Hollywood script writers couldn’t have penned a better finish to the first Class 2A semifinal at the state softball tournament than what transpired on the Iowa Central Field on Wednesday. Top-ranked Van Meter, winner of 37 games in a row, found itself in a dog-fight with No. 4 seed East ...

An RBI-double by Natalie Geisler broke a tie and sent Southeast Warren into the Class 1A state softball semifinals with a thrilling 3-2 victory in eight innings over Wayne here Tuesday night. The Warhawks (24-2 overall) will now play Sigourney Wednesday night at 7:30 p.m. on Iowa Central ...

Top-seeded Martensdale-St. Marys began its quest to return to the Class 1A state softball championship game with an old-school tilt in the quarterfinals on the Channel Seeds Field Tuesday. The Blue Devils, who fell in last year’s championship game to North Linn, opened this year’s ...

Riley Miller provided the late heroics as Aububon moved into the state semifinal round on Tuesday afternoon at Rogers Park. Miller doubled home Mattie Nielsen with two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning, pushing the third-seeded Wheelers past No. 6 West Monona in a tense 4-3 Class 2A ...

Carly Goodwin doesn’t need much run support. On Tuesday night with a spot in the Class 1A state softball semifinals on the line, the future University of Northern Iowa Panther helped her own cause at the plate. Goodwin, the reigning Iowa Gatorade Player of the Year, drove in the first run ...

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 ...