Football: View Park is selected for Division IV regional bowl game

Los Angeles View Park (13-0), the City Section Division III champion, has been selected for its first CIF state championship bowl game and will play in the Division IV Southern California regional bowl game on Friday at 7:30 p.m. on the road against Bakersfield Christian (11-2).

A Superior Court judge in San Diego refused on Monday to grant an injunction to El Cajon Christian, which was suing the CIF to be considered for Division IV.

El Cajon Christian (12-1), with an enrollment below 400, won the San Diego Division III championship but was considered a State Division II team by the San Diego Section and CIF State. The school filed a lawsuit challenging that decision.

Roger Blake, the executive director of the CIF, said in a statement, “We want to congratulate all of the CIF section champions, but it is extremely disappointing that the CIF had to spend thousands of dollars in this legal action that could have been better spent in providing educational programs to the 1,547 member high schools and nearly 800,000 participating student-athletes.”

Eric.sondheimer@latimes.com