Santa Clara Valley Athletic League (SCVAL) is a high school athletic conference and part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation.
[1] The SCVAL was established in 1973 and had 13 founding members: Awalt, Buchser, Cupertino, Fremont, Homestead, Los Altos, Lynbrook, Monta Vista, Mountain View, Peterson (closed 1981), Santa Clara, Sunnyvale, Wilcox.
In 1976, Saratoga transferred from the West Valley Athletic League (WVAL) to the DAL.
In 1981 Sunnyvale High School closed and St. Francis joined the Girls Division.
In 2002 St Francis left the DAL to join the West Catholic Athletic League (WCAL).