A product of the Southern California post war boom, Fontana High (referred to locally as "FoHi") was completed in September 1952.

[4] The Fontana Police Department required assistance from other local law enforcement agencies (including the California Highway Patrol) after students threw rocks at responding officers, but the situation was ultimately resolved in under two hours.

At home games, much of the town shut down as more than 8,000[10] maroon and white clad fans filled Steeler Stadium for matches with rival schools like Redlands, Pacific Eisenhower[11] and Colton.

An economic downturn (the Kaiser Steel plant had shut down in 1983[12]) and a continued population boom led to demographic shifts and classroom overcrowding.

The addition of new high schools split the talent base and the team had a prolonged string of losing seasons.