Jeff Linder

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.

Lynx tally four times in the 3rd, advance to 2A semifinals with a 5-2 victory

Ryleigh Allgood pitched a no-hitter in five-inning rout of Clarksville in the Class 1A quarterfinals.

Down 9-1 heading into the 7th inning, Sigourney got the tying run to the plate before time ran out against Southeast Warren.

12 area teams qualified for the state softball tournament, including reigning 5A champion Cedar Rapids Kennedy.