Idaho State cross country

When: Saturday

Where: Circling Raven Golf Course, Worley

5A

Defending team champs: Boys – Twin Falls (moved down to 4A this year). Girls – Mountain View.

Defending individual champs: Boys – Eric Fitzpatrick (Boise). Girls – Liz Brandon (Eagle).

Race times: Girls – 11:30 a.m. Boys – 12:30 p.m.

At a glance: Highland’s boys and Mountain View’s girls are ranked No. 1 by Idahoxc.com. Coeur d’Alene’s boys are ranked second. … Fitzpatrick, who is ranked second behind Dallin Farnsworth of Highland, is seeking a third consecutive state title. … Lake City senior C.J. Helbling, who finished runner-up last year, also should contend, but he’s been bothered the past month by a pulled quad. … Kinsey Gomez of Coeur d’Alene won two years ago as a freshman and finished runner-up to Brandon last year. Gomez has had a solid season, beating Brandon when they raced at SunFair in Yakima by nearly 25 seconds. “I feel really blessed to be going to state with the season that I’ve had,” Gomez said. “I don’t feel any pressure (like last year). I’m not putting any pressure on myself this year. I know that I have what it takes to do it.” … Gomez is ranked first and Brandon second in the final polls released this week.

4A

Defending team champs: Boys – Bishop Kelly. Girls – Preston.

Defending individual champs: Boys – Graduated. Girls – Emily Nist (Bishop Kelly).

Race times: Girls – 11 a.m. Boys – noon.

At a glance: Twin Falls’ boys, who won the 5A title last year, dropped to 4A this year. TF is ranked No. 1, followed by the defending champ. TF could be the best team in the state regardless of classification. … Sandpoint’s boys were ranked fourth in the final poll. … Bishop Kelly’s girls are predicted to win.

3A

Defending team champs: Boys – Teton. Girls – Bear Lake.

Defending individual champs: Boys – Ryan Jaggi (Weiser). Girls – Graduated.

Race times: Girls – 1:30 p.m. Boys – 2:30.

At a glance: Timberlake’s girls, who took fourth last year, have been ranked first most of the season. If Timberlake wins, it would snap Bear Lake’s streak of six straight titles. … Timberlake’s Ashley George, Alex Turbin and Kelsey McCaslin should finish in the top 20 and earn medals. … The Teton boys returned four of their top seven runners. Sugar-Salem, which was ranked first in the final poll, figures to challenge Teton. Bonners Ferry is ranked fourth. … District I-II champ Brian Tucker of Timberlake hopes to challenge for a state title.

2A

Defending team champs: Boys – Firth. Girls – Soda Springs.

Defending individual champs: Boys – Caden Portela (Firth). Girls – Taylor Hewett (Culdesac).

Race times: Girls – 1 p.m. Boys – 2.

At a glance: The Challis boys and Soda Springs girls were ranked first in the final poll. … The Coeur d’Alene Charter girls were ranked second.