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4TH ANNUAL WALL OF CHAMPIONS DINNER
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 6TH, 2010
PARDINI’S BANQUET HALL
5:30 PM, NO-HOST SOCIAL
7:00 PM DINNER

The Wall of Champions selection committee has made their 2010 selection of another group of outstanding Fresno High School Warrior athletes and coaches who have been champions in their fields. Twenty-eight previously selected Warriors will be joined by:

Ted Wills, Jr., (1951) baseball pitcher, went on to play for Pete Beiden at Fresno State and played 6 years of Major League Baseball with the Boston Red Sox.

Mike Noakes, (1957) played varsity baseball and basketball at Fresno High. Went on to play for Cal Berkeley and became the most successful high school baseball coach in Valley history.

Toby Lawless, (1936) was an all around athlete at Fresno High in the mid 1930's. Starred at Fresno State in both basketball and football and returned to Fresno High as a coach in the 40's and 50's.

John Alstrom, (1960) was a 3 years starter on FHS Basketball team and was on the US Volleyball Team at the 1968 Olympics at Mexico City.

Rene Palonco, (1982) was an early pioneer in the rise of women's softball. Rene went on from Fresno High to be standout player for Fresno State.

Irwin Ginsburg, (Coach From 1929 -1955) coached many sports at Fresno High and helped the school live up to its "School of Champions" tradition.

Jack Erdman, (1966) an all around football, basketball and track athlete at FHS and Fresno State and had a successful coaching and teaching career.

John Hoover, a Warrior baseball pitcher who went on to become an All-American at Fresno State and played for the US National team.

Walt Byrd, (1931) was one of Fresno Highs earliest exceptionally talented athletes who went on to star at Fresno State and eventually coached against Fresno High for crosstown rival Roosevelt High.

Anthony Washington, (1976) was a football and track standout at Fresno High, played college football for both Cal and Fresno State and had a pro football career with the Pittsburgh Steelers and Washington Redskins.

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THIRTEEN YEARS OF DEDICATION

Bob Reyes, Principal of Fresno High School between 1997 and 2010, retired July 1st after thirteen years at the helm. Bob has been the longest standing principal in the history of Fresno High, longer than any of the twenty-four principals who preceded him. Bob came to FHS after serving as vice-principal and then principal of Kerman High School for thirteen years. When he first walked into the school office and noticed the photos of all previous principals on the wall, he noted, “I’m the first principal of color.” Click here to read more

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ALL-ALUMNI DINNER
May 8, 2010

For the first time in a number of years, the weather cooperated with the Fresno High Alumni Association’s committee members and brought cooler temperatures to the event.  The cooler weather allowed more of those attending to browse around and visit with other alumni.  Last year, most everyone found any small bit of shade or a cooling mister and never moved until dinner was served.  Entertainment before dinner this year was Dave Rufner and the all-alumni jazz band, and the FHS choir under the direction of Jeff Sandersier.
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Nine more inducted onto FHS
Athletic Wall of Champions

 

Inducted onto the Fresno High Athletic Wall of Champions At The Wall of Champions Dinner Wednesday, October 7, 2009 at Pardini's Banquet Hall

 

	Don "Brownie" Van Galder    '69 1968 NYL Champions FHS quaterback set passing records at the University of Utah before returning to Fresno High and many years of service as a teacher and coach.
	Coach Lee Angelich Coached for 10 years from the mid 50’s to the mid 60’s at Fresno High, winning 5 NYL basketball championships.
	Fred Bartels   '49 Was an outstanding baseball and basketball player for both Fresno High and Fresno State before entering a 50 year career in coaching and teaching that included positions at FHS and FCC.
	Bernard "Bernie"Allard  '52 FHS and Notre Dame track and field All-American high jumper and hurdler
	Jim Jurkovich    '39 Was #1 California High School Athlete in 1938 and 1939 and an all around FHS athletic great considered to be one of the best in school history.
	Tom Jacobsen    '59 Was a gifted natural athlete and a standout player on the very successful and Warrior basketball and baseball teams of the late 1950’s and a dual sport player at Fresno State.
	Billy Wayte    '56 Was a football and track standout at FHS, a running back at Fresno State, a star defensive back in the Canadian Football League, and Tennis Coach at FCC for many years.
	Irving "Crip" Toomey   '14 Was Fresno native in Warrior alumnus was the star halfback on the 1920 Cal "Wonder" team, considered by many sports historians to be one of the best collegiate football team in the 20th century.
	1951 Basketball Team Coach Joe Kelley's FHS Valley Championship Team won every game but one.

 

 

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Where the Money Goes
by JoAnn D'Ambrosio Woodward
Date: 5/24/09

ALUMNI ASSOCIATION GRANTS GIVEN

• 500.00 Help Link Crew with leadership skill development.

• 500.00 Helped Economic class students with trip to Federal Reserve.

• 2,500.00 New sod for baseball diamond.

• 1,348.00 JROTC, drill team equipment

• 750.00 Sober Grad night, 2007.

• 1,300.00 IB film students trip to Hollywood.

• 1,000.00 Easter Baseball Classic.

• 1,896.05 Two Pottery Wheels.

• 1,500.00 Boys soccer, tournament and transportation.

• 2,018.00 Wrestling team, Singlet uniforms.

• 2,000.00 Girls Basketball, uniforms.

• 1,380.00 Girls Softball, amended soil on field.

• 1,000.00 IB students dinner.

• 1,676.00 Film Studies equipment and field trip.

• 700.00 Top 20 students dinner.

• 1,000.00 Incentives for State testing.

• 2,500.00 Folklorico costumes.

• 1,000.00 Latin students field trip.

• 1,000.00 JROTC for transportation to competition.

• 650.00 Easter Baseball Classic.

• 1,000.00 English Language Learners recognition dinner.