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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 Jan. 30, 2020 3:21 pm2085d ago
Of course, this isn’t an endorsement for speeding. But if you’re a girls’ basketball junkie, and if you hustle, Saturday …
Sports Jan. 29, 2020 3:06 pm2086d ago
IOWA CITY — Lisa Bluder credits her senior guards for the Iowa Hawkeyes’ recent series of fourth-quarter surges. She also …
High School Basketball Jan. 29, 2020 3:04 pm2086d ago
The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball Super 10, through games played Tuesday, Jan. 28: 1. Iowa City …
Sports Feb. 4, 2020 4:09 pm2080d ago
IOWA CITY — Sydney Affolter could not have picked a better time to visit. Carver-Hawkeye Arena was crammed with 13,420 …
High School Basketball Jan. 28, 2020 10:23 pm2086d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — The gauntlet awaits. Starting Monday, Cedar Rapids Xavier faces a Who’s Who of Mississippi Valley Conference girls’ …
Sports Jan. 26, 2020 6:54 pm2089d ago
IOWA CITY — A special day was trending toward bittersweet. Monika Czinano got injured, and the Iowa Hawkeyes were grinding …
High School Basketball Jan. 25, 2020 4:55 pm2090d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Riley Wright was the headliner. Ella Bockenstedt and Regan Rice, the secondary heroes. Wright scored a career-high …
High School Basketball Jan. 24, 2020 11:08 pm2090d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS – Caden Stoffer scored 15 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, and Cedar Rapids Prairie outlasted Cedar …
High School Basketball Jan. 24, 2020 8:09 pm2091d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — By now, Mallory McDermott and Sidney McCrea have seen virtually every form of junk defense imaginable. Box-and-ones. …
Sports Jan. 24, 2020 5:51 pm2091d ago
IOWA CITY — For Monika Czinano, the presence of Megan Gustafson was an immediate culture shock. ‘I came from a …
Sports Jan. 23, 2020 10:07 pm2092d ago
IOWA CITY — The basket. The foul. The flex. ‘If I wasn’t full of adrenaline, I probably wouldn’t do that,’ …
High School Basketball Jan. 24, 2020 5:21 pm2091d ago
MARION — Stress is a byproduct of coaching, and Nate Sanderson said, ‘I don’t do a good job leaving stress …
High School Basketball Jan. 23, 2020 9:00 am2092d ago
Numbers are down a little within the Marion High School girls’ basketball program this season, so the coaching staff has …
Sports Jan. 22, 2020 7:00 pm2093d ago
IOWA CITY — It’s merely a distant memory now. A sidebar on a remarkable career. This wasn’t Kathleen Doyle’s first …
High School Basketball Jan. 22, 2020 9:56 am2093d ago
The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball Super 10 all-class rankings, through games played Tuesday, Jan. 21: 1. …