Patrick Henry High School is one of the top High Schools in San Diego County for academics and sports (#24 in US News and World). It is rich in history as well as the top school in California for Engineering and includes dozens of clubs and sports.

Patrick Henry Wrestling Team has been competing since 1970. We are a Division 1 program in the Western League of San Diego Conference. In 2025 we placed 3rd in San Diego and 11th at CIF D1 Section.

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Why All Kids Should Do Sports

I grew up in a family of intellectuals. My parents were engineers; children of doctors, engineers and professors. And yet, I was always in sports. Partially unorganized: always playing outside with friends; biking, swimming, badminton, soccer, skateboarding, surfing, even rollerblading. But also organized: swimming, Judo, Karate, soccer, and obviously wrestling. The goal was not for…

Wrestling Books

To become successful in any field you have to have passion and a desire to learn as much as possible about that field. The best of the best in wrestling didn’t just drill or workout, they learned about their sport. It is as true for Dan Gable as it is for Bruce Lee as it…

A New Age at Patrick Henry Wrestling

Patrick Henry has had a lot of firsts in my tenure as Coach. Over the past five years we had two brothers qualify for state championships. We hosted National Champions and Olympic level coaches at our camps and clinics. We hosted our first tournament and beach wrestling championships. We helped start the San Diego Middle…

Matches or Practice?

Here’s a question that people often ask me: what is more important, practice or matches? Both of course! However, while people know that matches are important if you want to win, few people actually put themselves in that situation. Why? Because it is scary! You wear a singlet, you have an opponent you don’t know.…

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Quote of the week

“People ask me what I do when there’s no wrestling. I’ll tell you what I do. I stare out the window and wait for November.”