Jim Slosiarek

Sixth-ranked Sigourney beat No. 3 Remsen St. Mary’s 3-1 in a Class 1A Iowa high school state softball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Fort Dodge.

Top-ranked Martensdale-St. Marys beat No. 12 Edgewood-Colesburg 2-1 in a Class 1A Iowa high school state softball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Fort Dodge.

No. 6-ranked East Marshall beat No. 8 Lisbon 8-1 in a Class 2A Iowa high school state softball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Fort Dodge.

Top-ranked Benton Communtity beat Solon 5-1 in a Class 3A Iowa high school state softball quarterfinal game Tuesday in Fort Dodge.

Second-ranked Williamsburg beat No. 8 PCM 8-3 in a Class 3A Iowa high school state softball tournament quarterfinal game Monday in Fort Dodge.

Top-ranked North Polk beat No. 9 Western Dubuque 7-2 in a Class 4A Iowa high school state softball tournament quarterfinal game Monday in Fort Dodge.

Top-ranked West Des Moines Valley beat Cedar Rapids Prairie 11-1 in a Class 5A Iowa high school state softball tournament quarterfinal game Monday in Fort Dodge.

Cedar Rapids Prairie advanced to the Class 5A Iowa high school state softball tournament with a 3-2 win over No. 9 Cedar Rapids Kennedy in a regional final Tuesday night.

Cedar Rapids Kennedy defeated Linn-Mar 3-0 in a Class 5A Iowa high school softball regional semifinal game Saturday night in Cedar Rapids.

The vinyl wraps, designed by local artists, are bringing public art to highly visible intersections throughout the city.

Class 4A fourth-ranked Western Dubuque and 5A No. 14 Cedar Rapids Kennedy split an Iowa high school softball doubleheader Tuesday night at Kennedy High School. The host Cougars won the opener, 3-0. The Bobcats took the nightcap, 9-3.

Cedar Rapids Prairie and Class 4A No. 1-ranked Cedar Rapids Kennedy split an Iowa high school baseball doubleheader Monday night at Prairie High School. Prairie won the opener, 13-9. The Cougars took the nightcap, 11-0 in five innings.

The third annual CR Pride parade took to the street of NewBo and Czech Village in Cedar Rapids on Saturday.

North Fayette Valley beat Van Meter 2-0 to win the Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state soccer championship Saturday at Mediacom Stadium in Des Moines.

Van Meter beat West Liberty 2-0 in a Class 1A Iowa high school boys’ state soccer semifinal match Friday at Drake Stadium in Des Moines.