Sunnyside cruised to a 257.5 to 180 win over Cienega to claim the Division II, Section I championship held at Flowing Wells High School on Saturday and the margin of victory by the Blue Devils was the biggest in Division II, with Ironwood squeaking past Centennial 146.5 to 146 in Section II, Millennium getting past Kellis 153 to 148.5 in Section III and Campo Verde beating Williams Field 200.5 to 171 in Section IV.

To put this in perspective, Sunnyside won the 2018 Division I state championship over Cibola 193 to 164 and Millennium finished in 24th place with 12 points. Sunnyside and Millennium were moved down from D-I to D-II this year along with other state teams Horizon (9th) and Desert Mountain (23rd) while the D-II state champion Queen Creek was moved up to D-I along with the D-II state runner-up, Liberty.

Cienega took third place in Division II last year, Williams Field came in fourth, Mountain View Marana took fifth and Campo Verde came in sixth. With Queen Creek and Liberty out of the equation, it’s going to be very difficult for a team to get past the Blue Devils once again.

The Blue Devils will send 13 wrestlers to state while Cienega, Williams Field will send 11, Mountain View and Ironwood Ridge will send ten, Centennial will send nine, Ironwood and Millennium will send eight. Campo Verde will also send 13 wrestlers to state and the Coyotes appear to be in the best position to challenge the Blue Devils but Campo Verde came away with five individual titles while Sunnyside came away with seven with two-time state champion Jesse Ybarra (37-2) forfeiting his bout in the 126-pound division.

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Two-time state champion Marcus Castillo (54-0) earned another section title for Mountain View and he will be a returning state champion along with Ybarra, Nathan Smith (42-5) of Williams Field (132), Daunte Cartwright (31-1) of Camelback (113) and Tarik Sutkovic (48-1) of Ironwood (220). Castillo wrestled at 138 last year but his move to 132 sets up a possible clash with Smith this year.

Flowing Wells senior Brandon Lee brought some excitement to the home crowd with a championship in the 106-pound division. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365.com)

 

DIVISION II/SECTION I

 

TEAM SCORES

1 Sunnyside 257.5

2 Cienega 180.0

3 Mountain View Marana 169.5

4 Ironwood Ridge 153.0

5 Buena 71.0

6 Desert View 64.0

7 Empire 47.0

8 Marana 34.5

9 Flowing Wells 31.0

10 Nogales 18.0

11 Cholla 13.0

12 Rincon/UHS 0.0

 

INDIVIDUAL RESULTS

 

106

1st Place Match

Brandon Lee (Flowing Wells) 42-9, Sr. over Victor Lopez (Sunnyside) 35-10, So. (Fall 5:46)

3rd Place Match

Zane Almon (Mountain View Marana) 43-10, Jr. over Omero Bustomante (Empire) 13-6, So. (Dec 7-0)

 

113

1st Place Match

James Brown (Sunnyside) 39-1, So. over Brandon Paredes (Mountain View Marana) 49-6, So. (Dec 7-0)

3rd Place Match

Ethan Shoup (Cienega) 15-5, So. over Kellan Merz (Ironwood Ridge) 25-13, Fr. (Dec 9-2)

 

120

1st Place Match

Jaime Rivera (Sunnyside) 33-5, Fr. over Chris Lopez (Mountain View Marana) 31-4, So. (Dec 12-5)

3rd Place Match

Cole Hickey (Cienega) 29-11, So. over Sergio Ochotorena (Desert View) 40-16, Sr. (Dec 10-4)

 

126

1st Place Match

Bobby Tellez (Cienega) 45-3, Sr. over Jesse Ybarra (Sunnyside) 37-2, Jr. (For.)

3rd Place Match

Seth Legros (Mountain View Marana) 17-7, So. over Antonio Lopez (Desert View) 47-11, So. (Dec 9-3)

 

132

1st Place Match

Marcus Castillo (Mountain View Marana) 54-0, Sr. over Aaron Rodriguez (Sunnyside) 25-5, Sr. (Dec 3-0)

3rd Place Match

Tyler Rokop (Ironwood Ridge) 34-8, Jr. over Logan Mitchell (Cienega) 31-9, Sr. (Dec 4-3)

 

138

1st Place Match

Jason Hill (Cienega) 38-11, Jr. over Brent Ward (Ironwood Ridge) 23-8, So. (Fall 2:49)

3rd Place Match

Rico Robles (Sunnyside) 19-6, Sr. over Esai Castillo (Mountain View Marana) 33-14, Fr. (Dec 6-3)

 

145

1st Place Match

Carlo Castagnaro (Cienega) 33-4, Jr. over Harrison Easby (Mountain View Marana) 45-10, Sr. (Dec 8-2)

3rd Place Match

Willie Rose (Sunnyside) 28-12, Sr. over Jacob Brown (Ironwood Ridge) 32-8, Sr. (Dec 9-5)

 

152

1st Place Match

Anthony Echemendia (Sunnyside) 18-0, Sr. over Payton Billings (Ironwood Ridge) 38-3, Sr. (M. For.)

3rd Place Match

Jonathan Lopez (Desert View) 48-15, Sr. over Alex Klemm (Empire) 24-12, So. (MD 17-8)

 

160

1st Place Match

Fernando Villaescusa (Sunnyside) 34-13, Fr. over Gabe Levy (Cienega) 40-14, So. (Dec 3-2)

3rd Place Match

Avery Parker (Ironwood Ridge) 31-5, Jr. over Bryson Young (Mountain View Marana) 45-12, So. (MD 14-4)

 

170

1st Place Match

Dominique Johnson (Cienega) 29-3, Sr. over Jose Beltran (Ironwood Ridge) 37-2, Jr. (Dec 7-3)

3rd Place Match

Orlando Sotelo Jr. (Sunnyside) 27-15, Sr. over Devin Sullivan (Buena) 18-7, Fr. (Fall 2:30)

 

182

1st Place Match

Elijah Wyatt (Sunnyside) 38-3, Sr. over Chance Sasser (Ironwood Ridge) 35-4, Sr. (SV-1 3-1)

3rd Place Match

Garrett Bejarano (Empire) 26-12, Jr. over Timmy Morris (Cienega) 7-10, Fr. (Dec 2-1)

 

195

1st Place Match

Eric Purvin (Mountain View Marana) 43-7, Sr. over Luca Moili (Ironwood Ridge) 29-7, Jr. (Fall 1:43)

3rd Place Match

James Soto (Sunnyside) 35-6, Sr. over Dev`yon Johnson (Buena) 24-14, Sr. (MD 11-3)

 

220

1st Place Match

Rudy Acedo (Mountain View Marana) 39-7, So. over Christopher Gomez (Ironwood Ridge) 27-11, Jr. (Fall 1:45)

3rd Place Match

Isaiah Webb (Cienega) 18-10, So. over Mario Lopez (Buena) 19-8, Fr. (Fall 3:52)

 

285

1st Place Match

Adrian Monveal (Sunnyside) 32-4, Sr. over Manaia Fruean (Buena) 34-7, Sr. (Fall 5:05)

3rd Place Match

Ervyn Rivuis (Desert View) 41-7, Sr. over Hernan Ortiz (Nogales) 18-7, Jr. (Dec 5-3)

 

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