Liberty beat Sunnyside 145.5 to 127 to win its third team championship in the four years the AIA offered the event. Sunnyside also took second place last year.

Pueblo standout freshman Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith (107) became the first third generation wrestling champion. Her grandfather Orlando Smith (1974-75) and Josiah Smith (1998) were also state champions from Pueblo.

 

TEAM STANDINGS

1 Liberty 145.5

2 Sunnyside 127

3 Mountain View Marana 77

 

MULTIPLE D-I STATE CHAMPIONS

126: Brianna Reyes, Sr. Valley Vista (2023, 2024)

165: Lillian Gradillas-Flores, Sr. Mountain View (2023, 2024)

Sunnyside. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

 

INDIVIDUAL CHAMPIONS

D1-100: Kennedy Farrar (Gila Ridge) 36-1, Jr. over Athea Valenzuela (Basha) 32-6, So. (Dec 5-3)

D1-107: Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith (Pueblo) 34-1, Fr. over Jacianna Beltran (Sunnyside) 20-3, So. (Dec 5-2)

D1-114: Lola Hunt (Liberty) 41-3, Jr. over Iliana Castaneda (Sunnyside) 22-7, Jr. (Dec 3-2)

D1-120: Camille Torres (Cibola) 23-0, Fr. over Andee Anderson (Basha) 47-4, Sr. (MD 13-3)

D1-126: Brianna Reyes (Valley Vista) 44-1, Sr. over Sophia Smith (Canyon del Oro) 32-3, Jr. (Dec 6-1)

D1-132: Jamie Laswell (Chavez) 28-0, Sr. over Vanessa Aguirre (Youngker) 35-1, Jr. (Dec 6-1)

D1-138: Alena Gracia (Chavez) 29-1, Jr. over Taylor Colangelo (Liberty) 42-3, Sr. (Dec 6-2)

D1-145: Lily Hunt (Liberty) 38-2, Sr. over Syria Smith (Goldwater) 33-4, Jr. (Fall 1:25)

D1-152: Claire Avery (Liberty) 38-1, Sr. over Jaylean Alfaro (Sunnyside) 19-12, So. (Fall 1:48)

D1-165: Lillian Gradillas-Flores (Mountain View Marana) 31-0, Sr. over Arianna Mauch (Perry) 31-4, Sr. (Dec 7-2)

D1-185: Taina Uasike (Mountain View Mesa) 22-2, Jr. over Chloe Gatrost (Centennial) 31-4, Fr. (Dec 8-1)

D1-235: Daesiah Varner (Cienega) 25-5, Fr. over Diana Rivera (La Joya) 22-1, Sr. (Dec 8-1)