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Jeff Linder
Passionate about prep sports and prep sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports for The Gazette. I am a proud, lifelong Iowan who grew up reading The Gazette.
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Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 24, 2022 5:01 pm
The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union has posted regional softball pairings.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 24, 2022 10:32 am
Benton Community and North Linn split a pair of one-run games in a non-conference softball doubnleheader.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 22, 2022 9:51 am
The 2022 Iowa high school softball regional brackets are coming, probably as early as Thursday or Friday. Here’s what to watch for in each class.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 22, 2022 3:18 pm
The Gazette-area softball Super Ten rankings, through games played Tuesday, June 21.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 22, 2022 9:33 am
Lily Knutson’s pitched a three-hit, 12-strikeout gem against Dubuque Hempstead to keep Cedar Rapids Kennedy in the MVC Valley Division softball championship hunt.
Kids Articles Jun. 20, 2022 9:00 am
Did you know that only one state in the nation plays high school baseball and softball in the summer? It’s …
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 17, 2022 10:06 am
Lisbon stands on even footing with North Linn following Thursday’s softball doubleheader split.
Iowa Basketball Jun. 16, 2022 3:56 pm
The Big Ten released women’s basketball matchups, but not dates, for the 2022-23 season. Iowa’s home schedule features dates with Indiana, Maryland and Nebraska.
High School Basketball Jun. 17, 2022 8:28 am
Charting all of the major area coaching moves in a wild 2022 Iowa high school girls’ basketball offseason.
High School Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 3:50 pm
Lynsey Barnard has been hired as head girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City High. She served as an assistant to Bill McTaggart in recent seasons.
High School Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 3:47 pm
In terms of name recognition, Cedar Rapids Prairie couldn’t have gone bigger with hiring Kenyon Murray as its next girls’ basketball head coach.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 15, 2022 11:33 am
Prep softball notes: Cedar Rapids Washington ends an 88-game losing streak, Thursday could see a 1-vs.-2 matchup in Class 1A and West Delaware’s tournament has some heavyweights.
High School Basketball Jun. 15, 2022 2:57 pm
After 15 years as girls’ basketball coach at Iowa City West, B.J. Mayer will step down to take the athletics director post. He will succeed Craig Huegel, who is heading to Benton Community.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 15, 2022 11:30 am
The Gazette-area softball Super Ten rankings, through games played Tuesday, June 14.
Prep Baseball and Prep Softball Jun. 15, 2022 10:11 am
Class 5A 10th-ranked Liberty proved more adept at manufacturing runs and swept 13th-ranked Cedar Rapids Prairie 8-2 and 5-0 in a Mississippi Valley Conference softball doubleheader.