History
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The Washington Elementary School District has a long history of athletic competition. Please help us fill this page with history. We are looking for stories and pictures of teams and individuals portraying this rich history. Please contact perry.mason@wesdschools.org with pictures or stories.
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Washington Elementary School District's history is on display with its athletics.
As the area of North Phoenix grew, the Washington Elementary School District grew as well. The school district started as a single K-8 school to serve a large farming community.
Washington Elementary (1891).
As the city population spread north, the district slowly added schools from 1949 and through the 1960's defining the boundaries and servicing the communities as they continued to fill in. Sunnyslope Elem (1949), Maryland (1952), Mountain View (1952), Orangewood (1955), Alta Vista (1956), Desert View (1956), Ocotillo (1957), Royal Palm (1959), Sahuaro (1960), Palo Verde (1961), Cholla (1961), Shaw Butte (1964), Manzanita (1964), Richard E. Miller (1967).
Then, from 1970 until 1980, another major growth spurt in certain areas created crowding, while a new demand was being created on the northern side of the district. A new wave of schools were rapidly added to provide some relief to the crowding and service new growth near the northern boundary. In just ten years, the district doubled the number of schools.
Roadrunner (1970), Cactus Wren (1970), Moon Mountain (1970), Desert Foothills (1970), Ironwood School (1970), Senita/now Abraham Lincoln Traditional School (1970), Chaparral (1973), Arroyo (1974), Sunburst (1974), Lakeview (1975), Tumbleweed (1975), Acacia (1975), Sunset (1977), Sweetwater (1980), John Jabobs (1980).
Until 1984, the WESD was made up of a combination of K-8, K-6 schools and K-4/ 5-8 "partner" schools located near each other. In 1984-85 the district converted four schools (Cholla, Desert Foothills, Palo Verde and Royal Palm) into Junior High Schools and built one last new school, Mountain Sky (1985).
Athletics have been a part of that history. The five junior high schools started tracking their own District Championships starting in 1985-86. Prior to that, all records for sports were K-8 or K-6 records. Some have been lost to history. If you can fill in any of those gaps, please assist us by emailing perry.mason@wesdschools.org
NOTE - The years listed below may reflect the school year as it began, or the season the championship occurred. For example, "1990" may indicate the 1990-91 school year, or a sport which finished at the end of the 1989-90 school year. From 1986 - 2021 the championship records were only kept at the school without regulation. This would explain why there may appear to be champions in the same sport in the same school year.
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WESD Boys Basketball Championships
7th grade Boys Champions
Cholla - 1994, 1996, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2011, 2019
Desert Foothills - 1988, 1993, 2010, 2017
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1990, 1992, 1995, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2003, 2004
8th grade Boys Champions
Cholla - 1987, 1988, 2005, 2007, 2012, 2017
Desert Foothills - 1989, 1994, 1996, 1997, 2000, 2019
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1991, 1993, 1998, 2004, 2005
7/8 grade Boys Champions
Cholla -
Desert Foothills - 2023
Mountain Sky - 2022
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm -
2022-23 Middle School 7th grade Champions - Mountain Sky
2022-23 Middle School 8th Grade Champions - Palo Verde
2022-23 K-8 (7-8 Champions) - Orangewood
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WESD Girls' Basketball Championships
7th grade Girls
The 2022-23 1st Place - Desert Foothills
Cholla - 1990, 1993. 1995, 2006, 2010, 2015
Desert Foothills - 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007, 2008, 2018
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1991, 1994, 2004, 2016
8th grade Girls
The 2022-23 -1st place - Royal Palm
Cholla - 1994, 1999, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2010, 2017
Desert Foothills -
1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1995, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2014, 2016, 2019
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1995, 2003, 2015
K-8 Girls Basketball
7/8 grade Team Champions
2022-23 Arroyo
5/6 Grade Team Champions
2022-23 Orangewood
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WESD Girls' Volleyball Championships
7th Grade Girls Champions
Cholla - 1992, 1994, 1998, 2003
Desert Foothills - 1987, 1994, 1997, 2001, 2002, 2004, 2007, 2008, 2009, 2013
