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ARC High School Varsity & JV
Leagues Forming--(August 28, 1998)

While we're still almost a month away from the start of ARC league play, it's never too early to put the word out about one of the best leagues in SoCal, and perhaps the only competitive team oriented league for high school players during the fall conditioning period. This year, ARC has named it's high school league the "ARC FUTURE STARS FALL DEVELOPMENT LEAGUE." Ok, so the title may be a bit hokey, but the play is always first rate.

This year the leagues will run out of three "main" locations: The San Fernando Valley, Camarillo High School, and Nogales High. In the Valley, games will actually be played at several locations, including Taft High, Pierce College and North Hollywood High, but expect most of the play to be at NoHo. The nice thing about this league is that it is open to boys and girls in grades 9-12 and everyone who signs up will be placed on a team. Of course there are whole teams (from various schools) that will enter as "teams" even though their uniforms can't have the name of the school, and the high school coach can't coach the team, but for those players who can't get a team together, or who want to just work on their game, they will be placed on a team and get the opportunity to play. There is also no limit to the number of players per school who may play on the same team; but if a team carries more than 10, it'll cost an additional $48.50 per player.

This year, for the first time, there will be a playoff system among the three principal locations. Each site (Valley, Camarillo, Nogales) will have an onsite tournament to determine a division champion, and then those teams will advance to determine an overall league champion. Registraton for the ARC Future Stars Fall League will be on September 20 at North Hollywood, September 20 at Camarillo and September 22 at Nogales. For more information, contact ARC at hoopstars@archoops.com, or phone (818)995-3761, 15155 Weddington Street, Sherman Oaks, CA 91411. Better yet, visit the new ARC website at http://www.archoops.com.