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 Southern Section (CIF-SS) 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 dates back to 1901, when it was known as the "Interscholastic League of Southern California." [2] Prior to CIF Southern Section, founding members included Chaffey High School of Ontario (then known as Ontario High School), 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, the Citrus Belt League [4] was a founding member along with the Los Angeles League, [4] Los Angeles County League Suburban Section, [4] Los Angeles County League City Section, [4] and Orange League. [4]
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. [5]
Fontana High School and Pacific High Schoo l (San Bernardino) joined in 1954. San Bernardino's San Gorgonio High School and Rialto's Eisenhower High School joined in 1967, and San Bernardino left after the 1969-1970 school year. Colton High School joined (again) in 1980. [6] [7]
Pacific High School left after 1981-1982 when it was closing, but it did not rejoin the league when it reopened.
By the 1990s, multiple schools were added and replaced, including in 1992-1993 to 1996-1997 in which High Desert schools Apple Valley High School, Hesperia High School, and Victor Valley High School were members. The High Desert high schools were eventually replaced with Fontana's A.B. Miller High School in 1997. Redlands East Valley High School joined in 1997.
In 2004, Yucaipa High School joined the Citrus Belt League, [8] Colton joined in 2004 [8] but left after 2005-2006, and then Wilmer Amina Carter joined in 2006-2007 [9] and Rialto High School and Carter left after 2009-2010. [10] [11]
Fontana High School left in the 2012-2013 season for the Sunkist League ending its sixty year membership in the CBL. Fontana was replaced by San Bernardino's Cajon High School [12]
In the 2014–15 season, the league expanded to an eight-team realignment again, adding Rialto's Carter High School. Redlands Citrus Valley High School joined in 2014-2015. Eisenhower High School left for the San Andreas League after the 2019-2020 season, ending that schools 53-year membership in the CBL. Fontana's A.B. Miller left for the Mountain Valley League after finishing the 2017-2018 school year. [13] [14] [15] Beaumont High School joined in the 2020-2021 school year. [16]
As of January 2025 [update] , the league has six members:
School | Mascot | City | Member Since |
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Redlands High School | Terriers | Redlands | 1901 |
Redlands East Valley High School | Wildcats | Redlands | 1997 |
Yucaipa High School | Thunderbirds | Yucaipa | 2004 |
Cajon High School | Cowboys | San Bernardino | 2013 |
Redlands Citrus Valley High School | Blackhawks | Redlands | 2013 |
Beaumont High School | Cougars | Beaumont | 2020 |
Former 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. [5]
1901: Pomona 1902: Pomona [91] 1903: Riverside [19] 1904: Pomona [92] 1905 (American): Redlands [25] 1906 (Rugby): Redlands [93] 1907 (Rugby): Pomona [34] 1908 (Rugby): Pomona [94] 1909 (Rugby): Redlands [95] 1913 (Rugby): Pomona [46] 1914 (Rugby): Pomona [96] 1915 (American): Pomona [52] 1916: Chaffey [97] 1925: Pomona [98] 1950: Redlands [99] 1951: Pomona [100] 1954: Riverside [56] 1959: Redlands [101] 1960: Colton [102] 1961 (co-champions): Redlands [103] and San Bernardino [103] 1964: Ramona [104] 1970: Redlands [105] 1973 Redlands [106] 1977: Chaffey and Redlands [68] 1979: Fontana [107] 1980: Fontana [108] 1981: Colton [109] 1987: Fontana [110] 1988: Fontana [111] 1989: Fontana 1991: Eisenhower 1992: Fontana [112] 1993: Eisenhower [113] 1994: Fontana [114] 1995: Fontana [115] 1996: Fontana [115] 1997: Eisenhowe r [79] 1999: Eisenhower [116] 2000: Eisenhower [117] 2001: Redlands [118] 2002: Eisenhower [119] 2003: Redlands East Valley [120] 2004: Colton [82] 2005: Redlands East Valley [84] 2006: Redlands [121] [122] 2007: Redlands East Valley [85] 2008: Miller [86] 2009: Redlands East Valley [87] 2010: Redlands East Valley [123] 2011: Redlands East Valley 2012: Redlands East Valley 2013: Eisenhower 2014: Redlands East Valley [124] 2015: Cajon 2016: Redlands East Valley 2017: Cajon [88] 2018: Cajon [125] 2019: Cajon [125] 2020-2021: Cajon [126] Fall 2021: Cajon [125] 2022: Cajon 2023: Citrus Valley [127] 2024: Beaumont [128]
