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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 Basketball Apr. 11, 2023 4:06 pm915d ago
Iowa reserve forward Shateah Wetering has entered the women’s basketball transfer portal, The Gazette has learned.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 11, 2023 10:47 am915d ago
New Iowa women’s basketball commit Teagan Mallegni enters her senior year with 1,705 career points. She is ranked 59th nationally in the Class of 2024, according to ESPN.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 11, 2023 10:37 am915d ago
Monika Czinano blossomed into one of the most efficient shooters in NCAA history. And Monday night, she became a WNBA Draft pick. The Los Angeles Sparks selected Czinano in the third round, as the 26th overall pick.
High School Track and Field Apr. 10, 2023 2:06 pm916d ago
Drake Relays 2023 form chart: Current cutoffs, state leaders and more (April 10)
High School Track and Field Apr. 10, 2023 11:45 am916d ago
Donovan Slick-Driscoll, Tre Duffie, Dawson Dougherty and Anthony Franklin churned out the state’s second-fastest boys’ 400-meter relay thus far this season, circling the Kingston Stadium oval in 43.05 seconds Saturday at the Draxton-Stiers/Wilkinson Invitational track and field meet.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 8, 2023 4:59 pm918d ago
Women’s basketball: Iowa lands 2024 prospect Teagan Mallegni, a 6-foot guard out of Wisconsin.
High School Track and Field Apr. 7, 2023 1:31 pm919d ago
Girls’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 7).
High School Basketball Apr. 10, 2023 10:10 am916d ago
Girls’ basketball: Two games have been announced for Rivalry Saturday, and both are dandies: Dike-New Hartford vs. Solon, North Linn vs. Clear Creek Amana.
High School Track and Field Apr. 7, 2023 8:38 am919d ago
Boys’ track and field: Area Super Ten and area leaders (April 6).
Iowa Basketball Apr. 4, 2023 3:10 pm922d ago
All of the major women’s basketball awards for 2022-23 belong to Caitlin Clark, who was named the Wooden Award National Player of the Year on Tuesday.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 3, 2023 1:21 pm923d ago
NCAA women’s basketball: Caitlin Clark, Angel Reese and the ring thing at the end of Sunday’s championship game.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 5, 2023 1:43 pm921d ago
Women’s basketball: The 31-win, NCAA runner-up Iowa Hawkeyes were entertaining, wildly successful and adored.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 2, 2023 8:14 pm923d ago
Jasmine Carson scored 16 of her team-high 22 points in a second-quarter rush, and ninth-ranked LSU raced past No. 3 Iowa, 102-85, for the NCAA women’s basketball title Sunday afternoon at American Airlines Center.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 2, 2023 1:45 pm924d ago
Iowa fans greeted the Hawkeyes at American Airlines Center in Dallas ahead of Sunday's NCAA women's basketball national championship game against LSU.
Iowa Basketball Apr. 2, 2023 11:29 am924d ago
LSU Coach Kim Mulkey on Iowa’s Caitlin Clark: “I've never seen a player — I don't like to use the word ‘never,’ but I don't know that I've ever seen a player that can do what Caitlin does.”