Notebook: CCAL releases sports schedule; Valley Oak League adds 3 schools
With the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section announcing last week that each league is responsible for creating its sports schedules for the rest of the year, the Central California Athletic League released its on Tuesday.
The league will have three eight-week sports schedules if county health guidelines allow. The first CCAL competition is on Feb. 15.
The CCAL member schools are Downey, Enochs, Gregori, Modesto, Pitman and Turlock.
All three sports seasons have cancel dates. The cancel dates are for individual sports not the actual season. So, if Stanislaus County is still in the purple tier (where it currently is) on March 5, boys golf and girls tennis would have a full season but football would be canceled.
Volleyball could move from Season 2 to Season 3 if unable to start by the cancel date and if facility space is available in Season 3.
Here is the league’s schedule:
- Season 1: Cross Country, Girls Golf, Swim, Boys Tennis (All purple tier sports)
Practice start date: Feb. 1
First contest date: Feb. 15
Final contest date: March 26
Cancel date: March 1
Season Length: 8 weeks
- Season 2: Football, Boys Golf, Girls Tennis, Volleyball (Golf and tennis is purple tier, football and volleyball in orange)
Practice start date: March 1 (Feb. 22 for Football)
First contest date: March 15
Final contest date: April 29 (April 17 for Football)
Cancel date: March 5
Season Length: 8 weeks
- Season 3: Baseball, Basketball, Soccer, Softball, Track and Field, Water Polo, Wrestling (Track and Field in purple tier, baseball/softball in red, soccer and water polo in orange, basketball and wrestling in yellow)
Practice start date: March 29 (March 22 for Pitchers & Catchers)
First contest date: April 12
Final contest date: May 22
Cancel date: April 5
Season Length: 8 weeks
Central California Athletic League commissioner Ed Felt said the next step for the league is finding places to hold cross country meets and golf tournaments.
The league also made sure to have purple sports in all three seasons so that there are guaranteed athletics for the rest of the year.
VOL adds three schools for this year: The Valley Oak League added Escalon, Ripon, and Ripon Christian for this year only.
The news was first reported by the Manteca Bulletin.
This story was originally published February 3, 2021 at 7:14 AM.
