Citrus Belt League (C.B.L.) is a high school sports league in the Inland Empire region within the Greater Los Angeles area of California's CIF Southern Section. It was the only Division I league in the San Bernardino-Riverside County area until 2006 when CIF Southern Section releagued it to Division II. The league also organizes an Academic Decathlon competition.
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The original CBL included Pomona High School, Riverside High School, San Bernardino High School, Redlands High, Colton High and Ontario's Chaffey High School were aligned in the original CBL. Other past members included Corona, Palm Springs, Moreno Valley, Riverside's Rubidoux High School, San Gorgonio, Pacific, among others, made short-lived appearances in the CBL. Or a four-year stint in the mid-1990s when Apple Valley, Hesperia and Victor Valley combined in a six-team league with Redlands, Fohi and Ike High. For the 2014-15 season. The league expanded to eight Inland Empire schools. An eight-team realignment adding Rialto's Carter High School, and Redlands Citrus Valley High School. It’ll be a CBL's first expansion over six schools in its history.