Browse past news stories for Bakersfield High School in Bakersfield, CA.

• Most thankful for: Readers share who, what they appreciate this season (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 26, 2009 at 03:28:28 am
  We asked you, our readers, to put into words what you are most thankful for this Thanksgiving Day.  Serious. Thoughtful. Funny. Your letters captured a wide variety of human emotion and experience.  The response was overwhelming. Here we share a sample of the reflections from our community.
• Thanksgiving Gifts Spread Around East Bakerfield (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on November 25, 2009 at 01:43:26 am
  It's a labor or love thats going a long way for dozens of East Bakersfield High School students and their families.
• Van Horne loving BC's aerial attack this year (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 07:49:07 am
  Vince Van Horne is no stranger to playoff games, thanks to his years at Bakersfield High School and now as a sophomore wideout at Bakersfield College. He hopes for a big game today when the Renegades play host to Allan Hancock in the sixth annual Golden Empire Bowl, which has a 3 p.m. kickoff in Memorial Stadium.
• Police: Man Tries To Kidnap Girl On Her Way To School (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 05:26:43 pm
  The police are searching for a man who they said tried to kidnap an 18-year-old girl on her way to school.
• Warriors hold the line against Lions (Santa Maria Times)
  posted on November 15, 2009 at 07:21:19 am
  The team that wins most of the battles up front usually wins thefootball game.
• Robert Swift: Home again (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 14, 2009 at 05:06:03 am
  After five years as a professional basketball player, all Robert Swift is looking for is a healthy, fun season.
• Local POW group getting smaller (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 8, 2009 at 09:58:26 pm
  Once there were more than 30. Now there are only two. And when they are gone, likely the Cessna-Sergeant Chapter of the American Ex-Prisoners of War will cease to exist. There is a faint hope that the Bakersfield organization of mostly World War II veterans will be "saved" by comrades stepping out of the shadow of obscurity and signing up for membership.
• Nov. 3 community sports announcements, results, calendar, accomplishments (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 07:18:13 am
  Announcements Baseball
• Bakersfield has worst U.S. dropout rate (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:42:20 am
  A new study finds Bakersfield has the worst dropout problem in the nation. Local educators and parents are not surprised.
• Condors In The Community: Baby Cal At The Annual JDRF Walk (OurSports Central)
  posted on November 3, 2009 at 02:41:28 am
  The entire Condors team hit the links at Rio Bravo Country Club for the 12th Annual Condors Charity Golf Classic, beginning at 10:30 am.
• Plenty of room for orange festivals (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on November 2, 2009 at 07:25:08 pm
  THE STINK OVER ORANGES: It looks like local citrus manager Ben Taft has stirred up a hornet's nest in the small Valley town of Lindsay over his idea for Bakersfield to host its own Orange Blossom Festival. Within a day of Taft floating his idea (read the previous post here) the folks in Lindsay were up in arms, reminding me (and Taft) that Lindsay has had its own orange blossom festival for 77 ...
• 14-Year-Old Wanted For Robbery, Beating At High School (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on October 29, 2009 at 05:05:56 pm
  The Bakersfield Police Department is requesting the publics assistance in locating a 14-year-old boy wanted for a strong armed robbery and beating that took place at Bakersfield High School.
• STEVEN MAYER: 66-year-old photo brings back flood of memories (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 28, 2009 at 02:27:31 am
  Sometimes a story in The Californian can light up the phone lines. And that's not always a bad thing.
• BPD Conducts DUI Checkpoint Near Downtown (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on October 26, 2009 at 05:50:46 am
  BPD Officers arrested two people for DUI during a checkpoint Saturday night.
• Drillers add to school's lore with 700th win (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 07:29:36 am
  Bakersfield High School, with its record six state titles and 34 section championships, has long been considered the gold standard when it comes to high school football in the southern San Joaquin Valley. Friday night, the Drillers added to their impressive gridiron legacy by beating Foothill 40-14 at Griffith Field to become the first school in state history to notch 700 wins.
• Honoring his sacrifice (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 24, 2009 at 03:39:59 am
  Ned Permenter drops to one knee to pull at the weeds sprouting from the base of the flagpole. The legendary high school football coach and Bob Elias Hall of Fame honoree seems embarrassed by the weeds. After all, the name "Permenter" is imprinted into the surface of a weathered brass plate attached to the concrete base of the flagpole.
• Record strikes (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 17, 2009 at 07:18:42 am
  Friday was a night of the big play for Bakersfield High School. Three Drillers scored two touchdowns apiece, and three of the scores went for 49, 51 and 57 yards in a 42-16 Bakersfield victory at Garces, the 699th victory in the Drillers' storied football history.
