{"id":97198,"date":"2026-06-30T18:32:13","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T01:32:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97198"},"modified":"2026-06-30T20:53:50","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T03:53:50","slug":"baldwin-park-secures-consent-to-continue-use-of-team-name-braves","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/?p=97198","title":{"rendered":"Baldwin Park Secures Consent to Continue use of Team Name &#8220;Braves&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1363\" src=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13.png 1080w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13-238x300.png 238w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13-55x70.png 55w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13-768x969.png 768w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-13-119x150.png 119w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Baldwin Park Principal Deborah Madrigal&#8217;s statement on Baldwin Park securing the team name &#8220;Braves&#8221;.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Tim Peterson <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>(Baldwin Park) &#8211; After plenty of hard work in navigating the process of California Assembly Bill 3074, which requires public schools to discontinue the use of certain Native American mascots and team names unless a partnership is established with a federally recognized tribe, Baldwin Park High School was able to secure the consent to continue the use of the &#8220;Braves&#8221; name. The federally recognized Pala Band of Mission Indians (Pala Tribe) has agreed to partner with Baldwin Park High School Principal Deborah Madrigal said in a statement Tuesday.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"536\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-97202\" srcset=\"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15.png 536w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-244x300.png 244w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-57x70.png 57w, https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/image-15-122x150.png 122w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 536px) 100vw, 536px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Deborah Madrigal&#8217;s statement on Baldwin Park securing the team name &#8220;Braves&#8221; &#8211; <\/strong><em><strong>(Page 2). <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Baldwin Park Principal Deborah Madrigal&#8217;s statement on Baldwin Park securing the team name &#8220;Braves&#8221;. By Tim Peterson (Baldwin Park) &#8211; After plenty of hard work in navigating the process of California Assembly Bill 3074, which requires public schools to discontinue the use of certain Native American mascots and team names unless a partnership is established [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12816,3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-97198","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hsfootball","category-high-school-sports"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97198","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=97198"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97198\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":97212,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/97198\/revisions\/97212"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=97198"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=97198"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/midvalleysports.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=97198"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}