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.

One day Saturday tournament
Registration price: $40
Coaches’ passes: $25
General Admission: $15

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

Under the Lights

10/18/2023 Direct Link

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

Website: https://willowcanyonpom.wixsite.com/boosters
Facebook: Willow Canyon Pom Booster

06/30/2022 Direct Link

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.

05/02/2022 Direct Link

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.