this article needs additional citations for verification . please help improve this article by adding citations to reliable sources . unsourced material may be challenged and removed . november 2007 learn how and when to remove this template message north torrance high school location 3620 w. 182nd street torrance ca 90504 united states information type public secondary established 1955 principal ronald richardson grades 9 12 enrollment 2 100 color s blue and white mascot saxons website northhighschool.org north torrance high school is a four year public high school located at 3620 w. 182nd st. in torrance california . of the four public high schools in the torrance unified school district north high is the second oldest . the school s mascot is the saxon and the school colors are blue and white . north high is accredited by wasc . 1 contents 1 demographics 2 school facts 3 athletics 3.1 team accomplishments 4 current administration 5 notable alumni 6 knhs campus radio station 7 references 8 external links demographics edit white 17 % asian 31 % latino 34 % black 9 % pacific islander 1 % other 8 % school facts edit opened in september 1955 campus has 24 buildings and 100 classrooms serves youth living north of 190th st. to north city boundaries maximum student enrollment capacity is 3000 athletics edit north high was 1971 cif 4a largest school division baseball champions beating chaffey hs 9 0 jim o brien head coach north highs dennis littlejohn san francisco giants drafted 1st rd 2 overall named 1971 cif baseball player of the year north high was 1972 cif 4a largest school division baseball runner up losing to dominguez hs 5 4 jim o brien head coach north high was 1974 cif 4a largest school division baseball champions beating lakewood hs 1 0 jim o brien head coach north high was also named cal hi best school baseball team for the 1974 season with a season record or 26 6 1 north highs tim o neal was named cif baseball player of the year who pitched both sides of the 21 inn championship game the 1974 championship game began at anaheim stadium ended in a 0 0 tie after a curfew of time then to be completely replayed a couple days later at usc s rod dedeaux field for a 1 0 victory for a total of 21 innings clearly one of the if not the greatest championship games in high school baseball history . north high s tim o neal pitched both games . prior to 2003 2004 north high was in the ocean league and also the bay league . in 2007 2008 north high was voted by the pioneer league as the runner up for most athletic school . team accomplishments edit in 2001 fall season the varsity football team were runners up in the cif division x championship in 2002 2003 winter season boys varsity wrestling won cif div . ii in both individual and duals duals was held at home in 2002 2003 spring season boys varsity track won league specelle williams and eric davis went to cif finals in 2003 2004 winter season the varsity wrestling team were div.ii cif champions in both duals and individuals . 103lbs wrestler mathew bautista was national champion in 2004 fall the varsity football team went undefeated in the pioneer league and were runners up in the cif division x championship . in 2007 2008 winter season the varsity wrestling team were coastal div . cif individual champions . in 2008 2009 winter season the boys varsity soccer team were cif semifinalists and suffered a tough loss in penalty kicks . in 2008 2009 winter season the boys varsity soccer team advanced to state . in the 2008 fall season the girls varsity tennis team were league champions . in 2009 2010 winter season the boys varsity soccer team were league champs . in the 2008 and 2009 spring season the girls softball team were back to back cif champions . in 2010 they are in the cif final for the third straight year in 2010 spring season the boys varsity volleyball team were cif semifinalists in 2009 fall the varsity football team won the pioneer league title in 2009 2010 winter season boys varsity league champs and back to back cif semifinalists in 2009 2010 winter season girls varsity basketball won the title pioneer league champs in 2010 2011 north high school s marching band won state championships in the 2a division in 2009 2010 and 2011 2012 north high school s marching band came in 2nd place at state championships in the 2a division . in 2011 2012 winter season the varsity wrestling team won cif duals division iii in 2012 varsity football team reached to cif southern section championship after 2 8 record from last season . in 2012 north high saxon regiment marching band and color guard won state championships in the 3a division . in 2013 and 2014 spring season boys varsity track & field were undefeated two time pioneer league champions . in 2013 and 2014 north high saxon regiment and color guard won 2nd in scja state championships in the 2a and 3a division respectively . in 2014 and 2015 spring season girls varsity track & field were undefeated two time pioneer league champions . in 2014 the north high school saxon regiment and color guard received 2nd place in division 3a championships and 8th place in open class grand championships against 15 competing bands . in 2015 the north high girls basketball wins division iii cif . current administration edit principal dr. ron richardson assistant principal ms. portia rivera dean of students mr. andrew mccarty athletic director mr. brian ormsby notable alumni edit bob hite class of 1960 major general malcolm b. frost us army class of 1984 chris demaria class of 1998 chris mortensen class of 1969 dennis littlejohn class of 1972 chuck norris class of 1958 jason wee man acu a class of 1991 kikuo