New League Is Division VII in Football, 4-A in Baseball
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The newly formed San Fernando Valley League, which includes Del Rey League defector Notre Dame High, will play in the 4-A Division in baseball and in Division VII in football, according to the playoff-grouping plans adopted at this week’s Southern Section General Council meeting.
The council, which includes representatives from the section’s 62 leagues, votes every two years on playoff-grouping recommendations. These revisions will take effect at the start of the 1988-89 school year.
The six-member San Fernando Valley League, which begins play in the fall, consists of Notre Dame and former Santa Fe League teams Bell-Jeff, Chaminade, Harvard, La Salle and St. Genevieve. The move to 4-A for baseball represents a jump from the 2-A for the former Santa Fe schools and a drop from the 5-A level for Notre Dame.
The Knights take a big plunge in football. Del Rey teams will play in Division I, the strongest of the section’s nine divisions. Division VII is the section’s third weakest.
The old Coastal Conference, which includes the Bay, Channel, Golden, Marmonte and Pacific leagues, has been designated the section’s second most competitive. The Foothill League has been aligned with former Southern Conference leagues Century, Empire, San Gabriel and South Coast in Division III.
The Tri-Valley League won an appeal at Thursday’s meeting and will play in Division IX instead of VIII.
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