• Urner's celebrates 90 years with donations to Rescue Mission (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 9, 2009 at 11:23:31 pm
  Roaring cheers went up Friday morning as the birthday gifts were announced: 67 beds and two giant televisions. Only, on this occasion, the people cheering weren't the ones who had just turned 90 years old; that would be the ones giving the presents, along with their partners in business.
• Classic car show 'Rollin' Thru the Ages' (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on October 8, 2009 at 06:33:35 pm
  Bakersfield High School's SOURCE virtual business team will host the Second Annual "Rollin' Thru the Ages" Classic Car Show from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Oct. 24 in Elm Grove on the BHS campus. Experience great food, live entertainment, bounce houses for children, e-waste recycling, a car wash, raffle and a 50-50 drawing at 2 p.m. All proceeds will benefit the BHS virtual business students competing in ...
• Drillers put on rally cap (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on September 19, 2009 at 07:16:59 am
  No doubt -- Bakersfield High School has a lot to talk about when it comes to football history. But this latest Driller thriller one belongs somewhere near the top. The Drillers stormed back to beat Stockdale 32-31 on Friday at Griffith Field when quarterback Brian Burrell plunged into the end zone from a yard out with 52 seconds left and iron-legged Mustangs kicker Andre Heidari left a 61-yard ...
• A Call To Action: Support Our Students (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on September 14, 2009 at 11:39:31 am
  BAKERSFIELD, Calif. -- Stay Focused is hosting its 13th annual “One-by-One Rally” and “Support Our Students” resource fair on Saturday, Sept. 19, at East Bakersfield High School in the football field, from 4 p.m. to 9 p.m.
• Mt. Whitney and Tulare Western kick off slate of games tonight (Visalia Times-Delta / Tulare Advance-Register)
  posted on September 10, 2009 at 11:05:25 am
  Mt. Whitney update: Pioneers averaged 29 points per game during last year's 4-7 season, a mark they should at least reach again with the return of senior QB Tanner Mendonca (2,637 yards passing, 27 TDs in 2008) and senior WR Titus Grayson (county-high 66 receptions and 854 yards receiving in 2008 to go with 13 TDs).
• Dianne Van Norman (Mason Valley News)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 05:07:56 pm
  Linda Dianne Van Norman passed peacefully and went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Sunday evening, August 30, 2009. She was 64.
• Celebrations: Sept. 6, 2009 (Santa Cruz Sentinel)
  posted on September 6, 2009 at 08:39:02 am
  Wahls celebrate 50 years together Marion and Dick Wahl were married Aug. 22, 1959 at the First Presbyterian Church in Bakersfield.
• H20 Takes Snaps For X's and O's (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on August 13, 2009 at 02:04:05 am
  Local grueling football practice gets a blitz of conventional medicine to beat the heat.
• Bakersfield family on years-long sea adventure (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 07:15:31 pm
  Bombarded by dire economic news and our consumer confidence shaken, who wouldn't want to get into a sailboat and head off into a Pacific Ocean sunset? That's exactly what Rich and Lori Boren and their two young children, Amy and Jason, did last September. The Bakersfield family climbed into their 36-foot sailboat, pushed away from a mooring at Port San Luis, near Avila Beach, and began a ...
• Aging crop dusters wonder who will fill their seats (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on July 20, 2009 at 07:58:54 pm
  Early most mornings, you will find Delbert Williams climbing into the cockpit of his Air Tractor, snapping on a helmet and roaring down the runway at the Wasco Airport. At 73 years old, Williams is an oddity. He is likely Kern County's oldest, regularly flying cropduster -- or preferably "ag pilot" to those in the business.
• Can the community save JV sports? (The Bakersfield Californian)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 02:16:43 am
  The Kern High School District tapped into a live wire of emotional current when it proposed dropping junior varsity sports next year. Talk of the cuts sparked a flurry of suggestions about how JV programs could be funded, either by donations or a "pay-to-play" system.
• Power outage hits Downtown (KGET 17 Bakersfield)
  posted on June 30, 2009 at 01:59:20 am
  Students attending summer school at Bakersfield High School got out of classes early Monday when the power went out.
• Power Outage In Downtown Bakersfield Leaves 100s In Dark (KERO 23 Bakersfield)
  posted on June 29, 2009 at 09:19:22 pm
  A power outage in downtown Bakersfield has left nearly 900 people without power.