Athletics
Go Heralds!
CIF Championship Teams
1983 Football
The 1983 team was only 7 points from being undefeated, losing only to a strong Royal Oak team 8-6 and Valley Christian 6-3. This team was a young team that played good offense and great defense. The defense held opponents to an average of 4.4 points per game which helped the Heralds win many close games.
The CIF playoff games were almost all very close games: 27-7 over Desert, 17-14 over Orange Lutheran in overtime, 13-12 over San Jacinto and in the CIF Championship game, 10-7 over Bishop. Mark Ortega ran for over 1,800 yards and Mike Fuentes threw for 1,640 yards. The big story was the outstanding defense led by CIF Player of the Year Tom Gabriel who played middle linebacker for the Heralds and at 6’1” and 230 lbs was an intimidating player. He had 12 sacks, 39 solo tackles and a total of 153 tackles. This is one of the first times the Player of the Year was not an offensive player.
The Heralds had many other outstanding players that year. Three of them made All-CIF besides Tom Gabriel: David Abramian (OG), Kraig Johnson (S) and Chris Moreno (WR).
Roster
Anthony Salas
Casey Carrol
Chris Moreno
Chris Rider
Danny Sampson
David Abrarian
David Davalian
David Murrane
Doug Irwin
Eric Tucker
Gary Wiggins
Greg Prohroff
Henry Barela
Jeff Hoyt
Jim Brown
John Mendenhall
John Steward
Kraig Johnson
Mark McMahan
Mark Ortega
Mike Fuentes
Mike Pritchard
Phillip Herrera
Rick Murrane
Rob Liefeld
Robert Norris
Russ Weiss
Scott Stangeland
Steve Caffrey
Ted Methot
Tim Escobar
Tim Wharton
Tim Yeaw
Tom Gabriel
Tom Lynch
Todd Lugo
Todd Shackelford
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We are recognized for our Christian commitment, academic achievement, and focus on athletics and the arts. For more than 65 years, Whittier Christian High School has been equipping young men and women to honor God as critical thinkers and authentic Christians.
We are recognized for our Christian commitment, academic achievement, and focus on athletics and the arts. For more than 65 years, Whittier Christian High School has been equipping young men and women to honor God as critical thinkers and authentic Christians.
