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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. 24, 2020 3:40 pm2128d 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 pm2130d 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 pm2130d 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 pm2130d 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 pm2131d 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 pm2126d 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 pm2131d ago
When time is short and a basket is necessary, Greg Criswell calls for a scramble play. The name: ‘Go Annika.’ …
Sports Feb. 21, 2020 8:00 am2132d ago
IOWA CITY — Maybe they’ll get some help, and earn a share of the Big Ten women’s basketball regular-season title. …
High School Basketball Feb. 20, 2020 11:54 am2132d ago
Pardon the cliche, but for the Springville Orioles, the road to Des Moines truly does go through Iowa City. Seriously. …
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2020 9:18 pm2133d ago
IOWA CITY — Matayia Tellis can score. But she doesn’t have to. ‘She’s huge for us,’ Iowa City West Coach …
High School Basketball Feb. 18, 2020 5:34 pm2134d ago
They’re inconsistent, and they’re dangerous. That’s the identity of some of the .500-ish Class 5A girls’ basketball teams in the area. …
High School Basketball Feb. 17, 2020 11:58 am2135d ago
Geographically, North Linn is the outlier. Competitively, it’s a heavy favorite. A glut of Class 2A girls’ basketball excellence in …
Sports Feb. 16, 2020 5:08 pm2136d ago
IOWA CITY — McKenna Warnock grew up about a half-hour away from downtown Madison, home of the Wisconsin Badgers. Yeah, …
High School Basketball Feb. 15, 2020 7:27 pm2137d ago
SOLON — It’s official. The dark ages of girls’ basketball at Vinton-Shellsburg are over. First-year coach Rich Haisman, veteran Lucy …
Sports Feb. 15, 2020 2:47 pm2137d ago
IOWA CITY — Let it go. That was Lisa Bluder’s message to her team after it got blasted in Thursday’s …

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