By Noel Smith
Aptos High football will be joining the Monterey Bay League.
The Mariners, winner of three Central Coast Section championships in the past four years, were placed in the Gabilan Division. In 2017, the MBL-G includes Aptos, Alvarez, Monte Vista Christian, North Salinas, Palma, Salinas, San Benito and Seaside.
The MBL-P (Pacific Division) contains Alisal, Christopher, Gilroy, Monterey, North Monterey County, Pajaro Valley and Watsonville.
The six teams would be placed in the two-tiered equity league for the 2017 season.
Tier One, the Mission Trail Division: Carmel, King City, Pacific Grove, Soledad (CCS Division IV champion), San Lorenzo Valley, Scotts Valley and Stevenson.
Tier Two, the Coastal Division: Gonzales, Greenfield, Harbor, Marina, Santa Cruz, Soquel and St. Francis that competed in the North Coast Section’s Bay Football League in 2016.