The West Valley Athletic League was a high school athletic league under the auspices of the

CIF Central Coast Section The Central Coast Section (CCS) is the governing body of public and private high school athletics in the portion of California encompassing San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, California, Santa Clara County, Monterey County, San Benito County, S ...

. The league generally covered the schools of the

Campbell Union High School District Campbell Union High School District (abbreviated as CUHSD) is a school district based in Santa Clara County, California, serving the Silicon Valley communities of San Jose, Campbell, Saratoga, Santa Clara, Los Gatos and Monte Sereno. It op ...

and

Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District The Los Gatos-Saratoga Union High School District (formerly Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District) is a high school district in the greater San Jose, California, U.S. area. It operates two high schools, and is ranked the Best Schoo ...

. The league was formed in the mid-1960s (the league had formed by 1965) with the advent of new schools. Older schools like Campbell and Los Gatos had previously played in the

Santa Clara Valley Athletic League Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) is a high school athletic conference and part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. Its 14+ member schools are in the northern part of the Santa Clara Valley. Each ...

. As schools closed the league reformatted and many of the remaining schools joined what became the West Valley Division of the

Blossom Valley Athletic League Blossom Valley Athletic League (BVAL) is a high school athletic conference in Santa Clara County, California. It is the county's largest high school sports league and is part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federat ...

Members

The schools included: * Blackford High School closed 1991 *

Branham High School Branham High School is a secondary school in San Jose, California, located in the Cambrian neighborhood within the West San Jose region. It opened on September 13, 1967, under the Campbell Union High School District (CUHSD) and closed in 1991. The ...

opened 1967, closed 1991, reopened 1999 * Camden High School closed 1980 * Campbell High School closed 1980 *

Del Mar High School Del Mar High School (DMHS) is a four-year, public secondary school established in 1959 in San Jose, California. It is part of the Campbell Union High School District, (CUHSD), the other schools in which are Branham, Leigh High School, Leigh, Pros ...

opened 1959 *

Leigh High School Leigh High School is a secondary school located in the West San Jose region of San Jose, California, United States. Opening in September 1962, it was the fifth school established in the Campbell Union High School District. The school has twice b ...

opened 1962 *

Los Gatos High School Los Gatos High School (LGHS) is a high school in Los Gatos, California. It was founded in 1908 and is part of the Los Gatos-Saratoga Joint Union High School District, which in 2021 was ranked the best high school district in Caliifornia The sch ...

left in 1988 * Prospect High School opened 1968 * Saratoga High School (left in 1976) * Westmont High School opened 1964

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