Mountain Sky - 2022, 2023
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1996, 2005
7th Grade Girls' Team Results
2023-24 - Mountain Sky
2022-23 - Mountain Sky
8th Grade Girls Champions
Cholla - 1989, 1990, 2003
Desert Foothills - 1988, 2001, 2002, 2005, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2016, 2018
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1991, 1993, 1995,1997, 1999, 2000, 2004, 2006
8th Grade Girls' Teams
2023-24 - Mountain Sky
2022-23 - Mountain Sky
K-8 Grade Girls Volleyball Champions
2023-24 - Arroyo
2022-23 - Sunnyslope (no picture available)
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WESD Boys Volleyball Championships
7th grade Boys Champions
Cholla - 2007
Desert Foothills - 1992, 1995, 2003, 2004, 2008
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 2001
8th grade Boys Champions
Cholla - 1988,1990, 2000, 2002, 2005, 2010
Desert Foothills - 2004, 2006, 2008,
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1996, 1999
Combined 7/8 Boys (starting 2011)
Cholla - 2012
Desert Foothills - 2023
Mountain Sky - 2022
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm -
7/8 Grade Boys' Teams
2023-24 - Desert Foothills
2022-23 - Mountain Sky
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WESD Wrestling Championships
Varstity
Cholla -
Desert Foothills - 1989
Mountain Sky - 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002. 2003, 2004, 2005. 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009. 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019,
Palo Verde - 1986, 1987, 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992
Royal Palm - 1993
Junior Varsity
Cholla -
Desert Foothills -1992, 2007
Mountain Sky - 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997, 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2008, 2009, 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm -
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WESD Middle School Girls' Softball Championships
Cholla - 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1997, 2014, 2017
Desert Foothills - 1987, 1988, 1989, 1998, 1999, 2001, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007, 2010, 2011, 2013, 2015, 2016, 2021, 2022, 2023
Mountain Sky - 2006, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2014, 2018, 2024
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm -
2022-23 Results
1st Place - Desert Foothills
2nd Place - Mountain Sky
WESD K-8 School Girls' Softball Championships
2022-23 Results
1st Place - Abraham Lincoln
2nd Place - Maryland
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WESD Girls' Track and Field Championships
Cholla - 2023 (7th), 2024 (8th)
Desert Foothills - 1990, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2011,2012, 2013, 2016, 2019
Mountain Sky - 2023 (8th), 2024 (7th)
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 2015 (8th)
1986 - 2023 WESD Track and Field record book for 7& 8 Grades
2022-23 7th Grade Middle School Girls' Team Results
1st Place - Cholla
2nd Place - Desert Foothills
100 K. Williams CH 13.50 200 I. De La Cruz PV 28.71 400 I. De La Cruz PV 1:08.31 1600 V. Valencia DF 7:06.79 4x100 D. Morley, K. Williams, D. Ayala, B. Hampton CH :57.83 4x400 E. Maxey, L. Perez, B. Garcia, V. Valenzuela DF 5:21.14 High Jump A. Jackson RP 4' 4" Long Jump D. Ayala CH 12' Shot Put N. Jones MS 23' 11" Discus D. Reyes DF 45' 8" 2022-23 8th Grade Middle School Girls' Team Results
1st place - Mountain Sky
2nd Place - Royal Palm
100 K. Price RP 13.21 200 H. Davis RP 29.29 400 T. Busby RP 1:11.94 1600 S. Gaio Lauro CH 7:06 4x100 R. Tsosie, T. Busby, K. Price, H. Davis RP :57.83 4x400 T. Busby, J. Diaz, R. Tsosie, K. Price RP 5:08:78 High Jump K. Price RP 4' 1" Long Jump H. Davis RP 13' 8" Shot Put F. Rosales MS 26' 4" Discus F. Rosales MS 51' 8.5"
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WESD Boys Track and Field Championships
Cholla - 2011, 2012, 2013, 2019, , 2024 (7th and 8th)
Desert Foothills 1990, 1991, 1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002, 2010, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2023 (7th - tie)
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde - 2023 (7th - tie & 8th)
Royal Palm - 2015 (8th G)
1986 - 2023 WESD Track and Field record book for 7& 8 Grades
Note: Track and Field was a P.E. unit and an annual meet was held each year until 2010, when it became a Middle School sport with regular meets. The K-8 Schools and 5-6 schools continue with track and field as a P.E. unit. During the years prior to becoming a middle school sport there was not always a differentiation in the records between 7th grade and 8th grade teams, so there may appear to be two champions in a year, but likely one was 7th grade, and one was 8th grade. .
