Pat Lovell Holiday Classic

The Tournament will be December 27-28, 2023 at Aptos High School

  Pat Lovell was a three-year varsity starter in football and wrestling and received numerous post season honors including three-time Pacific Coast Heavyweight Wrestling Champion.

  After leaving Cal Poly, Pat was the 1961 National AAU Heavyweight Greco-Roman Champion. From 1961-1964 he was the National AAU place winner in the same division. From 1961 to 1962 Pat was on the USA World Team and in 1964 he was on the Olympic team. He was also an eight-time AAU All-American winner. In 1995 he was the National Scholastic Federation Official of the year, the USA Wrestling "Man of the Year" and was inducted into the National Wrestling Hall of Fame. In 2000, he was inducted into the California Wrestling Hall of Fame. Pat has been the President of the USA Wrestling Officials Association. He has been officiating high school football for over 35 years and wrestling matches for over 44 years.

  From 1976 to 2000 he was a coach of football, wrestling and softball at Cabrillo Community College in Santa Cruz, California. He resides in Santa Cruz with his wife Joy. He has 3 children and 2 grandchildren.

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2022 Signed Up Teams (updated 12/12, waitlist will start at 70 teams):

  1. Alisal

  2. Amador Valley

  3. Aptos

  4. Archbishop Riordan

  5. Branham

  6. Capuchino

  7. Carlmont

  8. Carmel

  9. Castro Valley

  10. Christopher

  11. Clovis

  12. Cupertino

  13. Everett Alvarez

  14. Evergreen Valley

  15. Foothill (Pleasanton, CA)

  16. Fremont (Sunnyvale, CA)

  17. Frontier (Bakersfield, CA)

  18. Gilroy

  19. Golden Valley

  20. Gonzales

  21. Granada

  22. Greenfield

  23. Gunderson

  24. Harbor (Santa Cruz, CA)

  25. Homestead

  26. Hoover (Fresno, CA)

  27. Independence (San Jose, CA)

  28. James Logan

  29. Kennedy (Fremont)

  30. King City

  31. Lake Stevens (WA)

  32. Las Lomas

  33. Leigh

  34. Leland

  35. Live Oak (Morgan Hill, CA)

  36. Los Gatos

  37. Lynbrook

  38. Monte Vista Christian

  39. North Salinas

  40. Oakdale

  41. Overfelt

  42. Palma

  43. Pajaro Valley

  44. Piedmont Hills

  45. Pitman

  46. Prospect

  47. Sacred Heart Cathedral

  48. Salinas

  49. Santa Clara

  50. Santa Cruz

  51. Scotts Valley

  52. Silver Creek

  53. Soledad

  54. St. Francis SCP (Watsonville, CA)

  55. Summerville Union

  56. Terra Nova

  57. Watsonville

  58. Wilcox

2019 Tournament Podium Pictures and Results

2019 Pat Lovell Holiday Wrestling Classic - 4th Place Team

Lightweight OW - Carter Bailey (Granada) 120 lbs.

Upperweight OW - Thomas Mailhot (Los Gatos) 182 lbs.

Upperweight OW - Thomas Mailhot (Los Gatos) 182 lbs.

Fastest Fall - Lucas Cook (Lincoln) 285 lbs.

Pat Lovell Award Winner - Donte Lopez (Gilroy) 145 lbs.

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2018 Tournament Podium Pics

Host Hotel: Best Western/Seacliff Inn

(800) 367-2003

Located just 1 mile away from the event site, one block from Seacliff State beach, and only 10 minutes away from the world famous Santa Cruz Beach Boardwalk and Amusement Park, it is the perfect hotel. When you register you MUST state that you are with the Pat Lovell Holiday Classic/California Coast Wrestling Classic to get a special room rate.