The St. Edmond softball team ran into Martensdale-St. Marys for the second consecutive state tournament. And for the second straight time, the Gaels could not get their prolific offense going. The Blue Devils scored a run in the second and another in the third to post a 2-1 victory here ...

As the St. Edmond softball team walked into Rogers Park Tuesday, a sense of relief and calm swept over the players. The Gaels set up shop in their home dugout on their own field, moving into the Class 1A semifinals for first time since 2015 with a 4-2 victory over Collins-Maxwell. Next up for ...

For the third time in program history, St. Edmond is in the state softball semifinals. The Gaels (26-5 overall) face Martensdale-St. Marys (29-6) at 7 p.m. on Channel Seeds Field at Rogers Park on Wednesday for a spot in the title round. St. Edmond has twice before finished third, doing so ...

The final game of the season is often viewed as the end of something. Fort Dodge head coach Andi Adams is hoping her team’s Class 4A state softball consolation victory on Tuesday at Dodger Field is just the beginning. The fifth-seeded Dodgers prevailed in a seesaw affair with No. 8 seed ...

Andi Adams compared Monday’s quarterfinal to a heavyweight prize fight. The fifth-seeded Fort Dodge softball squad and fourth-seeded Adel-ADM went five-plus scoreless innings before the first run of the game crossed the plate. In the end, the Tigers rode their ace, Lauren Hagedorn, to a 2-0 ...

Bill Shirbroun was not shy about the expectations facing his St. Edmond softball program this year. After qualifying for the state tournament last summer, the Gaels returned nearly their entire lineup and then added University of Iowa commit Mariah Myers. That put plenty of emphasis on ...