Eighth graders Nicks Nielson and Aubryn Lindblom captured CAA state JH Cross Country titles on Wednesday at the West Side Sports Complex. Nielson ran the 1.5 mile course in 8:10.1 finishing 37 seconds ahead of the runner up. Lindblom and teammate Corinne Warriner finished 1-2 in the girls race with times of 9:19.0 and 9:36.2. ALA

Beginning with the 2020-21 school year our JH athletic programs will be joining the Desert Middle Schools league for competition. Some of our smaller programs will remain in the CAA. The DMSAL consists of the following junior high programs: ALA Gilbert ALA Ironwood ALA Queen Creek Combs Cactus Canyon Coolidge Ben Franklin Within the DSMAL

The Arizona Interscholastic Association has announced their start dates for fall sports. Based on information from surveys of member schools, executive board and committee meetings the AIA has agreed to phase in sports this fall. The start dates for practice, competition and state tournaments are listed below: CROSS COUNTRY – First Practice – August 24

Parents, All athletes should be cleared on Register My Athlete before August 17th. If they are not cleared they will not be allowed to attend tryouts for their respective sports. If you are new to ALA Gilbert, or are new to sports here, you will need to go to www.registermyathlete.com and create an account for

  Aubryn Lindblom ran a gutsy race with a fighting finish to hold on to 3rd place overall at the State meet course in Goodyear at the Tres Rios Golf course. Charlotte Shirley also ran exceptionally well and finished in 8th place. Both earned coveted medals awarded to top 10 individual finishers. Lucas Witcher continued

  Both teams competed well to cap off a successful cross country season! The Girls team placed 3rd overall led by Aubryn Lindblom (10:11) in 3rd place followed by Charlotte Shirley (10:30) in 8th place. The Girls team roster included:  Aubryn Lindblom, Charlotte Shirley, Bethany Rathke, Jacquelyn Marquez, Aurora Kirkham, Mari Ray, Jacqueline Karski, and

For a return to the 1.5 mile course at Tumbleweed Park in Chandler, our teams were ready for a great showing. Our Girls team was again led by rising talent Aubryn Lindblom who crushed her previous PR by over 45 seconds finishing in 3rd place with a time of 9:32! Bethany Rathke finished in 16th

It was a nice morning for a run and our teams performed well! The Girls team placed 6th and the Boys team placed 3rd, only 6 points from 2nd place. Aubryn Lindblom led the girls with a 3rd place finish followed by Jaquelyn Marquez in 20th. Lucas Witcher won the race in a time of

Both JH Girls and Boys had team members that gained a new awesome experience participating in the JH race at the Nike Desert Twilight XC Festival in Casa Grande Friday night among 6,900 athletes and a total of 24 races (both HS and JH/MS) coming from 10 states! Saturday morning we drove up to Embry-Riddle

Lucas has a love for running which has been magnified by the success he and his team is achieving through unity and dedication to training and to each other! He has taken 1st place in the first three meets of the season (participants in each of those races for CAA DIII Boys has ranged from