Athletics
Hoover High School Provides a wide variety of different sports to students including Boys Water polo (3rd place, 2008-2009 season and again 2009-2010 season and reached CIF division VI quarterfinals) & Girls Water polo, Boys & Girls Volleyball, Boys & Girls Soccer (2006-2007 league champions), Boys & Girls Basketball, Boys Football (girls are also welcome), Baseball & Softball, Track, Cross Country, Golf, Pep Squad, Swim, and Wrestling. The 1975 baseball team won the CIF 4A Championship defeating Lakewood High 2-1 at Dodger Stadium.
A significant aspect of the school's history is the long time cross-town rivalry with Glendale High School (Glendale, California). "BGD" known as "Big Game Day" or "Beat Glendale Day" is the biggest social/athletic event of the school year. Even though every sport has its own "BGD" game, Football is the biggest of them all. On the day of the big football game, the school provides events such as "The Poster Drop," which is a competition towards every grade (9-12) taking place on the Friday morning of the game, spirit assemblies, and many different activities. The game usually takes place at Glendale High School because Hoover High School does not have a "proper" field but it is rumored that the school is planning the construction.
The mascot is "The Tornadoes" but was temporarily changed in the past to the Wind Gusts when a Kansas team whose town had just been ravaged by tornadoes came to visit.
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