Kern County's worst!

[TeddyKGB]

The worst teams in Kern County:

5. South outscored 124-58, they lost to Chavez in OT who had lost 15 in a row. I have to believe some of their kids either didn't play because of either injury, disciplinary reasons or were in custody.

4. Taft outscored 234-76, they have don't have much to work with out there.

3. East, outscore 181-64. This program switches head coaches like izne switches Asian masseuses.

2. Stockdale 0-5, I don't count the forfeit. They have been outscored 193-39, they have been beat 88-0 the past two games. The admin at Stockdale that hired the previous coach really sheet the bed, that guy set the program back years. Unfortunately this new coach has to try and sort thru the rubble.

1. Chavez outscored 146-19. They had not scored in the first 4 games of the season (only izne's no score in 6 trips to Vegas elapses that) They were out scored 130-0! They had lost 15 straight until they had an OT win vs South.

[Bud Kilmer]

Now here's the question: Who would win if that was a league?

[TeddyKGB]

Now here's the question: Who would win if that was a league?

That is a good question... I would say Stockdale they have played much better teams, not that they played the better teams tough but their last three games are against The Bakersfield High School, Independence and BCHS. They lost to Highland 20-12 and Highland pounded East 43-19. My ranking of Stockdale as the 2nd worst team is based on expectations, the school is in a good area and should be far more competitive than they are.

[hsfootballfan27]

If you would have told me 20 years ago that stockdale football would fall off this bad I would argue no way. A lot of families wanted their kids to go there being in the 7 oaks area. Had a freshly first over all nfl pick in the 2002 draft. Lost like 50-10 in the valley championship. Still they played in the valley making more kids want to go there. I think when Bakersfield came back out of nowhere  and golla won his first year really switched the momentum back to Bakersfield high. Bchs and independence killed their numbers. And not getting good coaching also has played a factor. Last good coach was snow. He ran the wing t that might have ran kids away from the school but who knows.

[trac_baseball]

It is crazy what has happened in Bako. ten years ago it was a dog fight against any Bako team. Stockdale, Centennial, Bakersfield, Liberty could all beat you on any night from a Trac perspective. Even Ridgeview was solid.

[TeddyKGB]

Stockdale has an odd situation, they have athletes but they tend to specialize in baseball and not because they are discouraged from playing multiple sports because the two previous head coaches were also football coaches. The admin at Stockdale is what set the stage from this collapse, when a group of parents, that made enough of a ruckus...like you may see on a carnival cruise ship or a waffle house late night brawl... the principal at the time that was of the same ethnic persuasion basically pushed Snow out. Snow is as good a coach as anyone.

[TeddyKGB]

It is crazy what has happened in Bako. ten years ago it was a dog fight against any Bako team. Stockdale, Centennial, Bakersfield, Liberty could all beat you on any night from a Trac perspective. Even Ridgeview was solid.

Liberty, Stockdale and Frontier all have principals that are women...I am not saying that is why there Football teams are in the state they are in...but I am not ruling it out until I see something to prove otherwise

[hsfootballfan27]

I looked up some old news articles on stockdale high. I found that for some reason snow was fired and his replacement was even suspended from coaching at sometime in his tenure also. And the last coach obviously was fired for what he did. I know snow was a good coach and probably didn't deserve to be let go. Sounds like to me you are right teddy the parents causing enough ruckus to to make the administration take action. And it killed the football team in the long run. Athletic kids go to stockdale. There's a young man that played at stockdale 2 years ago playing for Fresno st right now.

[DonnieBaker1962]

There are several reasons that football in Bakersfield has collapsed.

Coaching is probably the biggest reason. You need 12 solid guys to run a program top to bottom, today you are lucky to find 3. There are many older teachers in the khsd that can coach, they just don't want to. Head coaches have to fill their ranks with  dad's and walk ons. Schools used to have 8 guys on campus who coached, not nowadays. This has placed so much more stress on the head coach and the guys who are on campus. Imagine having to write the scout cards and run the weight room for the freshman team as a varsity head coach. Burnout. There also aren't many young teachers interested in coaching. I think a lot of those types of professional young coaches moved out of Bakersfield or have no interest in coaching at all. Kern high used to seek them out and hire them, I don't think they do that anymore. The socioeconomic and demographic shifts have certainly hit some schools harder than others. Also the district's policies regarding discipline, drug use, dress code, and language may create an environment not conducive to successful football. These a few things that might be unique to Bakersfield compared to Clovis. It will be interesting to see what things look like in 10 years.

[TeddyKGB]

There are several reasons that football in Bakersfield has collapsed.