keykool nishi class of 1988 nathan salmon philosopher class of 1969 tiny ron taylor 2 aaron takahashi class of 1989 3 emanuel newton professional mixed martial artist 4 chris farasopoulos professional football player new york jets knhs campus radio station edit knhs city torrance los angeles county california broadcast area north high school campus and adjacent neighborhood slogan the rock of the block frequency 89.7 mhz first air date 1967 to 1991 format variety music radio power 10 watts erp 13 watts estimated class d facility id 67342 callsign meaning n orth h igh s chool owner torrance unified school district knhs was an fcc licensed fm radio station at 89.7 mhz from 1955 to 1991 with a variety music radio format broadcasting diverse recordings chosen by north high school s student disc jockeys . in the latter years it was usually an eclectic mix of classic rock heavy metal and rap . 5 6 its nickname was the rock of the block . a person that had worked in the fcc s washington headquarters at the time said the federal communications commission does not keep an official count of high school stations but it is the first high school station she ever had encountered . 5 history knhs served the local torrance area with the signal reaching from 1 3 miles 1.6 4.8 km beyond the campus . 5 although it was against school rules for students to carry radios on campus some students managed to listen with transistor radios and later walkmans or on tape recordings the student broadcasters parents made . 5 knhs temporarily ceased legal broadcasts when the torrance unified school district allowed the station license to expire on 1 december 1983 although it was fcc compliant into 1989 . 5 former north high school students recall that the station broadcast until 1991 raising the possibility that the station was a pirate broadcaster in its last years . according to the high school newspaper the north wind the station broadcast with 1 watt from 1967 to 1972 . 5 the antenna tower was first above the original knhs studio located near the cafeteria . the transmitter and limiter were mounted on a shelf in the old 3 room radio studio which included an announcer s booth a control room with a gates audio console and a storage room for vinyl records . 7 the facility survived the 1971 sylmar earthquake . in 1972 the knhs studios and equipment were moved to the second floor of the industrial arts building . the knhs antenna tower was also moved to the roof of the industrial arts building and its transmitter power increased to about 10 watts . fcc rules did not set a lower power limit for that class of fm station . the tower was a local landmark with its two omnidirectional halo elements at its top and below . the tower was damaged in a 2010 winter storm and subsequently removed . operations in later years new disc jockeys were juniors who learned from the previous year s students applied for a radiotelephone operator permit and as the school year progressed shifted away mid year from music to begin writing public service announcements and conducting on air interviews . 8 9 carol shakely a teacher who oversaw the station said in 1989 it s really a radio station . we re really subject to the whims of the fcc . we really have to read public service announcements every half hour . people really can pick it up on their radios . 5 there was no professional manager for knhs students managed it with some supervision by schoolteachers including mr. mckenzie ms. carol shakely and mr. fields . there was no engineer for the station however a contract engineer was called when something was known to be wrong and a monitoring company that measured the knhs frequency monthly to comply with fcc regulations . a student remembers we would turn on the transmitter call the monitoring company who would record the specific frequency of the radio station . in 1970 the radio station got its first phone line allowing it to take music requests from its listeners though with limited broadcast hours and 1 3 miles 1.6 4.8 km broadcast range the listening public was limited . students also performed remote broadcasts of sporting events begun due to the technical knowledge of mr. mckenzie . north high school had audio speakers on the quad and in the cafeteria so students could listen to knhs broadcasts on campus during the lunch period . references edit directory of schools search details . acswasc.org . retrieved 26 august 2014 . crowe jerry 4 december 2006 . the story arc of his life has some real hooks to it . los angeles times . retrieved 8 december 2013 . komai chris 28 august 2014 . that guy in that commercial . the rafu shimpo . retrieved 15 april 2015 . emanual newton facebook profile . a b c d e f g los angeles times high school station fine tunes students broadcast skills on air 10 december 1989 article by janet rae dupree . accessed 2.28.2016 . americanradiohistory.com white s radio log of home town fm stations science and electronics magazine december 1969 issue knhs listing pg . 83 . a quest for a gates console youtube.com video of 1982 news report on north torrance high school s radio station knhs torrance herald north high student larry lutz attends sc tv class 21 july 1957 issue pg 2 . external links edit official website north high school alumni organization unofficial north torrance high alumni on myspace v t e torrance unified school district tusd high schools north south torrance west continuation kurt t. shery v t e torrance california government city departments torrance police department education primary and secondary schools torrance unified school district torrance high school north high school south high school west