Breaking: Big VIII League and Southwestern League to merge, split football teams into two new leagues in 2022

Corona Centennial, Norco, Roosevelt, Vista Murrieta, Chaparral and Murrieta Valley will make up one of the leagues and King, Santiago, Corona, Temecula Valley, Great Oak, Murrieta Mesa will make up the other.

The Big VIII League and Southwestern League will merge for football in 2022, forming two new leagues, according to Corona Centennial head coach Matt Logan.

Corona Centennial, Norco, Roosevelt, Vista Murrieta, Chaparral and Murrieta Valley will make up one of the leagues and King, Santiago, Corona, Temecula Valley, Great Oak and Murrieta Mesa will make up the other.

Every team will play the others in their league and then there will be two crossover games between teams from different leagues. The crossover games will not count as league games. Corona Centennial is slated to play Santiago and Temecula Valley in their crossover games in 2022.

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