From the start of the state softball tournament on Monday, it just felt like Pella had a little bit of magic in the dugout. The Dutch, who knocked off top-seed and No. 1 ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier in the quarterfinals, finished off their improbable run with a 4-2 victory over North Polk here ...

State softball will have a completely different look when it arrives on Fort Dodge’s doorstep for a 56th consecutive year in 2026. A double-elimination format is on deck for the 40 qualifying teams over five classes, meaning both the schedule and infrastructure at Rogers Sports Complex are ...

After seven scoreless innings of incredible softball in the Class 5A title game here Thursday night at Rogers Park, two seniors delivered for Waukee Northwest. Graduate Laurel Richards drove in fellow classmate Aunya Van Zetten in the bottom of the eighth with one out, sending the Wolves to ...

Bill Shirbroun had as honest of an assessment following a loss as a high school coach can provide. Clarksville stunned St. Edmond in front of a packed Rogers Sports Complex here Wednesday night, walking off with an 11-3 win in five after a grand slam by Claire Lodge. With the win, the Indians ...

Emma Eekhoff isn’t sure if it was fate or just a fortunate accident. Either way, Mother Nature may have provided the turning point in Pella’s magical postseason run. Eekhoff was brilliant again in the Class 4A semifinal round here Wednesday, doing it all as the eighth-seeded Dutch kept ...

After being denied an early lead on perhaps the best catch in state softball tournament history, top-seed Dubuque Wahlert exploded for a 7-1 win over Prairie City-Monroe to reach the Class 3A championship game for the first time ever. Wahlert looked like it was going to jump ahead 3-1 in the ...