116 3rd St SE
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.
Listen in to our Podcast or get our Sports Newsletter.
Latest Articles by Jeff Linder
Iowa High School Sports May. 12, 2016 11:11 pm3513d ago
MARSHALLTOWN — Shaun Beyer wasn’t blowing off his team. He had to make final preparations for a final advanced-placement exam …
Iowa High School Sports May. 11, 2016 7:37 pm3515d ago
CENTRAL CITY — Many schools this size don’t have an all-weather track. Some don’t have a track at all. Central …
Iowa High School Sports Jun. 15, 2021 10:44 am1654d ago
IOWA CITY — It was a made-for-Hollywood storyline. And in July, filming will commence. Casting has begun for ‘Live Like …
Iowa High School Sports May. 11, 2016 11:59 am3515d ago
In honor of the first week of softball practice, here’s a preseason area Super Ten (with 2015 record and postseason …
Sports May. 7, 2016 3:48 pm3519d ago
MARION — David Brown, currently the athletics director at Spencer High School, has been selected as the Linn-Mar AD, pending …
Iowa High School Sports May. 6, 2016 9:30 am3520d ago
TIFFIN — They combined a total of one individual champion. Instead, the Vinton-Shellsburg boys and Western Dubuque girls relied on …
Iowa High School Sports May. 4, 2016 12:28 pm3522d ago
Ryan Whitman has tried to project a favorite for the boys’ portion of the Wamac Conference track and field meet …
Iowa High School Sports May. 3, 2016 9:25 pm3522d ago
CEDAR RAPIDS — Few would classify track practice as the highlight of their school day. Kenzie Soeken does. ‘High school …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 30, 2016 7:28 pm3526d ago
DES MOINES — One of Bill Calloway’s annual mantras for the Cedar Rapids Jefferson girls’ track team is ‘Three Days …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 30, 2016 6:31 pm3526d ago
DES MOINES — Surely, something didn’t translate. Maybe Gavren Dochterman’s eyes were fooling him. Maybe the scoreboard was teasing him. …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 29, 2016 5:55 pm3527d ago
DES MOINES — His legs were churning. His memory was racing. ‘I kept thinking back to last year,’ Tysen VanDraska …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 29, 2016 5:30 pm3527d ago
DES MOINES — Piece by piece, year by year, the Jefferson J-Hawks are building a girls’ 800-meter relay monopoly. Just …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 28, 2016 8:43 pm3527d ago
DES MOINES — Cooper Koenig made the leap of his life. Then he did it again. But his best jumps, …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 28, 2016 7:53 pm3528d ago
DES MOINES — Her mind was willing. Her body couldn’t follow. Stephanie Jenks’ bid for a fourth consecutive Drake Relays …
Iowa High School Sports Apr. 28, 2016 4:54 pm3528d ago
IOWA CITY — Jeff Wallace inherits a loaded roster for his second tour of duty. Wallace was named girls’ basketball …

Daily Newsletters