The Fillmore High Sports Hall of Fame has concluded its selection of the inductees for the first class of the Hall of Fame.  Two hundred applications, that spanned the years from 1914 to 2000, were considered, and 80 former athletes of Fillmore High School were selected to enter the first class of the Fillmore High Sports Hall of Fame, along with seven former coaches and 15 outstanding teams.  The names are too numerous to put in this notice, but if you wish to know of the athletes from any decade who made the list, you can contact the alumni office for that information. 

     The coaches who were selected were Mr. J. W. Gastrich, who was the principal at Fillmore High in 1914 and was instrumental in getting the athletic programs at Fillmore High started.  Eugene "Red" Kennedy who had many championship teams in all sports; Richard "Toolie" Palmer, basketball coach for many years; Bruce Dempsey, football coach; Tom Ecklund, baseball coach; Jim Fauver; basketball coach and Epi Torres, cross country and track coach, all who had championship teams over the many years of their coaching.

     The teams that will be honored were the 1914 Baseball team, the 1926 Basketball team, the 1936 Football team, the 1940 Basketball team, 1951-52 Basketball team, 1952-53 Basketball team, 1970 Basketball team, 1972 Football team, 1975 Baseball team, 1976 Baseball team, 1977 Baseball team, 1988 Baseball team, 1990 Boy's Cross Country team, 1992 Girl's Cross Country team and 2005 Boy's Soccer team.

     All individudals and teams will be acknowledged and awarded plaques at the induction ceremony on Saturday, November 13 at the high school gym.  This ceremony will be on the evening after the 100th game of the Fillmore/Santa Paula football rivalry, which will be played on the Fillmore field on Friday, November 12.