DIVISION II/SECTION IV AT FLOWING WELLS
Flowing Wells won its first wrestling section championship Saturday afternoon at home at the Division II, Section IV tournament since current UFC standout Dominick Cruz helped lead the Caballeros to a title in 2003. Flowing Wells took first place with 205.5 points, Mountain View came in second with 142 points and Canyon del Oro scored 138 points for third place.
10 Caballeros qualified for the state tournament with four section champions. Mountain View qualified seven wrestlers with three section champions and Canyon del Oro has seven wrestlers going to state including three section champions. Ironwood Ridge and Buena also qualified seven wrestlers.
“My son came up as a freshman and he pulled me back into the sport,” Flowing Wells head coach Robert Hernandez said. “I’ve been building for four years and when I got here we told the freshmen that we would hold the team together, we will build it together, and I’m not surprised.”
D2/S4 285: 1st Place – Jacob Acedo of Mountain View – Marana 2nd Place – Toafiaoalii Fruean of Buena 3rd Place – Leland Cevedia of Casa Grande 4th Place – Jacob Nilson of @FWCabsSports Flowing Wells https://t.co/TfLC45MARd pic.twitter.com/M4YVwUkPUS
— Andy Morales (@AndyMorales8) February 12, 2023
TEAM SCORES
1 Flowing Wells 205.5
2 Mountain View 142
3 Canyon del Oro 138
4 Ironwood Ridge 121.5
5 Buena 11
6 Cienega 10
7 Pueblo 8
8 Desert View 64
9 Casa Grande 39
10 Catalina Foothills 3
11 Cholla 2
12 Nogales 5
106 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Jayden Smith (Mountain View) 33-5, Jr. over Michael Corrow (Flowing Wells) 32-7, Jr. (Fall 3:47)
3rd Place Match
Riley Lord (Ironwood Ridge) 29-17, So. over Kyzer Tellez (Pueblo) 33-16, Sr. (Dec 5-2)
113 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Seferino de la Rosa (Flowing Wells) 25-5, Fr. over Ethan Anderson (Cienega) 19-11, So. (Fall 0:55)
3rd Place Match
Preston Fisher (Mountain View) 20-20, So. over Dominic Morse (Casa Grande) 10-7, Fr. (Fall 3:51)
120 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Robert Hernandez (Flowing Wells) 26-3, Sr. over Ronin Ramirez (Cienega) 21-12, Jr. (Fall 0:53)
3rd Place Match
Daniel Duarte (Pueblo) 30-14, So. over Emmanuel Mercado (Buena) 20-18, Fr. (Dec 16-11)
126 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Enzo Spina (Ironwood Ridge) 31-2, Sr. over Jaden Buchanan (Mountain View) 37-8, Sr. (TF-1.5 5:06 (15-0))
3rd Place Match
Josyah Leon (Flowing Wells) 35-10, Jr. over Rene Ochotorena (Desert View) 20-8, Sr. (Dec 8-5)
132 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Daniel Miranda (Mountain View) 41-2, Sr. over Duncan McIntyre (Canyon del Oro) 15-15, So. (Fall 0:19)
3rd Place Match
Jack Ferguson (Cienega) 25-13, Jr. over Zachary Martin (Buena) 5-9, Fr. (TF-1.5 3:15 (18-2))
138 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Atticus Comer (Canyon del Oro) 36-10, Jr. over Antonio Castro (Flowing Wells) 33-8, Jr. (MD 14-6)
3rd Place Match
Beau Blas (Mountain View) 30-16, So. over Hudson Haymore (Buena) 15-11, Fr. (Fall 0:58)
144 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Shiwoko Shiwoko (Desert View) 26-8, Sr. over Blake Sholl (Canyon del Oro) 31-10, Jr. (Fall 4:47)
3rd Place Match
Curtis Chase (Cienega) 9-4, Jr. over Josue Duarte (Pueblo) 26-15, Jr. (Dec 6-0)
150 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Jozeph Smith (Pueblo) 25-6, Fr. over Otto Hagele (Ironwood Ridge) 8-2, Sr. (Dec 8-6)