Coaching is probably the biggest reason. You need 12 solid guys to run a program top to bottom, today you are lucky to find 3. There are many older teachers in the khsd that can coach, they just don't want to. Head coaches have to fill their ranks with  dad's and walk ons. Schools used to have 8 guys on campus who coached, not nowadays. This has placed so much more stress on the head coach and the guys who are on campus. Imagine having to write the scout cards and run the weight room for the freshman team as a varsity head coach. Burnout. There also aren't many young teachers interested in coaching. I think a lot of those types of professional young coaches moved out of Bakersfield or have no interest in coaching at all. Kern high used to seek them out and hire them, I don't think they do that anymore. The socioeconomic and demographic shifts have certainly hit some schools harder than others. Also the district's policies regarding discipline, drug use, dress code, and language may create an environment not conducive to successful football. These a few things that might be unique to Bakersfield compared to Clovis. It will be interesting to see what things look like in 10 years.

100%!!! I would add that new coaches can't be developed or taught because guys are too arrogant to start out at the freshman level and they can't take cristisism.

[Bud Kilmer]

It is crazy what has happened in Bako. ten years ago it was a dog fight against any Bako team. Stockdale, Centennial, Bakersfield, Liberty could all beat you on any night from a Trac perspective. Even Ridgeview was solid.

Dating back to 2004, Stockdale is 94-128 with only 3 winning seasons. They may have been prominent when Carr was there for four years, but I've never considered Stockdale as someone that could beat you any night.

[TeddyKGB]

Dating back to 2004, Stockdale is 94-128 with only 3 winning seasons. They may have been prominent when Carr was there for four years, but I've never considered Stockdale as someone that could beat you any night.

2004 was by far the best year in in the past quarter century, they reached they valley finals, won the SWYL and were 12-0 going into the VC game. Stockdale is an odd place because the girls sports have always been contenders, baseball has won valley titles in recent years but Football struggles.

[Darth Backer]

2004 was by far the best year in in the past quarter century, they reached they valley finals, won the SWYL and were 12-0 going into the VC game. Stockdale is an odd place because the girls sports have always been contenders, baseball has won valley titles in recent years but Football struggles.

That's the one Bakersfield school over the years that has made me scratch my head for the reasons listed below. The few times I've been in Bakersfield it always seemed like one of the nicer neighborhoods too.

[Bud Kilmer]

They have had crazy talent too. Dj Martin was a beast!!!

[TeddyKGB]

I wouldn't go so far as to say they have had crazy talent. Martin was a good rb, but they have not much else in quite a while

[TeddyKGB]

That's the one Bakersfield school over the years that has made me scratch my head for the reasons listed below. The few times I've been in Bakersfield it always seemed like one of the nicer neighborhoods too.

it is surrounded by nice affluent neighborhoods. Which explains why they excel in sports like golf, tennis, swimming and club/travel sports like volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball. 

[Darth Backer]

it is surrounded by nice affluent neighborhoods. Which explains why they excel in sports like golf, tennis, swimming and club/travel sports like volleyball, soccer, baseball and softball. 

Then it's got to be coaching and program building. Those neighborhoods typically produce great football teams here in the valley.

[TeddyKGB]

5. South- BYE

4. Taft- lost 62-7, would have been worse had it not been running clock

3. East- lost 43-20, they get worse each week. They may not win a game this year only shot is vs Del Oro

2. Stockdale- BYE week, surprised they didn't rack up another loss, they will not only not win a game they may not score again this year.

1. Chavez - BYE postponed adding another notch to the loss column

[TeddyKGB]

5. East 1-7
4. Taft 2-6
3. South 1-7 lost to East by 1 point
2. Chavez (2-7) they upset Delano which was at one point was 5-0. They have been shut out 6 of their 7 loses.
1. Stockdale (1-7) should be 0-8 officially but a forfeit by North granted them the "win". This program is in shambles, they have score 6 points in 5 weeks, they have been outscored 312-45, this is by far the worst program in Kern County perhaps the entire central section. The Admin hiring the guy prior to the current coach set this program back 8 years, then they double down and hire a walk on to be the head varsity coach! 

[o-line]

I think what so many people fail to realize is the days of having a full staff of coaches whom are on campus is long gone and most of the time there is not even a job to offer for a person to take a HC job. Principals don't hire coaches like they did in the past and the young coaches school districts do hire don't have the knowledge of how to be a coach as to earn their stripes to become good coaches. Maybe someday a school district will fund a simple idea of a Coaches Academy along with creating a referee training Academy, who knows it may help the situation of lack coaches and officials.

[o-line]