Ontario High School (California)
Encyclopedia
Ontario High School is a public high school
in Ontario, California
. It is one of the twelve schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
.
and William Chaffey
began the Chaffey College of Agriculture and an on-campus secondary school
with assistance from the University of Southern California
(USC). The local community was granted control of the secondary school in 1901 and named it Ontario High School. Ten years later, in 1911, the school was renamed to Chaffey High School
.
In 1967, a campus 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chaffey High School was named Ontario High School.
The current principal is Cary Willborn. The previous principal was Rod Hust.
's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting
(STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam
.
Students have the opportunity to earn college credit through College Board
Advanced Placement (AP) courses. In addition, Ontario High School has many honors classes, supports the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, the National Honors Society, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.
, art history
, music appreciation
, drama
, choir
, dance
, band
, percussion, ceramics, and color guard classes.
" against other guards while the instrument and percussion sections have their orchestral season. The band's major performances are the Holiday Showcase, Music Americana, and Pops! concerts. The Music Americana concert is unique because the band performs with the United States Marine Corps Band. The Color Guard also has several acts during the Holiday Showcase, the Pops! concerts, and their end of the year show, the Color Guard Spectacular.
For most of its history, the marching season group was known as the Ontario High School Jaguar Band and Color Guard. They won many awards in band tournaments and marched in several parades throughout southern California. At a point between 2000 and 2008, the group was renamed the Ontario High School Pride.
On November 1, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride entered the Surf City Open marching competition and won the highest "sweepstakes" awards and an invitation to the 2nd Annual California State Championship. This is the first time in its history that the combined marching band, percussion, and color guard competed in a state level competition. On November 22, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride won the 5A Division of the California State Championships for their performance titled "The Lion King Goes Broadway" and became the 2008 Division 5A California State Champions.
Long-time band director Dave Berry retired at the close of the 2008-2009 school year. Ontario High School hired alumni Elyse Ainsworth to replace him as of the 2009-2010 school year.
by Lady Gaga
, Heads Will Roll
by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
, Fuego
by The Cheetah Girls, We Got the Beat
by The Go-Gos, Street Lights by Kanye West
, Hush Hush
by The Pussycat Dolls, Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root
, The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson
, Scars by Kelis
, What's This from Nightmare Before Christmas, and I Took the Night by Chelly.
, The Nerd, Touchtone "M" for Murder, Night of the Living Dead
, Little Shop of Horrors
, Alice in Wonderland, and Area 51 the Musical, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
.. For the 2011-2012 school year the productions are The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
Abriged.
The stage has two balconies on each side of the theater.
.
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 55.9%
Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 75.8%
English Language Learners: 26.4%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:According to Dave Johnston, the Director of Data Management and Programming at Educational Results Partnership, the 2009 ethnic breakdown for Ontario High School totals to 100.1% because of rounding errors to the nearest tenths place. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the California Department of Education
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/filescbedsopusa.asp
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.2%
Asian: 2.4%
Pacific Islander: 0.4%
Filipino: 0.5%
Hispanic/Latino: 85.8%
African American: 4.2%
White: 6.1%
Other/Declined to State: 0.5%
Free/Reduced School Lunch: 17.3%
English Language Learners: 29.8%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.3%
Asian: 2.7%
Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Filipino: 0.7%
Hispanic/Latino: 77.6%
African American: 6.5%
White: 10.7%
Other/Declined to State: 1.2%
, prom
, and sadie hawkins dance. Homecoming Dance themes include "Around the World in One Night" and "Circue Du Extravaganza." A recent Prom theme is "Midnight Masquarade."
The most recent Homecoming Dance King and Queen are Christian Bueno and Denisse Mejia. The most recent Prom Queen is Chelsea Cavion.
High school
High school is a term used in parts of the English speaking world to describe institutions which provide all or part of secondary education. The term is often incorporated into the name of such institutions....
in Ontario, California
Ontario, California
Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area...
. It is one of the twelve schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Chaffey Joint Union High School District
Chaffey Joint Union High School District is a school district located in San Bernardino County, California that serves the communities of Ontario, Montclair, Rancho Cucamonga, and portions of Fontana, Upland, Chino, and Mount Baldy.-History:...
.
