CIF rejects section-wide ban on playing varsity and JV football in same week

Many North County Conference football coaches would like to rescind the conference rule prohibiting a player from participating in both a varsity game and a junior varsity game during the same week. Although they have not been successful in convincing the conference’s principals that the advantages of players being available for both games outweigh the disadvantages, the proposal to make that prohibition apply to the entire CIF San Diego Section was rejected by the Board of Managers during a split vote June 4.

The weighted vote of 41 percent in support fell short of the two-thirds required for...