Sunnyside wins team title, while 12 individuals can call themselves state champions
Payson pays homage to a former champ and coach, while Morenci wins it all, and the number of Crosby state championship titles continues to grow
Wrestling
Sunnyside freshman and Desert Ridge junior win respective semifinal matches to make the Division I state title match
Safford will be represented in first three weight classes in the Division III finals; two injuries ended DI wrestlers' seasons; no four-timers and a coach returns to the corner chair
14 undefeated remain
The boys state wrestling tournament is full of emotion, highlights, redemption, upsets and comebacks as Sunnyside, Canyon View, Sahuarita, and Santa Cruz grab leads after Day 2
Returning champions, the undefeated and state qualifiers
Only handful of brackets saw the top seeds make the semifinals as brutal regular season creates unpredictable first day of action at Veteran's Memorial Coliseum
With a crowned champion and two state qualifiers, the Hawks head into the postseason with confidence
Wrestling coaches and former state champions have varying ideas of the traits needed to be a state champions, but all agree it starts with the confidence it will happen
Female role models in wrestling used to be scarce but the rise in Arizona wrestling has created an opportunity to inspire next generation
All the team section winners
Every program approaches the season differently, meaning someone with more defeats against top competition is more prepared than a wrestler with a sterling record but an easy schedule
The Tigers lost their top player but enter the regular season playing for a region title, while boys wrestling in AZ competes for state title bids, numbers retired
Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith (Pueblo), Daesiah Varner (Cienega) and Madelyn Oliver (Franklin) are two-time champions
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