Sports retrospective: Celebrating Foothill Tech’s athletics

The Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) girls’ varsity volleyball team faced a tumultuous year, the team going 3-19 overall and 1-9 in the league. The team’s three wins were against Nordhoff High School (Nordhoff), Grace Brethren School (Grace Brethren), and Knight High School (Knight), all of which were early on in the season. They began with a relatively optimistic beginning of the season and took several wins early on...

2023 marked the second year of girls' beach volleyball's contumacy at Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) and established the sport as an integral aspect of Foothill athletics.  The season kicked off with the team taking the first two games of the season against Rio Mesa High (Rio Mesa) and Buena High School (Buena) 3-2, respectively. The team however could not keep a winning streak longer than two g...

Track and Field had an overwhelmingly positive turnout, with athletes progressing to either the state or regional level and taking the lead on most events along with breaking many of the school's records. Some meets that truly highlighted the team included the Don Green Memorial Invitational, Carpinteria-Cate-Foothill Tech Tri-Meet, and the Tri-Valley League Finals. At Don Green, the largest meet in th...

The boys’ tennis team, another program coming off of recent success with a CIF championship in 2021, was spearheaded by UC Santa Cruz commit Ben Wang. Wang’s resume is extensive: an inductee to the Ventura County Sports Hall of Fame, and the Foothill Tech Athletic Wall of Fame, was named the Tri-Valley League’s Singles Player of the Year and is the namesake for a new annual award at the ...

Girls’ Tennis has had an outstanding season with a stacked lineup of players. The line one doubles team consisted of Lola Tennison ‘24 and Julia Geib ‘25 who put in hard work and time, which resulted in them winning all of league. Their season ended in the second round of CIF.  Aditi Shanbhag ‘25 was ecstatic about the season end result, “I think we had a pretty good season. We went und...

Boys soccer enjoyed the most success in a season since their CIF championship in 2020. They finished with an overall record of 9-7-1 but went 7-1 in league play to claim the first league championship in program history.  Despite earning a home game in the first round of CIF play, they fell to Diamond Ranch High School 3-1.  Individual stars for the Dragons included Matheus Gamble ‘24,...

The girls’ soccer program ripped off an impressive undefeated league campaign, at 6-0-3 and 8-2-3 overall.  In the postseason, the girls ousted county rival Fillmore High School 2-1 in the first round of CIF, making them one of Foothill Tech’s programs to make it out of the first round. However, they lost their second-round game to Ontario Christian High School 2-0. Awards for the Dragons w...

Boys’ basketball had an up-and-down season, the team finishing with an overall record of 13-15 and 5-3 in league play, many of the games lost by only a few mere points. These scores landed the team in the first round of CIF as with most prior years. However, this advancement was short-lived as the team lost in the first round of CIF playoffs in a nail-biting fashion as they suffered a close loss t...

Girls basketball thrived throughout their regular season, as they went 14-7 overall and finished first in their league with a 5-1 record. The team claimed first place in Tri-Valley league allowing them to reach CIF play. However, their season ended earlier than expected, though, as they were narrowly defeated by Glendale High School in the first round. The squad was led by their four seniors: E...

The girls’ golf team experienced great success in their 2022 season, seeing three golfers make it to CIF. The first athlete who reached this level was Audrey Yoong ‘26 who made it to CIF Regionals. Another was Sophia Lewis ‘23 who advanced to the CIF Southern Section Championship, just short of the State Championship.  Lewis felt that the team’s performance was “great” and highlighted ...

The 2023 season was a successful one for the Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) boys’ golf team, ending with a league play record of 5-2 and a California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoff appearance. Individually, star senior and Dragon Athletics Hall of Fame inductee Thomas Chadbourne ‘23 made a CIF run of his own to cap off his high school career.  The team, coached b...

The boys' volleyball team had a record of 9-10-1 in overall play. They had a disappointing 5-5 record in league play,  and they did not move on to CIF after placing fourth in their league.  The Dragons took a step in the wrong direction with a win percentage of .47%, compared to last year's .67%. Last year the Dragons had an overall record of 14-7 and moved to CIF.  The season was still gre...

With an overall record of 8-7, the Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) Boys’ water polo team ended their season making it to the first round of CIF. They had the same overall record and league record as last year's season, 5-1. Unfortunately, CIF did not go well for the Dragons, they lost 15-5 to Buena High School. They also placed third in their league falling back one place fr...

The Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) Girls’ Water Polo team had a successful season, almost making it to CIF. Emily Vasquez ‘24 commented on important games for the team this year, “League games were definitely important. We saw a lot of growth through them and were able to build up our stamina through them.” Their season went on from late November to the end of February. They fought hard for the end of the...

The Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) cross country team made it far throughout the season, ending it with a successful run.  On the girls side, the top runners were Becca Walker ‘24 with a three mile personal record (PR) of 19:42, next to Keera Wallace ‘26 with a PR of 19:42, and Kiersten Falat ‘23 with a PR of 20:52. On the boys side, Jonah Billings ‘23 with a PR of 15:...

The Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) swim and dive team had a very impressive season this year. The girls’ swim and dive team dove into the season and won league finals and moved on to place 1oth in CIF as an overall team. On the flip side, The boys swim and dive team finished second in league finals but did not move any individuals onto CIF.  For the seniors, this was thei...

On the morning of April 29, 2023, the Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) Dragons lost to the Oak Park High School (Oak Park) Eagles by a heart-wrenching final score of 6-7, marking the end of a tumultuous season for the Dragons. Despite a six-run fourth inning that saw Foothill Tech jump to a 6-5 lead, the Eagles showed up in crunch time, scoring two runs in the bottom of the sev...

“Crazy, lit, movie.” Those were the words that Foothill Technology High School (Foothill Tech) softball star Danielle Bishop ‘23 used to describe the Dragons’ 2023 season, summing it up as a successful one for the team. This Foothill Tech squad, led by the senior trio of Bishop, Linda Manzo ‘23 and Jasmine Guzman ‘23, finished with a winning record of 13-7, including a 5-0 run to beg...