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Jeff Linder
Passionate about prep sports and prep sports athletes, I have been with The Gazette sports team since 1995 covering high school sports 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 Basketball Jan. 6, 2023 2:02 pm31d ago
Women’s basketball: Lisa Bluder on an early Big Ten bye, and some midseason assessments. No. 16 Iowa plays at No. 14 Michigan on Sunday.
Iowa Prep Sports Jan. 5, 2023 7:46 pm32d ago
Watch or listen to the January 5, 2023, Prep Basketball Podcast as Jeff Johnson and Jeff Linder discuss the latest talking points in Iowa high school basketball.
High School Basketball Jan. 4, 2023 11:18 am34d ago
Girls’ basketball: Giant-slaying Linn-Mar takes down its biggest titan yet. Lions hit 14 3-pointers (eight by Zoe Kennedy) in a double-overtime conquest of No. 1 Waterloo West on Tuesday.
High School Basketball Jan. 3, 2023 8:55 pm34d ago
Girls’ basketball: Class 4A top-ranked Cedar Rapids Xavier is remarkably crisp (only five turnovers) in a 67-43 back-from-break victory over Iowa City Liberty.
High School Basketball Jan. 2, 2023 9:42 am36d ago
Girls’ basketball season reset: North Linn looks like the area’s heaviest league-title favorite, and the race of highest intrigue, again, is the Wamac West.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 31, 2022 1:44 pm37d ago
Women’s basketball: New and improved Illinois, already with its most wins in 8 years, hosts No. 12 Iowa in a Big Ten biggie Sunday.
Iowa Prep Sports Dec. 30, 2022 10:23 pm38d ago
The Gazette’s Jeff Linder reveals where he would place Waverly-Shell Rock, and how he would redraw the rest of the Iowa high school conference landscape.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 30, 2022 8:47 am39d ago
Monika Czinano joined Caitlin Clark (and three others) in the Iowa women’s basketball 2,000-point club, McKenna Warnock and Hannah Stuelke make major contributions and No. 12 Iowa whipped Purdue, 83-68. A crowd of nearly 12,000 included signee Ava Jones.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 28, 2022 5:13 pm40d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa’s Big Ten chase resumes Thursday vs. Purdue. Hawkeyes have won 5 straight, but there are issues to be addressed. Also, junior Taylor Stremlow commits.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 27, 2022 11:03 am42d ago
Women’s basketball: Projecting the 2022-23 Big Ten race. As many as six teams could contend for the title, and the pick here is Indiana.
High School Basketball Dec. 27, 2022 9:07 am42d ago
Girls’ basketball: The Gazette’s 2023 mock regional brackets.
High School Football Dec. 23, 2022 10:57 am46d ago
Prep football: Iowa member schools overwhelmingly pass measure dealing with enrollment and classification based on free and reduced lunch. Next up: Iowa Department of Education.
High School Basketball Dec. 22, 2022 9:34 am47d ago
Girls’ basketball notes: Chasing its first Upper Iowa Conference title since 1976, Elkader Central is 7-0 (with three postponements).
High School Basketball Dec. 22, 2022 3:12 pm46d ago
Area girls’ basketball Super Ten (Dec. 21): North Linn takes over the top spot; Benton Community makes a big jump.
Iowa Basketball Dec. 21, 2022 4:57 pm47d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa routs Dartmouth 92-54, and Caitlin Clark reaches the 2,000-point mark in 75 games, matching Elena Delle Donne’s NCAA record.