Valiant News

Fight Rope Coach Spotlight: Coach Mike Douglas Jr. 26- 02- 2023 By Orlando Jimenez Fight Rope, Thorobred Wrestling Club, Valiant College Preparatory, Wrestling, Fight Rope Coach Spotlight: Coach Mike Douglas Jr. Coach Douglas is a wrestling coach for Thoroughbred Wrestling and Valiant High School in Chandler, Arizona. He works with the youngest, newest wrestlers to grace the mat after coaching the high school students during the late afternoon. His program seeks to build Arizona as the premier talent pool in the Southwest. However, what makes him thefightrope.com spotlight coach is his approach and ability to dedicate his life to the next generation of athletes. On [...]

Wild West Wrestling Showcase. Valiant College Preparatory will host the Southwest’s first wrestling showcase on Saturday, October 29th on its campus in Phoenix, Arizona. This tournament will showcase wrestlers from all parts of the US including California, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Oklahoma, and many more. Each wrestler will receive a Wild West Showcase Singlet and warmup attire. Proceeds from the event will support Valiant College Preparatory and its mission to maximize student-athlete potential through a rigorous academic and athletic curriculum. This year, the event will host 2X NCAA National Champion Zahid Valencia and world medalist Forrest Molinari for a FREE K-8 [...]

Super 32 Freakshow Placers. High School Christian Castillo - Champ Kyler Larkin - 6th Place Girls Piper Cadden - 3rd Place Karlee Brooks - 4th Place Middle School Dean Anderson - 3rd Place Freakshow - Las Vegas, Nevada Emma Chacon - Champ Morgan Lucio - Champ Christian Davis - 2nd Place Izzy Ibarra - 2nd Place Robert Ibarra - 2nd Place Matthew Gazda - 2nd Place Pablito Cejudo - 3rd Place Santino Andujo - 3rd Place Giovanni Garcia - 3rd Place Diego Ibarra - 4th Place Athea Valenzuela - 4th Place Joaquin Chacon - 5th Place Killian Kaneshige - [...]

Service Project With Project Roots. A little community service today with Project Roots Garden.  Thank you Bridget Petis for the opportunity to give back to the community.  Character, dedication, and excellence are core tenants of our school and wrestling program as well as our service opportunities.

USMC US Open Results. World Team Trials and The Girls High school Showcase kicked off this past weekend at South Point Arena. Male athletes trying to qualify in a best-of-three series for the chance to represent the USA in Rome, Italy. Registered athletes for both styles could qualify for the U17 Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina. America’s Greco-Roman team was set on Thursday. Nine of the 10 Greco-Roman representatives registered for freestyle as well, with the ultimate goal of becoming a double-champion and earning the right to represent the USA in both styles in Italy. The Brackets [...]

Valentines Dance. Thank you to our staff, volunteers, and students for making our Valentines Dance so much fun!  We LOVE school and wrestling.  We also love to let loose and have a little fun together.

Tulsa National Champs 2022! In high school wrestling, people see Blair Academy, Wyoming Seminary, and Buchanan as the top wrestling programs. Valiant College Preparatory has officially cracked radars. Valiant recently brought their team to the Tulsa Nationals Tournament. We did it again! Head coach Angel Cejudo and young team brought the passion and drive to Tulsa. Valiant took overall 1st in the girls division and 2nd in the boys division. Valiant's boys team almost had it loosing 1st place by tie-breaking criteria. Congrats to all of Valiant's placers. Girls Team: Overall 1st Place Chacon, Emma 1st Place | 125 [...]

Special Guests This Week at Valiant! Wow! Valiant had the most impressive wrestling room this week. Big thanks to special guests Ben Askren, 2008 US Olympic Team Member and National champion, and Henry Cejudo, Ultimate Fighting Flyweight Champion and Bantamweight Champion. Valiant's Wresting team got the work out and coaching of True Champions this this week. These two believe in Valiant and taking our wrestlers to even greater levels! We appreciate you.

3 More Athletes Committed! Signing Day, one of the happiest of high school traditions, celebrates student-athletes who will be playing their high school sport on their favorite college’s team. Despite the hard decisions, the joy was palpable as students wearing their college apparel posed for pictures with their families and their coach and signed their college documents. Valiant is very proud of everything our students have accomplished. Enough talk! Now to where Valiant's finest will be attending! Kaleb Larken - Kaleb has looked at one college and one college only his whole high school career and sure enough will [...]

Valiant has 11 All Americans! Valiant has an unprecedented 11 ALL AMERICANS at the USA Fargo Tournament. 7 ALL AMERICANS in Freestyle Wrestling Nationals and 5 ALL Americans in Greco Wrestling Nationals. Valiant also received 2 Fargo Champions and 2 Runners up. This is more than any one high school in the history of Fargo Nationals. Outstanding performance and we’re rocking the wrestling world. But wait…we’re not done yet! Congrats to our All Americans (pictured left to right): Benji Alanis, Isaias Jimenez, Daniel Guanajuato, Kyler Larkin, Adrian Meza, Christian Castillo, and Emilio Ysaguirre, [...]