The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section approved Sonora High’s sports teams to leave the Valley Oak League and join the Mother Lode League for the 2014-15 school year. The Division V has four leagues with the Mother Lode League having 6 teams: Amador, Argonaut, Bret Harte, Calaveras, Sonora, and Summerville. Linden moved to Division VI.
The CIF Sac-Joaquin Section realignment committee of 12 (9 voting members) did not pass a motion to exclude Sonora’s Football team from the switch. A six-year decline in enrollment and travel expenses were sites as factors in the committee’s decision.
