RECENT NEWS
4/26/25 RESULTS:
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ALA Queen Creek Sweeps Boys & Girls 2025 Team Titles!
ALA Queen Creek Senior Rigdon Anderson sets new All-Time State records and #1 All-Time High School Performance earning Best Overall Male Lifter honors!
Basha Sophomore Amelia Phillips breaks her own All-Time records and puts up #1 Sophomore and #2 All-Time Performance to repeat as Best Overall Female Lifter!
Sunnyside Senior Michelangelo Hernandez sets new All-Time Men’s 55kg Records!
Mahealani Mason sweeps new Women’s 59kg All-Time records along with #2 Sophomore and #4 All-Time Performance
Ashton McAllister sets new All-time records and #1 Freshman Performance while winning Men’s 61kg Title and Freshman Best Lifter!
ALA Queen Creek Freshman Kodi McBride sets new Freshman Records on her way to winning 76kg State Title and Freshman Best lifter!
Desert Vista Jonathan Zinger repeats as State Champion and puts up #2 Sophomore Performance and earns Sophomore Best Lifter!
Kawena Mason is your Senior Women Best lifter behind her solid 6-for-6 performance!
Eastmark’s Bryson Bowman sets new Junior Snatch & Total Records to become Junior Best lifter!
Eastmark’s Junior Emma Trampp earns Best lifter honors for third straight year!
ALA Queen Creek Freshman duo of Gage Naef and Deegan Anderson both set new Freshman Records on their way to individual State Champion titles!
Casteel Sophomore Tierany Lally repeats as Women’s 45kg State Champion!
Eastmark Girls finish as 2025 Runner-up Team Champions lead by State Champions Emma Trampp and Jovey Krize!
ALA Ironwood Boys are your 2025 Runner-up Team Champions with strong performances from Gavin Dahle and Tristan Stokum!
2025 EVENT:
Saturday 4/26/25 – Pitt Fitness (Chandler, AZ)
2150 E Germann Rd, Suite 4, Chandler AZ 85286
Weigh-ins start at 7:30am
2025 Arizona High School Championship will be held in conjunction with the
USA Weightlifting Arizona State Championships
2025 AZ High School Weightlifting Championship – Meet Information
1/27/24 RESULTS:
Desert Edge wins first Boys Team Title!
Basha HS Junior Colyn Baldwin finishes off the last and heaviest lift of the meet by setting a new All-Time State Clean & Jerk record for the 96kg Class and earning Best Lifter honors for Junior class!
Cienega’s Tyler King sets new 73kg Senior Records on his way a State Title and Senior class Best Lifter!
Desert Vista Freshman Jonathan Zinger wins 67kg State Title while setting new Freshman State Records and taking home Freshman Best Lifter trophy!
Metro Tech Girls are back in 2024 to claim 4th Team Title!
Senior Anjela Gayton leads a strong performance for the Metro Tech women as the 76kg State Champion!
Eastmark HS Girls have 3 State Champions as the finish as 2024 Runner-up Team Champions!
Basha HS Freshman Amelia Phillips sets new All-Time State records and puts up All-Time #3 Performance and Freshman #1 Performance as she finishes as Overall Best Female Lifter!
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2024 EVENT:
Saturday 1/27/24 – Metro Tech High School (Phoenix, AZ)
2024 AZHSWA State Meet Information – MTHS
2024 Final Schedule & Startlist
1/28/23 RESULTS:
Cienega Sweeps both Team Champion Titles!
3 Girls & 4 Boys State Champions for Cienega in their first State Championship!
Metro Tech Boys & Girls both finish Runner-up!
Nate Culler, Trevean Moore, Rigdon Anderson & Johnny Barrios at set new All-Time Records!
Desert Ridge Junior Kaylee Landa repeats by again setting new All-Time Records and putting up All-time Top Performance!
Basha Senior Trinity Bouchal sets new All-Time Records!
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2/5/22 RESULTS:
Desert Ridge Boys win first Championship!
Metro Tech Boys take 2nd!
Campo Verde Senior Rico Quesada caps High School career with another Record Setting Performance!
Queen Creek Girls experienced squad leads them to Team Title!
Metro Tech Girls emerge as Runner-up in close 4-way battle with ALA QC, Eastmark, and Fairfax!
Desert Ridge Super Sophomore Kaylee Landa sets records and puts up Top Performance!
2022 Event to be held at Metro Tech High School on Saturday February 5th!
2021 High School Development Meet a Huge Success!
SEE RECAP
2021 Event to be held at Queen Creek High School on Saturday May 22nd!
5/22/21: RESULTS – Basha Girls win first State Championship to become Arizona’s Strongest High School!
Queen Queen places second, Eastmark finishes third in its first year entering a Team!
1/25/20: RESULTS – Queen Creek Boys defend title as Arizona’s Strongest High School! SEE STORY
1/25/20: RESULTS – Metro Tech Girls Three-peat as State Champions! SEE STORY
12/1/19:
2020 State Championship Meet Info Posted!
2/2/19: RESULTS – Metro Tech Girl’s repeat as State Champions! SEE STORY
2/2/19: RESULTS – Queen Creek Boys crowned State Champions! SEE STORY
2/3/18: RESULTS – Metro Tech Girl’s win their first State Title! SEE STORY
2/3/18: RESULTS – ALA Repeats as Boy’s State Champions! SEE STORY
10/28/17: RESULTS – Metro Barbell Classic Kicks off Winter 2017-2018 Season! SEE STORY
About the AZHSWA
The Arizona High School Weightlifting Association is a Non-Profit Organization that was established to help develop Arizona High School athletes through the Sport of Weightlifting, and to provide an opportunity for interscholastic Weightlifting Competition and host an Arizona High School Weightlifting State Championship.
The Mission and Goals of the Arizona High School Weightlifting Association:
- Increase Awareness of the Benefits of the “Olympic Lifts” for all Sports
- Offer a Competitive Weightlifting Sports Season & State Championship
- Provide Support & Funding for Arizona Weightlifters at National Events
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