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Wolfgang Weber picked up 700th win at the Brandon Bean Invitational

The Salpointe girls held off Sahuaro 1-0 Tuesday night. (Andy Morales/AllSportsTucson)

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Wolfgang Weber believes his first victory as a head coach came some 40 years ago at Amphitheater. The wins kept coming and the Hall of Fame coach picked up his first state championship in 1985 and that was followed by another in 1986. He was the first coach in Arizona to win back-to-back state championships. Actually, he was the first to win two titles. In all, Weber earned eight state titles with Salpointe with his latest coming last season.

The 36 years between his first and latest championship is remarkable in itself but he walked off the pitch some eight months ago with 699 career wins. His beloved wife Nina passed away in 2013 and was able to lift up another trophy with another bunch of teenage boys. Still, how can a legend retire with 699 wins?

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BOYS FLIGHT

MONDAY, NOV. 29
Sunnyside 2, Rincon/UHS 0
Tucson 4, Ironwood Ridge 0
Flowing Wells 2, Walden Grove 1
Sahuaro 7, Sabino 1

TUESDAY, NOV. 30
Catalina 3, Ironwood Ridge 1
Flowing Wells 2, Pusch Ridge 0
Rincon/UHS 3, Rio Rico 0
Salpointe 2, Sahuaro 1

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1 (STADIUM)
Walden Grove vs. Pusch Ridge, 3 p.m.
Tucson vs. Catalina, 4:30 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Rio Rico, 6 p.m.
Sabino vs. Salpointe, 7 p.m.

GIRLS FLIGHT

MONDAY, NOV. 29
Rincon/UHS 2, Sunnyside 0
Ironwood Ridge 0, Tucson 0
Walden Grove 6, Flowing Wells 2
Sabino 1, Sahuaro 1

TUESDAY, NOV. 30
Ironwood Ridge 3, Catalina 0
Pusch Ridge 1, Flowing Wells 1
Rincon/UHS 7, Rio Rico 0
Salpointe 1, Sahuaro 0

WEDNESDAY, DEC. 1 (TRACK FIELD)
Walden Grove vs. Pusch Ridge, 3 p.m.
Tucson vs. Catalina, 4:30 p.m.
Sunnyside vs. Rio Rico, 6 p.m.
Sabino vs. Salpointe, 7 p.m.

WILLIAM BELL WRESTLING TOURNAMENT

Dec. 3-4 at Pueblo

Buena, Catalina Foothills, Canyon del Oro, Cholla, Desert View, Douglas, Palo Verde, Pueblo, Rincon/UHS, Rio Rico, Sabino, Sahuaro, Salpointe, Santa Rita, Sunnyside and Walden Grove.

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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, became a member of the Sunnyside Los Mezquites Cross Country Hall of Fame in 2021 and he was a member of the Amphi COVID-19 Blue Ribbon Committee and he earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com

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