Sports
For all sports except football and lacrosse, Oak Park High School competes in the Tri-Valley League with Fillmore High School, Carpinteria High School, Saint Bonaventure High School, Bishop Diego High School and La Reina High School. For Football only, Oak Park competes in a league that combines some teams from the Tri-Valley League and some teams from the Frontier League. The league teams for football include Carpinteria High School, Bishop Diego High School, Fillmore High School, Grace Brethren High School, Nordhoff High School, and Santa Paula High School.
Oak Park High School's Cross Country Team placed third in the CIF-SS Finals in 2007 and second at the CIF State Meet for Division 3. In 2005, the cross-country team attended the Nike Team Nationals in Eugene, Oregon. Boys volleyball won CIF title in 2012 and was ranked 4th in the nation.
Oak Park High School also fields a JV boys lacrosse team and a girls varsity team along with the boys Varsity team for the 2012 season. The Varsity team went undefeated during the regular season, 17-0, the only Oak Park team to ever do so. The Athletic Department has also recently added a freshmen baseball team, girls JV tennis team, boys and girls freshmen soccer in 2012 season. Boys and girls frosh/soph soccer teams were added for the Winter 2012 season
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