Welcome Class of 2028

Thursday evening, we hosted our annual showcase for the future FUHS Class of 2028, aiming to engage them in our programs and sports offerings. We had to pivot a bit due to the rain, but it was a successful evening, with over 500 parents, students, and family members in attendance, eager to prepare for the upcoming school year. A heartfelt thank you to all our staff members who dedicated their time to make this event possible!

AVID

AVID freshmen and sophomores spent last Monday exploring the University of La Verne's campus, immersing themselves in college life. Students toured the athletic facility, studied in the library, and dined in the bustling hall, gaining insights into college life. This experience left a lasting impression, sparking enthusiasm and aspirations among the students.

ASB Annual Service Day: Making a difference together! 

On Saturday, March 1st, our district's ASB classes joined forces for our much-anticipated Annual Service Day, and what an incredible day it was!

Our students dedicated their afternoon to serving our community in a heartfelt and impactful way. With boundless enthusiasm and a spirit of generosity, they gathered to write notes of encouragement for the Hunger Project, spreading positivity and hope to those in need.

It was truly inspiring to witness our students coming together, using their time and talents to make a tangible difference in the lives of others. Through their acts of kindness, they exemplified the values of compassion and empathy that we strive to instill in our school community.

Visual and Performing Arts Assembly

To celebrate Arts in School Month, our VAPA department hosted this month's student assembly, marking the first time in many years it took place in the Auditorium. For numerous students, it was their first time experiencing the beauty of this space. Witnessing our programs showcase their art in front of the entire student body was truly inspiring. Go Arts!

Cheer, Song, & STUNT:

This week our STUNT team had an early morning practice and our song team has been working on their dance technique to prepare for the Freshman Showcase on Thursday night! Although our performances were rained out we enjoyed meeting all the incoming freshman!

Our STUNT team is working hard to prepare for their first game on April 9th and our Song team is putting together a song/pom clinic with special guest choreographers including an NBA dancer, NFL cheerleader, and a professional dancer and choreographer! 

We are also selling tickets to the Angel’s game on April 30th where our sideline cheer and song teams will perform before the game! See any member of the cheer and song team to buy your tickets now!

Tryouts are just around the corner with Song April 24-25 and Cheer May 1-3. See our team website for more information.

Softball

For the first time in school history, Fullerton Tribe Softball was invited to play in the Dave Kops Tournament of Champions in Bullhead City, Arizona. Last week, Tribe Softball scored 29 runs against their opponents’ 11 runs, winning 4 of the 5 games after losing 3-1 against Millikan High School. Our Tribe players had 39 hits, 19 RBIs, 47 strikeouts, and 10 walks. Offensively, sophomores Malaya Majam-Finch (6 hits and 7 RBIs) and Analise Barrios (5 hits) both hit .500 for the tournament. Other key impacts were also made by sophomores Andrea Montes De Oca (.462, 6 hits, 1 RBI) and Ariel Enriquez (.429, 3 hits, 3 RBIs). 

Our pitchers also did extremely well facing a total of 115 batters. Freshman Kaitlyn Matthews had a stunning ERA of 0.00 for 9 innings facing 37 batters with 20 strikeouts. Sophomore Malaya Majam-Finch had 18 strikeouts, senior Tianna Salcido had 5 strikeouts, and senior Ava Paquin had 4 strikeouts. The pitching staff had a combined walk count of only 10. 

Tribe Softball’s next game will be on 3/20 at Villa Park. Come out and support your Tribe! 

Baseball 

This week the boys only got to play one game with all the rain again this week canceling 2 games. However we did win the only game we got to play against Segerstrom 5-1. They had a record of 6-1 before playing us. The Tribe is 6-3. Next week we have games against Esperanza 3/12 home game, Ocean View 3/14 away game, Brea 3/16 away game. 

