Bell Gardens High School
CIF Southern Section
Bell Gardens High School is a public high school in Bell Gardens, California, part of the Montebello Unified School District.
History
The campus was built in the 1930s and 1940s.[citation needed] After years of development and construction, BGHS's new three story building was opened on December 18, 2005.[citation needed]
In 2005, the high school underwent a further phase of renovation when the school's athletic field, otherwise known as "Lancer Stadium", received a $1 million upgrade. This was the change the school decided to make instead of sizing up the auditorium and building up the schools music room and choir room (plans on that are set to happen on the next big loan). The gradually decaying long-standing natural dirt/grass field was replaced with a state of the art synthetic turf playing field along with a new 400 meter track surrounding it. The process commenced during the latter half of the 2004–2005 school year and was gradually completed the following spring in January 2006.[citation needed]
Notable alumni
- Michael Granville, 800 meter high school national record holder at 1:46.45
- Bob Bedell 1961, back-to-back CIF basketball champion, CIF MVP 1961 & 1962, played professionally in American Basketball Association
- Patty Cardenas, 2002, Olympic medalist, water polo
- Eddie Cochran, musician, 1987 inductee of Rock and Roll Hall of Fame
- Lawrence "DJ Muggs" Muggerud, Cypress Hill's DJ and producer; produced tracks for Funkdoobiest, House of Pain, Dizzee Rascal, Ice Cube, U2, Depeche Mode and more
- John Force, NHRA drag racer, 16-time Funny Car division champion, 18-time champion car owner
- Brenda Villa 1998, water polo, 3-time Olympic medal winner
- Esteban Rodriguez, soccer, currently plays for Atlante F.C. in Ascenso MX, on loan from Club Tijuana; started four matches for U.S. at 2011 FIFA U-17 World Cup
- Hector Jiménez, 2006, soccer, defender for Columbus Crew SC. 2-time MLS Cup Champion with Los Angeles Galaxy in 2011 and 2012
- Johnny Lee Clary, aka professional wrestling champion Johnny Angel, former racist KKK leader turned born again evangelist [3][4]
References
External links
- Bell Gardens High School website Archived 2006-04-03 at the Wayback Machine
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