Cross country teams prepare for Dec. 26 start

DOWNEY — The Downey and Warren High School boys’ and girls’ cross-country programs are preparing for the start of their respective seasons. According to the CIF website, the first scheduled practice is shown as “N/A” with the first preseason contests scheduled for Dec. 26..

The start of the first league competition is scheduled for Jan. 30 and the last league contest is scheduled for March 5 with the last “allowable” contest taking place the following day. CIF is limiting the number of scrimmages to two and the total number of contests limited to 14.

CIF Southern Section Preliminaries are currently scheduled for March 12-13 with the CIF Southern Section Finals scheduled for Saturday, March 20. The cross-country schedule consists of 71 days and was last revised by CIF on August 7. Provided nothing changes with the COVID-19 pandemic, the prep cross-country season will proceed as scheduled.

Coach Gleason of Downey and Coach Waldron of Warren, their staffs and runners are all looking forward to the start of the 2020-21 cross-country season. It has certainly been a long time coming.

The Downey and Warren High School boys’ and girls’ volleyball programs are preparing to begin their preseason games Dec. 12 for the boys and Dec. 19 for the girls.

The start of the first league competition is scheduled for January 12 for the boys and January 19 for the girls with the last league competition scheduled for February 11 for the boys and February 18 for the girls with the last “allowable” competition taking place on February 13  for the boys and February 20 for the girls. C.I.F. is limiting the number of scrimmages to two for both the boys and the girls and the total number of competitions is limited to 28.

C.I.F. competition for the boys will begin with the wildcard round on February 16 and will continue on February 18, 20, 24 and 27. C.I.F. competition for the girls will begin with the wildcard round on February 23 and will continue on February 25, 27, March 3 and March 6.

C.I.F. Southern Section Finals will be held on March 6 for the boys and March 12 and 13 for the girls. C.I.F Southern Section Regionals will be held between March 15-20 for the boys and the C.I.F. State Championships will be held March 19 and 20 for the girls.

The volleyball schedule consists of 64 days and was last revised by C.I.F. on August 7. Provided nothing changes with the COVID-19 pandemic, the prep volleyball season will proceed as scheduled. Coach McCarthy of Downey and Coach Lane of Warren, their staffs and players are all looking forward to the start of the 2020-21 volleyball season.