Citrus Belt League (CBL) is a high school sports league in the Inland Empire region within the Greater Los Angeles area of California's CIF Southern Section.
The Citrus Belt League is one of the five founding leagues of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) when established in 1913. It was the only Division I league in the San Bernardino-Riverside County area since its inception, until 2006, when CIF Southern Section reorganized it to Division II. [1]
The league also organizes an Academic Decathlon competition.
The league dates back to 1901, when it was known as the "Interscholastic League of Southern California." [2] Prior to CIF, founding members included Chaffey High School of Ontario, Redlands High School, [2] Riverside High School [2] (now known as Riverside Poly), Pomana High School [2] and San Bernardino High School. [2] School staff were not involved in most of the contests and anyone could play or coach. [3] In 1913, when the CIF Southern Section athletics was established, CBL was a founding member along with the Los Angeles League, Los Angeles County League, Channel League and Orange League.
The Interscholastic League of Southern California, as the Citrus Belt League was called in 1901 and 1902, included Redlands, Pomona, Riverside and San Bernardino. Ontario joined in 1902. During this tenure, Redlands High School and Chaffey High School played in 68 football matches between 1903 and 1986, making it one of the state's longest running and oldest rivalries in the sport. [4] Fontana High School and Pacific High School (San Bernardino) joined in 1954, Rialto's Eisenhower High School in 1967, and Colton High School in 1980. [5] [6]
By the 1990s, multiple schools were added and replaced, including a four-year stint in which High Desert schools Apple Valley High School, Hesperia High School, and Victor Valley High School joined sporadically. High Desert high schools were eventually replaced with Fontana's A.B. Miller High School in 1991, and Redlands East Valley High School who joined in 1997. In the 2000s, Yucaipa High School joined in 2004, making it an eight school league until Rialto High School left in 2010, ending its 97 year membership. [7] [8]
Then, in the 2012-13 season, Fontana High School left for the Sunkist League ending its sixty year membership, along with Colton High School. They are replaced by San Bernardino's Cajon High School and Redlands Citrus Valley High School's. [9]
In the 2014–15 season, the league expanded to an eight-team realignment again, adding Rialto's Carter High School. When the Citrus Belt area leagues realigned for the 2017-2020 period, all Rialto, CA. high schools, including Eisenhower High School, left for the San Andreas League, ending that schools 45-year membership in the CBL, replaced by Beaumont High School. A.B. Miller also left [10] for the Mountain League in 2017. Re-adjusting to a six league team once again. [11] [12]
Other past members include Corona High School, Pomona High School, Palm Springs High School, Moreno Valley High School, Riverside's Rubidoux High School, Ramona High School, San Bernardino's San Gorgonio High School, and San Bernardino's Pacific High School. [4]
1901: Pomona 1902: Unknown 1903: Riverside [15] 1907: Pomona [27] 1925: Pomona [47] 1950: Redlands [48] 1951: Pomona [49] 1954: Riverside [34] 1959: Redlands [50] 1960: Colton [51] 1970: Redlands [52] 1973 Redlands [53] 1977: Chaffey and Redlands [40] 1987 Fontana [54] 1988: Fontana [55] 1992: Fontana [56] 1993: Eisenhower [57] 1994: Fontana [58] 1999 Eisenhower [59] 2000: Eisenhower [60] 2010: Redlands East Valley [61] 2023: Citrus Valley [62]
1906: Pomona [21] 1925: San Bernardino [47] 1984: Eisenhower [63] 1985: Riverside Poly [64] 1987: Fontana [65] 1991: Riverside Poly [66] 1994: Redlands [67] 2010: Redlands East Valley [68]
1921: San Bernardino [69] 1925: San Bernardino [47] 1932: Chaffey [70] 1936: Redlands [71] 1960: Pacific [72] 1973: Pacific [73] 1988: Moreno Valley [74] 1991: Redlands [75] 1994: Fontana [76] 1995: Eisenhower [77] 2013 (co-champions): Redlands East Valley [78]
1989: Moreno Valley [82]
1986: Riverside Poly [83] 1991: Fontana [84] 1996: Apple Valley [85] 1998: Redlands [86] 2014: Redlands East Valley [87]
1990: Riverside Poly [88] 1995: Redlands [89] 2015: Redlands [90]
1936: Redlands
1909: Pomona [28]
1986: Colton [93] 1987: Colton [93] 1990: Redlands [94] 1992 Redlands [95] 2001: Redlands East Valley [96] 2010: Redlands East Valley [97] 2023: Redlands [98] [99]
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