Articles Tagged: West Liberty High School

State softball: Back-and-forth Class 3A quarterfinal goes PCM’s way at the end.

Photos from the 3A Quarterfinal state softball game between West Liberty and PCM on Monday, July 21, 2025

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.

State softball: The 2025 tournament schedule, at the Rogers Sports Complex, Fort Dodge.

A look at Tuesday’s 5A, 4A and 3A Iowa high school softball area regional finals. Twelve games contain area teams.

The Gazette’s 2025 Male Athlete of the Year is Ryker Dengler of West Liberty. He was a five-sport athlete, winning a state track title in the 400 hurdles and excelling at football, wrestling, basketball and baseball.

The Gazette’s 2025 Male Athlete of the Year finalists: Mason Bechen of North Linn, Tiernan Boots of Lisbon, Ryker Dengler of West Liberty, Rayce Heitman of Williamsburg and Mason Woods of Iowa City West.

Softball notes: Tracking the conference softball races, and saluting the champions. The MVC Mississippi Division race should become more clear tonight. Meanwhile, Lisbon, Williamsburg, Mount Vernon and Sigourney have extended lengthy title strings.

High school softball: Mallory Wulf is perfect through 6 2/3 innings, finishes with a no-hitter in West Liberty’s RVC South-clinching win over Durant.

Area softball Super Ten and standings (June 11): The top three teams remain the same; Linn-Mar and Western Dubuque each jump four spots.

The Iowa High School Athletic Association state golf tournament begins Monday. The Class 3A tournament will be held at Pheasant Ridge Golf Course in Cedar Falls. Waterloo hosts the 2A state meet at Gates Park and the 1A tournament at South Hills Golf Course. Here are 5 storylines to watch for the spring golf state meets.

Prep softball: 16 area players to watch for the 2025 season, including 12 first-team all-staters from last season.

Action from day 2 of the Iowa High School State Track & Field Championship at Drake Stadium Friday, May 23, 2025

They spent their summer days, winter mornings and spring evenings working on their golf games and the Solon Spartans have parlayed it into another successful golf season.