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Class 4-A Sub-State Baseball Western Dubuque 7, Independence 4

Softball Class 3-A Regional Final West Delaware 5, Assumption 1 Class 4-A Regional Final Western Dubuque 5, Marion 4 Baseball Class 1-A Sub-State Final South Winn 12, Don Bosco 2(5) Class 2-A Sub-State Final Beckman 9, PCM Monroe 3

LIVE GAME AUDIO Ed-Co Softball advanced to their second state tourney berth in three seasons with a 3-2 win at North Linn. The Vikings were led by their seniors. Rachel Eglseder allowed just six hits, two runs, walked one, and struck out 14—several k’s in key situations. McKenna Hoefer had a hand in all three runs. Hoefer doubled with one out in the fourth and was replaced by courtesy runner Faith Kirby,. Senior Lauren Kirby then delivered a single to drive in her younger sis

LIVE GAME AUDIO South Winn scored three runs in the bottom of the fifth inning to rally past Starmont, 3-2 in a Class 1-A District Baseball Final. Caden Meyer and Bennett Smith each singled in a run and Jordan Einck lifted a sacrifice fly for the difference. Hayden Tieskoetter singled and scored. Carson Street added a single and Hugh Conway scored. Braiden Todd struck out five of the six-hittters he faced to close it out. For Starmont, Hudson Popham doubled in the two Stars r

LIVE GAME AUDIO Ed-Co advanced into the Regional Final with a 9-1 five-inning win over Kee High. The Vikings scored eight runs in the second inning on two hits, taking advantage of six walks. McKenna Hoefer and Lauren Kirby contributed two run singles as the Vikings sent 12 to the plate. Hoefer had two hits on the night. Faith Dugan singled, drove in a run and scored twice. Rachel Eglseder drove in two. Avery Brown drove in a run and scored. Chloe Everitt drove in one. Eva Va

LIVE GAME AUDIO Charles City advanced into the Regional Semi-Final with a 4-3 walk-off win over North Fayette/Valley. Megan Korbel reached on a one out single and stole second to move into scoring position. Lexan Joslin followed with her second double of the game to drive in the game-winning run. Averiana Wohller drove in two and Jayla Hall scored two runs. Ali Shirley drove in a run for the Comets. North Fayette/Valley was led by Taylor Dean who had two hits, drove in a run

LIVE GAME VIDEO Rachel Eglseder of Ed-Co tossed a five-inning perfect game and the Vikings advanced with an 8-0 Regional Quarterfinal win over Midland. Eglseder struck out eleven, including the first nine, in a dominant performance. Faith Dugan had two hits and scored three runs. Lauren Kirby had two hits and drove in two. Eglseder drove in two on sac flies. Ava Hoefer had two sacrifices driving in one run. Addi Schmelzer tripled in a run and scored. Chloe Everitt had two hit

LIVE GAME VIDEO Starmont pitchers Elliot Francois and Wyatt Opitz combined to allow just three hits and the Stars beat Clayton Ridge/Central by a final score of 9-2. Francois worked into the sixth while allowing just two hits, two runs, walked one and struck out six. Opitz went the final two frames allowing just one hit and struck out four. Opitz also has two hits and scored two runs. Francois doubled in a run and scored twice. Milton Cushion and Teagen Raber each had t

LIVE GAME AUDIO Gabbie Franzen of Midland tossed a one-hitter and the Eagles surprised Clayton Ridge with a 1-0 Regional Opening win. Franzen walked three and struck out three. Emma Huston had two hits and drove in the lone run. Addie Coates led off with a bunt single and ended up scoring the only run. McKenna Doll and Milee Streets each had a double. Alyssa Cruise and Alex Coates had singles. Ava Vonderhaar had the lone Clayton Ridge hit. Karly Wille allowed just five

Class 2A School Record LW 1 Riverside 23-5 1 2 Grand View Christian 24-3 3 3 Missouri Valley 24-2 4 4 Louisa-Muscatine 25-6 5 5 Interstate 35 24-8 2 6 Durant 23-12 6 7 West Lyon 19-5 7 8 Wapsie Valley 15-7 8 9 Iowa City Regina 18-10 10 10 Hinton 22-4 11 11 Logan-Magnolia 17-8 9 12 Beckman Catholic 19-9 12 13 Pleasantville 17-11 13 14 West Marshall 21-10 14 15 Pocahontas Area 24-9 15 Dropped Out: None Class 1A School Record LW 1 Exira-EHK/Audubon 20-4 1 2 Clarksville 21-6 2

LIVE GAME AUDIO Owen Hammersland of Clayton Ridge/Central tossed a one-hitter and the WarEagles shut out Kee High 3-0 in a Class 1-A District Opener. Carson Ruegnitz had a single and drove in two. Griffen Hammersland had two hits, including a double and scored a run. Dominique Mast had two hits and Seth Kregel singled and scored two runs. Colton Hoeger delivered an r-b-i single. For Kee High, Kyle Mauss had their lone hit. CRC improves to 7 and 14, Kee High closes the season

Softball Lisbon 2, Ed-Co 1

Softball New Hampton 11, Clayton Ridge 1 New Hampton 15, Clayton Ridge 3 South Winn 10, Central 0 South Winn 10, Central 0 Kee High 17, MFL MarMac 1 Kee High 13, MFL MarMac 0 Turkey Valley 3, Waukon 2 Turkey Valley 11, Waukon 6 Ed-Co 19, Easton Valley 0 Ed-Co 14, Easton Valley 0 North Linn 16, Starmont 0 North Linn 8, Starmont 0 Beckman 8, Jesup 5 West Delaware 5, Mount Vernon 2 Mount Vernon 5, West Delaware 2 Western Dubuque 9, CR Jefferson 0 Western Dubuque 8, CR Jefferson

2026 SIXTH Iowa Girls High School Softball Rankings Compiled by the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – Wednesday, July 1, 2026 Final rankings for Class 1A & 2A will be posted Monday, July 6 Final rankings for Class 3A, 4A, 5A will be posted Thursday, July 9 Class 5A School Record LW 1 Waukee Northwest 31-3 1 2 Ankeny Centennial 31-2 2 3 West Des Moines Valley 25-7 3 4 Dallas Center-Grimes 26-4 4 5 Cedar Rapids Kennedy 27-8 5 6 Southeast Polk 19-13 6

Softball West Central 14, Dunkerton 6 Sumner-Fred 10, Turkey Valley 0 Baseball Crestwood 8, Postville 4 MFL MarMac 9, Crestwood 3 Waverly-Shell Rock 13, South Winn 2 North Linn 16, North Fayette/Valley 8 New Hampton 9, Denver 8 Waukon 12, Oelwein 0 Assumption 12, Beckman 0