3rd Place Match
Oliver Ochsenfeld (Canyon del Oro) 27-11, Jr. over Zephaniah Jeffries (Buena) 24-10, Jr. (Fall 4:37)
157 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Charles Croci (Canyon del Oro) 44-4, Sr. over Kai Langlais (Ironwood Ridge) 32-11, Sr. (MD 23-9)
3rd Place Match
Richard Quiroz (Mountain View) 26-17, Jr. over Diego Acosta Fernandez (Flowing Wells) 22-14, Jr. (Fall 2:46)
165 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Adrian Parra (Flowing Wells) 43-5, Sr. over Cory Kaufmann (Buena) 34-8, Sr. (Dec 7-3)
3rd Place Match
Lincoln Torgeson (Ironwood Ridge) 34-13, Jr. over Ernesto Alvarez (Canyon del Oro) 12-3, Jr. (Fall 1:23)
175 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Nathaniel Angle (Buena) 29-7, Jr. over Alexander Coronado (Cholla) 13-4, Sr. (Fall 2:39)
3rd Place Match
Eric Salazar (Desert View) 9-3, Sr. over Colton Bidwell (Ironwood Ridge) 18-20, So. (Dec 6-2)
190 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Austin Ferguson (Flowing Wells) 22-6, Jr. over Max Tenery (Catalina Foothills) 16-7, Sr. (Fall 3:08)
3rd Place Match
Benjamin Ritchey (Cienega) 17-12, So. over Eduardo Salcedo (Ironwood Ridge) 4-5, So. (Fall 0:58)
215 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Kayden Luke (Canyon del Oro) 47-0, Jr. over Raymond Aragon (Flowing Wells) 24-10, Sr. (Inj. 0:00)
3rd Place Match
Adrian Berryhill (Cienega) 24-14, Fr. over Luke Luna (Casa Grande) 15-16, Sr. (Fall 1:29)
285 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Jacob Acedo (Mountain View) 50-1, Jr. over Toafiaoalii Fruean (Buena) 23-2, Sr. (Dec 4-2)
3rd Place Match
Leland Cevedia (Casa Grande) 20-6, So. over Jacob Nilson (Flowing Wells) 22-14, Jr. (Fall 1:53)
DIVISION III/SECTION IV AT SAHUARITA
Sahuarita held off Walden Grove 244 to 210.5 to capture the Division III, Section IV tournament Saturday afternoon at home. The Mustangs qualified 12 wrestlers for state including four section champions. This is the second region title for the Mustangs.
Walden Grove will be sending 11 wrestlers to state including four section champions and Mica Mountain has 11 state qualifiers.
Section Champs
106 Daniel Guerrero🥇
113 Sebastian Serrano🥇
138 Christian Lopez (4x)🥇🥇🥇🥇
150 Gabriel Gallardo (2x)🥇🥇 pic.twitter.com/QXAlIRBAlI— Mustang Wrestling🏆 (@Horsepwrwrestle) February 12, 2023
TEAM SCORES
1 Sahuarita 244
2 Walden Grove 210.5
3 Mica Mountain 188
4 Safford 165
5 Salpointe 52.5
6 Rio Rico 49
7 Empire 36
8 Sabino 33
9 Sahuaro 32.5
10 Douglas 24
11 Amphitheater 17
106 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Daniel Guerrero (Sahuarita) 21-3, So. over Che Jenkins (Salpointe) 57-2, So. (Dec 3-1)
3rd Place Match
Brett Bates (Walden Grove) 46-5, Fr. over Isac Contreras (Safford) 29-9, Fr. (Fall 4:59)
113 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Sebastian Serrano (Sahuarita) 31-5, Fr. over Isaac Gutierrez (Mica Mountain) 18-7, Sr. (Fall 3:55)
3rd Place Match
Jack Warren (Walden Grove) 6-8, Jr. over Jordan Wallen (Empire) 14-11, Sr. (Fall 2:49)
120 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Zachary Bates (Walden Grove) 44-5, Jr. over Justin Fox (Sahuarita) 43-5, Sr. (MD 10-0)
3rd Place Match
Nathan Hernandez (Mica Mountain) 36-17, Jr. over Raymond Contreras (Safford) 7-4, So. (Dec 5-1)
126 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Pedro Mendoza (Walden Grove) 37-4, So. over Anthony Garrobo (Safford) 31-3, Jr. (Fall 5:24)
