The boys’ basketball program has the benefits of a classic, old-school gym and a committed school community that regularly fills it with energy, excitement, and support. Each year, the boys' varsity basketball team plays a demanding non-league schedule to prepare it for the tight competition that league play presents. Focusing on skillful execution, teamwork, sportsmanship, and the tenacity to overcome any challenge, students find success and growth on the court, win or lose. About those wins, though: Voit Gym holds memories of countless victories, and Thacher’s boys' basketball history is filled with many league championships and California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) playoff berths.
The varsity team has won multiple league titles in recent years and made 14 consecutive trips to the CIF playoffs. In 2007, 2008, 2013, and 2020 the team advanced to the CIF quarterfinal round—often pulling off huge upsets along the way—and in three instances, Thacher was eventually eliminated by the #1 seed.
Recent Thacher graduates have continued playing basketball for the following Division III colleges: Carnegie Mellon, Kenyon, Pomona-Pitzer, and Swarthmore.
Basketball—Boys’ Varsity
Away
Boys' Varsity Basketball @ Carpinteria
Non-League
vs.
Carpinteria HS
Win
71-46
Home
Boys' Varsity Basketball vs Fillmore
Non-League
vs.
Fillmore
Win
54-51
Home
Boys' Varsity Basketball vs Faith Baptist
Non-League
vs.
Faith Baptist
Loss
47-82
Away
Boys' Varsity Basketball @ Bishop Diego
League
vs.
Bishop Diego
Loss
43-58
Home
Tournament
Rio Hondo Prep - 1st Round of Ojai Valley Classic Tournament
Notice of nondiscriminatory policy as to students: The Thacher School admits students of any race, color, national, and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the School. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national, and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admission policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other School-administered programs.