- Benetiz impresses at national meet
- Jorge Benetiz won his first consolation bracket match on Saturday before bowing out in the following round at the Senior Nationals Wrestling Championship in Virginia Beach, Va. Benetiz, a senior... Full story
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- Kofa's Benitez 2-1 at first day of Senior Nationals
- Kofa senior Jorge Benitez went 2-1 on the opening day of the National High School Coaches Association Senior Nationals Wrestling Championship. Benitez and coach Marty Dillon made the trip to Virginia Beach, Va. More than 750... Full story
- Kofa's Benitez goes 48-1 to claim back-to-back state titles
- Kofa wrestler Jorge Benitez set some lofty goals for his senior season and achieved nearly all of them. The 160-pounder finished 48-1 to become only the fifth King to win back-to-back state titles in the school's 49-year history. "Every time I... Full story
- Raiders fourth at state
- The Cibola wrestling team finished the year 30-2 ending up in the top four at the team state tournament at Shadow Mountain Saturday. As the four seed, Cibola defeated fifth seeded Deer Valley 36-33. Raider Roy Torres' final pin sealed the... Full story
- Kofa's Benitez wins back-to-back state titles
- GLENDALE - Kofa's Jorge Benitez made winning back-to-back state titles look easy. The same cannot be said for Cibola's Gabriel Miranda. The 160-pound King senior defended his 5A Division II championship by pinning Tucson-Sunnyside freshman... Full story
- 8 medal for Raiders at 5A-II wrestling tournament
- GLENDALE - Cibola led the way in the medal round with four wrestlers competing for third through sixth place Saturday afternoon at the 5A Division II State Wrestling Championships. Including the finals, the Raiders will have eight wrestlers medal.... Full story
- Kofa's Benitez, Masson move on to finals
- Two Kofa wrestlers reached the finals of the Division II state tournament Friday. Jorge Benitez defeated Ironwood's Donovan Prince 19-3 by technical fall at 160 to advance. Tyler Masson, 215, used a last-second take down to stun the top seed,... Full story
- 19 area wrestlers make it to quarters at state
- The Yuma area had 19 wrestlers push through to quarters of the 5A Division II state wrestling tournament on Thursday at Deer Valley High. The tournament moves to Jobing.com Arena in Glendale today and Saturday. Gila Valley Region... Full story
- Rejuvenated Miranda heading to state
- Cibola senior could be first to medal all 4 years
- Cibola wrestler Gabriel Miranda had a perfect 2007-08. After going 45-0 and winning the 5A Division II state title at 130 pounds, a 38-2 season is good but, obviously, not perfect. Although, it was enough to garner the Raiders'... Full story
- Renaissance man
- More to Kofa's Benitez than wrestling
- Kofa wrestling coach Marty Dillon refers to Jorge Benitez as a Renaissance man. Dillon should know, he's had the fortune of teaching and, admittedly, admiring him for the past four seasons. "Renaissance to me means well-rounded... Full story
- Saldana, Waterford claim state titles in wrestling
- San Pasqual's Julio Saldana dominated the competition at the 1A/2A State Wrestling Championships and Yuma Catholic's Nick Waterford became the school's second state wrestling champ. The Warriors' 112 pounder captured his second straight... Full story
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