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13TH ANNUAL ALL-ALUMNI DINNER SET FOR MAY 19TH

What a surprise! This year our dinner is going to go up against the beginning of the replacement of Palmer and LaConte halls. Construction will begin on the two two-story buildings around April 9 so we will be fighting for space on Echo Avenue in order to hold our dinner. We will “Strike Up The Band” to celebrate these remarkable changes to come and to help buy new uniforms for the FHS band. Architectural drawings will be on display to show what the finished construction will look like.

Event will start at 5:00 PM with a no host bar, dinner will be served at 7:00 PM and dessert auction results will begin at 8:00 PM. During the evening, Mr. Jose Vargas’ band members will sell tickets for a 50/50 raffle. The winning raffle ticket will share the total amount with the band.

The FHS Strings band will entertain early in the evening followed by a short program and dinner by our most famous and appreciated chef, Gary Lanfranco of Cosmopolitan restaurant. Senate members will serve dinner and there will be a silent dessert auction to give people a chance to bid on a dessert to share after dinner with their table guests.


Chef Gary Lanfranco
Cosmopolitan Restaurant

Reservations can be made at www.FresnoHighAlumni.com, by using the order form in this newsletter or by calling Marie Campopiano Slater at 559-224-5241. The price for dinner is $40 and if you are a $100 Alumni Association member, you have one dinner already paid for, make sure you mention this when making reservations. Make your reservations early which will confirm a place for dinner as there will be no last minute reservations accepted. No tickets will be sold at the door of the event.

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ANOTHER HONOR

This past September Jim Maloney, class of 1958, was voted 13th out of the top 100 Cincinnati Reds players of all time and 3rd on their list of pitchers. With three no-hitters and five one-hitters, he used a 99.5 mph fastball and a snapping curveball to become “the right-handed Sandy Koufax.” He was club leader in strikeouts and strikeouts per 9 innings; second in winning percentage (.615); and third in shutouts (30 in his 11 seasons). Reds catcher Johnny Edwards said, “Maloney was a catcher’s dream.” Courtesy of The Cincinnati Enquirer, September 4, 2011.


 

Jim was on the 1958 FHS baseball team along with pro baseball players Dick Ellsworth, Lynn Rube, Pat Corrales, and Tom Jacobsen. It was known as the best baseball team in the history of high school teams and was coached by Ollie Bidwell.


Fresno High's 43rd Annual
Easter Baseball Classic Tourney
April 2nd - 4th
Gets Story in the Fresno Bee

Fresno High Eager for Baseball Classic Title
By Andy Boogaard - The Fresno Bee

Fresno High baseball, the one dependable that has upheld the athletic pride of Fresno Unified School District for decades, continues to swing in glee. And, upon closer observation, a little extra twinkle can be seen in the eyes of Warriors co-coach Jason Papi. No complaints in his third-base coaching box, considering: Fresno is 13-1, leading the North Yosemite League at 5-0 and ranked eighth in the Central Section; his father, Ken (593-414), is hammering on the door of 600 career wins; and his wife, Annie, is 7 months pregnant with their first child, a girl. And what a bonus this would be -- a championship in the 43rd American Ambulance and Fresno High Easter Baseball Classic this week.

Read Full article at the Fresno Bee Website..

See the full tourney game schedule at FresnoEasterClassic.com


Fresno High wrestler Arnold Salinas looks to end school's long drought at state


Arnold Salinas


By Nick Giannandrea - The Fresno Bee
Thursday, Feb. 02, 2012 | 12:01 AM

Fifteen seasons have passed since a Fresno High wrestler has stood on the podium at the CIF State Wrestling Championships.

Arnold Salinas would like to change that.

In his second-to-last tuneup before the postseason begins, the state's ninth-ranked 220-pounder made quick work of Madera South's Carlos Bermudez, winning by injury default in 17 seconds during a North Yosemite League dual meet Wednesday that was won by the Stallions 52-12.

"A No. 9 ranking is not medaling," Fresno coach Rick Flores said. "There is a lot we have to do to get him to the top 8. But he's on the right track. We're working to get him to peak in March."

Six Warriors have placed at the state meet since it began in 1973, the most recent Oscar Rubalcava (third at 130 pounds) and Than Merrill (seventh at 215s) in 1996. Salinas wants to be the seventh, not only for himself, but to give the next wave of Warriors wrestlers something to strive for.
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Fresno High has had six state placers since the start of the California state tournament 1973, but never a state champion.

