Upwardly Mobile Western High Set for CIF Football Semifinal Date

Western High School Coach Dan Davidson talks to members of the football team at a recent game. Courtesy of Jeff Kihara

Plenty of people raised their eyebrows when they saw this season’s Western High School football schedule.

Right off the top, representing a huge step up for the Pioneers from Anaheim, California, was an opening-night assignment opposite traditional powerhouse Los Alamitos.