Jeff Linder

Prep softball: With 41 RBIs in 14 league games, North Linn’s Ellie Flanagan already owns a Tri-Rivers single-season record.

Prep softball: Lisbon knocks a school-record 25 hits in a 17-7 win over Alburnett, then Ryleigh Allgood shuts the door in relief in Game 2.

Prep softball: Lisbon Coach Bob Bunting notches career win No. 1,300 Friday, a 16-0 rout of West Central at the Jesup Tournament.

Prep softball: Wednesday sweep pushes Cedar Rapids Prairie coach Alisha Frese to 500-win plateau.

Prep softball: Cedar Rapids Kennedy gets a 3-hitter from Lily Knutson, a key catch from Emerson Swearinger and a home run from Teagan Chrisman in a 2-1 win over Cedar Rapids Xavier.

Women’s basketball: Hawkeyes will face Virginia Tech on Nov. 9 at Charlotte, N.C.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 7): Top three remain the same, Western Dubuque continues to climb, unbeaten Sigourney enters for the first time this season.

Prep softball notes: Rested and relaxed, Sigourney’s Carly Goodwin has notched 87 strikeouts and no walks in a 7-0 start.

Prep softball: Jordyn Beck’s 5-inning perfect game leads Linn-Mar to a sweep of Cedar Rapids Washington.

Reliever Baylee Neyen closed the door in the seventh inning of Game 2, and Class 4A 10th-ranked Western Dubuque completed a sweep of Cedar Rapids Prairie, 4-1 and 4-3, Thursday night.

Area softball Super Ten (May 31): Williamsburg remains on top; Cedar Rapids Xavier, Western Dubuque soar into the top five.

Prep softball: North Linn retains Tri-Rivers bragging rights with a sweep of Lisbon.

Enrollment figures, which determine Iowa high school sports classifications, have been released for 2023-24.

Observations from the first week of the 2023 Iowa high school softball season, including a 5-0 start from Clear Creek Amana, which has a new, young pitching staff.

Madi Parson drove in both runs, Hannah Ausenhus allowed just four hits, and 21st-ranked Coe held off a seventh-inning charge to edge Hiram (Ohio), 2-1, in Game 2 of an NCAA Division III softball super-regional Saturday afternoon at Clark Field.