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Fountain Hills native wins NAIA national title

4/6/2024
Three-time NAIA All-American Stefana Jelacic won the 101-pound weight class at the NAIA wrestling National Championships on March 9, 2024. Raised in Fountain Hills, Jelacic already made history …

Basha girls, Casteel boys shine for CUSD at state …

2/21/2024
PHOENIX — Several Chandler Unified School District wrestlers made statements about the strength of their programs in the Feb. 15-17 state championships at Veterans Coliseum. In girls …

Shadow Ridge wrestlers place 11th at state

2/20/2024
Things don’t go quite as well for hoped for Shadow Ridge’s wrestlers at the Feb. 15 through 17 state wrestling championships, but the Stallions still managed a strong showing at Veterans Coliseum.

Canyon View boys roll to first state wrestling title

2/18/2024
PHOENIX — When Canyon Vista’s four state champions won their title matches Saturday, they each chose to leap into their coach’s arms. It made it easier on their coach that none …

Liberty girls win 3rd consecutive state wrestling …

2/18/2024
PHOENIX — The Liberty girls wrestling team found itself in one of the closest team points races of all the divisions in this weekend’s state championships. Turns out the Lions want …

VIDEO: Active involvement, selfless approach makes for …

11/29/2023
The son of a sheep herder, Bobby Gonzalo spent his early years in a Peoria that probably wouldn’t be recognizable to the average resident today, one that was still steeped in its agricultural ways.

Chandler coach to receive national honor

9/12/2023
Chandler High School wrestling coach Vidal Mejia will be inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame – Arizona Chapter in a Nov. 12 ceremony. Mejia took over as head coach of the …

Ironwood wrestling star pins down team's 1st state …

3/21/2023
Much like the school itself Ironwood High’s wrestling program was built brick by brick, though getting the wrestling program operating at a high level took decades. So it’s only …

Shadow Ridge junior wresting duo emerges as champs

3/7/2023
Shadow Ridge wrestler Ammon Passey made a jump in his junior year, rising from fourth place in Division I in the 144 pound class, to state champion at 150 pounds. The only thing that could …

Valley Vista wrestler aims for more honors on Reyes …

1/28/2023
They are not related, but Valley Vista wrestling coach Jacob Reyes and senior ace Eddie Reyes want to see their shared last name double in the school record books. Ten years ago, Jacob Reyes won …

Liberty girls wrestling team crashes national top 10

1/13/2023
Newspapers and web sites have tried to come up with definitive national high school poll for football longer than any other sport. Conversely, girls wrestling is the newest sport with a U.S. ranking, …

World record pullup attempt May 26-27 in Phoenix

5/24/2022
Anthony Robles, Mesa High School wrestling coach, will attempt to break the Guinness World Records title for the number of pullups in a 24-hour period on Thursday, May 26. The current record is 7,715 …