New Mt. SAC Area league alignment

This is the new league alignment as passed by Mt. SAC Area prinicpals at Tuesday’s releaguing meeting:

Baseline League
Alta Loma
Etiwanda
Glendora
Los Osos
Rancho Cucamonga
Upland

Sierra League
Ayala
Charter Oak
Chino Hills
Claremont
Damien/St. Lucy’s
South Hills

Miramonte/San Antonio League
Bonita
Diamond Bar
Diamond Ranch
Los Altos
Rowland
Walnut
West Covina

Mt. Baldy League
Chaffey
Chino
Colony
Don Lugo
Garey
Montclair
Ontario

Valle Vista League
Baldwin Park
Covina
Nogales
Northview
Pomona
San Dimas
Hacienda Heights Wilson

Montview League
Azusa
Bassett
Duarte
Ganesha
Gladstone
La Puente
Sierra Vista
Workman

Someone was going to be unhappy, and it turns out it is Glendora and South Hills. I firmly believe that Damien/St. Lucy’s was a better fit competitive-equity wise for the Baseline League, but the Chaffey district schools blocked that possibility. Glendora wanted relief from the Sierra League, only to be placed in a tougher league.

Glendora will likely appeal on competitive equity grounds, as Glendora officials repeatedly said as the school’s name kept being mentioned in the Baseline League.

South Hills’ issue is more with geography, and transportation costs that would rise. But, competitive equity has been determined to be the No. 1 criteria. South Hills should be able to compete in the Sierra League, which it is under the new plan.

Just like there are a lot of schools that don’t want to be in the same league as Damien/St. Lucy’s, there are also a lot to the west that don’t want to be in the same league as South Hills. Last time that happened, it was 8 years ago, and South Hills’ fellow Covina Valley schools Covina and Northview wanted to be separated from South Hills, after the trio had been together in the Valle Vista League.

This might not be quite done, but kudos go out to the hard work of the ad hoc committee members to satisfy many different people. A lot of it came down to politics.