DVL football releases schedule for shortened season

The Desert Valley League released its football schedule for the shortened season on Monday.

All eight teams in the league will play, however, the schedule is subject to change due to a limited number of officials for games in the valley.

"The match-ups are set, it's just a matter of when they will play. There are only five official crews available for Friday night," said Kai Lyles, Desert Hot Springs athletic director.

With only five officiating crews available, the math simply doesn't up add to have every local team play on Friday night. Not with three DEL games and four DVL games per week. However, that shouldn't always be the case with not every DVL team playing a full five-week schedule like the DEL.

DESERT VALLEY LEAGUE SCHEDULE (Subject to change)

• Week 1
  • Friday, March 19
    • Coachella Valley @ Cathedral City

• Week 2
  • Thursday, March 25
    • Cathedral City @ Indio
  • Friday, March 26
    • Desert Hot Springs @ Yucca Valley
    • Twentynine Palms @ Coachella Valley

• Week 3
  • Thursday, April 1
    • Coachella Valley @ Banning
  • Friday, April 2
    • Twentynine Palms @ Desert Hot Springs
    • Yucca Valley @ Cathedral City
    • Desert Mirage @ Indio

• Week 4
  • Thursday, April 8
    • Desert Hot Springs @ Desert Mirage
  • Friday, April 9
    • Yucca Valley @ Twentynine Palms
    • Indio @ Coachella Valley
    • Banning @ Cathedral City

• Week 5
  • Thursday, April 15
    • Coachella Valley @ Yucca
  • Friday, April 16
    • Cathedral City @ Desert Hot Springs
    • Desert Mirage @ Banning
    • Indio @ Twentynine Palms
      

The Desert Empire League, consisting of Palm Desert, Palm Springs, La Quinta, Xavier Prep, Shadow Hills and Rancho Mirage already confirmed their schedule with all of their games on Friday at 7pm. The DVL is hoping the DEL will be willing to move one of their games per week to help with the lack of officials.

DESERT EMPIRE LEAGUE SCHEDULE

• Friday, March 19 - GAME 1
  • Palm Springs at Palm Desert, Rancho Mirage at Xavier Prep, Shadow Hills at La Quinta
• Friday, March 26 - GAME 2
  • Palm Desert at Shadow Hills, La Quinta at Rancho Mirage, Xavier Prep at Palm Springs
• Friday, April 2 - GAME 3
  • Palm Desert at Xavier Prep (Cook Street Rivalry), Shadow Hills at Rancho Mirage, Palm Springs at La Quinta (Mike Gates Game)
• Friday, April 9 - GAME 4
  • Rancho Mirage at Palm Desert, Xavier Prep at La Quinta, Shadow Hills at Palm Springs
• Friday, April 16 - GAME 5
  • La Quinta at Palm Desert (Flag Game), Rancho Mirage at Palm Springs (Ramon Road Rivalry), Xavier Prep at Shadow Hills

For additional information or questions, feel free to reach out to Sports Director Blake Arthur and/or Taylor Begley. Also, be sure to follow on Twitter at @BlakeArthur24 and @TaylorKESQ.

You can also visit CIF-SS for more general information. CIF is the governing body for all high school sports in California's southern section.

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