FVHS. Athletics The school currently competes in the Sunset League and is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation Southern Section (CIF). Before 1974, the school competed in the Irvine League. The school fields all of the following sports: boys' baseball, basketball, cross country running, American football, golf, soccer, swim, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo and wrestling. On the girls' side, Fountain Valley fields the sports of basketball, cross country, field hockey, golf, soccer, softball, swimming, tennis, track and field, volleyball and water polo. In the past, there were gymnastics and badminton teams. Fountain Valley High School has won 18 CIF Team Championships 1973 Girls' swimming 1977 Wrestling 1978 American football 1978 Gymnastics 1980 Girls' gymnastics 1981 Girls' gymnastics 1981 Gymnastics 1985 Baseball 1985 Wrestling 1988 Football 1994 Baseball 1995 Baseball 1996 Girls' volleyball 2005 Girls' cross country 2015 Wrestling 2018 Tennis 2019 Wrestling 2020 Wrestling Fountain Valley has had two coaches and one athlete enshrined in the CIF hall of fame: Carol Strausberg (basketball coach), Ron LaRuffa (baseball coach) and Shirley Babashoff(swimmer). The school also holds Five Counties Wrestling Championships, which is one of the biggest tournaments in the US. The wrestling team has won 29 League Champion titles (Irvine 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973 and 1974) (Sunset 1976, 1977, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1986, 1997, 1998, 2008, 2009, 2012, 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020 and 2021). The American football game against rival Edison High School on December 11, 1980, was the fourth-highest attended game in state history with 28,968 fans in attendance. It was held at Anaheim Stadium, now known as Angel Stadium. Notable alumni Summer Altice, actress and model Nicholas Arciniaga, 2013 USA marathon champion Shirley Babashoff, 1975, competition swimmer, Olympic champion Tara Lynne Barr, 2011, actress Craig Brewer, 1990, film director, producer, screenwriter Blake Davis, 2002, former Major League Baseball infielder for the Baltimore Orioles David Denman, actor Peter Girguis, 1971, professor at Harvard University in the Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology Kim Gruenenfelder, writer Luke Hudson, 1995, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Cincinnati Reds and the Kansas City Royals Casey Janssen, 2000, former Major League Baseball pitcher for the Toronto Blue Jays and the Washington Nationals John Kosty, NCAA men's volleyball coach Ken Margerum, 1977, NFL wide receiver, college football coach. First Team All-America (Stanford), College Football Hall of Fame Michelle Pfeiffer, 1976, actress Chris