Inductees

The “ace southpaw” brought Antioch High roaring back into competition as a baseball powerhouse after a WWII hiatus, leading the Panthers in back- to- back league championships. The 6-foot-2 senior pitched a no-hitter, a one-hitter and a two-hitter during the 1950 season. Read More “Chuck Hutchinson”

Being slightly more than 6-foot-6 tall offers some great advantages to an athlete who wants to play basketball. That held true for Rich Jones, who became Antioch High’s Most Valuable Player on the varsity hoops team. Read More “Rich Jones”

She was not a head coach, or league founder, or a standout athlete. However, Jill Joseph wove herself into the fabric of the Antioch sports community, serving as the number one unofficial cheerleader and mom to thousands of athletes and students who wore black and gold for the Antioch High School Panthers. Read More “Jill Joseph”

The early 1970s produced some of the best distance runners to ever graduate from Antioch. Among the best of the best is Mike Kelly, whose cross-country 3-mile time of 14:46, remains the fastest ever run at a North Coast Section meet by any Antioch High junior. Read More “Mike Kelly”

Antioune “Tony” Lang was only a sophomore, but his 94-yard kick-off return for a touchdown late in the 1976-1977 season proved that the Antioch High varsity football squad had itself a prodigy. Read More “Tony Lang”

Local sportswriters bestowed several nicknames on Steve, such as “Fearless” or “The Executioner” due to his consistently fantastic performances spanning nearly a decade in Antioch baseball leagues. Read More “Steve Ornellas”

In 1988, the Panthers were the California state champion team, a first for Antioch High. The team’s shining star was Jason Verduzco, only the second wrestler in Antioch High history to be an individual California state champion, grappling in the 165-pound class in his senior year. Read More “Jason Verduzco”

1973 AHS

In the era before Nike and waffle soles revolutionized running, ing, Perry Anderson’s fleet feet set a record in the 1600 meters (formerly the one-mile) distance that continues to stand as the best performance in the history of Antioch High School. Read More “Perry Anderson”

1956 AHS

High school athletics allows the best all-around athletes the challenge of participating in three sports seasons. Randy Autentico managed to squeeze in a fourth sport in the spring, and lettered in football, basketball, baseball and track during his senior year at Antioch High School. Read More “Randy Autentico”