History
In 1882, founders of the City of Ontario GeorgeGeorge Chaffey
George Chaffey was a Canadian–born engineer who with his brother William developed large parts of Southern California, including what became the community of Etiwanda and cities of Ontario, and Upland...
and William Chaffey
William Chaffey
William Benjamin Chaffey was a Canadian engineer and irrigation planner who with his older brother George Chaffey developed what became the cities of Etiwanda, Ontario, and Upland in California, United States of America; and the city of Mildura, Victoria, Australia, as well as the town of Renmark,...
began the Chaffey College of Agriculture and an on-campus secondary school
Secondary school
Secondary school is a term used to describe an educational institution where the final stage of schooling, known as secondary education and usually compulsory up to a specified age, takes place...
with assistance from the University of Southern California
University of Southern California
The University of Southern California is a private, not-for-profit, nonsectarian, research university located in Los Angeles, California, United States. USC was founded in 1880, making it California's oldest private research university...
(USC). The local community was granted control of the secondary school in 1901 and named it Ontario High School. Ten years later, in 1911, the school was renamed to Chaffey High School
Chaffey High School
Chaffey High School is a public secondary school in Ontario, California. It is one of the eleven schools of the Chaffey Joint Union High School District. The school rests on approximately , making it one of the largest high schools by area in California....
.
In 1967, a campus 3 miles (4.8 km) south of Chaffey High School was named Ontario High School.
The current principal is Cary Willborn. The previous principal was Rod Hust.
Campus
Ontario High School was built on 40 acres (161,874.4 m²) of land on the south side of Ontario, California. The campus has eight permanent classroom buildings, along with 34 portable classrooms, for a total of 110 separate classrooms, an auditorium, cafeteria and multi-purpose room, library, gym, locker room facilities, two pools, and fine arts and vocational facilities. An extensive modernization of the campus began in 1998.Academics
Ontario High School follows a standard California high school curriculum as defined by the California Department of EducationCalifornia Department of Education
The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement...
's High School Graduation Requirements and tests students with the Standardized Testing and Reporting
Standardized Testing and Reporting
The Standardized Testing and Reporting Program measures performance on the California Achievement Test, Sixth Edition Survey , the California Content Standards Test and the Spanish Assessment of Basic Education . The STAR Program is the cornerstone of the California Public Schools Accountability...
(STAR) program and the California High School Exit Exam
California High School Exit Exam
The California High School Exit Exam is a requirement for high school graduation in the state of California, created by the California Department of Education to improve the academic performance of California high school students, and especially of high school graduates, in the areas of reading,...
.
Students have the opportunity to earn college credit through College Board
College Board
The College Board is a membership association in the United States that was formed in 1900 as the College Entrance Examination Board . It is composed of more than 5,900 schools, colleges, universities and other educational organizations. It sells standardized tests used by academically oriented...
Advanced Placement (AP) courses. In addition, Ontario High School has many honors classes, supports the Gifted and Talented Education (GATE) program, the National Honors Society, and participates in the nationwide Renaissance program.
Arts
Ontario High School supports a wide array of fine and performing arts including artArt
Art is the product or process of deliberately arranging items in a way that influences and affects one or more of the senses, emotions, and intellect....
, art history
Art history
Art history has historically been understood as the academic study of objects of art in their historical development and stylistic contexts, i.e. genre, design, format, and style...
, music appreciation
Music appreciation
Music appreciation is teaching people what to listen for and to appreciate different types of music. Usually music appreciation classes involve some history lessons to explain why people of a certain era liked the music that they did...
, drama
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance. The term comes from a Greek word meaning "action" , which is derived from "to do","to act" . The enactment of drama in theatre, performed by actors on a stage before an audience, presupposes collaborative modes of production and a...
, choir
Choir
A choir, chorale or chorus is a musical ensemble of singers. Choral music, in turn, is the music written specifically for such an ensemble to perform.A body of singers who perform together as a group is called a choir or chorus...
, dance
Dance
Dance is an art form that generally refers to movement of the body, usually rhythmic and to music, used as a form of expression, social interaction or presented in a spiritual or performance setting....
, band
Band (music)
In music, a musical ensemble or band is a group of musicians that works together to perform music. The following articles concern types of musical bands:* All-female band* Big band* Boy band* Christian band* Church band* Concert band* Cover band...
, percussion, ceramics, and color guard classes.
