page_title: Ferndale Unified School District
section_title: Notable students
hierarchical_section_title: Ferndale Unified School District / Notable students
caption_attribution_description: English: Historical Marker at Ferndale Fireman's Park ballfields. Inscription reads: "Joseph C. Oeschger Field. Dedicated to Joseph Carl Oeschger in recognition of his contribution to sports and to the youth who participate. An all around athlete who began his career in Ferndale, he went on to professional baseball where he distinguished himself as a major league pitcher for 12 years, on May 1, 1920, he set a record never equaled by pitching the longest game ever played. He, and the opposing pitcher, pitched a full 26 innings before the game was called because of darkness. Longest Major League Game Score by Innings - Joseph C. Oeschger - Boston Braves 000 001 000 000 000 000 000 000 00....- Leon Cadore - Brooklyn Dodgers 000 010 000 000 000 000 000 000 00....- Dedicated by the Native Sons of the Golden West, Richard L. Barnes Grand President, May 1, 1977"
context_page_description: The Ferndale Unified School District, oversees public education through grade 12, in Ferndale, California, and the surrounding area, including the "Ferndale bottoms" and an area of the Wildcat Hills in Humboldt County, California.
  The district operates two schools: the Ferndale Elementary School, and Ferndale High School for grades 9 through 12. The school board has five members who meet monthly in the Ferndale High School library; agendas and board packets are available online. The superintendent/principal is Beth Anderson.
context_section_description: American football player and coach Len Casanova attended Ferndale schools in the 1920s where he played for the Wildcats.
  U.S. Congressman Donald H. Clausen graduated Ferndale High where he was an honors student and lettered five sports: tennis, track, basketball, football and baseball as well as being the drum major of the school band.
  Professional American baseball player Sam Dungan attended Ferndale schools in the 1890s.
  American character actor Frank Ferguson grew up in Ferndale and attended local schools in the early 1900s.
  Chef Guy Fieri started his first business "the Awesome Pretzel", selling pretzels from a cart, while a sixth-grade student at Ferndale Elementary School. In 2010 he worked on a video project with students from local schools.
  Thomas E. Leavey, the co-founder of the Farmers Insurance Group attended local schools in the early 1900s.
  American baseball player Joe Oeschger, and his brothers, attended local schools and played baseball for Ferndale High in the 1910s. Oeschger pitched the longest ever baseball game which is memorialized with a plaque at Ferndale Fireman's Park baseball field.
caption: The plaque commemorates the longest game of baseball ever played May 1, 1920, pitched by Ferndale High alumnus Joe Oeschger.[17]
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