Sunnyside scored an incredible 277.5 points to win the Division II state championship held in Prescott Valley Friday night to claim the 33rd title in Blue Devil history….
The 277.5 points scored by the Blue Devils is the third most in Arizona history.
TEAM SCORING RECORDS
282: Sunnyside (2000)
278.5: Mingus (2007)
277.5: Sunnyside (2020)
267: Sunnyside (2001)
267: Safford (2010)
266.5: Sunnyside (2004)
253.5: Sunnyside (2002)
253: Sunnyside (1993)
DIVISION I TEAM RESULTS
1: Liberty 228
2: Cibola 173
3: Mesa Mountain View 128.5
23: Tucson 19
Sunnyside’s Jesse Ybarra. 3 time state champion heading to Iowa @SSBDwrestling pic.twitter.com/D0okkeXvp7
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
DIVISION II TEAM RESULTS
1: Sunnyside 277.5
2: Mountain View 176
3: Ironwood Ridge 158.5
7: Cienega 100.5
24: Flowing Wells 13
25: Marana 11
26: Desert View 10
26: Empire 10
30: Buena 7
37: Cholla 0
D-II INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS
106: James Williams-Armstrong (Sunnyside) 43-2, Fr. over Jackson Rustad (Casteel) 48-5, Fr. (Dec 7-2)
https://t.co/jXnbtASVY2 pic.twitter.com/AuOa64zauW
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
113: Job Lee (Sunnyside) 36-3, Fr. over Colby Ryan (Raymond Kellis) 47-8, Fr. (Fall 2:34)
https://t.co/HtQg1v81Da pic.twitter.com/TghQP0MB2z
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
120: Gilbert Rodriguez (Mountain View Marana) 36-2, Jr. over James Brown (Sunnyside) 40-4, Jr. (Dec 2-1)
https://t.co/Cd80DGxSeB pic.twitter.com/pYZWnrlmyM
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
126: Jesse Ybarra (Sunnyside) 37-0, Sr. over Noah Wasserbeck (Campo Verde) 46-5, Sr. (MD 16-3)
Title number 3 for Ybarra https://t.co/VRmzyfvztg pic.twitter.com/AmCxFipg1L
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
132: Jaime Rivera (Sunnyside) 35-4, So. over Markell Rivera (Ironwood) 58-5, Fr. (Dec 6-3)
https://t.co/osMAZNDO3q pic.twitter.com/iKJpwiETWu
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
138: Chris Lopez (Mountain View Marana) 58-1, Jr. over Tyler Rokop (Ironwood Ridge) 37-5, Sr. (Dec 6-2)
https://t.co/g13O0RsxSK pic.twitter.com/J8eG6vkCf4
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
145: Sebastian Robles (Sunnyside) 44-4, Jr. over Austin Scott (Mountain View Marana) 36-7, So. (Dec 5-2)
https://t.co/Qx68qM3vKk pic.twitter.com/Hjnz437Ckp
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
152: Carlo Castagnaro (Cienega) 49-2, Sr. over Rene Flagoso (Sunnyside) 39-8, So. (Fall 1:33)
https://t.co/M35VgJKcjs pic.twitter.com/JTTmish4Yl
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
160: Fernando Villascusa (Sunnyside) 31-2, So. over Andrew (AJ) Valle (Casteel) 49-3, So. (Dec 2-0)
https://t.co/HuYSNg6YEw pic.twitter.com/DGaCHAHC63
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
170: Ty Ryan (Raymond Kellis) 59-2, Sr. over Gabe Levy (Cienega) 20-4, Jr. (Dec 2-1)
182: Jayden Fletcher (Campo Verde) 26-1, Sr. over Jose Beltran (Ironwood Ridge) 35-4, Sr. (Dec 5-2)
Former Flowing Wells AD Pat WEber was recognized by the AIA
Flowing Wells legend Pat Weber recognized by @AZPreps365 pic.twitter.com/5cpjGhPYx8
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 15, 2020
STATE CHAMPIONS
Sunnyside (33)
1979: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1981: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1982: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1983: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1984: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1985: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1986: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1987: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1988: 5A (Don Klostreich)
1990: 4A (Richard Sanchez)
1991: 4A (Richard Sanchez)
1992: 4A (Richard Sanchez)
1993: 4A (Richard Sanchez)
1994: 4A (Richard Sanchez)
1996: 5A (Bobby DeBerry)
1998: 5A (Bobby DeBerry)
1999: 5A (Bobby DeBerry)
2000: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2001: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2002: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2003: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2004: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2005: 4A (Bobby DeBerry)
2006: 5A-II (Bobby DeBerry)
2007: 5A-II (Bobby DeBerry)
2008: 5A-II (Bobby DeBerry)
2009: 5A-II (Bobby DeBerry)
2010: 5A-II (Bobby DeBerry)
2011: D-I (Bobby DeBerry)
2013: D-I (Anthony Leon)
2018: D-! (Anthony Leon)
2019: D-II (Anthony Leon)
2020: D-II (ANthony Leon)
Safford (8)
1977: 4A (Tom Jones)
2005: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2006: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2007: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2008: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2009: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2010: 3A (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
2016: D-III (Herman Andrews, Jr.)
Santa Cruz (6)
1977: 3A (Jay Denton)
1978: 3A (Steve Combs)
1979: 3A (Steve Combs)
1991: 1A/2A (Jay Denton)
1995: 3A (Jay Denton)
2019: D-IV (Ray Belloc)
Benson (4)
1983: 1A/2A (Fred Comaduran)
1989: 1A/2A (Fred Comaduran)
1993: 1A/2A (Fred Comaduran)
1994: 1A/2A (Fred Comaduran)
Flowing Wells (4)
1978: 4A (Dave Thomas)
1979: 4A (Dave Thomas)
1980: 4A (Dave Thomas)
1994: 4A (Dave Thomas)
Ironwood Ridge (4)
2011: D-II (Tim Berrier)
2012: D-II (Tim Berrier)
2013: D-II (Tim Berrier)
2016: D-I (Tim Berrier)
Desert View (3)
1987: 4A (Chris Antoniotti)
1988: 4A (Chris Antoniotti)
1989: 4A (Chris Antoniotti)
Pueblo (2)
1992: 5A (John Mulay)
2008: 4A-I (Steve Lopez)
San Manuel (2)
2002: 1A/2A (Manny Yubeta)
2004: 1A/2A (Manny Yubeta)
Cienega (1)
2009: 4A-I (Marty Niblo)
Marana (1)
1983: 4A (Bob Newman)
Mountain View (1)
2017: D-II (PJ Ponce)
Walden Grove (1)
2019: D-III (Victor Gonzalez)
AIA @AZPreps365 Parade of Champions pic.twitter.com/8BJeXSwqK4
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) February 15, 2020
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