Competition for the 2022-23 school year has come to a close and Southern Arizona high schools amassed 18 team championships and 95 individual titles.
Salpointe Catholic earned the most team state championships with six — girls soccer, boys soccer, softball, girls track & field, boys track & field and beach volleyball.
Here is a list of the state champions:
Salpointe Catholic — 6
Ironwood Ridge — 2 (boys cross country and boys golf)
Catalina Foothills — 2 (girls tennis and boys tennis)
Douglas 2 — (spirit line — partner stunt and co-ed cheer)
Benson 2 — (spirit line — dance and show cheer)
Canyon del Oro 1 — (baseball)
Sunnyside 1 — (boys wrestling)
Sahuarita 1 — (boys wrestling)
Sabino 1 — (softball)
The leaders in individual titles:
Salpointe Catholic 29
Canyon del Oro 12
Sunnyside 9
Catalina Foothills 8
Pusch Ridge 7
FALL
BOYS CROSS COUNTRY
Team
Division II — Ironwood Ridge
Individual
Division II
Brandon Martz, Sr., Catalina Foothills
GIRLS CROSS COUNTRY
Individual
Division III
Kylie Wild, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
BOYS GOLF
Team
Division II — Ironwood Ridge
Individual
Division II
Carlos Astiazaran, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
SWIM & DIVE
GIRLS
Division II
Individual
50 Freestyle — Amber Janky, Soph., Catalina Foothills
Division III
Individual
50 Freestyle — Tyler Driscoll, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
100 Freestyle — Tyler Driscoll, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
100 Backstroke — Sasha Ganem, Sr. Salpointe Catholic
Relays
200 Medley Relay — Salpointe (Sasha Ganem, Sr.; Makena Nansen, Sr.; Sterling Edwards, So.; Tyler Driscoll, Sr.)
400 Freestyle Relay — Salpointe (Sasha Ganem, Sr.; Makena Nansen, Sr.; Sterling Edwards, So.; Tyler Driscoll, Sr.)
BOYS
Division II
Individual
50 Freestyle — Scott Edmiston, Jr., Canyon del Oro
100 Breaststroke — Kyle Dowe, So.; Catalina Foothills
Relays
200 Freestyle — Canyon del Oro (Mason Stewart, Jr.; Ruben Padilla-Diaz, Jr.; Vincent Ferrara, Sr.; Scott Edmiston, Jr.)
Division III
Individual
50 Freestyle — Keegan Kelly, Jr., Salpointe Catholic
100 Freestyle — Ryan Stamer, So., Pusch Ridge
100 Butterfly — Alexander Edquid, Jr., Pusch Ridge
100 Backstroke — Nicholas Cusson, Jr., Tanque Verde
200 Freestyle — Keegan Kelly, Jr., Salpointe Catholic
Relays
200 Medley Relay — Pusch Ridge (Ross Wilson, Sr.; Brian Stahlman, Sr.; Alexander Edquid, Jr.; Ryan Stamer, So.)
WINTER
GIRLS SOCCER
4A — Salpointe Catholic
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BOYS SOCCER
4A — Salpointe Catholic
GIRLS WRESTLING
Individual
107 — Iliana Castaneda, So., Sunnyside
114 — Audrey Jimenez, Jr., Sunnyside
120 — Adacelli Noriega, Sr., Bisbee
152 — Lillian Gradillas-Flores, Jr., Mountain View
BOYS WRESTLING
Division I — Sunnyside
Individual
120 — James Armstrong, Sr., Sunnyside
126 — Sergio Vega, So., Sunnyside
132 — Carlos Stanton, So., Sunnyside
144 — Cristian Rivera, Jr., Sunnyside
157 — Job Lee, Sr., Sunnyside
165 — Mike Avelar, Sr., Sunnyside
175 — Nicholas, So., Sunnyside
Division II
Individual
132 — Daniel Miranda, Sr., Mountain View
