Jeff Linder

FORT DODGE — Sometimes, you just know. ‘There’s just a feeling about it when you hit the ball hard like …

FORT DODGE — This was the same team that knocked off the top-ranked squad to get here. Only different. ‘I …

VAN HORNE — It’s 9:30 on a summer weeknight. A softball doubleheader has just concluded, most likely dominated by the …

FORT DODGE — Capsules on area qualifiers for the state softball tournament this week at the Rogers Sports Complex: CLASS …

FORT DODGE — Gazette sportswriter Jeff Linder picks the outcome of the state softball tournament this week at the Rogers …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Kennedy High School’s recent volleyball pipeline to the Division-I level continues to expand. Senior-to-be Kendal Meier has …

Future UNI teammates Tianna Drahn of Cedar Rapids Kennedy and Adara Opiola of Iowa City West share the softball player-of-the-year …

CEDAR RAPIDS — There was no banner with which to celebrate. An ice bath certainly sufficed. Lauren Kuch homered, and …

CEDAR RAPIDS — A 2-year-old Chris James tried to storm the court at Veterans Auditorium, without success. ‘The 1988 team …

SOLON — By Solon standards, this softball postseason has been a grind. ‘The whole season has been a grind,’ Coach …

Mississippi Division champion, meet Valley Division champion. One game. Winner goes to Fort Dodge. In a remarkable softball season full …

When excellence is staring you in the face, it’s easy to take it for granted. Easy, and unfortunate. ‘Sometimes you …

CEDAR RAPIDS — Lindsey Culver was a fortuitous bounce away from two home runs in the same inning. She settled …

MOUNT VERNON — The Mount Vernon Mustangs aren’t filled with power hitters or power pitchers. But, boy, can they play …

After hovering around the .500 mark for the first half of the softball season, Linn-Mar’s fork in the road came …