Sit out period ends on Monday for fall transfer athletes

After sitting out more than a month of the 2015-16 sports season, dozens of students who transferred without moving will become eligible on Monday in the sports of football, cross country, girls’ volleyball, girls’ golf and boys’ water polo.

Some teams can’t wait to unleash athletes who have been practicing but were ineligible to compete.

In football, Birmingham will get two new starters in Edward Keller, an offensive lineman from Calabasas, and Christian Moore, a defensive end from Chaminade.

Servite is going to unveil Keith Taylor, a defensive back who transferred from St. John Bosco.
Calabasas has a group of football players becoming eligible. Mission Viejo adds running back Jacob Clark and receiver Elijah Collier, both from Orange Lutheran.

Orange Lutheran adds twins Xavier and Xavion Steele, junior transfers from Tahquitz.

In girls’ volleyball, El Camino Real will become the City Section title favorite in Division I with the addition of former Sylmar standout Kaushanna Williams.

This is part of a new CIF rule that began in 2012. Previously, athletes who didn’t move were forced to sit out one year. Now it’s about one month as long as you don’t transfer multiple times. If you move, you’re eligible immediately.

The Southern Section reported 1,645 transfers in August. There were 3,565 transfer forms filled out by schools around California. The year is young. It usually gets to close to 15,000 transfers reported by season end. Athletic directors are getting all their information together for basketball season, where the transfers are seemingly nonstop. The sit out period ends for winter athletes on Jan. 4, 2016.

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