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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. 22, 2022 10:14 pm1171d 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 am1172d 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 am1173d 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 pm1174d 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 am1176d 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 am1176d 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 am1176d 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 am1178d 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.
Iowa High School Volleyball Nov. 15, 2022 6:21 pm1178d ago
Meet the 2022 IGCA all-state volleyball teams. Marion’s Avery Van Hook, Mount Vernon’s Madeleine Miller are the state players of the year in Class 4A and Class 3A, respectively. They are joined on the Elite team by Iowa City Liberty’s Cassidy Hartman and Western Dubuque’s Ella Meyer.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 5:52 pm1178d ago
Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ basketball coach Tom Lilly has five state championships, 598 wins and a few regrets
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 9:37 am1179d ago
Iowa City West starts on top in The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten girls’ basketball rankings.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 8:20 am1179d ago
The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball conference projections for the 2022-23 season, including the MVC, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers and more.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 9:38 am1179d ago
Thirteen area girls’ basketball players to watch, all of whom received all-state recognition last year.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 14, 2022 10:20 am1180d ago
Drake pushed No. 4 Iowa to overtime, but the Hawkeyes made the necessary plays in the extra five minutes and escaped a women’s basketball thriller, 92-86, before a sellout crowd of 6,424 Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center.
Iowa High School Sports Nov. 12, 2022 4:59 pm1181d ago
Iowa high school girls’ state swimming and diving: A Solon student who swims for Iowa City High, Grace Hoeper captured the 50-yard freestyle title.

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