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Wrestling Under the Lights

Wrestling outside on the football field under the stadium lights on Willow Canyon's artificial turf football field - what an AMAZING experience!


With safety being a top priority, it is important to note that with the artificial turf no moisture will be transferred from the organic grass onto the wrestling mats, causing them to become wet and slippery. 


This is going to be an extremely competitive tournament bringing in athletes from all over the Southwest.  


  1. One day Saturday tournament
  2. Registration price: $40 
  3. Coaches’ passes: $25 
  4. General Admission: $15


To additional information or to register for this event, please click on the link below.

10/18/2023 Direct Link

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Pom

Spiritline is a year-round sport that consists of both Cheer and Pom teams. The Cheerleading team specializes in gymnastics-based acrobatic skills, like tumbling, stunting and pyramid building. The Pom team specializes in advanced dance skills like leaps, turns and kicks.  Both Cheer and Pom teams' goal is to encourage school spirit at school-sponsored events. They participate on the sidelines and during halftime of football and basketball games, attend promotional events for the school, perform at school assemblies and do volunteer work.  They also compete year-round in competitions that may include: USA Qualifiers, AIA Qualifiers, AIA State Championship, and USA Nationals.

Pom Tryout Information

2024 Spring Tryouts  - 


  • Current 9th-11th Grade Students  
  • Must be enrolled with Willow Canyon High School for the 2022-2023 season  
  • Must complete a 22/23 Register My Athlete profile & be athletically cleared by clinic dates in order to participate. 

At this time, as instructed by AIA,  future Willow Canyon 9th grade athletes may only participate in instructional clinics, summer clinics and camps and will be eligible for Tryouts in the Fall. 

2024 Fall Tryouts  - August 9th through August 11th  Eligibility requirements for 2024-2025 season

  • Current 9th-11th Grade Students  
  • Must be enrolled with Willow Canyon High School for the 2022-2023 season  
  • Must complete a 24/25 Register My Athlete profile & be athletically cleared by clinic dates in order to participate. 

Pom Tournament Schedule

  • UDA December 3rd 2022 
  • USA Regionals January 14th 2023  
  • AIA January 20th 2023  
  • TSC February 18th 2023 

Coach Information

Varsity Pom coach: Justice Graham  

Justice.Graham@dysart.org

Accolades

AIA Pom State Champs • ‘18 ‘19 ‘20 

USA Pom Nat’l Champs • ‘19 ‘20

Social Media

06/30/2022 Direct Link

E-Sports Student poses for the camera as other students play in the background.

Esports

Esports are video games that are played in a highly organized competitive environment. They ranged from multiplayer games to single-player action. This is an exciting new sport, fully supported by both the District and the Arizona Interscholastic Association (AIA). We offer a variety of games for students to play as an extracurricular activity. Students have opportunities to earn college scholarships at all Arizona schools and many more around the country.  Those in the program also have the option to take the Esports class where students discover college and career options for esports. 

What games does Willow offer?

In conjunction with the AIA, Willow Canyon offers the following games: League of Legends, Rocket League, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate.    

  • Varsity: League of Legends, Rocket League, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate
  • JV: League of Legends, Rocket League, Super Smash Brothers Ultimate

Schedule:

Esports runs for two seasons. The official season in the Spring and runs from January through April. There is also a Fall exhibition season that runs from August through November. 

Games take place on Tuesday for League of Legends , Wednesday for Super Smash Brothers, and Thursday for Rocket League

 Watch All games live stream at 4pm on Twitch.tv/willow_canyon_esports and can be found the next day on youtube

A student practices an esport game at Willow Canyon High School
A student works on his gameplay for esports
A hand is seen on a lit keyboard as a student plays an esport game

Costs:

The cost per year is $100. Students must also own an account for League of Legends or Rocket League (both games are free). Students competing in Nintendo titles are required to have a Nintendo Online account active for the entire season ($14.99/annual). 

Coach Info:

Head Coach: Jon Alfred jon.alfred@dysart.org 

Assistant Coach: Sabastian Warnas Sabastian.warnas@dysart.org

About the Program:

The Willow Canyon Esports program has been competing since the beginning of AIA competitive play. We are a top-performing program in the state and field perennial playoff teams. All our games are streamed live on Twitch and have VODs on YouTube. Our program is looking for not only athletes but also streamers, graphic designers, and production managers. 

