{"id":241345,"date":"2026-03-28T22:34:48","date_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:34:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241345\/"},"modified":"2026-03-28T22:34:48","modified_gmt":"2026-03-28T22:34:48","slug":"west-high-school-marks-60-years-with-viking-pride-celebration-week-dallas-grider-honored","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/241345\/","title":{"rendered":"West High School marks 60 years with Viking pride celebration week, Dallas Grider honored"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 West High School is celebrating 60 years of \u201cViking pride\u201d with a week of events recognizing the school\u2019s history, alumni accomplishments and influence in the community. One of those honored was Dallas Grider, a former West High football player and coach.<\/p>\n<p>The anniversary week includes rallies, activities and a special movie night. Students and staff also decorated the campus in the school\u2019s signature colors as part of the celebration.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/b534afbb-7b07-4ea5-8e57-03dd583ae2f8-7a7f112e730e473eb8f5623227769cc0.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>One of the featured events was a screening of \u201cBeyond The Game: The Dallas Grider Story,\u201d a documentary short about former West High football player and coach Dallas Grider. Grider compiled a 77-7-2 record as West High\u2019s coach and also coached at Bakersfield College.<\/p>\n<p>PREVIOUS REPORTING: <a href=\"https:\/\/bakersfieldnow.com\/sports\/content\/dallas-griders-family-speaks-on-west-hs-naming-their-field-after-him\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\">Dallas Grider&#8217;s family speaks on West H.S. naming their field after him<\/a><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/9047a629-ee2e-4af5-a0bb-2abe1c106fa2-large16x9_WESTPREGAMEWEEKSIX_0001_frame_12.jpeg\"\/><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"KBAK\/KBFX{p}{\/p}\" class=\"ImageEmbed_image__qZBo_\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/636ca5f3-a041-41c3-8cca-ba90952ca2e8-large16x9_WESTPREGAMEWEEKSIX_0026_frame_470.jpeg\"\/>Comment with Bubbles<\/p>\n<p>BE THE FIRST TO COMMENT<\/p>\n<p>Grider later played two seasons as a linebacker for UCLA, including the 1966 Rose Bowl. His son, Chad, attended the event.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"BAKERSFIELD, Calif.(KBAK\/KBFX) \u2014 West High School is celebrating 60 years of \u201cViking pride\u201d with a week of events&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":241346,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-241345","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241345","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=241345"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/241345\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/241346"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=241345"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=241345"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=241345"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}