The rivalry between Carson High and its neighbor, Banning High School (in Wilmington), is legendary.  The two schools dominated City Section football during the 1970s and '80s, combining for 14 titles.
     During this feud, the two teams have played 43 games against each other; the Carson Colts have won 24 of those games and lost 19, outscoring Banning 933 points to 749. The Colts have shut out Banning four times, and have been shut out by Banning only once.

     (A word from the loyal opposition: a Carson citizen who went to Banning High School asked me to point out that, in her opinion, “at half time of the football games, no matter what the score on the board is, Banning's Band always wins the battle of the bands and spirit”.)

When Gene Vollnogle retired in 1990, he was the winningest coach in the history of California high school football.

In his 28 years of coaching, Coach Vollnogle’s teams won 310 games out of 386 games played, for an astounding 80% winning percentage. His teams made the City Championship game 18 times; they finished first or second in league play 84% of the time.

(Since his “retirement” Coach Vollnogle has coached the Los Alamitos Junior Varsity to a 32-win/7-loss record (82%) and has won three league championships.)

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Eighteen former Carson Colts players
have gone on to play pro ball
with the National Football League:

( click on their names to go to fan pages for these players. )

• Mike Wilson (San Francisco 49ers)
• Wesley Walker (New York Jets)
• Perry Klein (Atlanta Falcons)
• Bryan Reeves (Arizona Cardinals)
• Derek Hill (Pittsburgh Steelers)
• Tydus Winans (Washington Redskins)
• Arnold Ale (San Diego Chargers)
• L. David Aupiu Sr. (Los Angeles Rams)
• Anthony Caldwell (Los Angeles Raiders)
• Laterio Rachal (San Diego Chargers)
• Samoa Samoa (Cincinnati Bengals)
• Rick Baska
• Wendell Cason
• Calvin Holmes
• Darryl Hopper
• Joe Shipp
• Brian Treggs
• Clemont Williams