Jeff Linder

The Gazette’s 2023 Female Athlete of the Year is Peyton Robinson of Lisbon. She captured 16 varsity letters, won a state track and field relay title and has played in (at least) four state softball tournaments. She will play volleyball at Wartburg College.

Prep softball: Linn-Mar blanks Cedar Rapids Prairie 2-0 in a 5A regional semifinal behind Emily Koranda’s 1-hitter.

Lisbon managed only three hits, but got the clutch one late in a 4-3 Class 2A regional softball semifinal win over Alburnett.

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball semifinals.

Lisa Bluder’s most recent contract extension as Iowa women’s basketball coach will run through the 2028-29 season.

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 2A and 1A Iowa high school softball semifinals.

Prep softball: Independence flips the game with a pair of sixth-inning runs and edges Marion, 2-1, in a Class 4A regional quarterfinal.

Prep softball: Portal for 2023 area all-conference teams. Received so far: Mississippi Valley, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa, plus all-Metro

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball quarterfinals.

Central City sidelined Springville 8-2 in a Class 1A regional softball quarterfinal, hitting the 30-win plateau for the sixth straight non-COVID season.

Here are five Gazette-area games to watch in Class 2A and Class 1A Iowa high school softball quarterfinals.

The five Female finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Cassidy Hartman of Iowa City Liberty, Nia Howard of Springville, Peyton Robinson of Lisbon, Alivia Schulte of West Delaware and Devin Simon of Cascade.

The five Male finalists for Gazette Athlete of the Year 2023: Ben Kueter of Iowa City High, Aidan McDermott of Cedar Rapids Xavier, Alex Mota of Marion, Tate Petersen of Monticello and Miles Thompson of Cedar Rapids Washington.

Prep softball: Cedar Rapids Xavier pushes the MVC Mississippi Division race to the final game before Dubuque Wahlert claims the title solo.

Prep softball: Pearson Hall gets an opportunity to deliver, and does. Her two-run seventh-inning home run sends West Liberty past 2A No. 1 Iowa City Regina, 6-4.