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Agua Fria District honors state champions and student athletes across schools
Summary
The Agua Fria Union High School District recognized multiple state and national athletic achievements — including a four-time state wrestling champion, back-to-back girls basketball Open champions, Millennium teams’ inaugural successes, and unified-sports participants headed to international competition.
Agua Fria Union High School District officials used their regular meeting to recognize a run of winter-season successes by student athletes and activity programs across the district.
Tammy Gressett, the district's executive director who oversees athletics, opened the presentations by calling the season “the pride of the West Side” and asked the board and community to join in honoring teams and individuals who advanced to state and national competitions. Principal speakers and coaches highlighted accomplishments from multiple campuses.
At Agua Fria, coaches celebrated individual wrestling achievements, including Maxi Cabrales, who finished the season 42–4 and finished as a state runner-up. District staff also named six individual state wrestling champions from the boys program and noted Gabe Ramirez as the district’s first four-time state champion.
Canyon View’s principal introduced coach Des Carranza and the girls’ basketball team, which made three straight state appearances and secured back-to-back 5A state championships. The principal emphasized the program’s community outreach — hosting the Native American Basketball Showcase and the Chicano Basketball League Tournament — and praised players’ volunteer work.
Millennium High School staff described a historic inaugural season for the school’s winter indoor winds, which won a state championship in the program’s first season. Millennium’s pom (POM) program also marked a breakthrough season: after growing from four participants five years ago to varsity and JV teams, the program earned a national runner-up finish and state-level recognition.
Millennium’s girls basketball team won the district’s first Open-division state championship in any sport, and senior Destiny Kaishi Lunan was singled out for individual honors, including Gatorade Player of the Year distinctions mentioned in the presentation.
Speakers also celebrated unified-sports participants. District staff highlighted Mason, a freshman selected for a USA Down syndrome basketball team heading overseas for training and competition, and Kayson, a senior credited with jump-starting the Millennium unified program during a districtwide tournament.
Board members and the superintendent joined presenters in praising coaches, athletic directors and families for supporting students’ academic and extracurricular success. The recognitions emphasized both athletic achievement and community-building roles of district programs.
The board moved on to other agenda items after the recognitions concluded.
