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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
Iowa High School Football Mar. 12, 2021 12:48 pm1677d ago
The Iowa High School Athletic Association released Class 5A ‘groups,’ and districts for the other six classes, for the 2021 …
Sports Mar. 11, 2021 10:54 pm1677d ago
INDIANAPOLIS – Another day, another career-high. One night, it’s Monika Czinano. The next night, Gabbie Marshall. Marshall matched career-highs with …
Sports Mar. 11, 2021 9:06 am1678d ago
INDIANAPOLIS — The Iowa Hawkeyes ruled the stretch run, just like last time. Monika Czinano ruled the paint, all game. …
High School Basketball Mar. 11, 2021 11:03 am1678d ago
Why wait until November? The math is complete, the teams are arranged, then reshuffled for likely classification changes. Thus, here …
Sports Mar. 9, 2021 9:11 pm1679d ago
INDIANAPOLIS — When Iowa last faced Purdue, it took a last-ditch sprint to survive. The Hawkeyes would prefer something a …
High School Basketball Mar. 9, 2021 11:47 am1680d ago
The final Gazette area girls’ basketball Super 10 for the 2020-21 season. 1. Maquoketa Valley 25-1 (14-0 Tri-Rivers …
High School Basketball Mar. 9, 2021 3:07 pm1679d ago
There’s no debate where the best area girls’ basketball storylines resided this winter. They were in Class 2A. North Linn …
Sports Mar. 8, 2021 5:14 pm1680d ago
Iowa’s Caitlin Clark and Monika Czinano have been selected to the all-Big Ten women’s basketball first team, by both the …
High School Basketball Mar. 6, 2021 7:17 pm1682d ago
DES MOINES — They defended. They rebounded. They executed. The Maquoketa Valley Wildcats did everything, but finish. Back-to-back 3-pointers by …
High School Basketball Mar. 5, 2021 7:15 pm1683d ago
DES MOINES — Here we go again. The rematch that everyone expected is all systems go. Tenacious and relentless, second-ranked …
High School Basketball Mar. 5, 2021 7:12 pm1683d ago
DES MOINES — Capsules for Saturday’s games involving area teams at the Iowa girls’ high school state basketball tournament at …
High School Basketball Mar. 5, 2021 3:31 pm1683d ago
DES MOINES — West Branch scrapped and fought and worked itself back in the game. But each time the Bears …
High School Basketball Mar. 5, 2021 3:28 pm1683d ago
DES MOINES — Ella Imler had a chance to clinch it at the free-throw line. She didn’t. ‘I told her …
High School Basketball Mar. 4, 2021 8:00 pm1684d ago
DES MOINES — Capsules for Friday’s games involving area teams at the Iowa girls’ high school state basketball tournament at …
High School Basketball Mar. 4, 2021 4:59 pm1684d ago
DES MOINES — Taya Young was willing to give basketball a second chance. Jarod Tylee was willing to do the …