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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 28m ago28m ago
Sunday is Michigan-Iowa, and the Hawkeyes’ four seniors will be saluted afterward.
Iowa Basketball 29m ago29m ago
The Wolverines are second in the Big Ten standings, the Hawkeyes third.
High School Basketball 29m ago29m ago
Girls basketball: Rowan Jacobi posts 44 points, 16 rebounds in her home-court finale, a 63-37 Class 1A regional-semifinal win over Lone Tree.
High School Basketball Feb. 20, 2026 2:43 pm23h ago
Saturday’s 3A regional-final matchups include Mid-Prairie at Mount Vernon, Tipton at Williamsburg, CPU at Wahlert and Assumption at Maquoketa.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 19, 2026 8:13 pm1d ago
Women’s basketball: Taylor Stremlow resets her career high for the second straight game with 19 points.
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2026 5:11 pm1d ago
Five area Iowa high school girls basketball games to watch Friday in Class 2A and 1A regional semifinals.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 19, 2026 5:14 pm1d ago
Women’s basketball: Hannah Stuelke is out for Iowa’s game tonight at Purdue, due to ‘upper-body injury.’
High School Basketball Feb. 19, 2026 1:35 pm2d ago
Marion surrenders only 11 points in the first three quarters, then holds off Grinnell 34-26 in a Class 4A regional quarterfinal.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 18, 2026 3:35 pm2d ago
Jan Jensen: ‘If we (beat Purdue), it makes Sunday what we want it to be’
Iowa Basketball Feb. 18, 2026 1:04 pm3d ago
Iowa-Purdue series is tied at 40-all, with the Hawkeyes winning the last nine.
High School Basketball Feb. 18, 2026 10:35 am3d ago
Five area Iowa high school girls basketball games to watch Wednesday in Class 5A and 4A regional quarterfinals and 3A regional semifinals.
High School Basketball Feb. 18, 2026 1:05 pm3d ago
Girls basketball: Keota forces Highland into 31 turnovers, wins a Class 1A regional quarterfinal, 49-43.
High School Basketball Feb. 17, 2026 4:45 pm3d ago
The 2025-26 area girls basketball all-conference portal. Received so far: River Valley North and South divisions.
Iowa Basketball Feb. 16, 2026 3:46 pm4d ago
Women’s basketball: Hard-rockin’ Ava Heiden fuels No. 13 Hawkeyes to an 80-67 win at Nebraska, sending the Huskers to their fifth consecutive loss.
High School Basketball Feb. 17, 2026 8:07 am4d ago
Five area Iowa high school girls’ basketball games to watch Tuesday in Class 2A and Class 1A regional quarterfinals.

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