State softball: Our picks

 Jeff Linder of The Gazette/KCRG picks the placings for the state softball tournament:

CLASS 5A1. Ankeny2. West Des Moines Valley3. West Des Moines Dowling4. Ottumwa5. Cedar Rapids Jefferson6. Cedar Rapids Prairie7. Johnston8. Dubuque Senior

CLASS 4A1. Solon2. Dallas Center-Grimes3. Indianola4. Carlisle5. Winterset6. Washington7. Waverly-Shell Rock8. Denison-Schleswig

CLASS 3A1. Mid-Prairie2. Sergeant Bluff-Luton3. Clarke4. Monticello5. Estherville-Lincoln Central6. East Marshall7. Bondurant-Farrar8. New Hampton

CLASS 2A1. Treynor2. Durant3. Ackley AGWSR4. Fort Dodge St. Edmond5. Iowa City Regina6. Lawton-Bronson7. Jesup8. Ridge View

CLASS 1A1. Akron-Westfield2. Martensdale-St. Marys3. Newell-Fonda4. Don Bosco5. New London6. Lynnville-Sully7. Remsen St. Mary's8. Janesville