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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 Feb. 23, 2021 10:50 am1810d ago
Sometimes, a postseason path is smooth. Sometimes, it’s not. For West Branch, it’s not. Sometimes, when a bump comes, you …
Sports Feb. 22, 2021 4:26 pm1810d ago
IOWA CITY – The final stretch is a sprint. Iowa concludes its women’s basketball regular season with a five-game, 12-day …
High School Basketball Feb. 22, 2021 11:39 am1811d ago
The Washington Warriors spent five anxious days, wondering if they would get the site they wanted for Tuesday’s Class 5A …
High School Basketball Feb. 20, 2021 9:28 pm1812d ago
CLARENCE – Forget 5-11. For Davenport Assumption, 3-0 is all that matters. And 3-0 is much more indicative of the …
Iowa High School Football Feb. 20, 2021 2:45 pm1812d ago
An area football coach stumbled across unofficial BEDS Documents numbers for the 2021-22 school year on the Iowa High School …
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2021 9:19 pm1813d ago
DELHI — Off the boards, on the floor. Get the ball. Welcome to Taya Tucker’s world. ‘Getting rebounds, getting steals …
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2021 9:57 am1814d ago
Austin Mullikin calls it ‘bonus basketball.’ It’s the reward of two postseason road victories. ‘This is a cool opportunity,’ said …
Sports Feb. 18, 2021 6:35 pm1814d ago
IOWA CITY – It couldn’t be mere coincidence, could it? On the day she left her facemask on the shelf, …
High School Basketball Feb. 18, 2021 9:36 am1815d ago
It’s a different team, with a lot of new key figures. Technically, North Linn is the defending Class 2A girls’ …
High School Basketball Feb. 17, 2021 9:12 pm1815d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – The tossup never materialized. All credit to Linn-Mar. The Lions hit better than half of their shots …
Sports Feb. 17, 2021 3:02 pm1815d ago
IOWA CITY — Stick with your first hunch. Even when it comes to grammar. ‘In four years, I’m going to …
High School Basketball Feb. 16, 2021 9:14 pm1816d ago
CASCADE – Lauren Osterhaus was the clutch performer in Dyersville Beckman’s late-season surge. Postseason, too. Osterhaus delivered the go-ahead 3-pointer …
High School Basketball Feb. 16, 2021 1:07 pm1817d ago
Plain and simple, it’s a tossup. ‘You couldn’t get two more evenly matched teams,” Cedar Rapids Prairie girls’ basketball coach …
Sports Feb. 16, 2021 3:55 pm1816d ago
IOWA CITY – Jantel Lavender. And Kelsey Mitchell. That’s the complete list of freshmen who have earned Big Ten player-of-the-year …
High School Basketball Feb. 15, 2021 8:14 pm1817d ago
DES MOINES — It won’t be a full house. But it won’t be crickets, either. Jean Berger, executive director of …

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