Fremont Athletics Unveils New Brand Guide to Ignite Firebird Pride
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Fremont Athletics Unveils New Brand Guide to Ignite Firebird Pride

Sunnyvale, CA — Fremont High School Athletics is excited to announce the official release of its new Athletics Brand Guide, a major step toward unifying the Firebird identity across all sports teams, events, and promotional materials.

The comprehensive guide outlines the proper usage of Fremont’s logos, colors, typography, uniforms, and digital media assets—ensuring that every visual representation of the Firebirds reflects the school’s excellence, energy, and tradition.

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Condors Contain Firebirds, Fly Home With 12-6 Victory
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Condors Contain Firebirds, Fly Home With 12-6 Victory

Silicon Valley Voice Article

Andrew Bensch

POSTED 03:00 AM, April 7, 2025

No seniors? No problem. The MacDonald Condors first-year varsity softball program delivered an impressive performance Wednesday, April 2. Despite no senior class, the Condors traveled into hostile Fremont Firebirds territory and doubled up the Firebirds to the tune of a 12-6 victory.

The Condors battled back from some early adversity as the team fell behind 3-1 after the first inning. Junior pitcher Ileyah Sanchez settled down on the mound, and her catcher Kyleena Stone delivered the biggest hit of the afternoon. Stone’s two-out, two-run double in the second pushed the Condors’ lead to 6-3.

“That first inning could have gotten out of hand and it has for us in the past, but I told these girls just get one out at a time,” remarked MacDonald Manager Daniel Sanchez. “I knew if we held them to three, we would have a chance and we did just that. Gotta give these girls credit, they hung in there.”

“The first inning, I was a little scared because I know some people on that team, I’ve played with them before,” acknowledged Sanchez. “Once I got those first three outs, I was able to settle in a lot more and my defense did really well behind me.”

“Her being able to let that first inning go was great,” chimed Stone on her batterymate’s effective short-term memory. “We know what we can do, and we know that wasn’t our best. So, we all kind of had that attitude and just kept pushing.”

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Firebirds Fight Off Bruins for First Place
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Firebirds Fight Off Bruins for First Place

Silicon Valley Voice Article

Andrew Bensch POSTED 11:00 AM, March 25, 2025

It’s still early in the high school baseball season, but Tuesday, March 18, was the setting of a big battle between the Fremont Firebirds and Santa Clara Bruins baseball teams. The winner would take sole control of first place in the El Camino division.

Fremont entered the afternoon 4-0 in league and 6-2 overall. Santa Clara, meanwhile, carried a record of 6-1 overall and 3-0 in league. It had all the makings of a clash of the Titans.

First place on the line, and in the very first inning, both teams showed their best selves. Fremont started ace lefty Tyler Gray on the mound, and his pitches were hitting their spots perfectly, except one.

Andrew Traffas, arguably the Bruins’ biggest star, launched a high fastball to his pull side over the right-field fence for a home run. It was a left-on-left moonshot, a rarity in Major League Baseball, much less high school ball.

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CPR / AED / Stop the Bleed Class
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CPR / AED / Stop the Bleed Class

TRAINING FOR HIGH SCHOOL STUDENTS: FREE for all High School student participants 

2 classes offered 

LEARN: Hands Only Cardio-Pulmonary Resuscitation (CPR) 

Use of an Automated External Defibrillator (AED) 

Stop the Bleed training (STB) 

BENEFITS: 

This course will be provided at no cost to the first 100 Santa Clara County High School students who sign up. 

Certificate of completion for Stop the Bleed will be provided. 

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50 Years Later Miguel Castillo Still Loves to Coach
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50 Years Later Miguel Castillo Still Loves to Coach

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

1979 was the year Joe Montana was drafted by the San Francisco 49ers. Star Wars: A New Hope was released in theaters in 1977. The Golden State Warriors won their first NBA Championship as a Bay Area franchise in 1975. All of these things happened after Fremont’s Miguel Castillo began coaching high school basketball.

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Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 
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Fremont Wrestling Continuing Strong Tradition 

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

The Fremont Firebirds wrestling program has annually been one of the top teams in the Central Coast Section. Fremont has maintained a top-5 finish in the CCS year after year.

And it’s not just the boys getting it done; Fremont has had one of the strongest complements of girls wrestling each season. Back in 2018 and 2019, Melissa Lee finished first in CCS in her weight class. And this year, for the first time in many years, the Firebirds have a returning state placer in Aila Duus.

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Ten Tips for First-Time Sports Parents/Caregivers
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Ten Tips for First-Time Sports Parents/Caregivers

Rather than concern with the scoreboard and wins and losses, PCA hopes that you, as a sports parent/caregiver, keep your eye on the Big Picture – the life skills that sports can help develop – such as teamwork, resilience, overcoming adversity, communication skills, etc.

Here are 10 tips for parents of kids new to organized sports.

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Intro to winter sports
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Intro to winter sports

Shivam Bavishi, Staff Writer ~ November 13, 2024 via The Phoenix https://fhsphoenix.org/intro-to-winter-sports-2/

Graphic by Neta Rabinowitz

The temperature is steadily decreasing and days are getting shorter; fall sports at FHS are coming to an end. Winter brings five teams across three different sports. The fields at FHS are starting to clear up for boys’ and girls’ soccer tryouts, volleyball nets are being taken down to make way for boys’ and girls’ basketball, and the wrestling team is training in the weight room to prepare for the upcoming season. 

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A recap of the FHS 2024 Fall sports season
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A recap of the FHS 2024 Fall sports season

Alma Gad, Sports Editor ~ November 13, 2024 via The Phoenix https://fhsphoenix.org/a-recap-of-the-fhs-2024-fall-sports-season/

As the air gets colder, the excitement of fall sports is still lingering. This fall season kicked off the FHS school year with its teams and sportsmanship. The season consists of eight sports: football, cheerleading, field hockey, volleyball, tennis, cross country, waterpolo and dance. Several teams have celebrated significant wins, while others grew from tough losses. 

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Firebirds Get Payback by Torching Bruins - The Silicon Valley voice
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Firebirds Get Payback by Torching Bruins - The Silicon Valley voice

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

The Fremont Firebirds varsity volleyball squad earned some revenge with an impressive straight-sets win over the Santa Clara Bruins on Tuesday, Oct. 15. Back on Sept. 23, the Firebirds fell to Santa Clara in a grueling five-set marathon. In the rematch on their home court, though, the Firebirds managed to make quick work of the Bruins, winning 25-22, 25-17, 25-17.

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Firebirds Survive Frantic Finish, Win 21-15 over Warriors - The Silicon Valley Voice
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Firebirds Survive Frantic Finish, Win 21-15 over Warriors - The Silicon Valley Voice

Silicon Valley Voice Andrew Bensch

To say Friday night’s matchup between the Fremont Firebirds and Westmont Warriors wasn’t the cleanest football game would certainly be an understatement. Neither team will likely use much of the game tape in season highlight reels, except perhaps for the video of Fremont wide receiver Isaac Garcia’s dazzling one-handed catch midway through the fourth quarter.

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