PHOENIX — After the clock ran out on the sixth and final Canyon View state individual title Feb. 22, the owner of that title raised his fists toward Jaguar fans in the Veterans Coliseum crowd.
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Wrestling: Canyon View boys roll to 2nd straight title
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Canyon View junior Tavier Garcia looks toward coaches and an official as he tries to pin Arizona College Prep’s Gavin Sisamount in his 165-pound final at the Arizona state wrestling championships Feb. 22 in Phoenix. Garcia didn’t get the pin, but he was one of six Canyon View boys to win individual state titles at the tourney as the Jaguars rolled to their second consecutive Division II state team title.
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Canyon View wrestlers and coaches pose with their Division II team championship banner and trophy Feb. 22. Six Canyon View boys won individual state titles at the tourney to lead the Jaguars to their second consecutive D-II title.
PHOENIX — After the clock ran out on the sixth and final Canyon View state individual title Feb. 22, the owner of that title raised his fists toward Jaguar fans in the Veterans Coliseum crowd.
It was a simple-yet-powerful gesture that symbolizes how much the Jaguar boys have taken over the Division II Arizona wrestling world the past few years.
Tavier Garcia finished off his 165-pound final — a major-decision 12-2 win over a 45-win Arizona College Prep opponent — with the kind of calm energy the Jaguars displayed throughout the last day of the state tournament.
The Jags’ six state champions and 10 top-six placers paced them to a domination of Division II. Canyon View’s 239.5 team points were nearly double the 120.5 of runner-up Campo Verde.
Coach Joey Ortiz, who earned a state award for helping lead the Jags to their first state team title a year ago, said the focus this year has been less about accolades and more about self-improvement.
“This is a special group of guys that are self-motivated,” Ortiz said. “We have a strength and conditioning program that’s pretty good. We really push the idea of wrestling to the best of one’s ability.”
Ortiz said he hopes CVHS teams can keep a “tidal wave” going in terms of excelling at as many sports as possible.
On the final day of state, sophomore Chris Ramirez won the team’s first 2025 state title of the afternoon when he pinned his 113-pound finals opponent in the second round.
At 120 pounds, Breidyn Ralls capped his freshman year with a hard-earned decision over a Buena opponent.
Gabriel Ramirez then capped a 50-win senior season with a late pin of his 126-pound finals foe. Ramirez pinned all four of his state-tourney opponents.
Matthew Krawczenko, at 132, also pinned all four of his opponents at state, including a 93-second pin in the final.
Charles Laws-Albano closed out his career as a Jaguar with a 4-2 win in the 150 final to win another state title. That was easily his closest match of state.
Garcia then wrapped up the titles with his win at 165.
Two other Jaguars made their finals. Kolton Frye was the runner-up at 106 pounds. Freshman Steven Robles, at 138, couldn’t quite beat undefeated Anthony Lopez in their final, though Robles gave the Ironwood junior all he could handle, losing 12-7.
Freshman Brody Wiora bounced back from a first-round loss at 157, eventually capturing fifth place.
Jason W. Brooks is a News editor for the Daily Independent and the Chandler Independent.
He covers the Chandler area for both yourvalley.net and the monthly print edition while writing for and assisting in the production of the Daily Independent.
Brooks is a well-traveled journalist who has documented life in small American communities in nearly all U.S. time zones.
Born in Washington, D.C. and raised there and in suburban Los Angeles, he has covered community news in California, New Mexico, Arkansas, Iowa, Nebraska and northern Arizona.
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