Band, percussion, and color guard
Ontario High School's instrumentalists, percussionists (Drum Corps), and color guard performers compete in the Southern California Judging Association (SCJA) circuit for marching season during the first three months of the academic year. For the remainder of the year the Color Guard competes as a "winter guardWinter guard
Winter guard is an indoor color guard activity, derived from marching band or drum & bugle corps. Unlike traditional color guard, winter guard is performed indoors, usually in a gymnasium or an indoor arena...
" against other guards while the instrument and percussion sections have their orchestral season. The band's major performances are the Holiday Showcase, Music Americana, and Pops! concerts. The Music Americana concert is unique because the band performs with the United States Marine Corps Band. The Color Guard also has several acts during the Holiday Showcase, the Pops! concerts, and their end of the year show, the Color Guard Spectacular.
For most of its history, the marching season group was known as the Ontario High School Jaguar Band and Color Guard. They won many awards in band tournaments and marched in several parades throughout southern California. At a point between 2000 and 2008, the group was renamed the Ontario High School Pride.
On November 1, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride entered the Surf City Open marching competition and won the highest "sweepstakes" awards and an invitation to the 2nd Annual California State Championship. This is the first time in its history that the combined marching band, percussion, and color guard competed in a state level competition. On November 22, 2008 the Ontario High School Pride won the 5A Division of the California State Championships for their performance titled "The Lion King Goes Broadway" and became the 2008 Division 5A California State Champions.
Long-time band director Dave Berry retired at the close of the 2008-2009 school year. Ontario High School hired alumni Elyse Ainsworth to replace him as of the 2009-2010 school year.
Dance
The school's dance classes—Dance Fundamentals, Core 2, and Dance Company—perform an end-of-the-year show to songs such as Bad RomanceBad Romance
"Bad Romance" is a song by American recording artist Lady Gaga. It was released as the lead single from her third extended play , and second major release The Fame Monster . Written by Lady Gaga and produced by RedOne, the track was inspired by Gaga's fear of negative love relationships and the...
by Lady Gaga
Lady GaGa
Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta , better known by her stage name Lady Gaga, is an American singer and songwriter. Born and raised in New York City, she primarily studied at the Convent of the Sacred Heart and briefly attended New York University's Tisch School of the Arts before withdrawing to...
, Heads Will Roll
Heads Will Roll
Heads Will Roll EP is Marion Raven's first EP that was released on October 31, 2006. All of the songs were written by Raven in collaboration with numerous artists including Nikki Sixx , Scott Stevens and Freddy Herrera , Keith Nelson and Xavier Muriel , and Raine Maida...
by the Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs
Yeah Yeah Yeahs are an American indie rock band formed in New York City in 2000. The group is composed of vocalist and pianist Karen O, guitarist and keyboardist Nick Zinner, and drummer Brian Chase. They are complemented in live performances by second guitarist David Pajo, who joined as a touring...
, Fuego
Fuego (The Cheetah Girls song)
"Fuego" is a song by The Cheetah Girls, and is the second single from their second studio album, TCG. On their official MySpace profile, the girls described the song as a "party anthem" with "Latin influences", and a sample of Lionel Richie's '80's hit single "All Night Long ". The song was...
by The Cheetah Girls, We Got the Beat
We Got the Beat
"We Got the Beat" is a song recorded by the American rock band The Go-Go's. Written by the group's lead guitarist Charlotte Caffey, the band recorded the song in 1980 and it was released in May as a single in the UK on Stiff Records. The song's single release brought the Go-Go's underground...
by The Go-Gos, Street Lights by Kanye West
Kanye West
Kanye Omari West is an American rapper, singer, and record producer. West first rose to fame as a producer for Roc-A-Fella Records, where he eventually achieved recognition for his work on Jay-Z's album The Blueprint, as well as hit singles for musical artists including Alicia Keys, Ludacris, and...
, Hush Hush
Hush Hush
"Hush Hush; Hush Hush" is a song by American female pop group Pussycat Dolls from their second studio album Doll Domination . Written by Andreas Romdhane, Josef Larossi, Ina Wroldsen, Nicole Scherzinger, Dino Fekaris, Frederik Perren and produced by Quiz & LaRossi and Dave Audé for the remixed...
by The Pussycat Dolls, Send Me On My Way by Rusted Root
Rusted Root
Rusted Root is a band from Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania known for their unique fusion of acoustic, rock, world and other styles of music, with a strong percussion section that draws from African, Latin American, Native American, and Indian influences...
