Jeff Linder

Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Hannah Stuelke, ISU duo among 21 trying out for USA Basketball AmeriCup Team

Girls’ basketball: Martez Creighton hired to coach at Cedar Rapids Jefferson. He inherits a program that last experienced a winning season in 2009-10, and returns three of its top five scorers.

Track and field: True to form, Quentin Nauman has the winning kick. The Western Dubuque star runs 3:58.65 at the HOKA Festival of Miles.

Prep softball: 8-0 start has Cedar Rapids Xavier at No. 1 in this week’s Class 4A state rankings

Prep softball: Williamsburg bangs out 23 hits in nine offensive innings, and sweeps Benton Community, 11-0 and 10-2.

Prep softball: Which area teams won Week 1? Here are five of them.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 3): Cedar Rapids Xavier climbs to the top spot after a 6-0 opening week.

Women’s basketball: Iowa hires Jasmyn Walker as an assistant.

High school softball: Irys Benesch provides the clutch hit in the opener, Chloe Flanagan (remember that last name?) earns both pitching wins in relief and North Linn sweeps Lisbon in a Tri-Rivers doubleheader.

Girls track & field: Nathan Hopp steps down after 13 years at Linn-Mar. He coached the Lions to a Class 4A state runner-up finish in 2015.

Prep softball: Cedar Rapids Xavier sweeps Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a top-five doubleheader. Braylen Conlon pitches a 15-strikeout one-hitter, and Katie Pilcher blasts three home runs.

High school softball: The two-time defending champion in Class 3A, Williamsburg opens the new season at No. 1.

Prep softball: Led by the all-state battery of Braylen Conlon and Katie Pilcher, Cedar Rapids Xavier pursues its first state-tournament appearance since 2018.

Eight teams to watch from The Gazette’s area for the 2025 softball season.

Prep softball: 16 area players to watch for the 2025 season, including 12 first-team all-staters from last season.