Arlington High School is a public high school in Riverside, California, United States.
History
Founded in 1973, Arlington is one of 5 comprehensive high schools in Riverside Unified School District. The first graduating class at Arlington was the Class of 1975.
Over the years Arlington has used Ramona high school’s football field for their graduations, but due to the pandemic, the Class of 2020 graduated through a drive-thru graduation at Arlington. With the high school’s construction finishing early in the year, the Class of 2022 became the first class to graduate at the school’s football field.
Arlington hit its 50th year in 2023.
Sports
Football – 1973 (with no seniors on the team) won 1st round CIF playoff game vs Big Bear.
State championships
Baseball – 1999
CIF Southern Section champion
Baseball – 1999, 2002, 2004
Football – 1981, 1990, 2021
Water Polo – 1998
Girls Water Polo – 2006, 2010
Girls Tennis – 2008, 2009
Boys Tennis – 2010, 2011, 2012
Boys Soccer — 2019
CIF Southern Section Divisional Place Winners
Boys Swimming
BUTTERFLY – 100 YARDS
1979 1st place 2-A Tom Hobbs, Arlington 52.46
Bob Merrill 1st place 100 meter sprint 49.9876 state record*
Girls Swimming
FREESTYLE – 50 YARDS
1983 1st place 3-A Heidi Planter, Arlington 24.22
BUTTERFLY – 100 YARDS
1985 1st place 3-A Marla Bessegger, Arlington 57.23
BREASTSTROKE – 100 YARDS
1983 1st place 3-A Heidi Planter, Arlington 1:07.12
Boys Track and Field
HIGH JUMP
1980 1st place 3-A Chris Harper, Arlington 6-08
LONG JUMP
1980 1st place 3-A Chris Harper, Arlington 24-03.50
Girls Track and Field
SHOT PUT
1984 1st place 2-A Pam Alexander, Arlington 44-04.25
Boys Wrestling
1981 Steve Bottini 3rd place 135
1982 Sonny Ciprion 3rd place 103
1985 Ron Main 4th place 185
1993 Jason Tupper 1st place 119
1996 Brandon Quaid 5th Place 160
1999 Mike Werner 6th place 275
1999 Russell Clark 4th place 160
2000 Richard Ybarra 6th place 103
2000 Mike Werner 2nd place 275
2000 Allan Gutscher 1st place 135
2001 Allan Gutscher 6th place 135
2002 Allan Gutscher 4th place 135
2003 Jon Castillo 3rd place 189
2004 Chris Luna 6th place 215
2006 Brandon Helm 1st place 135
2007 Alex Suarez 4th place 275
2007 Brandon Helm 1st place 140
2008 David Skane 1st Place 189
2008 Phillip Tobin 1st place 215 "Upper Weight Most Valuable Wrestler" 2009 Jacob Rock 6th place 171 2011 Billy Cezeski 5th place 152 2011 Michael Nicolas 2nd place 103 2012 Darin Pazmino 2nd place 160 2012 Ryon Schafer 5th place 120 2012 Michael Behnke 3rd place 138 2013 Miko Flores 3rd place 115 2014 Alan Inzunza 6th place 195 2015 Victor Jacinto 4th place 106 2015 Jesus Macias 4th place 285 2016 Victor Jacinto 4th place 106 2017 Alex Elias 2nd place 220 2017 Fernando Felix 7th place 160 2019 Artie Carranza 1st place 106 2019 Robert Blanco 6th place 145 2020 Artie Carranza 1st place 106 2020 Deshawn Mercadel 2nd place 170 2020 Isaac Valencia 4th place 132 2022 Artie Carranza 1st place 113
Girls Wrestling
2010 Erin Leach 2nd Place 103
2011 Larissa Chavez 5th place 126
2022 Regina Awana 3rd place 121
CIF Southern Section Masters Place Winners
Boys Wrestling
1985 – Ron Main 5th place 185
1999 – Mike Werner 6th place 275
2000 – Mike Werner 4th place 275
2012 – Michael Behnke 6th place 138
2020 Artie Carranza 9th place 106
2022 Artie Carranza 2nd place 113
CIF State Place Winners
Girls Track and Field
SHOT PUT
1984 1st place Pam Alexander, Arlington 44-04.25
Girls Wrestling
2010 Erin Leach 5th place 103
Activities
Mock Trial
Arlington students won the National High School Mock Trial Championship in 1994.
Envirothon champions
Envirothon: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2009, 2010, 2012, 2013
Air Force Junior Reserve Officer Training Corps
Award-winning corps of cadets learning Integrity, Service, and Excellence from retired Air Force personnel.