Capsules on the Gazette-area’s six qualifiers for the 2022 Iowa high school state softball tournament.
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Capsules on the Gazette-area’s six qualifiers for the 2022 Iowa high school state softball tournament.
A seven-run half inning propelled No. 8 Linn-Mar to a 9-4 Class 5A regional final win over No. 5 Ankeny Centennial — and its first state softball tournament berth in seven years.
Linn-Mar’s Dylan Muszynski made big plays at the plate and in the field in the Lions’ 7-2 substate baseball semifinal win over Iowa City West.
Linn-Mar at Ankeny Centennial highlights 11 area Iowa high school softball regional finals Tuesday in 5A, 4A and 3A.
Linn-Mar went four innings without a run and exploded for 10 in two innings to defeat Waterloo East in the first round of Class 4A substate baseball play.
Gazette Athletes of the Year Ryan Driscoll (1992) and Monica Huelman Zaruba (1996) passed away about a year apart. They left tons of great memories for fans.
Linn-Mar and Cedar Rapids Washington are among the programs that have played well to close the regular season and will try to continue that in the Iowa high school baseball playoffs. Teams from across the state will begin the Class 3A and 4A substate competition with first-round games Friday.
Linn-Mar made another statement with a sweep of Iowa City Liberty and closed Mississippi Valley Conference softball play with a 28-2 record.
See photos from Linn-Mar’s sweep of Iowa City Liberty in a softball doubleheader.
The Gazette-area softball Super Ten rankings, through games played Tuesday, June 28.
Anna Streff has a scholarship waiting at Iowa, but at Linn-Mar, she’s just another player, albeit an important one. The Lions own a share of an MVC divisional championship after sweeping Cedar Rapids Prairie.
See photos from 5A No. 10 Linn-Mar’s softball doubleheader sweep of Cedar Rapids Prairie
Tracking the area conference races as the Iowa high school softball regular season reaches its crescendo this week.
The two words you heard most when asking around for a scouting report on the 2025-26 Cedar Rapids RoughRiders were “speed” and “depth.” The club begins the United States Hockey League regular season Friday against Des Moines at the league’s annual Fall Classic in suburban Pittsburgh.
Iowa Girls Tennis Regionals: Cedar Rapids Washington seniors Lily Belle Barker and Samantha Becker qualified for the state tournament. Liberty's Vivian Kahler was the top seed and she earned a return trip to state. And more.
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