RELUCTANT NOTRE DAME TO DIVISION I.Byline: Eric Sondheimer Daily News Staff Writer Barring a last-minute appeal to the CIF Southern Section CIF Southern Section (commonly abbreviated as CIFSS) is the largest of the ten sections which comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. Its membership includes most public and private high schools in Orange, Los Angeles, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, Santa Barbara, , Notre Dame Notre Dame IPA: [nɔtʁ dam] is French for Our Lady, referring to the Virgin Mary. In the United States of America, Notre Dame High School's football team is headed to Division I after the Catholic Athletic Association voted Thursday to approve new leagues for the 1998 season. Under the plan, Notre Dame will join a revamped four-team Del Rey Del Rey may refer to:
Saint Don Bosco, born Giovanni Melchiorre Bosco, and known in English as John Bosco . The new Mission League would be made up of Alemany, Crespi, St. Paul St. Paul as a missionary he fearlessly confronts the “perils of waters, of robbers, in the city, in the wilderness.” [N.T.: II Cor. 11:26] See : Bravery and St. Francis. A new San Fernando San Fernando, city, Argentina San Fernando (săn fərnăn`dō), city (1991 pop. 144,761), Buenos Aires prov., E Argentina. It is a district administrative center in the Greater Buenos Aires area. League will be composed of Chaminade, Harvard-Westlake, Serra and Bishop Montgomery. For months, Notre Dame officials have fought the plan. The school has played Division III football since the mid-1980s. Now the Knights intend to appeal vigorously the decision to the Southern Section. Last year, the CAA Caa See CCC. tried to move Notre Dame to the Division I Del Rey, but an appeal succeeded when it was determined proper procedures had not been followed. ``It's been very difficult,'' said Alemany principal Rev. Robert Milbauer, president of the CAA. ``We had two meetings of the Del Rey and Mission principals and no one is really happy, but this is the best we could work out to satisfy almost everyone except Notre Dame.'' The new leagues could particularly boost Crespi and Alemany. Both schools have struggled in Division I in recent years. On Friday, Alemany named St. Francis assistant Jim Bonds as its new head football coach. SHUFFLED A proposal by the Southern Section would change the composition of the Del Rey and Mission leagues. In addition, a new league - the San Fernando League - will be formed. Here are the proposed alignments: Del Rey: Loyola, Bishop Amat, Notre Dame, St. John Bosco. Mission: Crespi, Alemany, St. Francis, St. Paul. San Fernando: Chaminade, Harvard-Westlake, Serra, Bishop Montgomery. CAPTION(S): Box Box: SHUFFLED (see text) |
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