K.J. Pilcher

Demons runaway with Class 3A team title powered top-five finished from Kiki Bruner and Anna Nacos. Edgewood-Colesburg’s Maddy Streicher runner-up finish in 1A. Iowa City Liberty’s Bella Pettersen earns medal at 4A meet.

Parts of the Lynx big picture are coming into focus after a 6-0 start. Three Gazette-area players are among the state leaders in home runs. Ed-Co’s Cael Funk records 18-strikeout no-hitter

Cedar Rapids Prairie sophomore progressively gained a passion for golf. Her hard work has led her to this point — a state berth in her first varsity season.

He pitched a three-hit complete game, allowing just one earned run, scored two runs and drove in two more in the Class 3A 10th-ranked Saints’ split with 4A No. 9 Cedar Falls

The Bears are among the favorites in their third straight state appearance

The Hawks beat three ranked foes in as many games, winning the season-opening Metro tournament for the first time since 2016.

Regional results: Tatum Depuydt earns medalist honors at Brown Deer

Class 3A third-ranked Marion held on to defeat Linn-Mar, 6-5, in the semifinals

Seven Gazette area teams, last year’s performances, their top returners and a brief outlook on what this season could hold.

Norse junior Nick Dufoe pitched on short rest and provided a quality start to help Luther claim its first conference tournament title and first automatic berth to the NCAA tournament since 2016.

List of 15 Gazette-area players to keep an eye on during the 2020-21 high school baseball season.

Junior will start in the Cougars’ opener of the Bob Vrbicek Metro baseball tournament Monday

Jack Greene thought his season was over after an elbow injury in March. He rested with hopes of a return. After two months and very limited throwing, he came back in dramatic fashion to get two wins and send Coe into the A-R-C championship

Coe’s T.J. Johnson did a little bit of everything in the Kohawks’ 7-3 victory over Central in the American Rivers Conference tournament Thursday at Mount Mercy.

Coe third baseman Jacob Henry decided to take advantage of an extra baseball season. He has played a key role in the Kohawks’ American Rivers Conference regular-season title with the conference tournament competition Thursday.