Jeff Linder

Prep softball: Portal for 2023 area all-conference teams. Received so far: Mississippi Valley, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa, plus all-Metro

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball quarterfinals.

Central City sidelined Springville 8-2 in a Class 1A regional softball quarterfinal, hitting the 30-win plateau for the sixth straight non-COVID season.

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 2A and Class 1A Iowa high school softball quarterfinals.

The five Female finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Cassidy Hartman of Iowa City Liberty, Nia Howard of Springville, Peyton Robinson of Lisbon, Alivia Schulte of West Delaware and Devin Simon of Cascade.

The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.

Prep softball: Cedar Rapids Xavier pushes the MVC Mississippi Division race to the final game before Dubuque Wahlert claims the title solo.

Prep softball: Pearson Hall gets an opportunity to deliver, and does. Her two-run seventh-inning home run sends West Liberty past 2A No. 1 Iowa City Regina, 6-4.

Here are five Gazette area games to watch in Class 2A and Class 1A Iowa high school softball regional first round.

Iowa junior guard Caitlin Clark has been named the 2022-23 Big Ten Female Athlete of the Year.

Cedar Rapids Prairie strung together three straight hits in the bottom of the sixth inning to break a 1-1 tie, and knocked off Class 5A eighth-ranked Linn-Mar, 4-2, in an MVC softball surprise Wednesday night at Prairie High School.

Prep softball conference and divisional championships are still up for grabs in some cases, clinched in others. Here’s a look around the area.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 28): Williamsburg extens its season-long hold on No. 1; Benton Community continues its late-season climb; Maquoketa enters for the first time this season.

Iowa’s Caitlin Clark claims the Honda Cup, which goes to the collegiate woman athlete of the year

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union released softball pairings Friday morning.