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Boys Take on D1 and D2 Champions

This weekend Patriots travelled to Bonita Vista High School to participate in a Quad with Bonita, Brawley and Fallbrook High Schools. Bonita and Brawley were CIF Divisional Champions in their respective divisions. Patriots were up to the challenge. We brought 8 wrestlers who were ready to wrestle and compete against two of the best teams…

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Girls Place at UC Tournament

Patrick Henry Girls team grew two fold this year, going from seven to fourteen. Most are novices and a few wrestled with the Patriot Middle School Wrestling Team. The varsity girls had their first tournament this weekend at UC High School and the Novice girls participated in their second tournament. Girls wrestled hard showcasing what…

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2nd Annual Peter Gidlund Memorial Expands

Last year, Patriots hosted their first tournament in exactly 40 years. It was the 10th anniversary of Peter Gidlund’s passing, an alumni who wrestled for the Oregon State Pac 10 Championship team. This year the tournament had an attendance from 14 schools with 14 boy teams and 11 girl teams. The tournament was more competitive…

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Three Wins at East County Brawl

On Dec 3rd, Patrick Henry Patriots hosted the first East County Brawl with Monte Vista, Santana and El Cajon Valley. The three schools dualed each other for three hours in a three hour boys varsity battle. The night was Western Themed and was hosted by the Patrick Henry Honorary Coach, Principal Sandra White.  Patriots lost…

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Patriots 3-0 at Liberty Bash

Two years ago, Patrick Henry and Hoover coach got together and created the first ever Liberty Bash. It was a dual that was centered around a Patriotic Theme. Last year the dual was at Madison and added James Madison High School and Lincoln High School. Patrick Henry took 1st in boys and 2nd with girls.…

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2025 Team Update

In 2020 Patrick Henry team had very old mats and a few dedicated wrestlers who wrestled only in season. Since then, there have been a lot of improvements. Last year we closed out with 35 wrestlers which included 8 girls, a freshmen, JV and Varsity team.  Our girls ended up placing at several tournaments including…

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2025 Alumni Dinner

Every year Patriot Alumni come together to celebrate history and new seniors who join the alumni ranks. This year our seniors Reid Muscat, Hondo Hamel and Mason Phan got to be a part of a the Golden Age Reunion. Class of 1991 was a unique one. They had a new coach that joined, Larry Penacho.…

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What it Takes To Be a Champion: Passion

There are many tournaments throughout a season, but only a few championships and those are the ones that truly matter: League, City, CIF, Masters, State. I’ve coached in my wrestling career wrestlers who have achieved all of those. I’ve coached many more who were not champions but placed as well. And I was thinking today…

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