Inductees

Credited by the Antioch Ledger as “the coach who brought Antioch to the top of the softball world,” Andria Edwards’ Antioch High softball teams won two North Coast Section Championships in three years, triumphs that earned recognition as East Bay Coach of the Year in 1984 and again in 1986. Read More “Andria Edwards”

Antioch High School 1961

From the time he was junior in 1959 at Antioch High, Jon Fontana was a varsity starter on the football team – on both offense and defense. The gifted athlete was actually a quadruple threat; he played first base and centerfield on the baseball team and was a high jumper and broad jumper in track. Read More “Jon Fontana”

Antioch High School 1986

Scott Freier needs a room-sized display case to shelve all the awards he accumulated for Antioch High School in the late 1980s. An extraordinarily gifted athlete, the tight end was First Team All-Diablo Valley Athletic League, All-East Bay, SF Examiner First Team All-Bay Area, and All-Northern California in football. Read More “Scott Freier”

Antioch High School 1986

“March 31, 1983.” Proud mom Ruth Georgen glued a neatly typed caption under the picture of a grinning 14-year old wearing a blue and gold uniform for the first time: “Margaret, today you ran your first track meet… you had a wonderful time. Read More “Margaret Georgen”

Antioch High School 1962

Jack Hannigan is being inducted as an Antioch Sports Legend, but he will forever be remembered as a hero, sacrificing his own life to save his fellow platoon members – felled by an enemy attack in Vietnam. Just three years earlier, Jack was a champion swimmer at Antioch High School. Read More “Jack Hannigan”

Antioch High School 1984

A professional ball team would pay millions to have a pitcher with the stats of Dawn Hilgenberg. The Antioch High School phenomenon finished the 1984 season with a 24-1 record (the team was 29-1) and an ERA of .94 with 126 innings pitched. Read More “Dawn Hilgenberg”

Antioch High School 1962

This powerful tackle helped the Antioch High School football team to a 7-1-1 record in 1962, ending a 15-year league championship drought for the Panthers. John’s job was to keep the other teams from advancing, and he did it well, performing on both offense and defense. Read More “John Joseph”

Antioch High School 1964

When Elray Laughlin was on a roll, the opposing team didn’t stand much of a chance. The 1964 Antioch High School graduate sent 53 batters back to the dugout in 35 innings pitched. Read More “Elray Laughlin”

The 1980s produced a bumper crop of talented athletes at Antioch High. Standing out among them is Karen Christianson, who with her twin sister, Sharon, led the Panther softball team to the Panther girls’ first North Coast Championship in 1984. Read More “Karen Christianson”

The honor of being an All-American is reserved for only a select few who have distinguished themselves as the best athletes in their sport in the United States. Read More “Marion Gelhaus”