Canyon View held off Kofa 217 to 160 to capture the first team championship in program history. The team took runner-up finishes the last two years heading up to this victory. The Jaguars were led by junior Gabriel Ramirez (120) who won his third championship. The Jaguars had five state champions and 10 placers. Kofa took third place last year.

“Last year we lost by a point and a half and had a point deduction at the end,” Canyon View coach Joseph Ortiz said. “So we lost by a half a point. It was tough. Our guys are self-motivated. We let last year be last year. We looked at it as a learning experience. We had to go through what we went through last year in order to get to this point. We learned a lot about ourselves last year. We weren’t as mentally tough as we were this year. And I think our maturity showed this year in the blood rounds, in the consolation semis, and we went five for five in the finals. So I think having gone through last year, having to grow up, I think it was great. It was a hard learning lesson.”

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Ortiz's nephew Gunnar of Liberty High placed third at 113 in Division I at state Saturday. 

Canyon View wrestling coach Joseph Ortiz with his nephew Gunnar. (Photo courtesy of Alex Ortiz) 

Canyon del Oro standout Kayden Luke won his second state championship and he is now off to play football for the University of Arizona.

 

TEAM STANDINGS

1 Canyon View 217

2 Kofa 160.5

3 Williams Field 128.5

 

MULTIPLE D-II STATE CHAMPIONS

120 Gabriel Ramirez, Jr. Canyon View (2022, 2023, 2024)

 

157 Pablo Macias, Sr. Ironwood (2022, 2023, 2024)

215 Kayden Luke, Sr. Canyon del Oro (2023, 2024)

 

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONSHIPS

D2-106: Christopher Ramirez (Canyon View) 36-6, Fr. over Daniel Alire (Kofa) 51-6, Jr. (Dec 10-8)

D2-113: Michael Corrow (Flowing Wells) 51-4, Sr. over Dominic Calvillo (Canyon del Oro) 23-9, Sr. (Fall 2:35)

D2-120: Gabriel Ramirez (Canyon View) 41-4, Jr. over Izayah Magdaleno (Williams Field) 51-4, Jr. (Dec 10-3)

D2-126: Giovanni Martinez Chavez (Canyon View) 24-3, Sr. over Anthony Lopez (Ironwood) 45-6, So. (Dec 7-3)

D2-132: Matthew Hernandez (Horizon) 34-3, Sr. over Jose Gael Moreno (Kofa) 52-10, Jr. (Dec 6-4)

D2-138: Giosue Hickman (Canyon View) 29-3, Sr. over Samuel Kisting (Williams Field) 52-3, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

D2-144: Ian Grubbs (Cactus Shadows) 47-2, Sr. over Jesse Cooper (Centennial) 38-13, Sr. (Dec 9-5)

D2-150: Shawn Bamba (Ironwood) 32-2, Sr. over Curtis Chase (Cienega) 39-10, Sr. (Fall 2:00)

D2-157: Pablo Macias (Ironwood) 52-0, Sr. over Michael Maselli (Williams Field) 47-12, Sr. (TF-1.5 4:00 (20-4))

D2-165: Adrian Calleros (Kofa) 31-9, Sr. over Oliver Ochsenfeld (Canyon Del Oro) 48-8, Sr. (SV-1 5-3)

D2-175: Rylan Taylor (Kellis) 39-5, Jr. over Andrew Mask (Campo Verde) 38-5, Sr. (Dec 15-8)

D2-190: Sir Friday (Canyon View) 28-6, Sr. over Loren Phillips (Kofa) 17-5, Sr. (MD 16-6)

D2-215: Kayden Luke (Canyon del Oro) 23-2, Sr. over Tristan Bacon (Kellis) 41-5, Jr. (Fall 3:07)

D2-285: Jacob Acedo (Mountain View Marana) 48-0, Sr. over Jace Langley (Centennial) 30-8, So. (Fall 1:42)

azpreps365.com's Jose Garcia contributed to this article.