
Jeff Linder
Writer at The Gazette (Cedar Rapids, IA)
Sportswriter, Cedar Rapids Gazette (1995-???), with focus on high schools and Iowa WBB. AP WBB voter. Father of two, husband of one.
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6 days ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MOUNT VERNON — You could say that the Mount Vernon girls cleaned up both during and after the Wamac Conference track and field meet Thursday night. There were the Mustangs, tidying up the west bleachers of the Martha Parsons Family Athletic Complex. And there were the Mustangs, repeating as conference champions.
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6 days ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. CEDAR RAPIDS — The boys’ shuttle hurdle relay team from Cedar Rapids Kennedy has set an all-time Iowa best. The foursome of Jackson Goslin, Ryan Bartels, Dallas Keller and Brayden Peck ran 56.75 seconds during the MVC Mississippi Division boys’ track and field meet Thursday at Saints Field. Bartels is a senior; the other three are juniors. Waukee Northwest had run 56.82 seconds at the Drake Relays.
Examining the 2025 area conference high school track and field meets: MVC, Wamac, River Valley and T
1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The Martha Parsons Family Athletic Complex will host its first conference track and field meet Thursday. The home team — the girls’ team — will be one of the star attractions. Mount Vernon is favored to repeat as the Wamac Conference girls’ champion, with Marion providing a formidable challenge. Clear Creek Amana is the team to beat on the boys’ side.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. The first day of practice for the 2025 Iowa high school softball season is today. With that, here is a preseason Super Ten for Gazette-area teams: 1. Williamsburg 2024 record: 33-12 overall, 19-3 Wamac (1st, West Division) 2024 postseason: Class 3A state champion Returning starters: 8 2.
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1 week ago |
thegazette.com | Jeff Linder
Mount Vernon Mustangs logo The Gazette offers audio versions of articles using Instaread. Some words may be mispronounced. MOUNT VERNON — An assistant coach during Mount Vernon’s recent climb in girls’ basketball, Jacob Misener will be moving up a chair on the Mustangs’ bench next season. MVHS athletics director Matt Thede confirmed Monday morning that Misener has been hired as the head coach for the reigning Class 3A state champions.
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