Jeff Linder

It’s about time. That’s how the majority of area high school basketball coaches feel about adding a shot clock to …

It’s about time. That’s how the majority of The Gazette area high school basketball coaches feel about adding a shot …

The Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union will release girls’ basketball regional pairings this week in Class 1A, Class 2A …

The final night of the Iowa high-school football regular season is fast approaching, and so is the first playoff reveal …

Four area teams are ranked No. 1 in the preseason cross-country rankings, released Tuesday by the Iowa Association of Track Coaches.The boys? teams from Mount Vernon-Lisbon (Class 3A) and Mid-Prairie (2A) are defending champions, as are the girls? squads from Monticello (2A) and Elkader Central (1A). The rankings:GirlsClass 4A1. Johnston, 2. Dubuque Hempstead, 3. Cedar Falls, 4. Iowa City High, 5. West Des ...

IOWA CITY ? The Iowa Hawkeyes will play five of their first seven Big Ten women?s basketball games on the road, then close the league season with six of nine games at Carver-Hawkeye Arena.The Big Ten released the 2017-18 schedule Wednesday afternoon, which completes the Hawkeyes? slate. The non-conference schedule was released last week.Iowa was 20-14 last year, 8-8 in the Big Ten. The Hawkeyes reached the ...

IOWA CITY ? The Iowa Hawkeyes didn?t make the NCAA women?s basketball tournament last year.But next season, they?ll face 11 teams that did, including seven in the non-conference portion of their schedule.Iowa released its non-conference slate for the 2017-18 season Tuesday, and it?s an ambitious one. The Hawkeyes open the regular season Nov. 10 against Quinnipiac in a semifinal of fhe Hawkeye Challenge.Quinnipi...

FORT DODGE ? Resignation had set in.?I got to the dugout and thought, ?Oh, God. It?s over. We didn?t get what we wanted,?? admitted Iowa City Regina pitcher Sarah Lehman.Then the first two Regals reached base, and Lehman?s despair turned to renewed hope.?I thought, ?Maybe if I sit here in the same spot, we?ll keep the rally going,?? Lehman said. ?I had to wipe away my tears, grab a bat and go.?Moments after ...

FORT DODGE ? Her team was nursing a tenuous lead. And suddenly, Kendall Streigle was nursing a sore ankle.?I hit a hard spot, and my whole (left) ankle gave out,? Streigle said of a third-inning tumble in the pitching circle.?I told my mom (Coach Shelly Streigle), ?I don?t know how much longer I can go.??She went the distance. And the Savages notched their second stunner in a row.Unranked Sigourney knocked ...

DES MOINES ? Anna Hostetler has emerged as the top girls? distance runner in the state.Her chief challenger is her training partner.Her sister.Mid-Prairie?s Hostetler siblings went 1-2 in the girls? 3,000-meter run at the Drake Relays on Thursday at Drake Stadium.Anna, a junior, crossed the line in 9 minutes, 51.08 seconds. Marie, a freshman, was next in 9:56.78.?It?s awesome,? Anna said. ?We train together. ...