Sports
2009-2010 Santa Ana Valley Football won the league in a 3 way tie and ended there season at 7-4 . Santa Ana Valley's Football team beat Saddleback high schools team 50-0 and Century high schools team 69-14 both schools are rival Santa Ana schools.
The Santa Ana Valley Girls Water Polo outrightly clinched the Orange League title for the first time in 2009. This set a new record for most games won in a season in the history of Water Polo at the school. They did so with a final record of 24-8. In 2011 the Girls Water Polo team broke this record, again won league and captured the school's first CIF Championship in any girl's sporting event.
The Santa Ana Valley Boys Water Polo won the Orange League title and made it for the first time to semi-finals of CIF in 2010.
The Santa Ana Valley High School Cross Country Team have been champions since 2002 and they look outstanding with every performance they do.In the season of 2010-2011 Valley once again proved themselves and clinched the title for all three levels Varsity, JV, and Frosh Soph.The Santa Ana Valley High School Cross Country Team look to clinch many titles in the near future and keep this tradition of Champions alive.
Valley is also the only high school in Orange County with a golf center.
Santa Ana Valley's 2010-2011 football team had a rollercoaster of a season as some would say they started the season 4-0 after this great start they lost to the eventual CIF-SS Champions Garden Grove High School 39-6 the falcons went on to lose the next game against league rivals Savanna High School of Anahiem they had a really close game with league rival and city rival Century High School in a 21-20 victory over the Centurians they then went on to lose the next 2 out of 3 games and missed the playoffs this was a first for head coach Larry Mohr since taking over the program. Valley went on to beat Saddleback 49-14. Noted All-CIF player Manuel Burciaga
Santa Ana Valleys 2011-2012 Football team won there league in a tie with Anaheim High School. There record was 7-3 and a playoff loss to Ocean Veiw High School of Huntington Beach, CA. The Falcons would beat the Saddleback Roadrunners 49-0 and Century Centurians 52-12. Noted first team all-league players Nick Chavez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Joe Mohr, Santa Ana Valley, Jr.; Vince Aranda, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Alexis Martinez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Daniel Nieto, Santa Ana Valley, Jr.; Richard Vargas, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Diego Perez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr.; Cesar Hernandez, Santa Ana Valley, Sr and the Defensive Player of the Year: James Mohr, Santa Ana Valley, Sr. Back of the Year: Alex Hernandez, Santa Ana Valley, So. All-CIF player was James Mohr
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“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
“Guys do not have a genetic blueprint that allows them to understand or love sports.”
—Lesley Visser, U.S. sports reporter and announcer. As quoted in Sports Illustrated, p. 82 (June 17, 1991)
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—Michel de Montaigne (1533–1592)