Bakersfield High School

Bakersfield High School
Location
1241 G Street Bakersfield , California 93301 United States
Coordinates	35°22′09″N119°01′22″W / 35.36917°N 119.02278°W / 35.36917; -119.02278
Information
School type	Public Secondary
Established	1893
School district	Kern High School District
Principal	Ryan Geivet
Teaching staff	120.91 (FTE) [1]
Grades	9–12
Gender	Coed
Enrollment	3,024 (2023-2024) [1]
Student to teacher ratio	25.01 [1]
Colors	Navy Blue   White Gray
Athletics conference	South Yosemite Valley League CIF Central Section
Nickname	Drillers
Rivals	Garces Memorial High School, Liberty High School, Centennial High School
Newspaper	Blue and White
Yearbook	Oracle
Website	bakersfield.kernhigh.org

Bakersfield High School (BHS) is a public four-year high school located in Bakersfield, California, United States. Opened in 1893, Bakersfield High School serves grades ninth through twelfth within the Kern High School District.

Notable alumni

• Larry Barnes – former MLB player (Anaheim Angels, Los Angeles Dodgers). ^[2]
• Theo Bell – former NFL football player ^[3]
• Richard Blick - 1960 Rome Olympic 4x200 freestyle relay gold medalist, 200-meter freestyle world record-holder, teacher, principal, and swim coach. ^[4]
• Jeff Buckey – former NFL football player ^[5]
• Pete Cross – former NBA player.
• Marion Osborn Cunningham – artist.
• Ric Drasin – actor, author, designer of the Gold's Gym and World Gym logos, and retired professional wrestler ^[6]
• Robert Duncan – poet, was a key figure in the San Francisco Renaissance ^[7]
• Frank Gifford – Pro Football Hall of Fame and Monday Night Football commentator ^[8]
• Merle Haggard – singer-songwriter.
• Carl Jones Jr. – NFL linebacker for the Chicago Bears ^[9]
• Jerry Marion – former NFL player ^[10]
• Kevin McCarthy – Congressman, 55th Speaker of the United States House of Representatives ^[11]
• Matthew Todd Miller, American citizen held by North Korea ^[12]
• Spain Musgrove – former NFL defensive lineman ^[13]
• Doug Loman – former MLB player (Milwaukee Brewers) ^[14]
• Ruth B. Love (Class of 1950) – Educator, former education administrator, school superintendent and author. Love is noted as the first African–American and woman to serve as superintendent of Chicago Public Schools, the nation's third largest school district. ^[15]
• Steve Ontiveros – former MLB player (San Francisco Giants, Chicago Cubs) ^[16]
• Dennis Ralston – Davis Cup winner ^[17]
• Don Robesky – former Stanford football player ^[18]
• Rick Sawyer – former MLB player (New York Yankees, San Diego Padres) ^[19]
• Jeff Siemon – former NFL football player ^[20]
• Jeremy Staat – former NFL player ^[21]
• Michael Stewart – former NFL football player ^[22]
• Robert Swift – former NBA player^{[ citation needed ]}
• Jerry Tarr – former professional football player ^[23]
• Phillip Thomas – former NFL football player
• Jake Varner – four time All-American and two time national champion wrestler at Iowa State University and winner of a gold medal at the 2012 Olympic Games in London at 26 ^[24]
• Tyrone Wallace (Class of 2012) – Paris basketball player, NBA player, former California Golden Bears basketball player
• Earl Warren – California Attorney General, three-term Governor of California, Chief Justice of the United States, and chairman of the Warren Commission
• Larry Welz – noteworthy early contributor to underground comics movement

References

1. "Bakersfield High". National Center for Education Statistics. Retrieved January 31, 2025.
2. "Larry Barnes Statistics and History". Baseball Reference. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
3. "Theo Bell, ex-Driller and NFL player, dead at 52". Bakersfield Californian. June 22, 2006. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
4. "Richard Blick First Swimmer in Elias Hall", The Bakersfield Californian, Bakersfield, California, 27 January 1977, pg. 39
5. Gustkey, Earl (October 14, 1994). "Buckey Is Doing the Impressing Now". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
6. Stevens, Tyler (December 28, 2012). "Finding Fame: Ric Drasin". Bakersfield Life. Archived from the original on April 1, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
7. Duncan, Robert (2012). Robert Duncan: The Collected Early Poems and Plays. University of California Press. p. xxii. ISBN   9780520953628.
8. Ewing, Zach (November 10, 2012). "Gifford celebrated with hall of Fame ceremony at BHS". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
9. Boyns, Myles (April 19, 2024). "BHS grad and UCLA alum Carl Jones, Jr. speaks on being an NFL prospect". KBAK-TV.
10. "JERRY MARION". profootballarchives.com. Archived from the original on November 29, 2014. Retrieved November 19, 2014.
11. Garofoli, Joe (January 1, 2011). "Kevin McCarthy of Bakersfield is 3rd in House GOP". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
12. Karimi, Faith (September 20, 2014). "North Korea: Imprisoned American wanted to become 'second Snowden'". CNN.com. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
13. Evans, Jeff (December 13, 2012). "Four to be inducted to Elias Hall of Fame". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on April 3, 2013. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
14. Cave, Leanne (May 1, 2013). "Former Renegade athletes will be honored at BHS hall of fame dinner". The Renegade Rip. Bakersfield College. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
15. 1950 Bakersfield High School Yearbook (Bakersfield, California), Classmates.com.Retrieved July 19, 2020.
16. Press, Larry (February 12, 1977). "Dealt with Murcer for Cubs' Madlock Steve Ontiveros happy with trade". Bakersfield Californian. Newspapers.com. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
17. Ferguson, George (June 15, 1970). "Osuna-Ralston friendship". The Deseret News. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
18. Cave, Leanne Brock (May 10, 2010). "Driller Football Hall of Fame to honor 7 more greats". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on March 4, 2016. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
19. "Rick Sawyer Stats". The Baseball Cube.
20. Evans, Jeff (May 11, 2007). "Siemon reached top at every level". Bakersfield Californian. Archived from the original on September 20, 2014. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
21. Cousineau, Ann (August 29, 2012). "View the Valley Snapshots page Valley Snapshots Retired NFL player, Iraq veteran to speak at parade". The News Review. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
22. Cave, Leanne (December 7, 2001). "BC football alumnus gives back to community". The Renegade Rip. Bakersfield College. Retrieved September 20, 2014.
23. "Jerry Tarr". GoDucks.com. Archived from the original on 2009-02-06. Retrieved 2007-10-05.
24. Pucin, Diane (October 12, 2012). "U.S. wrestler Jake Varner earns gold medal at London Olympics". Los Angeles Times. Retrieved September 20, 2014.

Bakersfield High School in 1917

Further reading

• Van Horne, Rick; Bumerts, John; Frank, Gary (2006). Friday Night Heroes: 100 Years of Driller Football. Bakersfield, CA: Rick Van Horne. ISBN   0-9786071-0-4.

External links

• Wallace, J. S. Recollections of a high school district, 1893–1968 : an informal history of the Kern County Union High School and junior college district. Published circa 1980. ISBN   0-9619924-0-9
• Bakersfield High School
• Driller Marching Band
• Bakersfield Haunted History