1906: Pomona [27] 1925: San Bernardino [98] 1972: Fontana [129] 1974: Redlands [130] 1984: Eisenhower [131] 1985: Riverside Poly [132] 1987: Fontana [133] 1991: Riverside Poly [134] 1994: Redlands [135] 2010: Redlands East Valley [136]
1916: Corona [137] 1921: San Bernardino [138] 1925: San Bernardino [98] 1932: Chaffey [139] 1936: Redlands [140] 1960: Pacific [141] 1973: Pacific [142] 1974: Pacific [143] 1980: San Gorgonio [144] 1988: Moreno Valley [145] 1991: Redlands [146] 1994: Fontana [147] 1995: Eisenhower [148] 1996: Victor Valley [149] 2006: Redlands East Valley [122] 2007: Redlands [150] 2013 (co-champions): Redlands East Valley [151]
1988: Redlands [152] 1989: Fontana [153] 2000: Redlands [154] 2001: Redlands [155] 2012: Eisenhower [156] 2020: Yucaipa [157]
1998: Redlands East Valley High School [159] 2006: Redlands [122]
1971: Eisenhower [63] and Riverside Poly [63] 2006: Redlands [122]
2013: Redlands [124] 2014: Redlands [124] 2023: Redlands [160]
1989: Moreno Valley [161] 1991: Fontana [162] 1993: Fontana [163]
1980: Palm Springs [164] 1986: Riverside Poly [165] 1991: Fontana [166] 1992: San Gorgonio [75] 1996: Apple Valley [167] 1996: Redlands [168] 1998: Redlands [169] 2001: Redlands [170] 2002: Rialto [75] 2014: Redlands East Valley [171]
1990: Riverside Poly [172] 1995: Redlands [173] 1996: Redlands [174] 1998: Redlands [175] 1999: Redlands [176] 2000: Redlands [170] 2015: Redlands [177] 2020: Citrus Valley [178] 2021: Citrus Valley 2022: Citrus Valle y 2023: Citrus Valley
1971: Redlands [66] 1974: Redlands [181] 1992: Redlands [182] 1998: Redlands East Valley High School [159] 2001: Redlands East Valley [183] 2006: Redlands [122] 2014: Redlands [124] 2021: Redlands [184] 2024: Redlands [185]
2000: Hemet West Valley [80] 2001: Arrowhead Christian [186] 2003: Arrowhead Christian [187] 2004: Hemet West Valley [188] 2005: Hemet West Valley [189] 2015: Redlands [190] 2016: Redlands [191] 2024: Yucaipa [192]
1972: Redlands [193] 1973: Redlands [194] 1974: Pacific [181] 1975: Pacific [195] 1976: Chaffey [196] 1977: Chaffey [197] 1978: Eisenhower [198] 1979: Palm Springs [199] 1980: Eisenhower [200] 1981: Eisenhower [201] 1982: Colton [202] 1983: Colton [203] 1984: Riverside Poly [204] 1985: Palm Springs [205] 1986: Colton [206] 1987: Colton [206] 1988: Fontana [207] and Colton [207] 1989: Eisenhower [208] and Colton [208] 1990: Redlands [209] 1991: Redlands [210] 1992: Apple Valley [211] 1993: Redlands [212] 1994: Redlands [213] 1995: Redlands [214] 1996: Redlands [214] 1997: Redlands [214] 1998: Redlands East Valley [159] [215] 1999: Redlands East Valley [215] 2000: Redlands [215] and Redlands East Valley [215] 2001: Redlands East Valley [216] 2002: Redlands [217] 2003: Redlands East Valley [218] 2004: Yucaipa [219] 2005: Redlands East Valley [220] 2006: Redlands [122] 2007: Redlands East Valley [221] 2008: Redlands East Valley [221] 2009: Redlands East Valley 2010: Redlands East Valley [222] 2011: Yucaipa [223] 2012: Redlands East Valley [224] 2013: Redlands East Valley [225] 2014: Redlands East Valley [124] 2015: Redlands East Valley [226] 2016: Yucaipa [227] 2017: Yucaipa [228] 2018 Citrus Valley and Redlands East Valley 2019: Citrus Valley [229] 2020: Season Cancelled COVID-19 [229] 2021: Beaumont [230] 2022: Redlands [231] 2023: Redlands [232] [233] 2024: Redlands [234]
1974: Chaffey [235] [236] 1975: Chaffey [236] 1976: Chaffey [236] 1977: Chaffey [236] 1978: Chaffey [236] 1980: San Gorgonio [237] 1982: Fontana [202] 1999: Redlands [238] 2002: Redlands [239] 2014: Redlands [124]
1999: Redlands [240] 2000: Redlands [170] 2001: Redlands [75] 2002: Redlands [75] 2006: Redlands [122] 2023: Redlands [241]
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