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BAY LEAGUE
In fall of 1914 the schools that would comprise the Southern Section of the California Interscholastic Federation, created four leagues – including the Bay League. Burbank, Huntington Park, Inglewood, Redondo, San Fernando, Van Nuys and Venice comprised the original Bay League.
The other CIF leagues at that time were the Central League (Alhambra, Compton, Glendale, Monrovia, South Pasadena and the Harvard Military Academy); the City League (Long Beach Poly, Pasadena, Santa Monica, and Whittier); and the Valley League (Citrus, Claremont, El Monte, Downey, Montebello, Norwalk (Excelsior HS) and Lordsburg (which was Bonita HS). Los Angeles schools competed in their own division.
Of the 65 years between 1915 and 1979, Redondo, an original member, competed in 57 of those years. Santa Monica was a member for 60 years, followed by Inglewood for 55 years.
Although no scoring was kept in all meets, Santa Monica won 15 Bay League championships, followed by Inglewood’s 13½. During the ten years between 1962 and 1971, although scoring wasn’t kept in two meets, the Vikings won seven titles. Only Palos Verdes intervened with a championship in 1965, when Santa Monica finished fifth. Huntington Park, an original member, remained in Bay League until 1935 when they joined the Los Angeles City schools section.
Olympians that competed in the Bay League: sprinters Hector Dyer and Foy Draper; hurdler Roy Staley; high jumpers Bob Van Osdael
and Charles Dumas; pole vaulters George Jefferson and Steve Smith; shot putter Parry O’Brien; and discus thrower Ken Carpenter. Dumas
was the first high jumper over 7-0 and O’Brien the first shot putter over 60-0.
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