Santa Ana Valley High School, more commonly referred to Valley High School is located at 1801 S. Greenville St. in Santa Ana, CA 92704. Valley High was built in 1959 and recently celebrated its 50th year anniversary in 2009.
Background
Valley High School is believed to have one of the largest auditoriums in the Santa Unified School District.
In 2006â€"07, the school was remodeled for the first time in its history. During this time, all students used the Godinez Fundamental High School campus, which had just been built and was currently operating under the name 'Valley West High School.' This remodeling project included the construction of a brand new Olympic-size swimming pool and the installation of air conditioning in some of the classrooms.
Traditions
Valley High school is very popular for its many traditions. Valley Vaudeville directed by the choral director, Karen Bluel, has long been a Valley High tradition. In 2010, Vaudeville celebrated its 20th anniversary and several alumni were invited to come back and perform. Valley Vaudeville is usually put on by all of the choir classes, musical theater, along with other performers such as the Dance Team, Drama Team, Teachers and Tall Flags. The senior boys and senior girls also perform during Valley Vaudeville as it one of the last shows of the school year.
International week is another long-running tradition where several countries are observed in one week. During lunch, different ethnic foods are sold in the efforts of not only fundraising money, but also bringing awareness to other countries.
Sports
Santa Ana Valley Orange League Champs 2013â€"14
With both Santa Ana Valley and Magnolia sitting at 4â€"0 in the Orange League standings and the league championship on the line Friday, the Valley football team went into the matchup with one thing in mind: To wear their opponent out.Valley running back Alex Hernandez was the focal point for the Falcons, as he has been all season. The senior carried the ball 44 times for 316 yards and two touchdowns, helping Valley pound its way to a league championship with a 14â€"7 victory at Western High. Valley finished its season 7â€"2â€"1 overall and a perfect 5â€"0 in Orange League play.
In 2009â€"10 Santa Ana Valley Football won the league in a 3-way tie and ended their season at 7â€"4 . Santa Ana Valley's Football team beat Saddleback high schools team 50â€"0 and Century high schools team 69â€"14 both schools are rival Santa Ana schools.
The Santa Ana Valley Girls Water Polo outrightly clinched the Orange League title for the first time in 2009. This set a new record for most games won in a season in the history of Water Polo at the school. They did so with a final record of 24â€"8. In 2011 the Girls Water Polo team broke this record, again won league and captured the school's first CIF Championship in any girl's sporting event.
The Santa Ana Valley Boys Water Polo won the Orange League title and made it for the first time to semi-finals of CIF in 2010.
The Santa Ana Valley High School Cross Country Team have been champions since 2002 and they look outstanding with every performance they do.In the season of 2010-2011 Valley once again proved themselves and clinched the title for all three levels Varsity, JV, and Frosh Soph.The Santa Ana Valley High School Cross Country Team look to clinch many titles in the near future and keep this tradition of Champions alive.
Valley is also the only high school in Orange County with a golf center.
Santa Ana Valley's 2010â€"11 football team had a rollercoaster of a season as some would say they started the season 4â€"0 after this great start they lost to the eventual CIF-SS Champions Garden Grove High School 39â€"6 the falcons went on to lose the next game against league rivals Savanna High School of Anaheim they had a really close game with league rival and city rival Century High School in a 21-20 victory over the Centurians they then went on to lose the next 2 out of 3 games and missed the playoffs this was a first for head coach Larry Mohr since taking over the program. Valley went on to beat Saddleback 49â€"14. Noted All-CIF player Manuel Burciaga
Santa Ana Valleys 2011-â€"12 Football team won their league in a tie with Anaheim High School. Their record was 7â€"3 and a playoff loss to Ocean View High School of Huntington Beach, CA. The Falcons would beat the Saddleback Roadrunners 49â€"0 and Century Centurians 52â€"12. Noted first team all-league players Nick Chavez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Joe Mohr, Santa Ana Valley, Jr.; Vince Aranda, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Alexis Martinez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Daniel Nieto, Santa Ana Valley, Jr.; Richard Vargas, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Diego Perez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Cesar Hernandez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr and the Defensive Player of the Year: James Mohr, Santa Ana Valley, Sr. Back of the Year: Alex Hernandez, Santa Ana Valley, So. All-CIF player was James Mohr
Notable alumni
- Ed Caruthers 1968 Olympic Silver Medalist, High Jump
- Karl Denson, Saxophonist
- Garry Templeton, St. Louis Cardinals, MLB
- Rick Walker, Washington Redskins, NFL
- Myron White, Los Angeles Dodgers, MLB, Orange County Leading Rusher
- Gerald Young, Houston Astros, MLB
- Larry Maddox, Philadelphia Phillies(Minor Leagues), MLB
- Melvin Lee Davis, bass player, music director
- David Shaw, Oakland Invaders, Middle Linebacker
- Jose Chavez-Torres (Yung Webo, Specs, Goggles), Rapper
- John Mendez, Youtube Personality, Actor
External links
- Valley High School
- Students' Memories of Valley High School
