Jeff Linder

State softball: Behind all-tournament captain Jersey Metz, Williamsburg tops Dubuque Wahlert, 3-2, for its third consecutive Class 3A championship.

Prep softball: The three-time Class 3A state champion, Williamsburg is No. 1 in the final Gazette-area Super Ten.

State softball: New Hall of Famer Lindsay (Digmann) Murray has participated here as a Linn-Mar player, Linn-Mar coach and Linn-Mar fan. These days, her focus is on her young family.

State softball: 8th-inning run sends Northwest past Linn-Mar in 5A state softball final.

State softball: Under Adam Berte’s (stop)watch, Williamsburg has made six consecutive state tournaments, and the Raiders pursue their third straight 3A championship Friday vs. No. 1 Dubuque Wahlert.

State softball: Locked in a 1-1 deadlock through 3 1/2 innings, Williamsburg explodes late. Six-inning win over Albia sets up a 1-vs.-2 showdown Friday with Dubuque Wahlert.

State softball: Linn-Mar blanks Cedar Falls, and the Lions will face Waukee Northwest for the 5A championship at 7:30 Thursday, July 24, 2025.

State softball: Only three of Highland’s 16 varsity players have a driver’s license, but the Huskies hang around with No. 1 Wayne before bowing in a Class 1A quarterfinal.

State softball: West Lyon trails Cascade 4-0 and 8-6, but rallies twice to win a back-and-forth Class 2A quarterfinal, 10-8.

State softball: Williamsburg pulls away late from Washington, advances to its sixth straight 3A semifinal.

State softball: Center Point-Urbana goes the distance against No. 1 Dubuque Wahlert, but Golden Eagles pitcher Julia Roth makes a single fifth-inning tally stick in a 1-0 dandy.

State softball: Linn-Mar strikes for five late runs, tops Pleasant Valley, 5-1. Lions reach the state semifinals for the first time since 2007.

State softball: Trailing 7-3 in the seventh inning, North Polk rallies, then outlasts Western Dubuque in nine innings.

State softball: Emma Eekhoff keeps Cedar Rapids Xavier off balance (no-hitter through 6 innings), and Pella stuns the top-ranked Saints, 5-1, in a Class 4A first-rounder.

State softball: Words aren’t easy to get from Linn-Mar pitcher Emily Koranda. Runs, even more difficult.