West Bay Athletic League

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West Bay Athletic League
Named after San Francisco Bay
Website hs.wbalsports.org/home.html

The West Bay Athletic League is a high school athletic conference established in 2002 as part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. [1] It comprises twelve private high schools generally around San Mateo County and Santa Clara County, California. One member, Mercy High School of San Francisco is in San Francisco.

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History

The West Bay Athletic League was formed in 2002 from a realignment of the Private School Athletic League. Since its formation, it was expanded in 2008 to offer coed sports and two divisions, Foothill and Skyline. [2]

Sports

West Bay Athletic League Sports [2]
Season
FallWinterSpring
Cross Country (XC)Basketball (BB)Golf (GOb) [lower-alpha 1]
Golf (GOg) [lower-alpha 2] Soccer (FS)Lacrosse (LC) [lower-alpha 2]
Tennis (TNg) [lower-alpha 2]  Softball (SB) [lower-alpha 2]
Volleyball (VB) [lower-alpha 2] Swimming (SW)
 Tennis (TNb) [lower-alpha 1]
Track and Field (TF)
Notes
  1. 1 2 (Boys)
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 (Girls)

Members

Certain member schools also compete in the Peninsula Athletic League for selected sports. [3]

West Bay Athletic League Schools [4]
SchoolCityColorsMascot
Castilleja School Palo Alto    Gators
Crystal Springs Uplands School Hillsborough    Gryphons
Eastside College Prep East Palo Alto    Panthers
Harker School San Jose    Eagles
The Kings Academy Sunnyvale    Knights
Menlo School Atherton    Knights
Mercy High School, Burlingame Burlingame    Crusaders
Notre Dame High School, Belmont Belmont    Tigers
Notre Dame High School, San Jose San Jose    Regents
Pinewood School Los Altos Hills    Panthers
Priory School Portola Valley    Panthers
Sacred Heart Preparatory Atherton    Gators

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References

  1. "WBALSports.org -- The Official Website of the West Bay Athletic League". hs.wbalsports.org. Retrieved 2014-09-04.
  2. 1 2 "Athletic Directors' Handbook" (PDF). West Bay Athletic League. 2016. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. "Peninsula Athletic League Schools". San Mateo County Office of Education. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. "WBAL Schools". West Bay Athletic League. Retrieved 31 August 2017.