Sunnyside leads at the 59th Annual Flowing Wells Invitational

January 16, 2026 by Andy Morales, AZPreps365


The "Caballero" is one of the most unique wrestling trophies in the country. Each one is individually hand crafted. (Andy Morales/AZPreps365)

59th Annual Flowing Wells Invitational

Jan. 16-17 at Flowing Wells High School

 

The Sunnyside boys are on the verge of picking up their 36th team championship at the 59th Annual Flowing Wells Invitational held Friday and Saturday in Tucson. The Blue Devils lead Neosho, Missouri 168-140 heading into the semifinal round on Saturday. Neosha comes in with nine state championships dating back to 2008 and Sunnyside has 38 dating back to 1979 including the last eight in a row.

There are 35 teams (228 girls) on the girl’s side and 30 teams registered for the boys (305). The field also includes 16 returning state champions still alive in the semifinals.

Chatfield, Colorado leads the Sunnyside girls 90-5-89-5.  El Paso Eastwood beat Sunnyside 212.5-212 last year and Chatfield took fourth place.

 

GIRLS RETURNING STATE CHAMPIONS

Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith of Pueblo (2X)

Daesiah Varner of Cienega (2X)

Isabella Santamaria of Walden Grove

Chloe Gatrost of Centennial

Faith Stevenson of Liberty

Madelyn Oliver of Benjamin Franklin (2024)

 

BOYS RETURNING STATE CHAMPIONS

Zayne Candelaria of Sunnyside (2X)

Xavier Chavez of Sunnyside (2X)

Carson Miles of Liberty

Cannon Farrar of Gila Ridge

Ryder Schulte of Liberty

Romeo Chavez of Santa Cruz

Jozeph Smith of Pueblo

Robert Ibarra of Santa Cruz

Lucas Mata of Sunnyside (2024)

Jiovanni Chavez of Santa Cruz (2024)

 

GIRLS TEAM SCORES

 

1 Chatfield (CO) 90.5

2 Sunnyside 89.5

3 Canyon View 83

4 El Paso Eastwood 71.5

5 Mountain View Marana 69.5

 

GIRLS SEMIFINALS

 

100

Anastasija Sanchez of Cactus Shadows

Isela Villalobos of Sunnyside

Laila Beltran of Mica Mountain

Samantha Rodriguez of Canyon View

 

107

Allessandra Toscano of El Paso Eastwood

Lola Gonzales of Chatfield

Bianca Rivera of Canyon View

Madi Haywood of Chatfield

 

114

Hailey Delgado of El Paso Eastwood

Mia Truesdale of Chatfield

Elizabeth Valenzuela Smith of Pueblo

Ameerah Colon of Tempe

 

120

Nayeli Ortiz of El Paso Eastwood

Briella Reynoso of Somerton

Georgia Barron of Gila Ridge

Olivia Gonzalez of Canyon View

 

126

Luna Leon Mange of Mesa

Sade Peters of Cactus Shadows

Riella Garza of Sunnyside

Lucille Cammilleri of Chatfield

 

132

Magali Terrazas-Arzate of Liberty

Alyna Ybarra of Sunnyside

Siana Carabeo of Mountain View Marana

Alivia Fernandez of Canyon View

 

138

Laura Almanza of Deming (NM)

Jaylean Alfaro of Sunnyside

Lauren Scott of Chatfield

Kinzley Sanchez of Canyon View

 

145

Hayden Smith of Mountain View Marana

Isabella Santamaria of Walden Grove

Ryen Hickey of Chatfield

Ayden Quinones of El Paso Pebble Hills

 

152

Lily Kostur of Cienega

Jazlene Wyatt of Sunnyside

Ileana Navarro Quintana of Centennial

Peyton Cannon of Mountain View Marana

 

165

Isabella Moreno of El Paso Eastwood

Madelyn Oliver of Benjamin Franklin

Alezandra Robles of Sunnyside

Chloe Gatrost of Centennial

 

185

Faith Stevenson of Liberty

Asia Dansby of Tolleson

Isabella Giza of Cactus

Yaretzi Haro of Centennial

 

235

Daesiah Varner of Cienega

Avery Trujillo of Mica Mountain

Jessica Pyatt of El Paso Pebble Hills

Camille Gatrost of Centennial

 

BOYS TEAM SCORES

 

1 Sunnyside 168

2 Neosho (MO) 140

3 Liberty 116.5

4 Chatfield 112.5

5 Flowing Wells 101

 

BOYS SEMIFINALS

 

106

Marztian Ioanis of Neosho

Jack Thrush of Sunnyside

Landon Edwards of Mica Mountain

Hector Ortiz of El Paso Eastwood

 

113

Malik Hoskins of Sunnyside

Luke Ferguson of Cienega

Carson Corrow of Flowing Wells

Jayden Preston of Somerton

 

120

Sebastian Ioanis of Neosho

D`angelo Zuniga of El Paso Pebble Hills

Cannon Farrar of Gila Ridge

Francisco Miranda of Sunnyside

 

126

Luke Gomez of Chatfield

Carson Miles of Liberty

Brett Bates of Walden Grove

Jiovanni Chavez of Santa Cruz

 

132

Brody Mitchell of Neosho

Bobby Robles of Sunnyside

Seferino De la Rosa of Flowing Wells

Romeo Chavez of Santa Cruz

 

138

Alex Rodriguez of Chatfield

Kelton Shaffer of Neosho

Jose Perez of Somerton

David Elias of Kofa

 

144

Carmine Cruz of Sunnyside

Jose Polino of Somerton

Gabriel Rodriguez of El Paso Pebble Hills

Daniel McDaniel of Gila Ridge

 

150

Trenton Moret of Chatfield

Xavier Chavez of Sunnyside

Kade Aguirre of Silver (NM)

Raidyn Tanaka of Gila Ridge

 

157

Carter Howard of Neosho

Armando Mesa of Sunnyside

Diego Ramirez of El Paso Pebble Hills

Christian Marsh of Sahuaro

 

165

Dominic Meli of Chatfield

Lincoln Howard of Neosho

Ryland Moss of Liberty

Jozeph Smith of Pueblo

 

175

Kaymon Rhone of Neosho

Yassael Gonzalez of Sunnyside

Ryder Schulte of Liberty

Diego Ibarra of Santa Cruz

 

190

Ryder Hoffschneider of Chatfield

Lucas Mata of Sunnyside

Zandon Hopson of Liberty

Joshua Petty of Flowing Wells

 

215

Jeremy Leblanc of Liberty

Adrian Berryhill of Cienega

Robert Ibarra of Santa Cruz

Logan Whitacre of Kofa

 

285

Zayne Candelaria of Sunnyside

Andrei Davis-Lopez of Cienega

Jax Finch of Cactus Shadows

Layne James of Santa Cruz