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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 Nov. 19, 2022 1:28 pm79d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark is ‘day to day’ heading into Sunday’s game against Belmont.
High School Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 11:00 am80d ago
Girls’ basketball: IGHSAU’s preseason rankings ... Waterloo West, Sioux City Heelan, Estherville ELC, Dike-New Hartford and Algona Garrigan are No. 1.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 10:00 am80d ago
Women’s basketball: No. 4 Iowa suffers an 84-83 loss at Kansas State, Caitlin Clark suffers an apparent ‘twisted ankle’ on the final play.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 18, 2022 9:03 am80d ago
Iowa women’s basketball signee Ava Jones is a story of both heartbreak and hope. Five months after an incident that severely injured her and her mother and killed her father, she begins surgery Monday with a long-term vision of playing for the Hawkeyes.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 16, 2022 8:51 am83d ago
With prolific post Ayoka Lee sidelined for the year, Kansas State will present No. 4 Iowa women’s basketball a different challenge with its press.
Iowa High School Volleyball Nov. 15, 2022 6:21 pm83d ago
Meet the 2022 IGCA all-state volleyball teams. Marion’s Avery Van Hook, Mount Vernon’s Madeleine Miller are the state players of the year in Class 4A and Class 3A, respectively. They are joined on the Elite team by Iowa City Liberty’s Cassidy Hartman and Western Dubuque’s Ella Meyer.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 5:52 pm83d ago
Cedar Rapids Xavier girls’ basketball coach Tom Lilly has five state championships, 598 wins and a few regrets
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 9:37 am83d ago
Iowa City West starts on top in The Gazette’s preseason area Super Ten girls’ basketball rankings.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 8:20 am84d ago
The Gazette’s area girls’ basketball conference projections for the 2022-23 season, including the MVC, Wamac, River Valley, Tri-Rivers and more.
High School Basketball Nov. 15, 2022 9:38 am83d ago
Thirteen area girls’ basketball players to watch, all of whom received all-state recognition last year.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 14, 2022 10:20 am84d ago
Drake pushed No. 4 Iowa to overtime, but the Hawkeyes made the necessary plays in the extra five minutes and escaped a women’s basketball thriller, 92-86, before a sellout crowd of 6,424 Sunday afternoon at the Knapp Center.
Iowa Prep Sports Nov. 12, 2022 4:59 pm86d ago
Iowa high school girls’ state swimming and diving: A Solon student who swims for Iowa City High, Grace Hoeper captured the 50-yard freestyle title.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 12, 2022 8:00 am87d ago
Iowa women’s basketball: No. 4 Hawkeyes renew acquaintances with former teammate Megan Meyer when they travel to Drake on Sunday.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 11, 2022 8:02 am88d ago
No. 4 Iowa women’s basketball set a program record with 115 points in a rout of Evansville.
Iowa Basketball Nov. 9, 2022 4:35 pm89d ago
Iowa women’s basketball coach Lisa Bluder talked for the first time about her recruiting class of 2023, including Ava Jones, who is recovering from a tragic incident last summer.