Santa Cruz junior Diego Chavez (12-0) pinned Gage Thomas (14-1) of Winslow to capture his third title in a row for the Dust Devils in the 195-pound division. His teammate, Wyatt Ogle (12-0), beat Seth Durbin (8-2) of Globe 6-1 to win his second championship at 138.
Diego Chavez of Santa Cruz 3X state champion. pic.twitter.com/UaIux5evfg
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) March 18, 2021
Willcox Sr. Ote Allsup (17-0) pinned Jesse Green (13-6) of Thatcher for his championship at 160. Santa Cruz won back-to-back title in 2019 and 2020 but the team took sixth place this year despite losing multiple players to transfer and sever COVID issues that took the life of head coach Ray Belloc’s father. Belloc was also hospitalized and he reports in better health after several months of breathing difficulty.
160 champion Ote Allsup of Willcox https://t.co/Ywoz37Hg6r pic.twitter.com/qy8LgMWmVQ
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) March 18, 2021
Mica Mountain took third place in the program’s first year. Isaiah Puckett (152) and Travis Hickey (220) took sixth place in their divisions. Hickey was away from the sport for four years.
TEAM SCORES
6: Santa Cruz 130
10: Willcox 110
13: Mica Mountain 77
17: St. David 58
19: San Manuel 50
25: Benson 15
31: Tombstone 6
Parade of Champions #AZPreps365 D-4 https://t.co/bxwDykFoit pic.twitter.com/AAZNiI4Fiw
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) March 17, 2021
106 WEIGHT CLASS
Ryker Lacy (Mica Mountain) 1-2
Estevan Guillen-Xavier (Santa Cruz) 0-2
Kazdyn Gowen (Tombstone) 0-2
113 WEIGHT CLASS
Ayden Fimbres (Willcox) 2-2
Jeffery Savage (St David) 1-2
Austin Axe (San Manuel) 1-2
Isaac Amador (Mica Mountain) 1-2
120 WEIGHT CLASS
5TH: Joaquin Jimenez (Santa Cruz) 4-2
Joshua Beans (Mica Mountain) 2-2
Colton Hart (Willcox) 0-2
126 WEIGHT CLASS
4TH: Oliver Ochsenfeld (San Manuel) 5-2
John Collins (Willcox) 1-2
Juan Flores (Santa Cruz) 1-2
Hunter Clark (Tombstone) 0-2
132 WEIGHT CLASS
Arnoldo Ruiz (Willcox) 3-2
Colton Tyra (Benson) 2-2
Aaron Rodarte (Mica Mountain) 1-2
Bryan Doucette (Catalina) 0-2
138 WEIGHT CLASS
CHAMPION: Wyatt Ogle (Santa Cruz) 5-0
Jonah Garcia (Mica Mountain) 2-2
Jeremiah Toyota (St David) 3-2
David Hinshaw (Tombstone) 0-2
Seth Verdugo (Willcox) 2-2
145 WEIGHT CLASS
4TH: Devvin Deskins (St David) 6-2
6TH: Kash Macumber (Willcox) 3-3
Conner Curtis (Benson) 2-2
Augustine Romero (San Manuel) 1-2
Joseph Puckett (Mica Mountain) 0-2
152 WEIGHT CLASS
2ND: Oren Allsup (Willcox) 3-1
6TH: Isaiah Puckett (Mica Mountain) 4-3
Mathias Medina (San Manuel) 1-2
Talon Haynie (St David) 0-2
160 WEIGHT CLASS
CHAMPION: Ote Allsup (Willcox) 5-0
3RD: Brayden Merrill (St David) 5-1
Tobias Madrid (San Manuel) 1-2
Tristan Goodwin (Benson) 1-2
Joseph Hutchinson (Mica Mountain) 1-2
170 WEIGHT CLASS
2ND: Hunter Ogle (Santa Cruz) 3-1
Octavio Vidrio (Mica Mountain) 2-2
Evann Truschke (Willcox) 1-2
Isaiah Lopez (San Manuel) 1-2
Nathanial Gleason (Tombstone) 0-2
182 WEIGHT CLASS
Mauricio Lopez (Santa Cruz) 3-2
Ed Tingle (Willcox) 2-2
Jacob Ford (Mica Mountain) 2-2
Andy Rodriguez (San Manuel) 0-2
Jadon Hayes-Strickland (Catalina) 0-1
Devon Mize (Tombstone) 0-2
195 WEIGHT CLASS
CHAMPION: Diego Chavez (Santa Cruz) 5-0
Adrian Romero (San Manuel) 2-2
Giovanni Velez (Mica Mountain) 1-2
Charles Carney (Tombstone) 0-2
220 WEIGHT CLASS
6TH: Travis Hickey (Mica Mountain) 2-3
Davin Ethington (Santa Cruz) 3-2
Justin Tafoya (San Manuel) 3-2
Aaron Moran (Willcox) 2-2
Jacob Weichelt (Tombstone) 1-2
Anthony Hernandez (Catalina) 0-2
285 WEIGHT CLASS
Nathan Ginn (Mica Mountain) 1-2
Nathan Beeman (Benson) 1-2
Haloa Hall (Santa Cruz) 0-2
Izzy Villegas (Willcox) 0-2
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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 and he is a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
