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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
High School Basketball Dec. 2, 2022 3:16 pm66d ago
Girls’ basketball: 3A top-10 teams Center Point-Urbana and Benton Community play the lowest-scoring game in Rivalry Saturday history. Stormin’ Pointers win it, 27-22.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 9:50 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball: 16-point lead melts to 2 in the final minutes, but North Linn holds off Vinton-Shellsburg, 63-56, at Rivalry Saturday.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 7:59 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball: Cedar Rapids Xavier tops Sioux City Heelan in 4A 1-vs.-2 showdown, 62-54; Tom Lilly earns career win No. 600.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 6:11 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball: Newell-Fonda pulls away late, defeats West Liberty at Rivalry Saturday, 79-57. Kelsey Joens scores 33 in her debut with the Comets.
High School Basketball Dec. 2, 2022 3:09 pm66d ago
Girls’ basketball: Slow start, 25-percent shooting cost Iowa City Liberty in a 46-35 loss to No. 3 Ankeny Centennial.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 3:00 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball: Clear Creek Amana’s Ava Locklear flirts with a triple double (16 points, nine rebounds, nine assists) in a 59-26 romp over Williamsburg.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 3:01 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball Delaney Scherf drives the baseline repeatedly in a 20-point effort; veteran Elkader Central tops Maquoketa Valley at Rivalry Saturday, 48-40.
High School Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 1:13 pm72d ago
Girls’ basketball: Trailing midway through the third quarter, Mount Vernon dominates late and pounds Cedar Rapids Kennedy, 56-30, at Rivalry Saturday.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 26, 2022 11:51 am73d ago
Women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark scores 29, Iowa women advance to the finals of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament in Portland. Hawkeyes earn a shot at Connecticut at noon Sunday on ABC.
High School Basketball Nov. 25, 2022 8:32 am74d ago
Girls’ basketball: Xavier-Heelan rematch highlights Rivalry Saturday, which features 12 ranked teams and five newcomers.
Iowa High School Volleyball Nov. 23, 2022 9:43 am76d ago
Prep volleyball: Claude Howard steps down after leading Springville to eight state-tournament appearances; Tricia Carty resigns at Iowa City High.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 23, 2022 5:19 pm75d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: No. 9 Hawkeyes face Oregon State in the first round of the Phil Knight Legacy tournament Friday, and one of Lisa Bluder’s objectives is to ‘get Hannah Stuelke more minutes’
High School Basketball Nov. 22, 2022 10:14 pm76d ago
Girls’ basketball: Tayler Reaves scores a career-high 23 points, and Center Point-Urbana has the final push in a 47-42 win over Marion.
High School Football Nov. 22, 2022 7:07 am77d ago
Here are the 2022 Iowa Print Sports Writers Association all-state high school football teams, as voted upon Sunday and released Tuesday.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 21, 2022 8:10 am78d ago
Caitlin Clark played — and played extremely well — in fourth-ranked Iowa’s 73-62 non-conference women’s basketball win over Belmont on Sunday at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.