William Workman High School is the only

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located in

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. It is one of four high schools in the

Hacienda La Puente Unified School District The Hacienda La Puente Unified School District (HLPUSD) is a school district located in Southern California. It is the largest school district in the east San Gabriel Valley in terms of student population, serving 20,000 students from the unincor ...

. For sports part of the Montview League.

History

School was named after William Workman whom had great success in the Los Angeles area, before moving to

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. School opened at the beginning of the 1967–68 school year. 1969, James Faul was the Principal, the current principal is Dr. Anna Corral. Located in the City of Industry is the

Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum The Workman and Temple Family Homestead Museum is a historic house museum located at 15415 East Don Julian Road in City of Industry, California, that features the homes and private cemetery that belonged to the pioneer Workman-Temple family. W ...

with William Workman being part of the history of the area. The building is a California Historic Landmark.

Athletics

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Softball Softball is a game similar to baseball played with a larger ball on a smaller field. Softball is played competitively at club levels, the college level, and the professional level. The game was first created in 1887 in Chicago by George Hanc ...

Tennis Tennis is a racket sport that is played either individually against a single opponent ( singles) or between two teams of two players each ( doubles). Each player uses a tennis racket that is strung with cord to strike a hollow rubber ball ...

Volleyball Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules. It has been a part of the official program of the Summ ...

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Championship Tradition

1969, Ben Rico at the track and field league finals set league records in the 100 and 440 yard dashes. Tom Lomax tripled jumped 48'-10" and 49'-11 1/2" to rank one of 1976 top Southern California prep jumpers.CIF Southern Section, record book updated 2014

Retrieved Feb 23, 2021 1991, Myra Smith won the CIF Southern Section 2A shot put and discus. The boys varsity basketball team was 196-90 under the leadership of coach Rich Skelton. The first official day of the basketball season, the Lobos varsity basketball team practiced after midnight, and slept the night in the gym. The midnight practiced began under coach Rich Skelton in 1974 (for five years) and was revived in 1982 with coach Tim Stimpfel. Four of five of these years Workman won league. 1984, boys varsity basketball team won CIF 2-A division championship game. 2013, boys varsity basketball team won the Montview League championship four out of five years in a row. Workman has won several CIF southern section wrestling championships, Mike Ramos (1987 4A 165-Lb), Raymond Molina (1989 3A 145-Lbs), Justin Ferrenti (2001 V 152-Lbs), and Cesar Martin (2001 V 171-Lbs). Dave McGuire 7'-0" center averaged 18 rebounds per game during the 1977 basketball season. 1987, Richard Horrmann started the space shuttle club, created a Space Shuttle Challenger, Challenger time capsule, and was selected to serve on committee to select a new school principal. 1985 Workman hosted the annual Fast Action Summer Basketball Camp that included former

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players

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and

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. 2018 Workman hosted the Superstar Basketball League. Teacher gaining recognition was John Horn whom in 1975 was awarded California Biology Teacher of the Year by the

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Musical Excellence

* 2012 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 1A Division Championships * 2013 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 2A Division Championships * 2014 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 2A Division Championships * 2015 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 3A Division Championships * 2016 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 3A Division Championships * 2017 Marching Band Finalist SCSBOA 3A Division Championships * 2019 Marching Band 3rd Place (Bronze Medal) SCSBOA 1A Division Championships

Alumni

* Norbert Davidds-Garrido, NFL football player.Pro Football Reference

Retrieved Feb 22, 2021 *Dave Farmer, NFL football player. *James Poff, class of 1977, played profession minor league baseball.Baseball Reference

Retrieved Feb 22, 2021 *Corey Wright, class of 1997, played profession minor league baseball. *

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, Class of 1988, model and host of ''

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''. *

Steven Luevano Steven "Steve" Luevano (born March 3, 1981) is an American former professional boxer who held the World Boxing Organization, WBO featherweight title. He was trained by the former International Boxing Federation, IBF List of super featherweight bo ...

, Class of 1998, boxer and WBO

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Champion. *

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, actor. *Felicia Aguirre, graduate of Workman High School (Valedictorian) and University of Southern California with a degree in Aerospace Engineering. Recently has worked as an Aerospace Engineer, an Army Officer for a Ranger Regiment, and on Cyber security. *Tedmund Dean Hall, class of 1980. Was voted athlete of year. Hero, died in line of duty Los Angeles County Fire Department, serving 27 years. *Bobby Miles, class of 2009. Basketball. Averaged 27 points and 14 rebounds per game; Montview League's Most Valuable Player twice. Received an NCAA Division 1 scholarship. *Chris Taylor, wrestling coach for ten years at Workman which included five league titles and three state champions. *Rhonda Wheatley Brocki. Won gold at the 1987 Pan-Am Games. On the 1983 Workman High School softball CIF tile winning team. *Cynthia D Rodriguez, class of 1983. Twenty-five years engineer in the research and development department for Biosense Webster (owned by Johnson and Johnson).Chino Champion, Chino, California, June 29, 2014

Retrieved Apr 2, 2021

References

External links

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