State softball: 8th-inning run sends Northwest past Linn-Mar in 5A state softball final.
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State softball: 8th-inning run sends Northwest past Linn-Mar in 5A state softball final.
Photos from the state softball 5A championship game between Linn-Mar vs. Waukee Northwest on Thursday, July 24, 2025 at Rogers Sports Complex in Fort Dodge, Iowa.
State softball: Linn-Mar blanks Cedar Falls, and the Lions will face Waukee Northwest for the 5A championship at 7:30 Thursday, July 24, 2025.
Photos from the class 5A high school state softball semifinal game between the Linn-Mar Lions and the Cedar Falls Tigers on Wednesday, July 23, 2025. Linn-Mar won 8-0.
State softball: Linn-Mar strikes for five late runs, tops Pleasant Valley, 5-1. Lions reach the state semifinals for the first time since 2007.
Photos from the 5A quarterfinal game between the Linn-Mar Lions and the Pleasant Valley Spartans. The Lions won 5-1.
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.
High school baseball all-conference selections are being released. The first set are the Mississippi Valley Conference Mississippi and Valley divisions. Keep checking in for more.
Liberty advanced to the state tournament with a 6-5 victory over Linn-Mar in a substate final Wednesday night at Liberty High School
See photos as the Lightning hosted the Lions to play for a place in the Iowa High School Baseball State Tournament.
State softball: The 2025 tournament schedule, at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.
Home-runs by Koranda and Barnes in the fifth inning helped propel Linn-Mar to a 8-2 victory over Iowa City Liberty to win the regional final.
Here are The Gazette’s second installment of 2025-26 area high school boys’ wrestling individual rankings.
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