Sergio Vega’s 2024 continues to be one of the best for a high school athlete in Southern Arizona history.
Vega, a senior at Sunnyside High School, added to his prestigious accomplishments by winning the Super 32 Challenge championship at 138 pounds Sunday at the event in Greensboro, N.C.
Vega dominated Dalton Perry of Renovo, Pa., by a major decision of 18-5.
Perry has committed to Penn State while Vega, a 4.0 GPA student, has announced he is bound for Cornell.
Vega’s achievements this year:
— Earned his third straight state championship with Sunnyside in February
— Won the National High School Coaches Association (NHSCA) Nationals title in April
— Finished third at the U20 World Team Trials in June
— Captured the USA Wrestling’s Fargo (N.D.) Junior Freestyle National Championships over Drew Gorman of Buford, Ga., in July
— Beat Gorman, a Virginia Tech commit, again in the Who’s Number One folkstyle event in September
He also earned a title at the Reno Tournament of Champions last December and reached the Super 32 finals last year, defeating Ohio State freshman Ben Davino in the process.
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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 in 2016 and is presently a special education teacher at Sunnyside High School in the Sunnyside Unified School District.
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