opiola’s two-run home run in the bottom of the seventh inning tied …

The weekly area softball Super Ten, through games played Monday, June 27: Softball Super 10 1

ALBURNETT — The Alburnett Pirates “celebrated” their Tri-Rivers Conference softball championship Monday night with a postgame practice. ‘Wouldn’t you practice after …

Scroll down to learn more about each of The Gazette's 2016 Female Athlete of the Year finalists.

MARION – Linn-Mar’s surprising run in the Linn-Mar/Alburnett softball tournament ended just short of a title with a 5-1 loss …

CEDAR RAPIDS — They’re the top two teams in Class 5A in terms of batting average. But Thursday’s Mississippi Valley …

VAN HORNE — Imagine a softball team that features three of Iowa’s all-time slugging leaders. Such a team exists. It’s …

The weekly area softball Super Ten, through games played Tuesday, June 21: Softball Super 10 1