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IOWA CITY — Gabi Fleming is a champion for all seasons.

The Cedar Rapids Xavier junior girls’ tennis standout — just five months removed from winning her second state singles championship in a row — had the uniquely swift opportunity to claim a third thanks to the Iowa Girls High School Athletic Union shifting the girls’ tennis season from a spring sport to the autumn.

No matter. Fleming was her customary dominant self.

“I still got to play my tournaments over the summer and work hard over the summer,” Fleming said after overwhelming Waterloo Columbus’ Kate Holton, 6-1, 6-1 for the Class 1A state singles championship Thursday at Hawkeye Tennis and Recreational Complex. “So I don’t really thi

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