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Wrestling Archive
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Finally…Ironwood Ridge HS wins Flowing Wells Invite
The Ironwood Ridge High School wrestlers did more than win the Flowing Wells Invitational Saturday in Tucson. They exorcised the ghost of last year. Sunnyside High School dominated last year’s Flowing Wells tournament, considered the top prep tournament in the state, and blew away the Ridge, which settled for a very distant runner-up spot. Tucson’s [...] -
Peoria Invite title boosts Desert Vista’s wrestling status
A tournament title is always a significant accomplishment for any high school wrestling program – especially when that event is the Peoria Invitational, which is an established competition that draws some of the best teams in the state. But when Desert Vista High School won this year’s invitational, it had to be particularly sweet for [...] -
GCU hosts nation’s top wrestling programs in new arena
The Grand Canyon grapplers are having a big house-warming party today in their new home, and decided to invite some celebrities to help them celebrate being back in town for the first time in almost two months. And we can all watch the festivities on our computers. Some of the top Division II wrestling programs [...] -
College wrestling in AZ gets jump-start at ASU duals
Last weekend’s double duals at Wells Fargo Arena provided an early look at the strength of the college wrestling programs in Arizona. Arizona State hosted the event and took on Grand Canyon University and Embry-Riddle simultaneously. The Sun Devils came away with a sweep, but not before the other schools showed they could hold their [...] -
GCU wrestling schedule packed with top D-II programs
The first wrestling match for Grand Canyon University is four weeks away, but R.C. LaHaye can’t wait for the season to get started. “We are very excited for this season,” says the head wrestling coach, who is entering his fifth campaign at the small D-II college in west Phoenix. “As long as we can stay [...] -
After 17 years…Bobby DeBerry resigns at Sunnyside High
In a 2009 interview following Sunnyside High School‘s 12th straight state wrestling championship, head coach Bobby DeBerry let it be known that he had no plans to leave the Tucson school anytime soon. That all changed this week when the coaching legend announced he was resigning. DeBerry picked up two more state titles since that [...] -
ASU’s new wrestling champs: a strange study in contrast
Anthony Robles and Bubba Jenkins both won national wrestling titles over the weekend. Both wore the maroon and gold of Arizona State. But that’s where the similarities end. Their personalities are as different as the paths they took to their ultimate goal of winning a national championship. They even won their NCAA crowns in different [...] -
ASU’s Jenkins, Robles close in on NCAA wrestling crowns
You have to wonder what Bubba Jenkins was thinking last night as he sat and waited for his quarter-final match at the NCAA D-I Wrestling Championships. Was the Arizona State wrestler aware that Penn State was not only leading in the team title race, but the Nittany Lions also had the most wrestlers still in [...] -
GCU’s young wrestling program steps on national stage
Four years isn’t much time to build a national-caliber college wrestling program, even at the Division II level. But it’s happening at Grand Canyon University. The west Phoenix college was picked to finish third in the Rocky Mountain Athletic Conference this season, but instead wrapped up the regular season title earlier this month, and finished [...] -
One goal left for Anthony Robles…a national wrestling title
Now, Anthony Robles must sit and wait. And prepare for the final stage in an amazing collegiate wrestling career. The senior at Arizona State, who since birth has navigated life on just one leg, just completed the final regular-season match of his career and reached the first goal of his final year on the mat. [...]
