Six athletes from Southern Arizona brought home a state championship at the Arizona Junior High School Wrestling State Championships help in Prescott Valley on Friday and Saturday. Six from Southern Arizona took second place:
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J.J. Beauvais (Hillcrest) 42-2, 7th. over Sebastian Serrano (Sahuarita Anza Trail) 18-5, 6th. (Fall 2:31)
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Daniel Guerrero (Sahuarita Anza Trail) 33-3, 8th. over Edwin Sierra (Woodard) 36-7, 7th. (Dec 3-2)
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Breck Williams (Morenci) 34-2, 8th. over Audrey Jimenez (Sunnyside Lauffer) 13-1, 8th. (Dec 4-1)
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Christian Castillo (Valient College Prep) 31-4, 7th. over Sergio Peña (Desert Sky – Tucson/Vail) 28-7, 8th. (Dec 5-2)
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Christian Davis (Eloy) 35-3, 8th. over Pedro Mendoza (Sahuarita Anza Trail) 37-6, 7th. (SV-1 4-2)
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Gabriel Gallardo (Desert Sky – Tucson/Vail) 25-1, 8th. over Adrian Meza (Valient College Prep) 30-5, 8th. (UTB 6-6)
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Kyler Larkin (Valient College Prep) 36-2, 8th. over Isreal Ibarra (Eloy) 35-1, 7th. (Dec 11-5)
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Oren Allsup (Willcox) 28-1, 8th. over Nicholas Pina (Sunnyside Lauffer) 19-2, 7th. (Dec 7-2)
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Aidan Ysaguirre (Eloy) 35-0, 8th. over Diego Morales (Newell Barney) 24-3, 8th. (Dec 3-1)
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Aiden Lozoya (San Manuel) 29-0, 8th. over Rudolph Gonzalez (Winslow) 25-2, 8th. (Fall 1:50)
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Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017, a 2019 AZ Education News award winner and he has been a youth, high school and college coach for over 30 years. He was the first in Arizona to write about high school beach volleyball and high school girls wrestling. His own children have won multiple state high school championships and were named to all-state teams. Competing in hockey, basketball, baseball and track & field in high school, his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is the Southern Arizona voting member of the Ed Doherty Award, recognizing the top football player in Arizona, and he was named a Local Hero by the Tucson Weekly for 2016. Andy was named an Honorary Flowing Wells Caballero in 2019. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
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