Jeff Linder

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

Capsules on the nine Gazette area teams that have qualified for the Iowa high school state softball tournament, plus predictions for each class.

Girls’ basketball: The 21st rendition of Rivalry Saturday will include its first interstate matchup in event history -- 5A power Johnston vs. Madison (Wis.) Edgewood.

High school softball: Mike Kuba steps down as Cedar Rapids Jefferson head coach after seven years.

State softball: The 2025 tournament schedule, at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.

High school softball: Braylen Conlon strikes out 11 in a one-hitter, and No. 1 Cedar Rapids Xavier manufactures two runs in the sixth inning for a 2-0 Class 4A regional-final win over Bondurant-Farrar.

A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball area regional finals. Twelve games contain area teams.

High school softball: Cascade avenges three regular-season losses to Beckman, rolls in a four-inning Class 2A regional-final rout.

High school softball: 2025 area all-conference portal. Received so far: MVC Mississippi and Valley divisions, Wamac East and West divisions, River Valley North and South Divisions, Tri-Rivers East and West divisions, Northeast Iowa, South Iowa Cedar, Upper Iowa.

A look at Monday’s 2A and 1A Iowa high school softball regional finals. Iowa Valley and Highland tangle in a 1A battle that would have seemed so unlikely just two weeks ago.

Cedar Rapids Xavier’s Libby Fandel is honored as one of two Gazette Female Athletes of the Year in 2025.

Mount Vernon’s Chloe Meester is honored as one of two Gazette Female Athletes of the Year in 2025.

High school softball: Seniors play with urgency, and Cedar Rapids Jefferson topples Cedar Rapids Prairie in a 5A regional semifinal.

Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Friday and why.

Here are five Gazette-area 2A and 1A high school softball regional-semifinal games to watch Friday.