Jeff Linder

Dani Laughlin and Courtney Kessler both were 4-for-4, and top-ranked Iowa City Regina pasted No. 5 Interstate 35 in five innings, 13-1. The Regals are a win away from a Class 2A state softball title repeat.

Second-ranked North Linn edged No. 8 Sigourney, 1-0, in Tuesday’s Class 1A state-softball quarterfinal at the Rogers Sports Complex. The Lynx (37-6) won it on an unearned run in the bottom of the eighth, when Kenzie Bridgewater delivered the winning infield single with two outs.

Fifth-ranked Interstate 35 answered No. 4 Lisbon’s game-tying rally with a game-winning surge of its own and prevailed, 9-5, in a Class 2A quarterfinal at the state softball tournament Tuesday afternoon at the Rogers Sports Complex.

State softball tournament: A two-win team two years ago, Dubuque Wahlert pops Benton Community, 10-0, for its first state-tournament winners’ bracket victory in school history.

State softball tournament: Williamsburg’s bunt game drives Albia dizzy, and Peyton Driscoll climbs out of an early predicament in the Raiders’ 11-1 Class 3A quarterfinal win.

Fourth-ranked Norwalk tallied four times in the bottom of the first inning, tacked on six in the second and thumped No. 8 Western Dubuque, 12-2, in a five-inning Class 4A quarterfinal at the state softball tournament Monday night at the Rogers Sports Complex.

Prep softball: Ana Glawe’s power surge (20 home runs, 70 RBIs) has helped spur Benton Community to the state tournament.

Capsules on the seven Gazette area teams that have qualified for the Iowa high school state softball tournament, which runs Monday through Friday at the Rogers Sports Complex.

The Gazette’s predictions on the top four teams in each class at the 2023 Iowa high school state softball tournament.

Benton Community, Williamsburg and Western Dubuque advanced to the state softball tournament with Tuesday victories.

Eighth-grader Layna DeMoss walloped a three-run home run in the first inning, fueling sixth-ranked Benton Community in an 8-2 Class 3A softball regional-final conquest of No. 7 Mount Vernon.

Iowa City Regina, Lisbon, North Linn and Sigourney advanced to the state softball tournament with Monday victories.

Prep softball: No. 1 Regina enjoys a stress-free regional final, 6-2 over Eddyville EBF

The Iowa high school state softball tournament brackets will be filled to completion after Tuesday’s 3A, 4A and 5A regional finals.

Prep softball: Dramatic comeback (but really, who was surprised?) has Iowa City Regina on the doorstep of another state tournament.