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Henry Wrestles and Hosts Beach Battle at Belmont.

On Friday July 26th, Patrick Henry High School Wrestling Club hosted San Diego’s first sanctioned Beach Wrestling Tournament. Forty wrestlers from all over San Diego and a few venturing from as far as Ventura, Menifee and Sacramento, gathered at Mission Beach, just south of Belmont Park. Beach Wrestling has been a end of summer traditionContinue reading “Henry Wrestles and Hosts Beach Battle at Belmont.”

Beach Wrestling Comes to San Diego

Everyone knows about world’s second oldest sport: wrestling. First sport was swimming then came wrestling. The sport was originally done under water, until animals started to roam on land and running was invented (in order to get away from wrestlers). While those first land wrestling animals wrestled on the beach, the sport of Beach WrestlingContinue reading “Beach Wrestling Comes to San Diego”

San Diego Middle School Wrestling

On a hot day of September 2022, I had my first meeting as the Patrick Henry head wrestling coach with Athletic Director Cody Clark. I arrived with a notepad on which I had my goals for my tenure with the Patriots written down so that he and I could work on those. Cody began theContinue reading “San Diego Middle School Wrestling”

2024 Off-Season

Open Rooms Patrick Henry HS Wed 4:30-5:30USA Wrestling CardClairemont HSWed 6-8pm (AAU card can be purchased on site. Mira MesaCrawford HS Palomar College (North County Wrestling Club) Paid Rooms West HillsGranite HillsVista Summer Clinics David Mitrovich @ Patrick Henry – May 28 Julian Davison @ RBV- July 8th Summer Camps (link) Tournaments Escondido League JuneContinue reading “2024 Off-Season”

2024 Season Recap

While Poway took the State Championship, Patrick Henry had a record year in many areas that aren’t as obvious. The team was poised for a strong showing with a roster of nearly 40 wrestlers, most of whom were first year wrestlers. Six seniors were ready for a strong season as were other returning wrestlers. LastContinue reading “2024 Season Recap”

What’s Special About Wrestling at Patrick Henry

Patrick Henry is not Poway. It is not even Granite Hills. And although we our goal is to create champions by building middle school and youth wrestling and bringing in big names to our camps, I can say it proudly that it is our intention to never become a Poway. Poway is a powerhouse andContinue reading “What’s Special About Wrestling at Patrick Henry”

Why Your Talented Wrestler Should Stay.

Today there was a post on Twitter about the Poway line up. It is deep. According to the post (it can be backed up on the website CSS-Rank which ranks all California wrestlers) some weights at Poway have as many as four wrestlers who are top 50 in state and often top four in SanContinue reading “Why Your Talented Wrestler Should Stay.”