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A spiritline cheerleader at parade

Cheerleading

Spiritline is a year-round sport that consists of both Cheer and Pom teams. The Cheerleading team specializes in gymnastics-based acrobatic skills, like tumbling, stunting and pyramid building. The Pom team specializes in advanced dance skills like leaps, turns and kicks.  Both Cheer and Pom teams' goal is to encourage school spirit at school-sponsored events. They participate on the sidelines and during halftime of football and basketball games, attend promotional events for the school, perform at school assemblies and do volunteer work.  They also compete year-round in competitions that may include: USA Qualifiers, AIA Qualifiers, AIA State Championship, and USA Nationals.

Cheer Tryout Information

2024 Spring Tryouts  - April 15 through April 18

Eligibility requirements for 2024-2025season

  • Current 9th-11th Grade Students 
  • Must be enrolled with Willow Canyon High School for the 2024-2025 season 
  • Must complete a 24/25 Register My Athlete profile & be athletically cleared by clinic dates in order to participate. 

At this time, as instructed by AIA,  future Willow Canyon 9th grade athletes may only participate in instructional clinics, summer clinics and camps and will be eligible for Tryouts in the Fall. 

2024 Fall Tryouts  - July 30-31, 2024  Pre Tryout meeting July 22 in Lecture Hall @6pm

Eligibility requirements for 2024-2025 season

  • Must be enrolled with Willow Canyon High School for the 2024-2025 season 
  • Must complete a 24/25 Register My Athlete profile & be athletically cleared by clinic dates in order to participate.  Register My Athlete can be found by clicking on the following link RMA www.registermyathlete.com
  • Must have a completed physical uploaded to RMA. www.registermyathlete.com
  • RMA status must state "COMPLETE" in order to participate. 
  • Must complete WCHS Spiritline Tryout packet.

Cheer Tournament Schedule

  • 10/26/2024 - Desert Kick Off 
  • 11/16/2024 - UCA Desert Southwest Regional  
  • 11/23/2024- AIA State Championship Game Day
  • 12/14/2024-  USA Regional II
  • 1/11/2025- UCA Cactus Cup Challenge 
  • 1/16/2025-1?18/2025- AIA State Championship Traditional (Cheer&Pom)
  • 1/25/2025- Arizona Junior State Championship
  • 2/2/2025- TSC Sonoran Desert Classic
  • 2/5/2025-2/9-2025- National High School Cheerleading Championship
  • 2/13/2025-2/16/2025- High School Spirit Nationals 

Coach Information

Varsity Cheer Coach - Joshua Alavarez  joshua.alvarezfavel@dysart.org

FR/JV Cheer Coach - Sarah Ferris sarah.ferris@dysart.org 

Accolades

  • 2019 AIA D1/D2 Coed Cheer Runner-Up 
  • 2021 AIA D1/D2 Partner Stunt State Champions  
  • 2021 AIA D1/D2 Coed Cheer Runner-Up 
  • 2021 Sm Coed Adv USA National Champions 
  • 2022 AIA D1/D2 Coed Cheer Runner-Up 
  • 2022 Sm Coed Adv USA National Champions
  • 2023 AIA D1/D2 Partner Stunt State Champions
  • 2023 AIA D1/D2 Coed Cheer Champions
  • 2024 AIA D1/D2 Partner Stunt State Champions
  • 2024 AIA D1/D2 Coed Cheer Runner-Up
  • 2024 NHSCC Semi-Finalist 

Clinics & Events

2024  Mini Cheer Camp

September 21st, 2024 Location: TBD @9-12pm

Grades K-4th 

Cost: $40  

Will perform at Halftime on September 27, 2024

2024 Middle School/Level Cheer Camp 

June 17-19 @ Willow Canyon HS @7:30am-2:00pm

Grades 5th-8th  

Cost: TBD 

Social Media

Twitter: @wchs_spiritline  

Instagram: @wchs_spiritline      

Website: https://wchsspiritline.wixsite.com/spiritline 

04/29/2022 Direct Link

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