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Jeff Linder
Passionate about high school sports and high school sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports and Iowa Women’s Basketball for The Gazette. I am a proud, lifelong Iowan who grew up reading The Gazette.
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Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 3:00 pm1051d ago
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s Ava Locklear flirts with a triple double (16 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) in a 59-26 romp over Williamsburg.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 3:01 pm1051d ago
Girls’ basketball Delaney Scherf drives the baseline repeatedly in a 20-point effort; veteran Elkader Central tops Maquoketa Valley at Rivalry Saturday, 48-40.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 1:13 pm1051d ago
Girls’ basketball: Trailing midway through the third quarter, Mount Vernon dominates late and pounds Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56-30, at Rivalry Saturday.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 11:51 am1051d ago
Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark scores 29, Iowa women advance to the finals of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament in Portland. Hawkeyes earn a shot at Connecticut at noon Sunday on ABC.
High School Basketball Nov. 25, 2022 8:32 am1052d ago
Girls’ basketball: Xavier-Heelan rematch highlights Rivalry Saturday, which features 12 ranked teams and five newcomers.
Iowa High School Volleyball Nov. 23, 2022 9:43 am1054d ago
Prep volleyball: Claude Howard steps down after leading Springville to eight state-tournament appearances; Tricia Carty resigns at Iowa City High.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 23, 2022 5:19 pm1054d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: No. 9 Hawkeyes face Oregon State in the first round of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament Friday, and one of Lisa Bluder’s objectives is to ‘get Hannah Stuelke more minutes’
High School Basketball Nov. 22, 2022 10:14 pm1055d ago
Girls’ basketball: Tayler Reaves scores a career-high 23 points, and Center Point-Urbana has the final push in a 47-42 win over Marion.
Iowa High School Football Nov. 22, 2022 7:07 am1055d ago
Here are the 2022 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state high school football teams, as voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 21, 2022 8:10 am1056d ago
Caitlin Clark played — and played extremely well — in fourth-ranked Iowa’s 73-62 non-conference women’s basketball win over Belmont on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 19, 2022 1:28 pm1058d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark is ‘day to day’ heading into Sunday’s game against Belmont.
High School Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 11:00 am1059d ago
Girls’ basketball: IGHSAU’s preseason rankings ... Waterloo West, Sioux City Heelan, Estherville ELC, Dike-New Hartford and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 10:00 am1059d ago
Women’s basketball: No. 4 Iowa suffers an 84-83 loss at Kansas State, Caitlin Clark suffers an apparent ‘twisted ankle’ on the final play.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 9:03 am1059d ago
Iowa women’s basketball signee Ava Jones is a story of both heartbreak and hope. Five months after an incident that severely injured her and her mother and killed her father, she begins surgery Monday with a long-term vision of playing for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 16, 2022 8:51 am1061d ago
With prolific post Ayoka Lee sidelined for the year, Kansas State will present No. 4 Iowa women’s basketball a different challenge with its press.