REALIGNMENT HISTORY
OF THE CAPITAL VALLEY CONFERENCE
| LIST OF SCHOOLS WHO HAVE BEEN MEMBERS OF THE CVC | |||
| Antelope | Bella Vista | Casa Robles | Center |
| Cosumnes Oaks | Del Campo | Dixon | El Camino |
| El Dorado | Elk Grove | Encina | Foothill |
| Galt | Highlands | Jesuit | Kern Junior High |
| La Sierra | Loretto | Mesa Verde | Mira Loma |
| Natomas | Oakmont | Pioneer | Ponderosa |
| Rio Americano | Rio Linda | River City | Roseville |
| Rutter Junior High | San Juan | Valley | Vanden |
| West Campus | Woodcreek | Christian Brothers | |
1960
The League was established in 1960. Original members of the conference were all part of the San Juan Unified School District.
Original SchoolsEl CaminoThese schools entered the league as they opened. They included:
Encina
La Sierra
San Juan
Mira Loma
Bella Vista
Del Campo
Rio Americano
Mesa Verde
Casa Robles
1976
Realignment effected the CVC for the first time. The shared cost of travel was the primary reason for breaking up the original league. Half the schools in the CVC were placed into a newly formed league and called the Capital Athletic League. Elk Grove and Loretto became the first schools outside the San Juan Unified School District to be part of the league.
Membership then included:El Camino
Elk Grove
Encina
Loretto
Mesa Verde
Mira Loma
Rio Americano
Kerr and Rutter Junior High schools were part of the league but only in freshman sports.
1978
Valley was added to the League.
Membership then included:El Camino
Elk Grove
Encina
Loretto
Mesa Verde
Mira Loma
Rio Americano
Valley
1980
Loretto reassigned to another League. Rutter and Kerr were absorped by Elk Grove.
Membership then included:El Camino
Elk Grove
Encina
Mesa Verde
Mira Loma
Rio Americano
Valley
1982
Foothill, Eldorado and Ponderosa added to league. Mesa Verde, Valley and Elk Grove were reassigned.
Membership then included:El Camino
El Dorado
Encina
Foothill
Mira Loma
Ponderosa
Rio Americano
1988
Highlands, Jesuit, Oakmont, Roseville and Loretto added to League. Foothill, Encina and Ponderosa taken out.
Membership then included:El Camino
El Dorado
Highlands
Jesuit
Loretto
Mira Loma
Rio Americano
Roseville
Oakmont
1990
Foothill was added to the league. El Camino and El Dorado taken out.
Membership then included:Foothill
Highlands
Jesuit
Loretto
Mira Loma
Oakmont
Rio Americano
Roseville
1994
Rio Linda, Center, Woodcreek, Galt and San Juan were added. Roseville, Oakmont, Jesuit and Loretto were reassigned.
Membership then included:Center
Foothill
Galt
Highlands
Mira Loma
Rio Americano
Rio Linda
San Juan
Woodcreek
1996
Galt and Woodcreek were removed from the league. Natomas was added.
Membership then included:Center
Foothill
Highlands
Mira Loma
Natomas
Rio Americano
Rio Linda
San Juan
1998
Vanden was added to the league for Football only. Rio Americano was reassigned.
Membership then included:Center
Foothill
Highlands
Mira Loma
Natomas
Rio Linda
San Juan
Vanden
San Juan
2000
San Juan was removed from the league and Loretto was added. Vanden was reassigned to its regular league for football.
Membership then included:Center
Foothill
Highlands
Loretto
Mira Loma
Natomas
Rio Linda
2002
A major realignment occured throughout the section. Mira Loma was the last of the original teams in the CVC. When they were reassigned, none of the original teams remained in the league. As composed for the 2002-03 school year, Dixon, Vanden, River City were added along wiith a new school to be constructed in Woodland. Mira Loma, Loretto and Natomas were assigned new leagues.
The realignment cycle will be in effect for four years instead of two which was the practice.Membership then included:Center
Dixon
Foothill
Highlands
Rio Linda
River City
Vanden
Pioneer
2003
Pioneer was removed from the league and assigned to the Golden Empire League
Membership then included:Center
Dixon
Foothill
Highlands
Rio Linda
River City
Vanden
Pioneer
2006
Highlands was reassigned to the Golden Empire League, Vanden to the Montecello Empire League and West Campus was placed into the league. The CVC was downgraded from a Division III league to a Division IV League
Membership then included:Center
Dixon
Foothill
Rio Linda
River City
West Campus
2008
Two brand new schools opened and both placed into the CVC. Antelope of the Roseville District and Cosumnes Oaks of the Elk Grove District were added. Both schools were copmposed of freshman and sophomores and they competed in very few varsity sports
Membership then included:Antelope
Center
Cosumnes Oaks
Dixon
Foothill
Rio Linda
River City
West Campus
2010
The Capital Valley Conference had the most severe adjustment in the history of the Sac Joaquin Section. Seven of the eight schools were placeed in other conferences and five new schools were assigned. The growth of the Section in terms of the number of new schools being built required a massive restructure to group like sized schools together. The CVC went from a Division-IV League with schools ranging in population from about 600 students to a school with over 2,000 students. Additionally the schools were not geographically close. The new league schools are much closer together in size and geography.
West Campus and Dixon were reassigned to the Golden Empire League. Antelope to the Capital Athletic Conference, River City and Cosumnes Oaks became members of the Sierra Valley Conference and Foothill and Center joined the Pioneer Valley Conference.
Bella Vista, Casa Roble and Del Campo from the CAL, Oakmont from the Sierra Foothill League and Christian Brothers from the SVC were the new additions to the league.
Membership then included:
Bella Vista
Casa Roble
Christian Brothers
Del Campo
Oakmont
Rio Linda