Tucson Youth Sports

Audrey Jimenez of Sunnyside Wrestling Club Wins Arizona Junior High/Middle School State Title


Audrey Jimenez continues to dominate her competition achieving an Arizona Junior High and Middle School State title tonight at Tempe High School in the 88-pound class.

The eighth grader, who wrestles with the Sunnyside Wrestling Club, went 5-0 with a win by fall and four decisions, including a 7-0 score in the title match against Aidan Belloc of Eloy Blue Devils Wrestling.

Audrey Jimenez wore a wrestling outfit honoring the late JoJo Armstrong, a Sierra Middle School student who passed away last year (Jimenez photo)

Her complete results:

Opening round: Jimenez defeated Chris Kearns of Tuba City (fall 0:35)

Second round: Jimenez defeated Adam Lloyd of Prescott (decision 2-0)

Quarterfinals: Jimenez defeated Kody Gluyas of Safford (major decision 9-0)

Semifinals: Jimenez defeated Karlee Brooks of Chandler (decision 5-2)

Championship: Jimenez defeated Aidan Belloc of Eloy (decision 7-0)

Jimenez also placed first in the 2020 Mile High Middle School state championships at Prescott Valley two weeks ago.

Other Southern Arizona winners:

Junior High – 93 1st Place Match Sergio Pena (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness) won by decision over Gabriel Ramirez (Aces wrestling academy) (Dec 2-0)

Junior High – 98 1st Place Match Carlitos Stanton (Cyclones Wrestling & Fitness) won by decision over Blair Ellison (East Valley Wrestling Club) (Dec 6-0)

Junior High – 125 1st Place Match Isreal Ibarra (Eloy Blue Devil`s) won by decision over Jackson Perkins (Humboldt) (Dec 7-2)

Junior High – 142 1st Place Match Oren Allsup (Willcox A-Team) won by major decision over Brendon Bazzani (Desert Ridge) (Maj 14-0)

Junior High – 167 1st Place Match Aidan Ysaguirre (Eloy Blue Devil`s) won by decision over Diego Morales (Newell Barney Middle School) (Dec 5-0)


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ALLSPORTSTUCSON.com publisher, writer and editor Javier Morales is a former Arizona Press Club award winner. He is a former Arizona Daily Star beat reporter for the Arizona basketball team, including when the Wildcats won the 1996-97 NCAA title. He has also written articles for CollegeAD.com, Bleacher Report, Lindy’s Sports, TucsonCitizen.com, The Arizona Republic, Sporting News and Baseball America, among many other publications. He has also authored the book “The Highest Form of Living”, which is available at Amazon.

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