Sunnyside sweeps team championships at the Flowing Wells Invitational

January 17, 2026 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365


The Sunnyside boys won their 36th championship at the 59th Annual Flowing Wells Invitational. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

59TH ANNUAL FLOWING WELLS INVITATIONAL

Jan. 16-17 at Flowing Wells High School

 

The Sunnyside boys coasted to the 36th team championship in program history at the 59th Annual Flowing Wells Invitational held Friday and Saturday in Tucson. The Blue Devils held off Neosho 301.5 to 239.5 for the team title. Neosha came in with nine state championships in Missouri dating back to 2008 and Sunnyside has 38 team championships dating back to 1979, including the last eight in a row.

The Sunnyside girls overcame a slight deficit heading into the semifinal round on Saturday to beat Colorado power Chatfield 196 to 162.5. This is the second team championship for the Blue Devils, having won previously in 2024. This is the seventh year for girl’s competition at the Flowing Wells Invitational.

In all, seven state champions won individual titles at the Flowing Wells Invitational including currently undefeated athletes Ryder Schulte of Liberty (27-0) and Daesiah Varner of Cienega (27-0).

 

BOYS STATE CHAMPIONS

132: Romeo Chavez, Jr. Santa Cruz (19-3)

150: Xavier Chavez, Jr. Sunnyside (16-4) (2X)

175: Ryder Schulte, So. Liberty (27-0)

285: Zayne Candelaria, Sr. Sunnyside (33-3) (2X)

 

GIRLS STATE CHAMPIONS

165: Chloe Gatrost, Jr. Centennial (13-1)

185: Faith Stevenson, Jr. Liberty (24-1)

235: Daesiah Varner, Jr. Cienega (27-0) (2X)

 

BOYS TEAM TOP TEN

1 Sunnyside 301.5

2 Neosho (MO) 239.5

3 Liberty 206.5

4 Chatfield (CO) 169.5

5 Santa Cruz 146.5

6 Flowing Wells 142

7 Cienega 118

8 Gila Ridge 116

8 Somerton 116

10 El Paso Eastwood 113

 

 

BOYS INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

 

106

1st Place Match

Hector Ortiz (El Paso Eastwood) 31-1, Jr. over Jack Thrush (Sunnyside) 29-5, Fr. (Dec 4-0)

3rd Place Match

Alejandro de la Rosa (Flowing Wells) 15-1, Fr. over Marztian Ioanis (Neosho) 27-4, So. (Dec 10-3)

5th Place Match

Landon Edwards (Mica Mountain) 29-8, So. over Ayden Sevilla (Gila Ridge) 18-5, Fr. (Dec 3-2)

 

113

1st Place Match

Malik Hoskins (Sunnyside) 27-2, So. over Jayden Preston (Somerton) 34-1, So. (TF-1.5 5:55 (20-4))

3rd Place Match

Luke Ferguson (Cienega) 37-7, So. over Carson Corrow (Flowing Wells) 14-2, Jr. (SV-1 9-6)

5th Place Match

Jonathan Avery (Centennial) 21-9, Sr. over Isaac Bravo (Mica Mountain) 21-13, Jr. (SV-1 12-9)

 

120

1st Place Match

Francisco Miranda (Sunnyside) 5-0, Sr. over Cannon Farrar (Gila Ridge) 14-1, Jr. (Dec 7-2)

3rd Place Match

Sebastian Ioanis (Neosho) 31-5, Jr. over Colin George (Chatfield) 28-7, Sr. (Dec 4-1)

5th Place Match

D`Angelo Zuniga (El Paso Pebble Hills) 37-8, So. over Diego Diaz (Canyon del Oro) 14-11, Jr. (MD 13-4)

 

126

1st Place Match

Brett Bates (Walden Grove) 41-0, Sr. over Carson Miles (Liberty) 28-3, Jr. (MD 8-0)

3rd Place Match

Jiovanni Chavez (Santa Cruz) 27-2, Jr. over Luke Gomez (Chatfield) 33-5, Jr. (Dec 9-7)

