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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
Sports Feb. 29, 2020 8:00 am2055d ago
IOWA CITY – Before she became the women’s basketball coach at the University of Minnesota, Lindsay Whalen played in the …
Sports Feb. 27, 2020 10:01 pm2057d ago
IOWA CITY — Makenzie Meyer doesn’t consider herself an overly emotional person. But when she got to the locker room …
High School Basketball Feb. 26, 2020 10:28 pm2057d ago
MARION — They’re sick. They’re tired. But as far as enjoyment of moments like this, the Cascade Cougars are anything …
Sports Feb. 26, 2020 3:53 pm2058d ago
IOWA CITY — With 95 victories in the past four seasons, they are the winningest women’s basketball senior class of …
High School Basketball Feb. 28, 2020 12:10 pm2056d ago
Mallory McDermott has been named the girls’ basketball player of the year, both on the all-Metro team and the MVC …
High School Basketball Feb. 25, 2020 10:12 pm2059d ago
MARION — Heck, why not them? Buried by 29 points in a December regular-season meeting, 15th-ranked Clear Creek Amana flipped …
High School Basketball Feb. 25, 2020 3:59 pm2059d ago
Olivia Donlea isn’t a big talker. ‘She doesn’t say two words unless you initiate it,’ East Buchanan girls’ basketball coach …
High School Basketball Feb. 24, 2020 3:55 pm2060d ago
The Cedar Rapids Prairie Hawks suffered a case of the hiccups toward the end of the girls’ basketball regular season. …
High School Basketball Feb. 24, 2020 3:40 pm2060d ago
CORALVILLE — All Iowa Attack, the premier girls’ basketball AAU program in Iowa, is about to expand. In a press …
High School Basketball Feb. 22, 2020 10:39 pm2061d ago
CENTER POINT — Basketball can be a pretty game if you share the ball and shoot the ball. Saturday night, …
High School Basketball Feb. 22, 2020 10:38 pm2061d ago
CENTER POINT — Morgan Weber called Dike-New Hartford’s active defense a ‘read-and-react’ outfit. Read and react. Rock and roll. The …
High School Basketball Feb. 22, 2020 5:09 pm2062d ago
LE GRAND — Brian Wheatley earned his 300th career coaching victory Friday night, when third-ranked North Linn defeated Pella Christian, …
High School Basketball Feb. 21, 2020 9:12 pm2063d ago
WEST UNION — Word to the wise: Don’t get behind Elkader Central late. The Warriors will break your hearts and …
Feb. 26, 2020 2:22 pm2058d ago
The Gazette has received its first all-conference girls’ basketball teams for 2019-20, from the River Valley. We will add to …
High School Basketball Feb. 21, 2020 2:26 pm2063d ago
When time is short and a basket is necessary, Greg Criswell calls for a scramble play. The name: ‘Go Annika.’ …