Jeff Linder

Prep softball: Ed-Co pitcher Rachel Eglseder picks up a win, a save and 6 RBIs, and the Vikings sweep North Linn for the first time in 13 years.

High school basketball: Philip Klett will transition from the girls’ program to the boys’ at Center Point-Urbana.

Softball notes: Momentum from last year’s state run has carried over into a 10-0 start for Cedar Rapids Prairie.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 11): The top three teams remain the same; Linn-Mar and Western Dubuque each jump four spots.

Prep softball: Unlikely comeback allows Kennedy to earn an MVC split with Linn-Mar.

Prep softball: Katie Pilcher matches school slugging record (34 career home runs and counting); Cedar Rapids Xavier sweeps Cedar Rapids Jefferson to reach 15-0.

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.