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