Jeff Linder

Lisbon stands on even footing with North Linn following Thursday’s softball doubleheader split.

The Big Ten released women’s basketball matchups, but not dates, for the 2022-23 season. Iowa’s home schedule features dates with Indiana, Maryland and Nebraska.

Charting all of the major area coaching moves in a wild 2022 Iowa high school girls’ basketball offseason.

Lynsey Barnard has been hired as head girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City High. She served as an assistant to Bill McTaggart in recent seasons.

In terms of name recognition, Cedar Rapids Prairie couldn’t have gone bigger with hiring Kenyon Murray as its next girls’ basketball head coach.

Prep softball notes: Cedar Rapids Washington ends an 88-game losing streak, Thursday could see a 1-vs.-2 matchup in Class 1A and West Delaware’s tournament has some heavyweights.

After 15 years as girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City West, B.J. Mayer will step down to take the athletics director post. He will succeed Craig Huegel, who is heading to Benton Community.

The Gazette-area softball Super Ten rankings, through games played Tuesday, June 14.

Class 5A 10th-ranked Liberty proved more adept at manufacturing runs and swept 13th-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-2 and 5-0 in a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader.

Frank Howell, who coached Cedar Rapids Washington girls’ basketball through “a golden age,” died Friday at age 52.

Even with new faces, Iowa City High and Cedar Rapids Kennedy still put on a show when they collide in softball. The Cougars swept on Thursday with 5-3 and 5-4 wins.

Makenna Hughes’ 11th-inning home run sent Williamsburg past Clear Creek Amana in the first game of a Wamac Conference softball doubleheader split.

The Gazette-area softball Super Ten rankings, through games played Tuesday, June 7. West Liberty jumped in at No. 4 this week.

Softball notebook: Patient and powerful, Cedar Rapids Prairie’s Alexis Barden is an offensive force. She’s among the state leaders in a variety of offensive categories.

Girls’ basketball coach Josh Bentley is leaving Cedar Rapids Prairie, accepting the principal post at Anamosa High School.