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Del Mar Middle School joins new Marin middle school sports league

Del Mar Middle School teams are playing the first season of a new countywide league, and its flag football program has grown from one coed team to two boys teams.

TED McDONNELL / FOR THE ARKDel Mar Middle School’s seventh grade girls volleyball team waits on a return from Davidson Middle School of San Rafael during an Oct. 29 Marin Middle School Athletic League home match. Davidson won 25-21 and 25-21.
Tyler Callister
By TYLER CALLISTER · 1 min read

Del Mar Middle School’s teams are playing the first season of a countywide league run by the Marin County Office of Education, and the school’s flag football program has grown from one coed team to two boys teams.

The Marin Middle School Athletic League began competition Sept. 21 and includes 17 public middle schools and several private schools, according to the county education office. The league runs six sports: cross-country, flag football, volleyball, basketball, soccer, and track and field.

Although most of the sports were already offered through informal arrangements among Marin schools, the new league centralizes scheduling, rules, scores and officiating. Del Mar Athletic Director Jason Silva said that structure reduces the administrative burden previously carried by athletic directors and coaches.

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