5th Place Match

Manuel Granillo (Desert View) 21-4, Sr. over Diego Felix (Somerton) 32-7, Jr. (Dec 9-8)

 

132

1st Place Match

Romeo Chavez (Santa Cruz) 19-3, Jr. over Bobby Robles (Sunnyside) 26-4, Jr. (Dec 4-2)

3rd Place Match

Seferino de la Rosa (Flowing Wells) 17-1, Sr. over Brody Mitchell (Neosho) 25-9, Sr. (Dec 13-8)

5th Place Match

Wyatt Jones (Liberty) 16-7, Sr. over Luis Garcia (Cienega) 17-8, Sr. (MD 16-3)

 

138

1st Place Match

David Elias (Kofa) 22-0, Jr. over Alex Rodriguez (Chatfield) 34-2, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

3rd Place Match

Kelton Shaffer (Neosho) 23-6, Jr. over Andrew Tarango (El Paso Eastwood) 39-3, Jr. (SV-1 9-2)

5th Place Match

Jose Perez (Somerton) 31-5, Fr. over Michael Pabustan (Liberty) 4-4, So. (Fall 2:09)

 

144

1st Place Match

Carmine Cruz (Sunnyside) 30-5, Jr. over Gabriel Rodriguez (El Paso Pebble Hills) 23-4, Sr. (Fall 2:23)

3rd Place Match

Daniel McDaniel (Gila Ridge) 8-3, Jr. over Jayden Berry (Cienega) 28-12, Sr. (MD 9-1)

5th Place Match

Jose Polino (Somerton) 24-9, Jr. over Evan Bustamante (Walden Grove) 13-11, Jr. (Fall 3:38)

 

150

1st Place Match

Xavier Chavez (Sunnyside) 16-4, Jr. over Kade Aguirre (Silver) 26-1, Jr. (TF-1.5 5:04 (18-3))

3rd Place Match

Raidyn Tanaka (Gila Ridge) 19-2, So. over Trenton Moret (Chatfield) 24-13, Sr. (MD 12-1)

5th Place Match

David Luke (Canyon del Oro) 30-8, Sr. over Christian Snyder (Cactus Shadows) 23-6, Fr. (Fall 2:08)

 

157

1st Place Match

Carter Howard (Neosho) 28-2, Sr. over Christian Marsh (Sahuaro) 20-1, Sr. (Fall 3:46)

3rd Place Match

Diego Ramirez (El Paso Pebble Hills) 38-5, Sr. over Mariano Chavez (Canyon del Oro) 30-10, Jr. (TF-1.5 3:45 (16-0))

5th Place Match

Armando Mesa (Sunnyside) 25-7, Sr. over Justice Hoover (Desert View) 14-5, So. (Dec 7-1)

 

165

1st Place Match

Dominic Meli (Chatfield) 34-2, Jr. over Lincoln Howard (Neosho) 28-4, Jr. (MD 14-4)

3rd Place Match

Ryland Moss (Liberty) 23-4, Jr. over Jozeph Smith (Pueblo) 43-2, Sr. (MD 15-3)

5th Place Match

Isaac Lugo (Sahuaro) 22-4, Sr. over Lucas Hager (Mica Mountain) 22-6, Sr. (M. For.)

 

175

1st Place Match

Ryder Schulte (Liberty) 27-0, So. over Yassael Gonzalez (Sunnyside) 29-5, Sr. (MD 13-3)

3rd Place Match

Kaymon Rhone (Neosho) 17-4, Sr. over Diego Ibarra (Santa Cruz) 13-2, So. (Fall 1:51)

5th Place Match

Raul Solis (El Paso Eastwood) 32-7, Sr. over Michael Ortega (Desert View) 18-5, Sr. (SV-1 4-1)

 

190

1st Place Match

Zandon Hopson (Liberty) 26-2, Jr. over Lucas Mata (Sunnyside) 31-5, Sr. (Dec 13-8)

3rd Place Match

Chase Kivett (Neosho) 30-3, Sr. over Christian Maynes (Silver) 22-6, Sr. (TF-1.5 2:40 (18-0))

5th Place Match

Joshua Petty (Flowing Wells) 45-2, Sr. over Ryder Hoffschneider (Chatfield) 20-2, So. (M. For.)

