Jeff Linder

Which high school volleyball teams are projected to rise to the top in the area? Here’s a guess, with our preseason Gazette-area Super 10.

Solon guard Callie Levin committed to Iowa women’s basketball.

Led by Mount Vernon, 21 area softball players earned first-team all-state honors.

Class 4A state champion Western Dubuque is No. 1 in the final area high school softball power rankings.

Western Dubuque’s 3-1 triumph over Boone in the Class 4A state softball championship game completed a weeklong hat trick over the Raccoon River Conference.

Davenport Assumption scored nine late runs to top Mount Vernon for the Class 3A state softball championship.

Skylar Benesh had the big hit and the big defensive play as North Linn edged Earlham, 1-0, for the Class 2A state title.

Lions’ state ledger for the past four seasons: 3rd, 3rd, 4th, 2nd

With a 6-2 win over Williamsburg, Mount Vernon will face Davenport Assumption for the 3A state softball title at 2:30 p.m. Friday.

Lions hold off Wayne 4-3, will face Newell-Fonda for the 1A championship Thursday

A 2-run, 2-out hit in the 7th gave Waukee a 9-8 win and ended Cedar Rapids Kennedy’s reign as the Class 5A state softball champion.

Jaguars pitcher Sam Klug limits the Little Hawks to 3 hits in 2-0 win

ADM’s Aliya Yanga hita 4th-inning home run in a 1-0 Class 4A quarterfinal victory.

Williamsburg accumulated 14 hits, pitcher Peyton Driscoll impressed and the result was a six-inning, 10-0 stroll in the state softball quarterfinals.

Atlantic extended the game in the 7th and 9th, then scored 4 times in the 11th to win a 3A state softball quarterfinal marathon.