, The Beautiful People by Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson
Marilyn Manson may refer to:* Marilyn Manson , an American rock musician* Marilyn Manson , the American rock band led by the singer of the same name...
, Scars by Kelis
Kelis
Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers Kelis Rogers (born August 21, 1971 is an American musical artist. She is a BRIT Award, Q Award and NME Award winner and has been nominated for two Grammy Awards. She has had nine top 10 singles on the UK Singles Chart...
, What's This from Nightmare Before Christmas, and I Took the Night by Chelly.
Drama
The school's drama productions are directed by Mr. Hansen. Past performances include Rumors, To Kill a MockingbirdTo Kill a Mockingbird
To Kill a Mockingbird is a novel by Harper Lee published in 1960. It was instantly successful, winning the Pulitzer Prize, and has become a classic of modern American literature...
, The Nerd, Touchtone "M" for Murder, Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead
Night of the Living Dead is a 1968 American independent black-and-white zombie film and cult film directed by George A. Romero, starring Duane Jones, Judith O'Dea and Karl Hardman. It premiered on October 1, 1968, and was completed on a USD$114,000 budget. After decades of cinematic re-releases, it...
, Little Shop of Horrors
Little Shop of Horrors (musical)
Little Shop of Horrors is a rock musical, by composer Alan Menken and writer Howard Ashman, about a hapless florist shop worker who raises a plant that feeds on human blood. The musical is based on the low-budget 1960 black comedy film The Little Shop of Horrors, directed by Roger Corman...
, Alice in Wonderland, and Area 51 the Musical, The Brothers Grimm Spectaculathon and You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown
You're a Good Man, Charlie Brown is a 1967 musical comedy with music and lyrics by Clark Gesner, based on the characters created by cartoonist Charles M. Schulz in his comic strip Peanuts...
.. For the 2011-2012 school year the productions are The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
The Legend of Sleepy Hollow
"The Legend of Sleepy Hollow" is a short story by Washington Irving contained in his collection The Sketch Book of Geoffrey Crayon, Gent., written while he was living in Birmingham, England, and first published in 1820...
and The Complete Works of William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English language and the world's pre-eminent dramatist. He is often called England's national poet and the "Bard of Avon"...
Abriged.
The stage has two balconies on each side of the theater.
Culture
Ontario High School is committed to providing students a clean and safe environment which fosters leaning and promotes student responsibility and citizenship.Demographics
The Ontario High School student population is primarily Hispanic/Latino, followed by the rest. Between 2005 and 2009, the number of students categorized as English Language Learners decreased slightly. During the same period came a sharp rise in the number of students participating in the Free/Reduced School Lunch program. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the California Department of EducationCalifornia Department of Education
The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement...
.
2009
Student Enrollment: 2,841Free/Reduced School Lunch: 55.9%
Socioeconomic Disadvantaged: 75.8%
English Language Learners: 26.4%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:According to Dave Johnston, the Director of Data Management and Programming at Educational Results Partnership, the 2009 ethnic breakdown for Ontario High School totals to 100.1% because of rounding errors to the nearest tenths place. This data is reported by the school district as part of their annual California Basic Educational Data System (CBEDS) submission. Enrollment figures are released annually by the California Department of Education
California Department of Education
The California Department of Education is a California agency that oversees public education. The department oversees funding and testing, and holds local educational agencies accountable for student achievement...
at http://www.cde.ca.gov/ds/sd/cb/filescbedsopusa.asp
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.2%
Asian: 2.4%
Pacific Islander: 0.4%
Filipino: 0.5%
Hispanic/Latino: 85.8%
African American: 4.2%
White: 6.1%
Other/Declined to State: 0.5%
2005
Student Enrollment: 2,591Free/Reduced School Lunch: 17.3%
English Language Learners: 29.8%
Census Characterization: Mid-size City
Ethnic Breakdown:
American Indian/Alaskan Native: 0.3%
Asian: 2.7%
Pacific Islander: 0.3%
Filipino: 0.7%
Hispanic/Latino: 77.6%
African American: 6.5%
White: 10.7%
Other/Declined to State: 1.2%
Clubs
Students and faculty members often work together to form clubs that serve the community and participate in extra-curricular activities.- Academic Decathlon
- Anime Club
- AP Spanish Club
- Asian Culture Club
- Associated Student Body
- AVID (Advancement Via Individual Determination)
- Band
- Band Booster Club
- Beta Club
- Black Student Union (BSU)
- Boys Basketball
- Boys Hip Hop
- Boys Tennis
- California Scholarship Federation
- CheerleadingCheerleadingCheerleading is a physical activity, sometimes a competitive sport, based on organized routines, usually ranging from one to three minutes, which contain the components of tumbling, dance, jumps, cheers, and stunting to direct spectators of events to cheer on sports teams at games or to participate...