215 — Kayden Luke, Jr., Canyon del Oro
Division III — Sahuarita
Individual
120 — Zachary Bates, Jr., Walden Grove
126 — Pedro Mendoza, So., Walden Grove
132 — Joshua Beans, Sr., Mica Mountain
138 — Christian Lopez, Sr., Sahuarita
150 — Gabriel Gallardo, So., Sahuarita
157 — Julian Prieto, Sr., Sahuarita
Division IV
Individual
113 — Raymond Garcia, Jr., San Manuel
157 — Oren Allsup, Jr., Willcox
165 — Kash Macumber, Jr., Willcox
215 — Ed Tingle, Jr., Willcox
SPIRITLINE
Division III & IV
Partner Stunt — Douglas
Co-Ed Cheer — Douglas
Division IV
Dance — Benson
Show Cheer — Benson
SPRING
BASEBALL
4A — Canyon del Oro
SOFTBALL
4A — Salpointe Catholic
3A — Sabino
GIRLS TENNIS
Division II — Catalina Foothills
BOYS TENNIS
Division II — Catalina Foothills
Doubles
Catalina Foothills (Jason Jia, So.; Santiago Lietzau, Jr.)
GIRLS TRACK & FIELD
Division II
Individual
1, 600 — Katherine McNulty, Fr., Catalina Foothills
3,200 — Katherine McNulty, Fr., Catalina Foothills
Relays
4X800 — Cienega (Natalie Flores, Sr.; Alexi Gonzales, Sr.; Rose Barlette, Fr.; Cassidy Davidson, Jr.)
Division III
Team
Salpointe Catholic
Individual
100 — Karsten Lewis, Fr., Canyon del Oro
300 Hurdles — Karsten Lewis, Fr., Canyon del Oro
400 — Taliyah Henderson, So., Salpointe Catholic
Triple Jump — Madison Martinez, Jr., Salpointe Catholic
Discus — Katrina Trahan, Jr., Canyon Del Oro
Long Jump — Becca Jasso, Jr., Salpointe Catholic
Division IV
Individual
100 — Lillian Zollicoffer, Sr., Palo Verde
200 — Lillian Zollicoffer, Sr., Palo Verde
Shot Put — Emerald Kwinn, Sr., Sabino
Division V
Individual
Pole Vault — Riann Cluff, Sr., Benson
200 — Maylee Thompson, Sr., Willcox
Javelin — Maylee Thompson, Sr. Willcox
BOYS TRACK & FIELD
OPEN DIVISION
Individual
High Jump — Nathaniel Curtiss, Rincon/University
3,200 — Brandon Martz, Catalina Foothills
DIVISIONAL
Division I
Individual
High Jump — Nathaniel Curtiss, Sr., Rincon/University
Division III
Team
Salpointe Catholic
Individual
800 — Diego Veliz, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
1,600 — Michael Urbanski, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
3,200 — Michael Urbanski, Sr., Salpointe Catholic
Discus — Richard Legarra, Sr., Flowing Wells
Relays
4X100 — Canyon del Oro (Jayden Payne, Fr.; Chance Cassell, Jr.; Nicolas Natale, Sr.; Jordan Thomas, Sr.)
4X400 — Salpointe Catholic (Nicolas Coonan-Bailey, Sr.; Cristiano Morales, Fr.,; Nathaniel Dyson, Jr.; Diego Veliz, Sr.)
4X800 — Salpointe Catholic (Nathan Lehrling, So.; Aric Accetta, So.; Nathaniel Dyson, Jr.; Diego Veliz, Sr.)
Division IV
Individual
3,200 — Myles Floyd, Jr., Pusch Ridge
Division V
High Jump — Malachi Keller, Jr., Tombstone
Discus — Landen Vance, Sr., Benson
Javelin — Koy Richardson, Sr., St. David
BEACH VOLLEYBALL
Division II — Salpointe Catholic
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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. He became an educator five years ago and is presently a special education teacher at Gallego Fine Arts Intermediate in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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