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Get ready for Canyon Cobras instead of Comanches and Fullerton Red Hawks instead of Indians.<\/p>\n

Read more Orange Lutheran baseball shows pitching depth in win over Servite<\/a><\/p>\n

Canyon and Fullerton are among the California high schools that are changing the identity of their mascots and the looks of their logos to align with a new state law. Both schools will have their new looks incorporated with their sports programs and campus life in general for the start of the 2026-27 school year in the fall.<\/p>\n

The California Racial Mascots Act, passed in the State Assembly by a 62-0 vote and signed in 2024, requires that public schools K-12 remove Native American team names, nicknames and mascots that could be viewed as derogatory. The changes must be completed by July 1. (The deadline can be extended to the 2028-29 school year under certain conditions.) Schools operated by a tribe or tribal organization are exempt from making changes.<\/p>\n

Fullerton principal Jon Caffrey said the school\u2019s changes are the result of a two-year process. School personnel met with Native American tribal representatives in an effort to retain the Indians name. The groups unanimously requested that Fullerton make the change.<\/p>\n

Four meetings with the high school\u2019s community of parents, staff, students and alumni were infused with the passion expected at a school that was founded in 1903. Eventually there were suggestions for a new mascot, and a final vote selected Red Hawks.<\/p>\n

The Red Hawks image will be a fierce-looking, solid-red raptor. It\u2019s similar to the Red Hawk mascot of Seattle University. Fullerton plans to publicize the image to its school community by mid-May.<\/p>\n

The school logo is an encircled \u201cF\u201d with a feather dangling from the circle. So any images, such as championship banners in the school gym, need to be changed.<\/p>\n

Canyon, founded in 1972, has had logos that included a Native American brave in a circle. Other logos have only a capital \u201cC.\u201d Its student section has been known as \u201cThe Tribe.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\u201cSome things won\u2019t change, like the big \u2018C\u2019 for \u2018Canyon,\u2019\u201d said Canyon athletic director Nate Harrison. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get this done by next year.\u201d<\/p>\n

The new \u201cCobras\u201d logo, featuring a snake ready to strike, is in the school colors of black and gold.<\/p>\n

Woodbridge will continue to be the Warriors. The school got rid of its Native American depictions in 2004, said Woodbridge athletic director Ryan Brucker. He said a caricature was painted over in \u201804 and a feather attached to a lance that goes through a capital \u201cW\u201d was removed a few years later.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re having discussions now of a new mascot,\u201d Brucker said. \u201cWe\u2019ll always be \u2018Warriors\u2019 but we\u2019ve moved away from the Native American depiction.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The Troy Warriors mascot is depicted as a Roman Empire-type of warrior, at least the ones we see in the movies. So no changes there.<\/p>\n

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Esperanza athletic director and football coach JP Presley recently had on the football helmets a capital \u201cE\u201d with a spear through it. The helmets previously had \u201cAztecs\u201d written on them.<\/p>\n

\u201cOther programs are adding that,\u201d Presley said. \u201cIt\u2019s caught on.\u201d<\/p>\n

Presley said he has received no direction from the Placentia-Yorba Linda Unified School District to make any changes.<\/p>\n

Change can be difficult, especially changes to longstanding traditions.<\/p>\n

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\u2022 The CIF Southern Section office is accepting applications for its newly-created position of assistant commissioner in charge of reviewing and determining eligibility of student-athletes. The starting salary is $175,000 (negotiable). \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 The CIF State Federated Council approved the proposal to hold baseball and softball state championships, starting with the 2027 season. The baseball and softball seasons currently end with the CIF Southern California and Northern California Regional finals. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 CIF-SS first-round softball playoff games are May 14 and 15, with the second round May 16. That might look like a tough turnaround for a diamond sport that relies heavily on one great pitcher. As CIF-SS assistant commissioner in charge of softball Thom Simmons explained, \u201cIt\u2019s nothing they\u2019re not used to\u201d given all of the tournaments that are played under similar scheduling, plus teams have the option of playing the second round on May 18 if both teams agree to that change. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 With cell phones, memorizing phone numbers is not as essential as it was long ago. A phone number I will always remember is 714-998-5151 because that phone number \u2014 the office number for Orange Lutheran High School \u2014 would appear when Nancy Paul called with her frequent and consistently kind corrections to my horrible stat-keeping of Orange Lutheran football games. Miss Paul, as everyone called her, died last week. She served Orange Lutheran for 43 years in many important categories and is one of my favorite people in my 36 years of covering county athletics. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Fourteen CIF-SS teams will be selected to play in the CIF Southern California Regional that begins May 19. The number of SoCal Regional teams from the 12-team CIF-SS Division 1 group could be four, five or six teams, with that to be determined later. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Huntington Beach boys volleyball coach Craig Pazanti was in the Corona del Mar gym Wednesday to scout the CIF-SS Division 1 first-round match between Mater Dei and Corona del Mar. Huntington Beach plays Corona del Mar, which swept Mater Dei, in the second round Tuesday at Huntington Beach High. Not only do the Oilers have the challenge of playing an excellent Sea Kings team, they will have had a lengthy break. Their most recent match was against Loyola on April 21. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Also in the CdM gym Wednesday was former Mater Dei football coach Frank McManus. He is friends with Monarchs volleyball coach Jake Nuneviller. McManus coached Cardinal Newman of Santa Rosa to an 11-2 record and a CIF North Coast Section championship game this past fall, his only season there. McManus resigned after the season to return to Orange County for a business opportunity with former Mater Dei assistant coach Pat Dubar. McManus said that he enjoyed his time in Santa Rosa but missed Southern California. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Longtime Tustin football offensive line coach Sam Baker is now coaching the offensive line at Mission Viejo. Baker was an All-County lineman at Tustin, an All-American tackle at USC and played in the National Football League. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Jesse Mercado has resigned as boys basketball coach at Villa Park, the school reported. Mercado took over for the late-great Kevin Reynolds during the 2024-25 season when Reynolds became too ill to coach, and he coached the Spartans for the entire 2025-26 season. \u2026<\/p>\n

\u2022 Caleb Martin is the new boys basketball coach at St. Margaret\u2019s. Martin has extensive coaching experience, most recently as an assistant coach at Vanguard University.<\/p>\n

Read more Pre-enrollment contact at center of Orange Lutheran softball transfer case<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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