Jeff Linder

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes will face Virginia Tech on Nov. 9 at Charlotte, N.C.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 7): Top three remain the same, Western Dubuque continues to climb, unbeaten Sigourney enters for the first time this season.

Prep softball notes: Rested and relaxed, Sigourney’s Carly Goodwin has notched 87 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-0 start.

Prep softball: Jordyn Beck’s 5-inning perfect game leads Linn-Mar to a sweep of Cedar Rapids Washington.

Reliever Baylee Neyen closed the door in the seventh inning of Game 2, and Class 4A 10th-ranked Western Dubuque completed a sweep of Cedar Rapids Prairie, 4-1 and 4-3, Thursday night.

Area softball Super Ten (May 31): Williamsburg remains on top; Cedar Rapids Xavier, Western Dubuque soar into the top five.

Prep softball: North Linn retains Tri-Rivers bragging rights with a sweep of Lisbon.

Enrollment figures, which determine Iowa high school sports classifications, have been released for 2023-24.

Observations from the first week of the 2023 Iowa high school softball season, including a 5-0 start from Clear Creek Amana, which has a new, young pitching staff.

Madi Parson drove in both runs, Hannah Ausenhus allowed just four hits, and 21st-ranked Coe held off a seventh-inning charge to edge Hiram (Ohio), 2-1, in Game 2 of an NCAA Division III softball super-regional Saturday afternoon at Clark Field.

Prep softball: Ellie Flanagan finds her rhythm; North Linn tops Cascade, 6-2, in a 1A-vs.-2A top-10 showdown.

Tania Davis, former 1,000-point scorer and guard of Iowa’s 2019 Elite Eight team, rejoins the Iowa women’s basketball program as director of player development.

Iowa high school softball preseason rankings: Iowa City Regina and Williamsburg open the 2023 season ranked No. 1 in 2A and 3A.

Prep softball: Carley Jonker and Lila Legislador club home runs, Duanna Coyle and Braylen Conlon combine for 16 Ks in Cedar Rapids Xavier’s 5-3 season-opening win over Marion.

Prep softball: A growing tradition at Williamsburg consists of deep tournament runs, bright lights and loud sirens.