When you have a seasoned, focused ballclub like Tom Bakey has with West Des Moines Valley, not much can bother them. Holding a slim advantage here Wednesday at Rogers Park vs. Ankeny, the Tigers pounced following a lengthy rain delay, scoring a trip to the Class 5A finals with an 8-1 ...

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 ...

The Pleasant Valley softball team gets another shot at claiming the Class 5A state championship Thursday evening. After knocking off Urbandale here Wednesday at Rogers Park, 4-2, the Spartans find themselves matched up with top-ranked West Des Moines Valley for the title. The first pitch is ...

As the only defending state champion in the field this week at Rogers Park, the Williamsburg softball team is facing pressure like no other. But with six returning starters back from last year, the Raiders are well-equipped to handle it. Williamsburg got a solo homer from Kalon Spratt in ...

It was worth the wait for the East Marshall softball team. Playing in the state tournament for the first time since 2019, the Mustangs unleashed an offensive onslaught — mostly in one inning — and they rolled past Lisbon, 8-1, in a Class 2A quarterfinal on the Iowa Central Field at Harlan ...

Davenport Assumption turned a trip to its home away from home into another successful quarterfinal round performance on Tuesday afternoon. The Knights used a four-run fourth inning to surge past Estherville-Lincoln Central, then held off a late charge to prevail by a 6-5 final on Iowa Central ...