Coach Angel Seville has joined the Desert Sunrise wrestling coaching staff this year as an Assistant Coach. He is from Chula Vista, CA and wrestled 103lbs. all 4 years in high school. He was the Metro League Champion his senior year. After high school he joined the military and served one tour to Afghanistan as a UH-60 Blackhawk mechanic for a medevac unit. He relocated to Arizona in 2014 for work. Coach Angel wanted to become part of a program to be able to share his insights and experiences through coaching. Coach Angel enjoys off roading, cooking. Dodgers baseball spending time with his dog and wrestling.

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The team, both boys and girls attended the inaugural Desert Duals/Challenge held at Maricopa HS this past weekend. It was a 2 days tournament with duals wrestled the first day and individual matches on the second. We would like to congratulate our 2 placers, Elijah Robidoux-106 Champion and Kiyaani Richardson-132 Runner Up. All of the wrestlers performed well against the diverse group of high schools we saw. The competition is becoming more demanding and our wrestlers are up to the challenge. Now it's time to head back into the wrestling room to prepare for our upcoming duals on Wednesday.


The next scheduled event will be on Dec. 13

at Andrada Polytechnical HS in Tucson.


Reminder, the online store will be closing on December 17.

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​Desert Sunrise would like to announce that Coach Grant Chandler will be the Head Coach of the HS Girls wrestling program and an Assistant Coach for HS Boys wrestling. He started wrestling at age 5 and was a Varsity wrestlers all 4 years of high school as well as a 3 time Eastern League Champion. He started coaching right after high school and throughout college. He has a love for coaching and sharing his experience and knowledge on and off the mat. He holds a degree in Secondary Education and taught U.S. History, Government & Economics and 8th grade Social Studies. He currently teaches at Desert Sunrise HS. He enjoys spending time with his dog Dexter, gaming and playing D&D.

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"It’s what you do before the season starts that makes a champion."

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​​​COACH GABE NEW HEAD COACH FOR 2023-24 SEASON

DESERT DUALS/CHALLENGE

Coach Gabe Chandler is the new Head Coach of HS Boys wrestling. He has coached wrestling for the past 20 years in California with the last 2 years here in Arizona. Desert Sunrise Wrestling has also expanded the coaching staff with the addition of his son, Jordan "Grant" Chandler as the newly named Head Coach of HS Girls wrestling. The family dynamic doesn't stop there within the wrestling program with the addition of his daughter, Zoe Chandler this year as an Assistant Coach and finally his wife, Stacy Chandler as an Assistant Coach with both teams as well.

Coach Zoe Chandler joins the Desert Sunrise wrestling program this year as an Assistant Coach. She grew up around wrestling and took an interest in being a HS Statistician in 7th grade and continued throughout her HS and college career. Coach Zoe holds a degree in Criminal Justice studies and taught 9th & 10th grade English Language Arts and is currently teaching English 2 & 3 at Desert Sunrise HS. She enjoys traveling, photography, and you might just see her taking pictures of multiple sports and events throughout Maricopa.

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