3rd Place Match
Richard Galvan (Sahuarita) 24-9, Sr. over Joseph Chamberlain (Mica Mountain) 7-3, Sr. (MD 13-2)
132 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Joshua Beans (Mica Mountain) 42-8, Sr. over Isaiah Miller (Sahuarita) 40-6, Sr. (SV-1 8-6)
3rd Place Match
Channing Porter (Walden Grove) 21-5, Sr. over Teegan Baldwin (Safford) 7-7, So. (Dec 5-0)
138 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Christian Lopez (Sahuarita) 44-2, Sr. over Jaren Martin (Walden Grove) 23-12, Sr. (Fall 1:10)
3rd Place Match
Joseph Hernandez (Mica Mountain) 33-20, Fr. over Nathaniel Rodriguez (Safford) 12-8, So. (Dec 9-4)
144 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Enzo Morales (Walden Grove) 38-4, So. over Sergio Pena (Sahuarita) 25-6, So. (Dec 5-1)
3rd Place Match
Brent Richardson (Safford) 22-9, Jr. over Frederico Luna (Amphitheater) 24-16, Jr. (M. For.)
150 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Gabriel Gallardo (Sahuarita) 47-4, So. over Conner Hangartner (Mica Mountain) 40-12, So. (Fall 3:41)
3rd Place Match
Christian Gallardo (Walden Grove) 33-9, Sr. over Noah Dominguez (Safford) 15-11, Fr. (Fall 1:43)
157 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Esteban Carrillo (Walden Grove) 42-2, Sr. over Julian Prieto (Sahuarita) 41-9, Sr. (Dec 7-4)
3rd Place Match
Luke Cioe (Salpointe) 29-12, Sr. over Tyler Shumway (Mica Mountain) 35-17, So. (Dec 7-5)
165 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Kaleb Cordova (Safford) 25-0, Jr. over Adrian Nemer (Sahuarita) 36-13, Sr. (Dec 9-8)
3rd Place Match
Michael Arias (Mica Mountain) 19-6, Jr. over Gabriel Smith (Walden Grove) 22-15, Jr. (Fall 2:38)
175 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Gary Smith (Safford) 34-4, Jr. over Jacob Ford (Mica Mountain) 40-9, Sr. (Fall 2:26)
3rd Place Match
William Thwaits (Sahuarita) 27-10, Fr. over Riley Zwickl (Empire) 29-11, Sr. (Fall 1:40)
190 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Asa Fish (Sahuaro) 44-5, Sr. over Damien Castro (Douglas) 16-7, Jr. (Fall 2:16)
3rd Place Match
Geovanie Randall (Mica Mountain) 36-17, Jr. over Luke Lambert (Empire) 17-9, Jr. (Dec 8-7)
215 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Zach Shumway (Mica Mountain) 44-5, Jr. over Orlando Gonzalez (Salpointe) 28-8, Jr. (Fall 3:25)
3rd Place Match
Malcolm Williams (Sahuarita) 30-15, Jr. over Brandon Aguilar (Safford) 14-4, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:59 (17-0))
285 WEIGHT CLASS
1st Place Match
Jesse Octavio-Callejo (Rio Rico) 39-5, Sr. over William Urbina (Sabino) 18-4, Sr. (Fall 1:31)
3rd Place Match
Trever Sanchez (Safford) 18-8, Jr. over Sal Nieves (Walden Grove) 35-10, So. (Fall 2:12)
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Named one of “Arizona’s Heart & Sol” by KOLD and Casino del Sol, Andy Morales was recognized by the AIA as the top high school reporter in 2014, he was awarded the Ray McNally Award in 2017 and a 2019 AZ Education News recognition. He was 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 and his unique perspective can only be found here and on AZPreps365.com. Andy is a 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. He earned a Distinguished Service Award from Amphitheater and he was recognized by City Councilman Richard Fimbres. Contact Andy Morales at amoralesmytucson@yahoo.com
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