Track & Field

The boys and girls competed against La Mirada in a dual meet this past Tuesday. All 4 levels came out on top with the varsity girls winning 88-28, varsity boys 93-24, JV girls 94.50-24.50 and JV boys 86-33! Both 4x100’s were victorious with boys varsity running a season best of 45.03. Other notable boys performances included Alejandro Herandez and Jude Banda in the 1600, Heikki Kohlenberger and Nathan Karcher in the 400m, Gavin Ledbetter and Shaun Marshall in the 100m & 200m, Dylan Cobbs in the 300 hurdles, DJ Cobbs in the long jump, triple jump, and high jump, and Marcos Lerma in both throws events. For the girls, notable performances included a clean sweep in the 400m by Morgan McAndrew, Ally Lopez, and Amaya Moreno, a 1-2-3 finish in the 100 hurdles by Matia Ornelas, Makayla Felesmino, and Vinny Suarez-Villavazo, Melina Sibal and Ciara Campos in the 100m, Reagan Glidewell in the 800m, Azumi Fuertes in the 3200m, junior Janessa Gallardo & freshman Mahlia Jordan in the throws events. The team will be at home next Wednesday at 3pm for a league tri meet before spring break!

Boys Volleyball

This week, the boys had a great week leading up to league next week. Started off the week at Volleyball powerhouse (D-2). It was an intense match, where Canyon won the 1st set 25-18. After that set, the boys finally believed that they could compete. The 2nd set went overtime with Canyon winning 36-34 to lead the match 2-0. The boys continued to gain confidence and momentum. Our boys took the 3rd and 4th set 26-24, 25-22, forcing a 5th set. The boys eventually lost, but gained a lot of respect from Canyon coaches and players. On Wednesday, we played La Serna, led by their newly hired coach, our very own, Coach Miguel Galindo. Our boys won 3-1. On Thursday, unfortunately, our starting setter Hyunmin had to sit out with an injury, which changed the dynamic of the lineup with players moved around. The boys gave a valiant effort, but eventually lost 1-3 to Kennedy. The boys ended the preseason with a 9-4 record. Next up, at Troy on Tuesday.

Swim:

Over the weekend we went to the Los Amigos tournament. Our athletes did an awesome job acquiring 16 medals and bonding through the all day event in the rain. Then we headed to Kennedy HS to swim against Oxnard Academy were our girls won by 36 points. Unfortunately our boys lost a close match by 3 points. The next day we traveled to Segerstrom HS. The Tribe came in fast with Varsity girls sweeping the meet by 40 points. Varsity Boys fought hard and won by a close 4 points! Many Cif qualifying times where made.

Girls 200 Free Relay

35.66 - CIF D3 Automatic (1:47.22) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Girls 200 Medley Relay

1:06.45 - CIF D3 Automatic (2:00.26) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Boys 200 Free Relay

27.22 - CIF D3 Automatic (1:32.95) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Boys 400 Free Relay

3:44.66 - CIF D3 Consideration (3:46.59) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Boys 200 Medley Relay

1:20.91 - CIF D3 Automatic (1:44.95) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Cole Chang

50 Free - 23.75 - CIF D3 Consideration (23.91) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

200 IM - 2:06.50 - CIF D3 Consideration (2:20.11) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Abby Guevara

200 Free - 2:06.38 - CIF D3 Consideration (2:14.71) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

100 Fly - 1:05.45 - CIF D3 Consideration (1:09.08) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Toby Swanson

500 Free - 5:18.11 - CIF D3 Consideration (5:32.08) - Fullerton/Buena Park Tri Meet

Tennis

On Thursday, Fullerton and La Serna battled to a 9-9 tie and had to resort to game count to determine the winner. Fullerton barely edged out La Serna with a game count of 76-71. FUHS ended the pre-season undefeated, 5-0. 

Top singles players, Tim Chun and Ben Villalobos won all their matches played. Singles player Diego Gomez went 2 of 3 sets but showed some guts and maturity and growth in his game, having the pressure at the end of the match, knowing that the team was down 8-9, Diego gutted out the last match of the day, winning 6-4, giving the team the win.

The only point from the doubles teams came from Jack Spraque and Caleb Park. The rest of the doubles teams had a rough day, winning only 1 out of 9 sets played. Although the doubles teams could not come up with more wins, they did enough scoring games within the sets, allowing the team to win at the end with the game counts.

Next week starts league play, beginning with Troy and Sunny Hills.