WRESTLING: Walden Grove wins Diego Gadea Invitational
January 20, 2018 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365
Walden Grove (Andy Morales/AZPreps365.com)
Walden Grove pulled out a tight victory over Cienega to capture the Diego Gadea Invitational hosted by Salpointe on Friday and Saturday. The Red Wolves scored 231 points, Cienega finished with 227.5 and Cesar Chavez took third with 189.
Walden Grove was paced by five individual champions including Chris Lopez (108), Diego Guerrero (122), Carlos Ramos (134), Sal Silva (140) and Evan Killgore (147). Guerrero (38-1) was named Most Outstanding Wrestler along with Adam Henderson (49-0) of Blue Ridge.
The various wrestling sectionals are slated for Feb. 2-3 while the state tournament will take place from Feb. 8-10 at the Prescott Valley Event Center.
Adam Henderson with Jeannie and Manuel Gadea. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365.com)
TEAM RESULTS
1-Walden Grove -231.0
2-Cienega -227.5
3-Cesar Chavez -189.0
4-Boulder City -141.5
5-Campo Verde -141.0
6-Tucson -139.0
7-Gila Ridge -134.5
8-Pueblo -119.5
9-Desert View -118.0
10-Hamilton -103.5
11-Prescott -100.0
12-Buena -94.0
13-Skyline -92.0
14-Canyon Del Oro -86.5
15-Salpointe Catholic -69.5
16-San Manuel -65.0
17-Sahuaro -62.0
18-Sahuarita -59.0
19-Vista Grande -58.0
20-Casteel -57.0
21-Blue Ridge -51.5
22-Florence -50.0
23-Douglas -44.5
24-Catalina Foothills -35.0
25-Deer Valley -34.0
26-Rio Rico -29.5
27-Flowing Wells -27.0
28-Coolidge -22.5
29-Nogales -21.0
30-Empire -18.0
31-Cholla -5.0
32-Palo Verde -4.0
33-Amphi -0.0
INDIVIDUAL RESULTS
108
1st Place - Chris Lopez of Walden Grove
2nd Place - Gilbert Rodriguez of San Manuel
3rd Place - Antonio Lopez of Desert View
4th Place - Micah Berna of Canyon Del Oro
5th Place - Caleb Pool of Tucson
6th Place - Javier Duran of Cesar Chavez
115
1st Place - Raul Martinez of Desert View
2nd Place - Matt Martinez of Skyline
3rd Place - Eric Ramos of Hamilton
4th Place - Christian Gerber of Gila Ridge
5th Place - Gabriel Castillo of Walden Grove
6th Place - Cole Hickey of Cienega
122
1st Place - Diego Guerrero of Walden Grove
2nd Place - Marco Rivera of Tucson
3rd Place - Damond Lujan of Pueblo
4th Place - Garrett Leavitt of Boulder City
5th Place - Drew Edwards of Hamilton
6th Place - George Poland of Cesar Chavez
128
1st Place - Bobby Tellez of Cienega
2nd Place - Brian Lujan of Pueblo
3rd Place - Carlos Hernandez of Desert View
4th Place - Isaiah Valenzuela of Hamilton
5th Place - Ty Moreno of Gila Ridge
6th Place - Ibrahim Saudi of Tucson
134
1st Place - Carlos Ramos of Walden Grove
2nd Place - Logan Mitchell of Cienega
3rd Place – DJ Reese of Boulder City
4th Place - Roberto Santamaria of Tucson
5th Place - Rylan Gomez of Campo Verde
6th Place - Diego Herrera of Cesar Chavez
140
1st Place - Sal Silva of Walden Grove
2nd Place - Angelo Pool of Tucson
3rd Place - Robert Dominguez of Cesar Chavez
4th Place - Carlo Castagnaro of Cienega
5th Place - Shane Snyder of Buena
6th Place - Andrew Salberg of Prescott
147
1st Place - Evan Killgore of Walden Grove
2nd Place - Zane Mckissick of Canyon Del Oro
3rd Place - Camilo Hernandez of Cesar Chavez
4th Place - David Marquez of Coolidge
5th Place - Cooper Smith of Gila Ridge
6th Place - Sergio Romero of Rio Rico
154
1st Place - Dominique Johnson of Cienega
2nd Place - Alex Medrano of Vista Grande
3rd Place - Gabriel Lopez of Walden Grove
4th Place - Isaac Evans of Hamilton
5th Place - Jayden Fletcher of Campo Verde
6th Place - Jimmy Dunagan of Boulder City
162
1st Place - Hector Acuna of Sahuarita
2nd Place - Addison Bliss of Cienega
3rd Place - Giovanni Meza of Cesar Chavez
4th Place - Amando Baldenegro of Vista Grande
5th Place - Charles Hindley of Pueblo
6th Place - Ricardo Bermudez of Desert View
172
1st Place - Caleb Calaway of Cienega
2nd Place - Sergio Orozco of Cesar Chavez
3rd Place - Omar Muniz-Vega of Sahuaro
4th Place - Everett Byrd of Hamilton
5th Place - Dominick Carrillo of Pueblo
6th Place - Thorsten Balmer of Boulder City
184
1st Place - Adam Henderson of Blue Ridge
2nd Place - Kashawn Crump-Valencia of Tucson
3rd Place - Erik Orozco of Cesar Chavez
4th Place - Dawson Hand of Catalina Foothills
5th Place - Chad Clowser of Buena
6th Place - EJ Galvez of Campo Verde
197
1st Place - Ryan Vanario of Boulder City
2nd Place – RJ Ahumada of Sahuarita
3rd Place - Luis Lopez of Skyline
4th Place - Ruben Hernandez of San Manuel
5th Place - Brexton Thomas of Sahuaro
6th Place - Taylor Deibert of Gila Ridge
222
1st Place - Jeff Smith of Campo Verde
2nd Place - Adam Alvarenga of Walden Grove
3rd Place - Brian Corrales of Salpointe Catholic
4th Place - Damian Montiel of Douglas
5th Place - Max Fisher of San Manuel
6th Place - Diego Torres of Casteel
287
1st Place - Koby Fike of Gila Ridge
2nd Place - Trevor Kauer of Campo Verde
3rd Place - Gavin Nelson of Prescott
4th Place - Ervyn Rivas of Desert View
5th Place - Noah Barta of Skyline
6th Place - Jesus Urena of Nogales