Mesa Mountain View won the boys Diego Gadea Wrestling Invitational
January 23, 2022 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365
25 teams on the boy’s side and 13 from the girls took part in the Diego Gadea Invitational hosted by Salpointe on Friday and Saturday. All of the bouts were competed mats placed outside in Ed Doherty Stadium.
Mesa Mountain View scored 218 points to take the championship from Sahuarita (195.5). Mountain View is a Division I program and Sahuarita is expected to compete for the D-III crown in February. Poston Butte won the girl’s tournament, 60 to 52 over Canyon del Oro.
Sectionals for the Girls are scheduled for Feb. 5 and the Boys will compete for a shot at stet on the Feb.12. The state tournament is slated for the Arizona Veterans Memorial Coliseum with all placing matches and finals taking place on Saturday, Feb, 19.
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BOYS TEAM SCORES
1 Mesa Mountain View 218
2 Sahuarita 195.5
3 Silver, NM 167
4 Cienega 144.5
5 Mica Mountain 141
6 Walden Grove 132
7 Hamilton 124
8 Cesar Chavez 123.5
9 Campo Verde 120
10 Miami 105
11 Canyon Del Oro 103
11 Pima 103
13 Poston Butte 100
14 Salpointe 82.5
15 Desert View 75
16 Cobre, NM 63
17 Tucson 57
18 Pueblo 56
19 Empire 53.5
20 Chaparral 37
21 Coolidge 36
22 Catalina Foothills 27.5
23 Douglas 19
24 Sahuaro 14.5
25 Eastmark 12
Che Jenkins earned lower weight Outstanding Wrestler at the Diego Gadea for Salpointe #azpreps365 pic.twitter.com/cxnuxJsdMM
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) January 23, 2022
BOYS CHAMPIONSHIP FINALS
106: Che Jenkins (Salpointe) 26-5, Fr. over Jack Warren (Walden G) 28-9, So. (Fall 3:36)
113: Zachary Bates (Walden Grove) 44-2, So. over Diego Pena (Miami) 14-1 (Fall 0:50)
120: Andru Gomez (Salpointe) 34-5, Sr. over Colin Ugalde (Hamilton) 27-5, Jr. (Dec 3-2)
126: Sergio Pena (Sahuarita) 40-3, Fr. over Carlos Grijalua (Chavez) 22-4, Sr. (Fall 1:51)
132: Brenden Olsen (Silver) 19-2, Sr. over Jaden Galindo (Chavez) 26-3, Sr. (Fall 5:28)
138: Cesar Avelar (Chavez) 13-0, Sr. over Joseph Misitano (Campo V) 28-1, Sr. (Dec 3-2)
144: Gabriel Gallardo (Sahuarita) 43-1, Fr. over Enzo Morales (Walden G) 32-4, Fr. (Dec 9-8)
150: Charles Croci (CDO) 32-3, Jr. over Mason Palmer (Pima) 34-4, Sr. (Dec 8-4)
157: Julian Prieto (Sahuarita) 37-8, Jr. over Esteban Carrillo (Walden G) 31-7, Jr. (MD 16-8)
165: Braden Peglow (Empire) 32-2, Sr. over Piercen Stahle (M Mtn V) 29-7, Sr. (MD 9-1)
175: Gunnar Luke (M Mtn View) 37-2, Sr. over Gavin Aguirre (Silver) 15-4, Jr. (Fall 4:44)
190: Ritchie McCormack (Cienega) 32-3, Sr. over Jarrett Huber (M Mtn V) 38-4, Jr. (Fall 1:20)
215: Levi Pannell (Sahuarita) 37-4, Sr. over Jacob Halbison (Silver) 10-2, Jr. (Inj. 4:45)
285: Marley Gutierrez (Silver) 14-4, Sr. over Malachi Fields (Chavez) 9-3, Jr. (Fall 4:48)
215: Levi Pannell, Sahuarita over Jacob Halbison, Silver NM. 285: Marley Gutierrez, Silver over Malachi Fields, Cesar Chavez #azpreps365 #DiegoGadea https://t.co/rqCqtOHeQM pic.twitter.com/pJacGmj7Jx
— Andy Morales (@AZPreps365Andy) January 23, 2022