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Here is The Arizona Republic's All-Arizona girls high school cross country team for fall and coach of the year. The girls cross-country runner of the year will be announced at the end of the school year. Cloe finished second at the Division I state championship in November, at Cloe was one of Highland's top runners throughout the year. She won two of her eight races this season and had a personal best when she finished first at the AIA Sectional meet with her time of Emma finished first at the Division I state championship in November, with a

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The Arizona high school cross-country season is in full swing. This past weekend was the third weekend of competition, with top meets at the Fountain Hills Invitational and the Battle at the Border in Nogales. Well, Martz is gone now as he gets ready to compete for Rice University, but his teammate, senior Max Irey, is back for his final season in high school. Expect Irey to spearhead a strong Falcons team. You can never count out a team like Flagstaff, which has a training advantage over most of the state being at 7, feet elevation and always seem to perform the best when it matters the most. Oro Valley's Ironwood Ridge is the defending champion, has a proven track record and should be in the mix as well. Sierra Vista Buena has come out of the gates fast early on, with two athletes seniors Gabriel Cummings and Nick Hiser both under 16 minutes. Horizon senior Donovan Bitticks is the leading contender for the state individual title. He led the rest of the division by more than 25 seconds in the 5k heading into the season, with Bradley coming in at second. Canyon Del Oro senior Micah Neese is another top name in the division. More: Breaking down Arizona high school cross-country season: Division I. Hall concluded her high school career with her second consecutive state title in cross country last fall, and that was actually her last race ever in a Flagstaff uniform as she did not compete in the track and field season. With Hall gone now competing at North Carolina State, there is a big hole to fill. Luckily for the Eagles, sophomore Taylor Biggambler appears ready to take on the challenge.

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It feels like, early the season, that the Flagstaff track and field team is boasting winners in girls events each weekend of competition. Evans took first in the meter race, finishing with a time of Martin placed atop the high jump event, leaping That total would have garnered a medal finish in last year's Divisional Championship. Hagaman won the m hurdles event with a time of Flagstaff's best performances came in a Friday win, , over Empire, and a victory over Shadow Ridge -- a 6A Conference squad -- on Saturday. Senior Gianna Baca also went 2 for 3 at the plate, scoring two runs. Baca also was the winning pitcher, going four innings in the circle with just one earned run and five strikeouts. Flagstaff trailed in the bottom of the sixth inning, but scored five in the frame to pull ahead and hold on.

Taylor biggambler

Here is The Arizona Republic's All-Arizona girls high school cross country team for fall and coach of the year. The girls cross-country runner of the year will be announced at the end of the school year. Cloe finished second at the Division I state championship in November, at Cloe was one of Highland's top runners throughout the year. She won two of her eight races this season and had a personal best when she finished first at the AIA Sectional meet with her time of

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Cooke-Phillip, Martina. Selestewa, Ambreal. Kruger, Noah. Salt, Shayse. Miller, Madeline. Harrell, Jentzen. Hall has been a top runner all season for Flagstaff, and she was able to help lead them to their 18th title in program history and the seventh since All Grades Morse, Wyatt. Sweet, Ethan. Pablo, Sean.

Mia Hall and the Eagles cross country coaching staff didn't know for sure if she would be able to toe the start line at the Division II state cross country meet in the fall.

Anderson, Lily. Sabol, Lily. Hutton, Andrew. Carpenter, Addison. Gilbert Higley has a sophomore, Elise Miner, who is quickly raising the ranks as well. Begay, Melishia. Abdollahi-Rad, Jordan. Langdon, Cody. Moezzi, Alexander. Oro Valley's Ironwood Ridge is the defending champion, has a proven track record and should be in the mix as well. Here's the second installment of the preview series.