1975
Bob Roberts, 5th

1977
Buff Estrada, 3rd

1979
Buff Estrada, 2nd

1988
Jerry Urzua, 5th

1996
Oscar Rubalcava, 3rd
Than Merrill, 7th


Rick Stewart Is New Warrior Football Coach

Athletic director David Barton released the following press release to announce his hiring:
February 16, 2012

Fresno High School is pleased to announce the hiring of Rick Stewart as the new Varsity Head Football Coach. Coach Stewart comes to Fresno High from Porterville High School where he transformed their struggling football program into Valley Championship contenders in just four years. He led Porterville to back to back valley championship appearances, and in 2010 celebrated a 10-0 League championship season and set a school record for the most wins. Stewart is no stranger to turning around football programs; before Porterville High, he led the Corcoran High School football program to an undefeated league championship season in two years, breaking a 21 game losing streak.

Fresno High School is honored to add Coach Stewart to the outstanding coaching staff at the School of Champions.

David Barton
Athletic Director
Fresno High School

Read The Fresno Bee’s story Below
by Andy Boogard on the hiring.

Fresno High hires Rick Stewart as football coach
Porterville's Stewart takes over program that went
0-10 in '11.
By Andy Boogaard - The Fresno Bee

While on a roll as Porterville High's football coach, Rick Stewart recently began looking north.

There were four openings in Fresno -- Edison, Sunnyside, Hoover and Fresno.

He said he first began pursuing Sunnyside but didn't get a response. He didn't consider himself "the right fit" for Edison. And he hadn't contacted Hoover.

Regarding Fresno High: "Not on my radar. I was guilty like everyone else of the outside perception, the low test scores, the low retention rates ... "

He didn't complete his thought Thursday evening because it wasn't necessary -- not on a day he was appointed the Warriors' coach.

"We woke up Porterville; we had the alumni dusting off their lettermen's jackets," Stewart said. "And we're going to wake up this purple giant [at Fresno]. We're going to wake up the entire city. It's going to be magical."

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1958 Fresno High Baseball Team

VISIT THE STORE

In 2007 the 1958 Fresno High baseball team was first FHS team inducted into the Fresno High Athletic Wall of Champions.

Below is a link to an article at Rivals.com from Yahoo Sports that chronicles the team's achievements and its position in the pecking order among the great high school teams from the past.

With a 25-1 record, a strong case is made that the '58 Warrior baseball team was the best in California state history, and possibly the nation.

http://www.rivals.com/content.asp?cid=803708


WALL OF CHAMPIONS
DINNER 2011

One of the most successful inductee’s dinner was held on Wednesday, October 12 at Pardini’s in Fresno. There were over 350 diners who watched as nine more FHS athletes and one more team received recognition for their athletic abilities and successes. Sharing the evening and receiving honors were inductees and/or family members of: Julian Bailey, 1986; Kristin Clague, 1988; Phillip Conley, 1952; Allen Cropsey, 1946; Monte Doris, 1970; Bruce Farris, 1945; Scott Steele, 1976; Tom Thaxter, 1953; coach Vance Stanley and the 1987 baseball team.

The Fresno High Jazz band performed under the direction of Dave Rufner prior to dinner and Jose Vargas and the FHS marching band entered to play the Fresno High fight song and got everyone off to an exciting evening.

Forty FHS athletic students attended and some escorted the inductees to the stage to receive their trophies. Kopi Sotiropolus, Jack Fowler and Chris Terrence helped to introduce the inductees and wiggle out of them some of their great memories to share with everyone.

Dinner was under the direction of Jim Pardini, and each year the meal has been different and excellent.


New Varsity Head Boys
Basketball Coach
Carvell Wafer

Carvell Wafer, the new Fresno High Varsity Head Boys Basketball Coach, is looking for ex Warrior hoopsters to participate in an Alumni Basketball game on Saturday November 19th at the Fresno High gym.

The game set for 7 Pm will pit even year graduates against odd and will be preceded by intersquad scrimmages for all 3 levels of present FHS players starting at 5:45.

All ex Fresno High players who would like to play in the game can contact Wafer at 994-6014

This will be a great opportunity to come out and see the 2011-2012 FHS basketball teams in action.

Contact:
Carvell Wafer
994-6014


David Barton, who is the new athletic director at Fresno High, succeeding Ken Papi who retired this last June, announced Wafer’s addition to the Fresno High coaching staff with the following:

Fresno High School, the School of Champions, would like to announce the hiring of Carvell Wafer as our new Varsity Head Boys Basketball Coach. Coach Wafer, a former Washington Union basketball player who played on the 1998 Valley Championship team and 1999 State Championship team, brings a wealth of successful basketball playing and coaching experience to Fresno High. Coach Wafer played collegiately at the University of Denver, where he graduated with a BA in Communications. After playing professionally overseas, Coach Wafer began his coaching career at Kerman High School. In his second season he took Kerman to the Division 3 Valley Championship game and was later named Coach of the Year. Coach Wafer went on to coach one season at Lemoore High School, where he was again named Coach of the Year, leading Lemoore to a league championship and setting a school record for most wins in a single season.
Fresno High is honored to have Coach Wafer as its newest addition to the outstanding coaching staff at the School of Champions.


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