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The Arizona Interscholastic Association Executive Board has reversed Friday’s decision to cancel winter sports and will proceed with basketball, wrestling and soccer. Friday’s vote was 5-4 to cancel winter sports due to the rise in COVID-19 cases and hospitalizations in the state. Before Tuesday’s vote, AIA executive director David Hines said members of the boardFull Story

The Arizona Interscholastic Association’s Executive Board will meet in an emergency meeting Tuesday, with winter sports they only topic on the agenda. The board voted 5-4 Friday to cancel winter sports for the 2021 school year due to surging cases of COVID-19 and the high rate of hospitalizations due to the virus. The board heardFull Story

The future of fall sports at area high schools is up in the air as COVID-19 cases have risen recently in Flagstaff. On Friday, the Flagstaff Unified School District put a stop to all athletic competitions due to the uptick in cases, however athletic teams can still go through practice. The case benchmark at theFull Story

The Arizona Interscholastic Association endorsed the latest guidelines proposed by the Sports Medicine Advisory Committee for safe implementation of the return of sports and activity, meaning fall sports can get underway. The executive board reviewed the latest recommendations Wednesday. With that data and the state’s recorded number of COVID-19 cases declining over the past twoFull Story

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has decided not to play the annual Barry Sollenberger Classic football game this season. The AIA says schools from Nevada and New Mexico couldn’t align their schedules with Arizona schools to make the games work. The game has been held at Cromer Stadium at Coconino High School for the past twoFull Story

Much like the first two games this season, the Flagstaff Eagles girls basketball team had very little trouble with the Coconino Panthers as they advance to the 4A semifinals with a 54-30 win at home in the quarterfinals. Mikaila Kayanni-Lee led the Eagles with 14 points. Monique Ware added 11 and Ashley Edison chipped inFull Story

The play-in round in the 4A State Playoffs will have a local flair. The AIA announced the pairings for the play-in round for boys basketball and Flagstaff will take on Coconino for the third time this season Friday at Coconino High School. Both teams have won a game on each other’s floor. Flagstaff won theFull Story

The Flagstaff Eagles are up three spots from 15 to 12 in this week’s AIA 4A Power Poll. If the season were to end today, the Eagles would be playing Higley in the first round of the 4A State Playoffs, but there’s three games to go, with the next two going a long way toFull Story

The first power point rankings have been released by the Arizona Interscholastic Association for high school football. In the 4A Conference, the Flagstaff Eagles would make the playoffs if the season ended today. They are ranked eighth in 4A with a 5-0 record. The Coconino Panthers are 28th with a 1-4 mark. Sixteen teams willFull Story

The 2016 Arizona high school football season will open in Flagstaff this year. The Arizona Interscholastic Association has announced that two games will be played at Cromer Stadium at Coconino High School, August 20th as part of the Barry Sollenberger Classic presented by the U.S. Army. All four teams participating in the games are someFull Story