2023-24 Season Stats
The Wolves finished 8th at State with 4 individual placers: Travis Cardenas took 1st, Matty Gazda took 2nd, Preston Shorter took 4th and Sammy Smith took 5th.
The Wolves finished 3rd as a team at the Sectional Tournament. They had 6 placers including 2 champions. Travis Cardenas and Matty Gazda took 1st, Sammy Smith and Eddie Malatin took 2nd, and Jerry Nguyen and Preston Shorter took 3rd.
Boys Varsity Dual Meet Record: 19-8
The wolves had several solid individual finishes at the Brad Jones Invitational. Matty Gazda took 1st, Travis Cardenas, Eddie Malatin, Preston Shorter and Mia Ybarra took 2nd, Amanda Moody and Alexandria Zarate took 5th, and Charles Moser took 6th.
Boys finished 9th at Flowing Wells with 3 individual placers. Matty Gazda took 2nd, Preston Shorter took 3rd, Austin Lloyd took 6th. Kaylee Rivera took 6th in the girls tournament.
Boys finished with 6 individual placers at the Mountain View Duals on 12/16. Travis Cardenas took 1st and won Outstanding Wrestler, Sammy Smith took 1st, Matty Gazda took 2nd, and Evan Lopez, Eddie Malatin and Preston Shorter took 3rd.
Boys finished 1st in the Silver Bracket with a 7-1 record at the Southwest Shootout (NM)
Girls finished in 8th place as a team with 4 individual placers at the Southwest Shootout (NM): Aubrey Cunningham and Kaylee Rivera took 3rd, and Mia Ybarra and Natalie Ahoia took 4th.
2022-23 Season Stats
Tournament Finishes:
4th @ Sectionals
3rd at the OFC Brad Jones Invitational
9th our of 43 teams at the Flowing Wells Tournament
3rd at the Southwest Shootout in NM Dec 12-13
3rd at Marana MTV Duals
Dual Record: 24-5
Individual Accomplishments:
Travis Cardenas took 2nd in Freestyle and 3rd in Greco at the PanAm Games on November 24-25.
Travis Cardenas won the Greco and Freestyle Pan Am Trials and will be representing the U.S. Team in the Pan American Tournament in November.
Travis Cardenas took 5th in 16U Nationals in Fargo for 2023
Travis Cardenas became a National Champion at UWW taking 1st in Freestyle in the 15U Division.
At Sectionals Anthony Rivera, Sammy Smith, Travis Cardenas and Gabe Fuentes took 2nd and David Hinojosa and Preston Shorter took 4th.
At the OFC Brad Jones Tournament Travis Cardenas took 1st, Gabe Fuentes and Anthony Rivera took 2nd, Sammy Smith and Preston Shorter took 4th, David Hinojosa and Eddie Malatin took 5th, Stephen Roman took 6th, and Tyler King took 7th.
At the Flowing Wells Tournament Travis Cardenas took 2nd, Gabe Fuentes took 5th, Sammy Smith and David Hinojosa took 6th.
At the Marana MTV tournament Anthony Rivera and Travis Cardenas took 1st; Sammy Smith took 2nd; Gabe Fuentes took 3rd; Eddie Malatin took 4th; Austin Lloyd took 5th; Max Acosta, JD Esparza, and Preston Shorter took 6th
2021-22 Season Stats
4th at Jerry Benson Tournament as a team with 2 Outstanding Wrestler awards to Brock Badke 144 and Sammy Smith 106. Other placers: Gabe Fuentes 1st, David Hinojosa 3rd, Austin Lloyd 5th, Connor Newton 5th
11th at Mile High as a Team. Sammy Smith took 5th, Brock Badke took 4th, and Gabe Fuentes took 5th
Sammy Smith and Gabe Fuentes both placed 5th at Flowing Wells for boys and Alayna Tello took 4th for the girls.
The boys team took 5th at the Brad Jones tournament with the following placers: Sammy Smith, Brock Badke and Gabe Fuentes finished 3rd and Anthony Rivera took 5th for the boys at Brad Jones. Amanda Moody took 1st and Alexandria Zarate took 2nd for the Girls at Brad Jones.
Brock Badke place 5th at the State Tournament and Gabe Fuentes took 6th
State Placers from 2020-21
Zach Espalin- 4 x AZ State Champion
Nathaniel Deasy- 2nd (2021), 4th (2020), 1st (2019)
Ryleigh Dye- 2nd Place @ Women’s State (2021), 4th (2020)
State Placers from 2019-20:
Zach Espalin won his 3rd State Title
Dalton Loyden took 2nd as a 9th grader
Nathaniel Deasey placed 4th
Ryleigh Dye- 4th Place @ Women’s State
Stefana Jelacic- Wrestled in Men’s Division and qualified for State
Past Results/Stats
Individual and Team Statistics (State placers, All-Americans, Team finishes)
CHS College Wrestlers
Ryleigh Dye- wrestled for Chadron State (NCAA D-II)
Zach Espalin- Carleton University (NCAA D-I)
Bobby Groves- Wrestled for Harvard University (NCAA D-I)
Chris Kelly- Wrestled for Arizona Christian and Southeastern College (NAIA)
Stefana Jelacic- National NAIA Champion for Lordes College (NAIA)
Thomas Bigelow- Wrestled for Southern Virginia University (D III)
Tristan Moran- NCAA D-I Qualifier for University of Wisconsin and Oklahoma State
Dalton Brady- PAC-12 Champ and NCAA D-I Qualifier for Arizona State
Drew Lattner- Wrestled for University of Dubuque (D-III)
Dajour Reece- NJCAA National Champ and Runner-up for North Idaho College
Dalton Moran- wrestled for South Dakota State and Oklahoma State
Diego Alvarado- wrestled for GCU (D-II)
Curtis Buelna- wrestled for Northwest Tech (NJCAA)
Alexander Buelna- wrestled for Northwest Tech (NJCAA)
Eddie Reyes- wrestled for Northwest Tech (NJCAA)
Max Mejia- Wrestled for Harvard University
Manny Reyes- Dickinson State (NAIA)
