For the first time since 2022, the Waukee Northwest softball team will play for a state championship. The Wolves dominated CIML rival Ankeny Centennial here Wednesday at Rogers Park, 11-3 in five innings, advancing to the finals where they will meet Linn-Mar. That game takes place Thursday ...

Emily Koranda wasn’t ever sure she would make it back to the softball diamond. Now, she is one more win away from calling herself a state champion. Koranda pitched a one-hitter to lead Linn-Mar to the Class 5A finals with a convincing 8-0 win in six over Cedar Falls here Wednesday ...

Needing something to happen, the West Lyon softball team took matters into their own hands. The Wildcats plated five runs in the sixth on their way to a 9-5 victory over Louisa-Muscatine at Rogers Park Wednesday evening in the Class 2A semifinals. With the win, West Lyon (30-1 overall) ...

For the third straight year, Williamsburg will play for a Class 3A state softball championship. And waiting for the Raiders will be a familiar foe. Williamsburg, the Class 3A state champ in 2023 and 2024, dispatched No. 3 seed Albia, 9-1, in Wednesday’s semifinal on the Channel Seeds Field ...

North Polk’s offense continues to hum like a well-oiled machine, and the third-seeded Comets are now soaring into the Class 4A championship round. Twenty-four hours after scoring eight runs in a quarterfinal victory, North Polk kept the ball rolling and overwhelmed upstart North Scott by an ...

Wayne was more than ready in its Class 1A state semifinal matchup with Riverside on Wednesday at Rogers Sports Complex. The top-seeded Lady Falcons plated four runs right out of the gate and three more in the third to wipe out Riverside, 7-3, and reach the championship round. Izzie Moore ...