South Central Conference (California)

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The South Central Conference (SoCentral) was a junior college athletic conference with member schools located in Southern California. The conference was formed in 1948 by the Southern Conference Junior College Association. [1] [2] The conference's initial members were Antelope Valley College of Lancaster, Central Junior College of El Centro, Oceanside-Carlsbad Junior College of Oceanside, Palomar College of Vista, and Palo Verde Junior College of Blythe, California. [3]

Yearly football standings

1950 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Palo Verde + 4 1 09 1 0
Citrus + 4 1 08 1 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 3 1 14 3 2
Palomar 2 3 02 3 1
Central (CA) 1 3 12 4 2
Antelope Valley 0 5 00 8 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1951 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Palo Verde $ 3 0 04 2 1
Citrus 2 2 04 3 1
Oceanside-Carlsbad 2 2 02 4 0
Palomar 2 2 02 5 0
Central (CA) 0 3 00 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • The game between Palo Verde and Central was cancelled.
1952 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Palo Verde $ 4 0 08 2 0
Citrus 3 1 05 4 0
Imperial Valley 2 2 03 6 0
Palomar 1 3 02 4 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 0 4 00 7 0
Antelope Valley   6 3 0
  • $ Conference champion
  • Antelope Valley had a record of 2–1 against conference opponents, but those games were not counted in the conference standings because the team did not play a complete league schedule.
    Oceanside forfeited to Palo Verde.
1953 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley + 4 1 07 2 0
Citrus + 4 1 06 3 0
Palo Verde 3 1 14 4 1
Oceanside-Carlsbad 2 2 14 3 1
Palomar 1 4 03 5 0
Imperial Valley 0 5 02 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1954 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley $ 5 0 010 0 1
Palomar 3 2 06 3 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 3 2 05 3 0
Citrus 2 3 04 6 0
Palo Verde 2 3 04 6 0
Imperial Valley 0 5 02 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1955 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley + 4 1 08 2 0
Palo Verde + 4 1 07 3 0
Citrus + 4 1 06 4 0
Imperial Valley 2 3 02 5 0
Palomar 1 4 03 5 1
Oceanside-Carlsbad 0 5 01 7 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • Palomar forfeited conference wins over Citrus, Imperial Valley, and Palo Verde. Oceanside forfeited conference games to Palo Verde and Palomar and a non-conference game to Redlands JV.
1956 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley $ 6 0 06 4 0
Citrus 5 1 06 3 0
Imperial Valley 4 2 04 4 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 3 3 00 4 4
Palo Verde 1 5 03 6 0
Palomar 1 5 02 7 0
Santa Barbara City 1 5 01 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1957 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oceanside-Carlsbad 5 0 00 6 2
Palo Verde 4 1 05 4 0
Antelope Valley 3 2 03 5 0
Palomar 2 3 02 5 0
Santa Barbara City 1 4 01 7 0
Imperial Valley 0 5 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1958 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley $ 5 0 06 4 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 4 1 08 1 0
Palo Verde 3 2 06 2 0
Palomar 2 3 03 5 1
Santa Barbara City 1 4 01 7 0
Imperial Valley 0 5 00 7 0
  • $ Conference champion
1959 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Antelope Valley $ 5 0 07 2 0
Palo Verde 3 1 15 2 2
Oceanside-Carlsbad 3 2 04 5 0
Palomar 2 3 04 5 0
Santa Barbara City 1 4 01 6 0
Imperial Valley 0 4 10 6 1
  • $ Conference champion
1960 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Palo Verde + 4 1 07 3 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad + 4 1 06 3 0
Antelope Valley 3 2 04 4 1
Palomar 2 3 02 7 0
Imperial Valley 1 4 03 5 0
Santa Barbara City 1 4 02 6 0
  • + Conference co-champions
  • Palo Verde forteited a victory over Palomar.
1961 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oceanside-Carlsbad + 4 1 07 2 0
Santa Barbara City + 4 1 07 2 1
Antelope Valley 3 2 05 4 0
Southwestern (CA) 2 2 12 7 1
Imperial Valley 1 3 13 5 1
Palomar 0 5 00 9 0
  • + Conference co-champions
1962 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Imperial Valley $ 3 0 17 0 1
Santa Barbara City 3 1 06 1 1
Palomar 2 2 07 2 0
Oceanside-Carlsbad 1 2 15 3 1
Antelope Valley 0 4 01 8 0
  • $ Conference champion
1963 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Oceanside-Carlsbad $ 5 0 09 0 0
Santa Barbara City 4 1 06 3 0
Palomar 3 2 05 4 0
Antelope Valley 2 3 03 6 0
Imperial Valley 1 4 02 7 0
Desert 0 5 00 9 0
  • $ Conference champion
1964 South Central Conference (California) football standings
ConfOverall
TeamW L TW L T
Santa Barbara City $ 4 0 07 3 0
Imperial Valley 3 1 06 3 0
Antelope Valley 2 2 03 4 1
Oceanside-Carlsbad 1 3 03 6 0
Desert 0 4 00 8 0
  • $ Conference champion

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References

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