The 7th and 8th grade Championship, at the end of the Middle School season, is open to 7th and 8th graders from the K-8 schools.
2022-23 7th Grade Middle School Boys' Team Results
1st Place - Mountain Sky
2nd Place - Desert Foothills and Palo Verde – (Tie)
100 J. DeHaro MS 13.08 200 J. Morales DF 25.7 400 J. Morales DF 58.87 1600 J. Morales DF 5:39:25 4x100 J. Deharo, Z. Mitchell, J. Jones, J. Tower MS 59.31 4x400 I. Grant, D. Watts, J. Celestine, I. Martinez Montes PV 5:24.29 High Jump T. Glenn MS 4' 10" Long Jump I. Grant PV 13' 7" Shot Put J. Morales DF 29' Discus I. Grant PV 69' 9" 2022-23 8th Grade Middle School Boys' Team Results
1st place - Palo Verde
2nd Place - Royal Palm
100 C. Valdez Castro PV 11.65 200 J. Fredia PV 24.94 400 M. Duran RP 58.43 1600 G. Gomez RP 5:36 4x100 V. Vu, J. Fredia, C. Valdez Castro, N. Pehm PV :50.79 4x400 J. Fredia, N. Pehm, V. Vu, C. Valdez PV 4:05.81 High Jump V. Vu PV 5' Long Jump C. Valdez Castro PV 17' 3" Shot Put J. Stewart MS 33' 2" Discus A. Lee RP 86' 1.75"
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WESD Cross Country Championships
Girls
Cholla - 1986, 1987, 2013, 2016, 2017,
Desert Foothills - 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 2003, 2018
Mountain Sky - 2022
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2014, 2015
Boys
Cholla - 1990, 2016
Desert Foothills - 1987, 1995, 1996
Mountain Sky - 2022
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 1989, 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1999, 2000
2022-23 Girls Team Results
1st Place - Mountain Sky
2nd Place -Cholla
2022-23 Boys Team Results
1st Place - Mountain Sky
2nd Place - Royal Palm
K-6 WESD MEET Results
2022-23 K-8 Season Results at ASU WEST on Saturday, November 18, 2022
Congratulations:
1st Place - Lookout Mountain
2nd Place - Sunnyslope (K-8)
3rd Place - Acacia
4th Place - Orangewood
Tied for 5th Place - Sunburst, Abraham Lincoln, and Sunset
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WESD Scoccer Championships
Girls
2023-24 - Mountain Sky, Runner- up - Palo Verde
2022-23 - Mountain Sky, Runner- up - Desert Foothills
Past Champions:
Cholla - 2014
Desert Foothills -
Mountain Sky - 2022, 2023
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 2010, 2011, 2016, 2017, 2018
Boys
2022-23
First Place - Palo Verde
Cholla -
Desert Foothills -
Mountain Sky -
Palo Verde -
Royal Palm - 2010, 2011, 2012, 2020 (co-champions)
Note: Soccer became an official middle school sport in 2007
K-8 Co-ed Soccer
2022-23
First Place - Mountain View
Past Champions:
Abraham Lincoln -
Arroyo -
Maryland -
Mountain View - 2022, 2023
Orangewood -
Sunnyslope -
Sweetwater -
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WESD POM/CHEER
The WESD does not hold a championship for Cheer and Pom, but in 2006 the five middle schools started an annual event to showcase cheer/pom/spirit/dance teams. from 2006-2009 the event was scored, but given the variety of the types of teams, the event was changed to one evening at the end of the basketball season, for them to demonstrate their best routines and display their spirit. In 2023 the K-8 and 5-6 schools were invited.
2022 Group Photo
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WESD 5-6 Grade Boys' Basketball
2022-23 First Place Division I - Acacia Elementary School
2022-23 Second Place Division I - Lookout Mountain Elementary School
2022-23 First Place Division II - Arroyo
2022-23 Second Place Division II - Chaparral
WESD 5-6 Grade Girls' Basketball
2022-23 First Place Division I - Lookout Mountain Elementary School
2022-23 Second Place Division I - Chaparral Elementary School
2022-23 First Place Division II - Desert View Elementary School
2022-23 Second Place Division II - Shaw Butte Elementary School