Fall Frosh football "leagues" proposed

[scobserver]

The alignment committee for the NCS has proposed approving "supplemental leagues" for frosh football this fall......

www.cifncs.org/alignment_&_classification/index.php


Rancho, Newman, and Ukiah have petitioned to have their frosh football play in the SCL, according to that document. I think it must be formally approved yet this spring.

They presumably join Petaluma, Sonoma Valley, and Analy in a combined league for frosh football.

Couple odd things: I think Casa Grande and Windsor also have frosh teams, but they are not listed as asking to join this combined league.

I don't see that any MCAL teams asked to join another league--therefore I am assuming they have enough schools within the MCAL to make a complete schedule. At the very least, Redwood, Terra Linda and San Marin I think had frosh teams last year. And if San Marin had one, then Novato likely did too, perhaps? Who else?

Can anyone verify any of this speculation?

All in all, not a good sign that football participation is going to rise anytime soon. And the decline in numbers started long before the concussion worries hit the headlines.

For the SCL, I am assuming H'burg and El Mo won't get a frosh team together again...I don't think they have for several years. In their defense, those two schools are unusual in that their enrollment has been shrinking--a lot. I think the Santa Rosa school district abolished all frosh sports a number of years ago, but neither Piner nor Elsie Allen would have likely got a team together anyway I think...certainly not Elsie Allen (did they even scrape together a few JV games last season, as the PD had reported they were hoping to do after Elsie beat Willits for their only win?)

[rl]

I'm not seeing the article....where is it located on that link?

[scobserver]

From that link, go to "agenda for alignment and classification committee," and scroll to page 11.

Far as I can tell it is proposals for 2014-15, yet to be adopted.

[rl]

Pretty sure it comes down to ease of scheduling. Finding frosh games can be tough.

[footballfan]

Do those teams just not want to be play Casa and Windsor? It's frosh football you play who is in your league and struggle to find filler games to complete your season. Combine all of SCL and NBL as a redwood empire Frosh league to ease the scheduling issue if that is the case.

[scobserver]

I also think it strange that Casa and Windsor are not also part of this supplementary league along with thir fellow NBL schools. At the varsity level, schools are severely penalized if they refuse to play a league opponent (for example, fear that your players will get seriously injured by a vastly superior opponent is not an excuse to not play). So don't understand why it appears that the frosh teams are not required to play one another within league.