Jeff Linder

FORT DODGE – Katie Springer knows her response if she had to face Highland’s speedy lineup. Fear. ‘I’d be scared,” …

FORT DODGE – For Hannah Parker, baserunners just added to the challenge. ‘I do really good under pressure,” said the …

FORT DODGE – Center Point-Urbana waited a while for its first hit. But when it came, it was a long …

FORT DODGE – Jim White had that queasy, uneasy feeling once again. ‘When the pairings came out, honestly, I thought …

FORT DODGE – The West Delaware Hawks took some grief Monday afternoon at the state softball tournament. Goode grief. Taylor …

FORT DODGE – The Mid-Prairie Golden Hawks got caught in ‘no-man’s land,” and are now stuck on the wrong side …

CENTER POINT — A little less bark. A little less bite. That’s the demeanor of the second edition of John …

Capsules on the area teams completing at the state softball tournament this week at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge. …

Our projected placings at the state softball tournament this week at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge: CLASS 5A 1. …

Katie Sommer of Linn-Mar and Adara Opiola of Iowa City West have been named Mississippi Valley Conference divisional softball players …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Darkness fell. Music played. The crowd lingered. And lingered. July joy isn’t uncommon here. Nor is it …

CEDAR RAPIDS – They’re young. Eye-poppingly, jaw-droppingly young. ‘Sometimes they play defense like freshmen,” said Center Point-Urbana softball coach John …

CEDAR RAPIDS – Amber Porter was tremendous. And honest. On her penchant for forcing fly balls: ‘Some was the high …

Barb Lynn is numb to the shock value of postseason upsets. ‘You know this time of the year, big surprises …

Same class. Same conference. Same county. But, by some quirk of scheduling fate, Center Point-Urbana and Mount Vernon have not …