- Chess Club
- Choral Music
- Color Guard
- Cross CountryCross country runningCross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
and TrackTrack and fieldTrack and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area... - Dance Club
- Drama Club
- Drum Corps
- Earth Club
- FBLA
- FHA
- Film Club
- Foreign Language Club
- Girls Basketball
- Girls Tennis
- Golfers Club
- Interact Club
- Jags 4 Jesus
- Jag Law
- Jag-Wire, the student newspaper (journalismJournalismJournalism is the practice of investigation and reporting of events, issues and trends to a broad audience in a timely fashion. Though there are many variations of journalism, the ideal is to inform the intended audience. Along with covering organizations and institutions such as government and...
) - Jaguar Marathon Club
- Journalism Club
- JSA (Junior State of AmericaJunior State of AmericaThe Junior State of America is an American non-partisan student-run youth organization. It is also the largest high school student-run organization in the country...
) - Judo Club
- KarateKarateis a martial art developed in the Ryukyu Islands in what is now Okinawa, Japan. It was developed from indigenous fighting methods called and Chinese kenpō. Karate is a striking art using punching, kicking, knee and elbow strikes, and open-handed techniques such as knife-hands. Grappling, locks,...
and Self Defense - Key ClubKey ClubKey Club International is the oldest and largest service program for high school students. It is a student-led organization whose goal is to teach leadership through serving others. Key Club International is a part of the Kiwanis International family of service-leadership programs...
- Future Business Leaders of America
- Future Homemakers of America
- Letterman's Club
- Lifeguard Club
- Link CrewLink CrewLink Crew is a leadership program offered to high schools in the United States and Canada. The program allows the school to choose upper-classmen to be linked with freshmen throughout the year. The Link Leaders help the freshman get involved by informing them about the activities put on by the...
- MEChAMEChAM.E.Ch.A. is an organization that seeks to promote Chicano unity and empowerment through political action. The acronym of the organization's name is the Spanish word mecha, which means "fuse"...
(Movimiento Estudiantil Chicano de Aztlan) - Military Club "Stars and Stripes"
- Mock Trial
- Model United Nations
- National Honors Society
- ONCA, the OHS yearbookYearbookA yearbook, also known as an annual, is a book to record, highlight, and commemorate the past year of a school or a book published annually. Virtually all American, Australian and Canadian high schools, most colleges and many elementary and middle schools publish yearbooks...
- Pacific Islander Club
- Peer Counseling
- Pep Squad
- Ray's Power Pit, weight liftingWeight trainingWeight training is a common type of strength training for developing the strength and size of skeletal muscles. It uses the weight force of gravity to oppose the force generated by muscle through concentric or eccentric contraction...
and fitnessPhysical fitnessPhysical fitness comprises two related concepts: general fitness , and specific fitness... - Renaissance
- Science Club
- Skills USA
- Snowboarding and Ski Club
- STAND
- STRIVE
- TV/Video Club
- VICA
- Virtual Enterprise
- Volleyball Club
- Walk and Rollers
Events
Ontario High School holds dances including homecomingHomecoming
Homecoming is the tradition of welcoming back alumni of a school. It most commonly refers to a tradition in many universities, colleges and high schools in North America...
, prom
Prom
In the United States and Canada, a prom, short for promenade, is a formal dance, or gathering of high school students. It is typically held near the end of the senior year. It figures greatly in popular culture and is a major event among high school students...
, and sadie hawkins dance. Homecoming Dance themes include "Around the World in One Night" and "Circue Du Extravaganza." A recent Prom theme is "Midnight Masquarade."
The most recent Homecoming Dance King and Queen are Christian Bueno and Denisse Mejia. The most recent Prom Queen is Chelsea Cavion.
