Jeff Linder

Monika Czinano blossomed into one of the most efficient shooters in NCAA history. And Monday night, she became a WNBA Draft pick. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Czinano in the third round, as the 26th overall pick.

Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 10)

Donovan Slick-Driscoll, Tre Duffie, Dawson Dougherty and Anthony Franklin churned out the state’s second-fastest boys’ 400-meter relay thus far this season, circling the Kingston Stadium oval in 43.05 seconds Saturday at the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track and field meet.

Women’s basketball: Iowa lands 2024 prospect Teagan Mallegni, a 6-foot guard out of Wisconsin.

Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 7).

Girls’ basketball: Two games have been announced for Rivalry Saturday, and both are dandies: Dike-New Hartford vs. Solon, North Linn vs. Clear Creek Amana.

Boys’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 6).

All of the major women’s basketball awards for 2022-23 belong to Caitlin Clark, who was named the Wooden Award National Player of the Year on Tuesday.

NCAA women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and the ring thing at the end of Sunday’s championship game.

Women’s basketball: The 31-win, NCAA runner-up Iowa Hawkeyes were entertaining, wildly successful and adored.

Jasmine Carson scored 16 of her team-high 22 points in a second-quarter rush, and ninth-ranked LSU raced past No. 3 Iowa, 102-85, for the NCAA women’s basketball title Sunday afternoon at American Airlines Center.

Iowa fans greeted the Hawkeyes at American Airlines Center in Dallas ahead of Sunday's NCAA women's basketball national championship game against LSU.

LSU Coach Kim Mulkey on Iowa’s Caitlin Clark: “I've never seen a player — I don't like to use the word ‘never,’ but I don't know that I've ever seen a player that can do what Caitlin does.”

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: Two days after stunning No. 1 South Carolina, Hawkeyes will try to complete a championship journey Sunday against LSU.

NCAA women’s basketball tournament: What South Carolina Coach Dawn Staley said about her team, race and the national media.