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Cedar Rapids, Iowa 52401
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 Sports May. 10, 2017 10:53 am3150d ago
Marion has the jumper. Mount Vernon has the thrower. Marion has the distance duo. Mount Vernon has the middle-distance pack. …
Iowa High School Sports May. 9, 2017 3:53 pm3151d ago
IOWA CITY — For the past eight seasons, Scott Sanders has been an assistant at one of the state’s top …
Iowa High School Sports May. 8, 2017 3:22 pm3152d ago
In honor of the first day of high-school softball practice in Iowa, here’s an area Super Ten to kick things …
Iowa High School Sports May. 8, 2017 11:00 am3152d ago
NORTH LIBERTY — Calling it ‘one of the hardest decisions I’ve made in my life,’ girls’ basketball coach Jaime Brandt …
Iowa High School Sports May. 4, 2017 11:05 pm3156d ago
EPWORTH – Maggie Davis called her team a ‘nickel-and-dime” operation, but there was nothing small-change about the Mount Vernon Mustangs’ …
Iowa High School Sports May. 2, 2017 9:03 pm3158d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Kirstin Skriver feels a little more connection. And a little more speed. Traditionally a 400-meter runner, the …
Iowa High School Sports May. 3, 2017 7:13 pm3157d ago
Western Dubuque’s time in the Wamac Conference is growing short. And so are the opportunities to fill a void. ‘We’ve …
Sports May. 1, 2017 6:40 pm3159d ago
IOWA CITY — It’s a 300-mile drive from Edwardsville, Ill., to Carver-Hawkeye Arena. But Kate Martin has felt destined to …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 29, 2017 7:23 pm3161d ago
DES MOINES — This time next year, Ryan Murphy and Sam Schillinger will be track teammates at the University of …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 29, 2017 7:23 pm3161d ago
DES MOINES — It wasn’t Payton Wensel’s first win at Drake Stadium. It’s unlikely to be her last. It was …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 28, 2017 6:21 pm3162d ago
DES MOINES — Joah Banks felt the cold rain, too, and let it run off. He heard the murmurs and …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 28, 2017 6:19 pm3162d ago
DES MOINES — Payton Wensel got the baton in third place. The leader was someone she considered ‘the leading quarter-miler …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 27, 2017 9:29 pm3163d ago
DES MOINES — For the first time all season, Tristan Wirfs found himself trailing at crunch time in the shot …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 27, 2017 9:29 pm3163d ago
DES MOINES — Anna Hostetler has emerged as the top girls’ distance runner in the state. Her chief challenger is …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 26, 2017 10:50 am3164d ago
DES MOINES — It’s a fair argument that the premier events in the high school portion of the Drake Relays …

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