The Arizona Interscholastic Association decided to reward the states' #1 seed, Mountain View, by designating them as the host for the 5A State Wrestling Finals. Big mistake. The Toro Big House is quite resplendent, what with the 99 banners (53 State Championships, 46 Runner-ups) hanging from every nook and cranny. The moment they took the mats, though, crosstown rival Mesa High was sending their own message.

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5A DI State Team Wrestling Photo Feature

2005-06 5A Division 1 Wrestling State Championship: Mountain View vs Mesa

Weight Results Team score (MV vs M)

103 (M) Sr Joe Taylor 19 (MV) Soph Nate Lowis 4 0 / 5

112 (M) Sr Anthony Robles Pinn (MV) Jr Tony Covert 0 / 11

119 (M) Jr Joe Loera Pinn (MV) Jr Tim Jarman 0 / 17

125 (MV) Jr Jadon Johnson 16 (M) Sr Alex Lopez 4 4 / 17

130 (M) Jr Javier Valdez Pinn (MV) Jr Brad Gulbrandsen 4 / 23

135 (M) Sr Cesar Meraz Pinn (MV) Sr Nate Wolfe 4 / 29

140 (MV) Sr Spencer Jackson 7 (M) Sr Alex Pacheco 1 7 / 29

145 (MV) Sr Justin Castillo 5 (M) Sr Jacob Langkilde 1 10 / 29

152 (MV) Jr Preston Pico 8 (M) Sr Joe Berumen 0 14 / 29

160 (M) Sr Carlos Lopez 10 (MV) Sr Dex Nye 7 14 / 32

171 (M) Sr Gabriel Lopez 10 (M) Sr Conner Stockton 9 14 / 35

189 (M) Jr Andy Jay 11 (MV) Jr Joe Farnsworth 7 14 / 38

215 (MV) Sr Dan Huber Pinn (M) Soph Mike Ordaz 20 / 38

Hwt (M) Jr Wayne Woodbury 8 (MV) Sr Jordan Vick 23 / 38

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Photo Feature Picture Captions:

Picture #1: Mountain View's Jadon 'Gator' Johnson wrestling Highland's Kevin Duran

in the 125 lb weight class

Picture #2: Mesa's Alex Pajecko wrestling Desert Vista's Mike Doyle in 140 lb

Picture #3: Desert Vista coach Todd Ford intensely follows the action

Picture #4: Desert Vista's Preston Pruitt grapples Mesa's Joe Ray Bruman

**All of the remaining pictures are from the Championship matches. One picture from each match, plus a few coaches shots.

Picture #5: (M) Joe Taylor vs (MV) Nate Lowis in the 103 lb class.

Picture #6: (M) Anthony Robles vs (MV) Tony Covert in the 112 lb class

Picture #7: (M) Joe Loera vs (MV) Tim Jarman in the 119 lb class

Picture #8: (M) Alex Lopez vs (MV) Jadon 'Gator' Johnson in the 125 lb class

Picture #9: (M) Javier Valdez vs (MV) Brad Gulbrandsen in the 130 lb class

Picture #10 (M) Cesar Meraz vs (MV) Nate Wolfe in the 135 lb class

Picture #11 (M) Alex Pacheco vs (MV) Spencer Jackson in the 140 lb class

Picture #12 (M) Jacob Langkilde vs (MV) Justin Castillo in the 145 lb class

Picture #13 (M) Joe Berumen vs (MV) Preston Pico in the 152 lb class

Picture #14 MV coach sending instructions

Picture #15 & #16 Mesa coaches David Di Domenico and Bob Williams

Picture #17 (M) Carlos Lopez vs (MV) Dex Nye in the 160 lb class

Picture #18 (M) Gabriel Lopez vs (MV) Conner Stockton in the 171 lb class

Picture #19 (M) Andy Jay vs (MV) Joe Farnsworth in the 189 lb class

Picture #20 (M) Mike Ordaz vs (MV) Dan Huber in the 215 lb class

Picture #21 (M) Wayne Woodbury vs (MV) Jordan Vick in the Hwt division

Of note, there is a picture of a Mesa player holding the trophy. That is 112 lb senior Anthony Robles (one leg). He is a defending State Champ with a two year record of 91-0 (47-0 last year and 44-0 this year).