Notable faculty and alumni
Like many high schools throughout Southern California, Ontario High School has its share of notable faculty and alumni.- Al NewmanAl NewmanAlbert Dwayne Newman is a former infielder in Major League Baseball who played for the Montreal Expos , Minnesota Twins and Texas Rangers...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for the Minnesota TwinsMinnesota TwinsThe Minnesota Twins are a professional baseball team based in Minneapolis, Minnesota. They play in the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. The team is named after the Twin Cities area of Minneapolis and St. Paul. They played in Metropolitan Stadium from 1961 to 1981 and the...
. Member of Twins 1987 and 1991 World ChampionshipWorld SeriesThe World Series is the annual championship series of Major League Baseball, played between the American League and National League champions since 1903. The winner of the World Series championship is determined through a best-of-seven playoff and awarded the Commissioner's Trophy...
Teams. - Jeff Rudy, Director of Football Operations, University of Utah. Former Ontario High School athletic director and offensive coordinator in 2003-2005.
- Martin Rubalcaba, also known as Marty Elias, World Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling EntertainmentWorld Wrestling Entertainment, Inc. is an American publicly traded, privately controlled entertainment company dealing primarily in professional wrestling, with major revenue sources also coming from film, music, product licensing, and direct product sales...
referee from 2007 to 2009. - Mike SweeneyMike SweeneyMichael John "Mike" Sweeney is a former Major League Baseball first baseman. Sweeney played his first 13 seasons in the majors with the Kansas City Royals, originally as a catcher and then moving to first base. Sweeney has also played for the Oakland Athletics, Seattle Mariners, and Philadelphia...
, Major League BaseballMajor League BaseballMajor League Baseball is the highest level of professional baseball in the United States and Canada, consisting of teams that play in the National League and the American League...
player for the Kansas City RoyalsKansas City RoyalsThe Kansas City Royals are a Major League Baseball team based in Kansas City, Missouri. The Royals are a member of the Central Division of Major League Baseball's American League. From 1973 to the present, the Royals have played in Kauffman Stadium...
. Played for the 1991 varsity baseball team that won the CIF Southern SectionCIF Southern SectionC.I.F. Southern Section is the largest of the ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation . Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Mono and Inyo counties, as...
state title with an undefeated 26-0 record. - Shelly MartinezShelly MartinezShelly Leonor Martinez is a Mexican American model, actress, professional wrestler and valet. She is known for her work with World Wrestling Entertainment on its ECW brand under the ring name Ariel and for Total Nonstop Action Wrestling under the ring name Salinas as valet to The Latin American...
, professional World Wrestling Entertainment/Extreme Championship Wrestling wrestler, actress, and model. - Juan RoqueJuan RoqueJuan Armando Roque is a former American football offensive tackle who played three years for the National Football League's Detroit Lions and played one season for the Toronto Argonauts of the Canadian Football League...
, former football All American at Arizona State UniversityArizona State UniversityArizona State University is a public research university located in the Phoenix Metropolitan Area of the State of Arizona...
as an offensive tackle, Outland Trophy and Lombardi Award finalist in 1996, All Pacific Ten Conference First Team 1995 and 1996, member of 11-0 1996 Team that played in the Rose BowlRose Bowl GameThe Rose Bowl is an annual American college football bowl game, usually played on January 1 at the Rose Bowl in Pasadena, California. When New Year's Day falls on a Sunday, the game is played on Monday, January 2...
on January 1, 1997, NFL football player with Detroit LionsDetroit LionsThe Detroit Lions are a professional American football team based in Detroit, Michigan. They are members of the North Division of the National Football Conference in the National Football League , and play their home games at Ford Field in Downtown Detroit.Originally based in Portsmouth, Ohio and...
1997-1999, played for CFLCanadian Football LeagueThe Canadian Football League or CFL is a professional sports league located in Canada. The CFL is the highest level of competition in Canadian football, a form of gridiron football closely related to American football....
with Toronto ArgonautsToronto ArgonautsThe Toronto Argonauts are a professional Canadian football team competing in the East Division of the Canadian Football League. The Toronto, Ontario based team was founded in 1873 and is one of the oldest existing professional sports teams in North America, after the Chicago Cubs and the Atlanta...
in 2001, and Arizona State University Sports Hall of Fame Inductee in 2009.
External links
- Ontario High School, maintained by the Chaffey Joint Union High School District
- Ontario High School News & Events
- Ontario High School Cross Country
- Ontario High School Football Schedule