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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 todayContinue reading “What it Takes To Be a Champion: Passion”

Coaching: Best Job or Worst Job?

My parents’ greatest fear when I was in High School was that I’d become a wrestling coach. I laughed at that fear. At the time, I would have never thought that I one day their fear would become a reality. I revered my coaches, but I had no intention of becoming one. I became oneContinue reading “Coaching: Best Job or Worst Job?”

Patrick Henry Qualifies Seven Wrestlers for Masters Championships

Patrick Henry joins over seventy teams in its quest for state championship. The way wrestling does it’s qualification is that wrestling has a CIF Champion in every division. Placers from every divisional wrestle for a single Section Championship with the top four from the section going on to wrestle every other section qualifier at whatContinue reading “Patrick Henry Qualifies Seven Wrestlers for Masters Championships”

How to Become a State Champion

28 State Champions are crowned each year in wrestling. These champions in many cases started as young prodigies, but not all. In fact plenty prodigies never become state champions. The reason why some become champions and some do not is goals. Amazing thing about a goal is that regardless of what it is, the methodsContinue reading “How to Become a State Champion”

Patrick Henry Takes 4th At Willie Jones: Muscat, Vinoray, Alshami, Arenz take 2nd, Roy takes 3rd

Patrick Henry had one of the best runs in a few years at the Willie Jones Junior City Championships. Tournament named for a Lincoln Wrestler who was committed to Cornel but died graduation night from a stray bullet is the San Diego Conference annual tournament were nearly all 18 conference schools compete.  Patrick Henry hadContinue reading “Patrick Henry Takes 4th At Willie Jones: Muscat, Vinoray, Alshami, Arenz take 2nd, Roy takes 3rd”

Patrick Henry Peter Gidlund Memorial Tournament

In less than four days (Nov 23, 2024), the first wrestling tournament in over forty years will be held at Patrick Henry High School. The tournament is dedicated to a great Patrick Henry Wrestler: Peter Gidlund and will highlight awareness of mental health.  Tournament will include novice boys and girls from over 20 schools steppingContinue reading “Patrick Henry Peter Gidlund Memorial Tournament”