 

215

1st Place Match

Jeremy Leblanc (Liberty) 26-2, Sr. over Robert Ibarra (Santa Cruz) 22-2, Jr. (Fall 1:47)

3rd Place Match

Logan Whitacre (Kofa) 24-3, Sr. over Adrian Berryhill (Cienega) 34-5, Sr. (Dec 5-4)

5th Place Match

Zacary Adams (El Paso Eastwood) 28-8, Jr. over Dayton Kivett (Neosho) 23-9, Sr. (Fall 3:22)

 

285

1st Place Match

Zayne Candelaria (Sunnyside) 33-3, Sr. over Jax Finch (Cactus Shadows) 28-1, Sr. (Dec 8-4)

3rd Place Match

Layne James (Santa Cruz) 27-2, Fr. over Andrei Davis-Lopez (Cienega) 35-4, Sr. (Fall 2:06)

5th Place Match

Isaac Ledezma (Deming) 20-3, Sr. over Joshua Finch logan (Brophy) 7-3, Sr. (Dec 6-3)

 

Sunnyside girls. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

GIRLS TEAM TOP TEN

1 Sunnyside 196

2 Chatfield (CO) 162.5

3 El Paso Eastwood 141

4 Mountain View Marana 128.5

5 Canyon View 126

6 Cienega 123.5

7 Centennial 102.5

8 Olathe (CO) 99

9 Liberty 95

10 Somerton 87.5

11 Mesa 86

 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

 

100

1st Place Match

Isela Villalobos (Sunnyside) 37-3, Sr. over Samantha Rodriguez (Canyon View) 26-4, Sr. (Dec 8-1)

3rd Place Match

Eden Cordero (Silver, NM) 17-6, Sr. over Anastasija Sanchez (Cactus Shadows) 12-10, So. (Fall 2:18)

5th Place Match

Khloe Gonzales (Olathe) 16-4, Fr. over Laila Beltran (Mica Mountain) 32-7, Sr. (M. For.)

 

107

1st Place Match

Allessandra Toscano (El Paso Eastwood) 28-2, So. over Lola Gonzales (Chatfield) 22-1, Jr. (Fall 0:42)

3rd Place Match

Madi Haywood (Chatfield) 20-5, Jr. over Carina Alde (Cienega) 35-10, Sr. (Fall 1:48)

5th Place Match

Samantha Cornfield (Mesa) 23-4, Sr. over Bianca Rivera (Canyon View) 29-10, Sr. (Fall 4:04)

 

114

1st Place Match

Hailey Delgado (El Paso Eastwood) 41-0, So. over Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith (Pueblo) 32-1, Jr. (MD 8-0)

3rd Place Match

Ameerah Colon (Tempe) 23-3, Sr. over Mia Truesdale (Chatfield) 22-6, Jr. (Dec 6-1)

5th Place Match

Skylar Kool (ALA - Anthem South) 19-5, Jr. over Gianna Rosales (Mountain View) 21-10, So. (Fall 1:42)

 

120

1st Place Match

Nayeli Ortiz (El Paso Eastwood) 37-6, So. over Briella Reynoso (Somerton) 28-6, So. (Fall 1:48)

3rd Place Match

Olivia Gonzalez (Canyon View) 32-11, Jr. over Georgia Barron (Gila Ridge) 19-4, So. (MD 11-1)

5th Place Match

Sariah Moreno (Sunnyside) 25-10, So. over Raelyn Scott (Chatfield) 16-11, So. (MD 11-0)

 

126

1st Place Match

Riella Garza (Sunnyside) 41-5, Fr. over Luna Leon Mange (Mesa) 16-7, Sr. (Fall 2:36)

