Jeff Linder

Prep track and field: Drake Relays 2024 form chart, as of April 15.

Women’s basketball: Indiana Fever expected to snag Caitlin Clark with WNBA Draft No. 1 pick.

Prep track and field: Williamsburg’s Derek Weisskopf competes in three field events, and wins two, at Thursday’s Bobcat Invitational.

Track and field: Area Super Ten for April 10, 2024. Solon girls, Iowa City West boys open at No. 1.

After the second of two consecutive NCAA runner-up finishes, Iowa loses nearly 65 percent of its scoring and will turn to Sydney Affolter and Hannah Stuelke — plus a blue-chip recruiting class — to keep things rolling.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark attracted huge crowds, put up huge numbers and lifted the Hawkeyes higher than anyone could have imagined.

NCAA women’s basketball: South Carolina proves its No. 1 ranking and upholds its unbeaten record, topping No. 2 Iowa, 87-75, in the championship game.

Time, TV and notes for Sunday’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament national final between No. 2 Iowa and No. 1 South Carolina.

NCAA women’s basketball: Led by, maybe, the greatest player of all time, Iowa will try to slay Goliath for the second straight year. The second-ranked Hawkeyes (34-4) face No. 1 South Carolina (37-0) for the national championship Sunday at Rocket Mortgage FieldHouse.

NCAA women’s basketball: A year after Caitlin Clark’s viral wave-off, South Carolina’s Raven Johnson seeks validation. She is part of the Gamecocks’ vastly improved perimeter game.

NCAA women’s basketball: Cedar Rapids native Hannah Stuelke scores 11 of her game-high 23 points in the third quarter, and is 2-for-2 in advancing to the NCAA final.

NCAA women’s basketball: No. 2 Iowa edges No. 10 UConn, 71-69, in a national semifinal. The Hawkeyes meet No. 1 South Carolina for the title Sunday.

No. 2 Iowa meets No. 10 UConn in an NCAA women’s basketball national semifinal Friday. Caitlin Clark and Paige Bueckers are the stars. But there will be eight other players on the floor, too.

NCAA women’s basketball: Iowa’s Caitlin Clark repeats as Associated Press player of the year.

Monika Czinano has been watching Iowa’s NCAA women’s basketball tournament run from Hungary, where she is playing professionally. “I always had belief that they would make it back to the Final Four,” she said.