The Big Eight Conference was a
junior college
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athletic conference with member schools located in the
San Francisco Bay Area and
Central California that operated from 1950 to 1962. The conference began operation as the Big Seven Conference for the 1950–51
basketball season. The conference's initial seven members were
Modesto Junior College,
Sacramento City College,
City College of San Francisco (CCSF), the
College of San Mateo,
Santa Rosa Junior College, Stockton College—now known as
San Joaquin Delta College, and West Contra Costa Junior College—now known as
Contra Costa College.
Oakland City College
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joined as the league's eighth member for the 1954–55 basketball season. The Big Eight Conference dissolved in 1962. Four of its members—CCSF, Contra Costa, Oakland City, and San Mateo—joined the newly-formed
Golden Gate Conference
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Teams
* Academica SC
*El Farolito
* FC Davis
*Napa Valley 1839 FC
*Project 51O
* Sacramento Gold
*Sonoma County ...
. Three members—Modesto, Stockton, and Sacramento City—joined the incipient
Valley Conference. Santa Rosa joined the
Golden Valley Conference
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.
Yearly football standings
References
Defunct junior college sports conferences in the United States
College sports in California
Sports in the San Francisco Bay Area
Central Valley (California)
Sports leagues established in 1950
Sports leagues disestablished in 1962
1950 establishments in California
1962 establishments in California
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