3rd Place Match

Lindsey Sanchez (Mountain View) 24-6, Jr. over Nevaeh Cortez (Olathe) 18-4, So. (Fall 1:57)

5th Place Match

Lucille Cammilleri (Chatfield) 15-10, Jr. over Sade Peters (Cactus Shadows) 9-5, Sr. (MFFL)

 

132

1st Place Match

Magali Terrazas-Arzate (Liberty) 18-4, Sr. over Alivia Fernandez (Canyon View) 29-9, Sr. (Dec 9-2)

3rd Place Match

Siana Carabeo (Mountain View) 24-9, Sr. over Natalie Maley (Chatfield) 15-8, Jr. (SV-1 6-3)

5th Place Match

Zoe Chamberlin (Chatfield) 20-11, Jr. over Alyna Ybarra (Sunnyside) 30-13, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

 

138

1st Place Match

Laura Almanza (Deming) 23-1, Sr. over Jaylean Alfaro (Sunnyside) 30-2, Sr. (TB-1 3-2)

3rd Place Match

Kinzley Sanchez (Canyon View) 25-7, So. over Lauren Scott (Chatfield) 18-7, Sr. (Fall 1:27)

5th Place Match

Taylor Wolf (Canyon del Oro) 28-4, Sr. over Amirah Castillo Sarabia (El Paso Eastwood) 18-13, Sr. (Fall 2:50)

 

145

1st Place Match

Ryen Hickey (Chatfield) 18-0, Sr. over Isabella Santamaria (Walden Grove) 3-1, So. (Fall 2:17)

3rd Place Match

Ayden Quinones (El Paso Pebble Hills) 38-1, Sr. over Karlie Schneider (Sahuaro) 22-4, Sr. (TF-1.5 3:10 (17-0))

5th Place Match

Hayden Smith (Mountain View) 26-3, Sr. over Leah Vasquez (Sunnyside) 20-12, So. (SV-1 6-3)

 

152

1st Place Match

Jazlene Wyatt (Sunnyside) 22-4, Sr. over Peyton Cannon (Mountain View) 8-3, Jr. (Fall 1:41)

3rd Place Match

Illeana Diaz (Olathe) 12-6, Sr. over Ileana Navarro Quintana (Centennial) 10-6, Sr. (Fall 1:34)

5th Place Match

Lily Kostur (Cienega) 25-6, Sr. over Morgun Micheals (River Valley) 10-7, Fr. (Fall 4:22)

 

165

1st Place Match

Chloe Gatrost (Centennial) 13-1, Jr. over Madelyn Oliver (Ben Franklin) 15-1, Jr. (SV-1 6-3)

3rd Place Match

Alezandra Robles (Sunnyside) 31-4, Sr. over Alexandria Lemasters (Cienega) 34-7, Sr. (Fall 0:32)

5th Place Match

Isabella Moreno (El Paso Eastwood) 31-5, Jr. over Jasmine Monroe (Tempe) 20-8, Jr. (Fall 2:38)

 

185

1st Place Match

Faith Stevenson (Liberty) 24-1, Jr. over Isabella Giza (Cactus) 14-1, Jr. (Fall 4:00)

3rd Place Match

Annette Preston (Somerton) 21-1, Fr. over Sunny Robles (Sunnyside) 20-11, So. (Fall 2:30)

5th Place Match

Asia Dansby (Tolleson) 30-4, Sr. over Yaretzi Haro (Centennial) 8-6, Sr. (MFFL)

 

235

1st Place Match

Daesiah Varner (Cienega) 27-0, Jr. over Camille Gatrost (Centennial) 22-3, So. (Dec 6-0)

3rd Place Match

Jessica Pyatt (El Paso Pebble Hills) 27-6, Jr. over Avery Trujillo (Mica Mountain) 19-9, Jr. (Fall 0:58)

5th Place Match

Gianna Anaya (Somerton) 15-6, Fr. over Bailey Ensley (River Valley) 10-3, Fr. (Dec 3-0)