 Bear Creek won the San Joaquin Athletic Association track and field league championship over Stagg High School in 1997.They had a 7'1" high jumper Darryl Feilbach and a 16'7" pole vaulter David Gritz.Feilbach tied the 1st place jump at the California State meet and Gritz took 1st alone, just missing on the CIF state meet record of 17'1".