However, as was the case last season, Arcadia and Burroughs showed that they are the teams to beat early on, as the Apaches won the team competition and the Indians finished runner-up.
Arcadia distanced itself from the field in the first league competition with a total of 191. It was followed by Burroughs (205), La Cañada (211) and San Marino (211), Crescenta Valley (214) and Burbank (229).
Last season, Arcadia won the league championship and Burroughs was second.
The medalist in Wednesday's competition also came from Arcadia, as Katherine Guo fired a one-under-par 35.
It is a consensus with all the coaches in the league that despite the added competition, it's good to have the addition of the Spartans this season.
"I think philosophically, I like the new competition that La Cañada brings," San Marino Coach Wyeth Collo said. "I think it makes the league better, it makes the girls better and overall I think it's positive."
Burroughs Coach Greg Everhart agrees: "La Cañada has some really solid individual girls, so I think it's going to cause a shuffle as to who is going to be able to make it to the playoffs. But it's really good thing to have a good new team in the league."
Competing as an at-large team last season in the program's first year of existence, La Cañada enjoyed its share of success. But although the squad was able to do well on its own, Spartans Coach Rich Wheeler said he is happy to be a member of a league.
"It's a higher caliber of play in this league, and we look forward to seeing how we can do," he said "It's good for the kids and it's a great experience for them."
In the league, just four teams will make it to CIF Southern Section play and only eight players will qualify as individuals in the postseason.
