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With Season Over, Patriots Move On To CIF, Masters and State

Our regular season is at an end as we enter Week 14 with CIF championships coming this Saturday. This season we expanded to adding two big tournaments, Jimmy Hamada and Temecula Valley as well as two novice tournaments for our JV and Freshmen. The young team faced tougher competition compared to previous years. We endedContinue reading “With Season Over, Patriots Move On To CIF, Masters and State”

Making Weight

One aspect of wrestling that makes it mentally tough is the aspect of making weight. I thought of this as I watched the basketball players arrive and warm up on the court. There was such relaxation about it. They arrive, they warm up, they go. This is in stark contrast to wrestling where the anxietyContinue reading “Making Weight”

Patriots are Third Team in San Diego City Conference.

Nine Patriots came to the 31st City Championships known as the Willie Jones Jr Memorial and wrestled against 16 other teams in the conference. Last year Patrick Henry tied for 4th and it was first time since 2017 that Patrick Henry was not in top 3. This year Patrick Henry was coming in with threeContinue reading “Patriots are Third Team in San Diego City Conference.”

Hard Losses (Scripps) and Good Wins (Jim Londos and Temecula Valley)

This week Patrick Henry suffered a defeat on home turf, something that doesn’t happen a lot, at least not in the past three years. Patrick Henry was short on wrestlers due to injuries and Scripps Ranch came to win. It was a close match and both teams fought for every point. The defeat came whenContinue reading “Hard Losses (Scripps) and Good Wins (Jim Londos and Temecula Valley)”

First Alumni Night/Point Loma Match

On December 14th 2022, about a dozen Patrick Henry Wrestling alumni showed up to the first league home match against Point Loma. In front of the alumni, parents and fans, Patriot JV and Varsity wrestlers fought to a decided win of 55-29. During the match, new record boards were displayed with past placements and recordsContinue reading “First Alumni Night/Point Loma Match”

Henry Wrestlers Place at Jimmy Hamada

Jimmy Hamada was a San Diguito High School Wrestler in 1975. He was a CIF and four-time League Champion. He also died at age of 25 of cancer, leaving behind a son. That son (Gabe Chandler) would go on to be a wrestler and then a coach at Patrick Henry High School for over aContinue reading “Henry Wrestlers Place at Jimmy Hamada”

Patriots Fight Back

After a set of two losses at Torrey Pines last week, Patrick Henry wrestlers dug deep to improve over three days and create big wins on Monday, wining their first home match on the first day of the Thanksgiving break. Big wins came to a first year freshman wrestler Abudullah Alshami by pin. Winning byContinue reading “Patriots Fight Back”

Week 1

The first week of the season is awaited with anticipation. The first workout is notoriously difficult as the wrestler bodies are pushed to go from off-season shape to season shape. Their mental fortitude is shaped in that first practice that begins at 6 am with running, conditioning and then non-stop wrestling. There is rarely wrestlingContinue reading “Week 1”

THANK YOU SPONSORS

Thank you to the parents who helped us with the sponsorship drive and to our sponsors. Thanks to you we met the necessary funds for tournaments and basic travel costs for ’22-’23 season. Air Cooled Eddie As we begin the new season, we evaluate our goals. We look at what we did last year andContinue reading “THANK YOU SPONSORS”

Wrestling Medicine Cabinet

Injuries happen. Getting sick happens. When they do, they affect performance and attendance of practice and sometimes, competition. The first step to treatment is to prevent both through good sleep, hydration, food, proper warm up and technique. In spite of the best prevention, those who push to the limit will push their bodies and atContinue reading “Wrestling Medicine Cabinet”