The idea of league tournaments seems a bit antiquated in high school sports these days. Football, obviously, doesn't have one. But neither do volleyball, basketball, soccer, baseball or softball.

In some of those sports (I'm thinking of basketball specifiically) it would be great to have a seeded tournament among league teams. It's not really practical, because it'd take an extra week. Plus, there's no real point because all of the above sports play round-robin with every team in the league and different teams are in different divisions so it would have little impact on the section playoffs.

Still, the idea is somewhat enticing to me because of some of the great rivalries that develop during the season. Why not have one more meeting, for all the marbles?

If you agree, this week is for you. Boys golf, boys tennis, boys and girls swimming and boys and girls track and field all hold league championships this week in all three major Kern County leagues (with the exception of SSL golf, which was last week). Should be pretty cool stuff. Here's the schedule, with a comment or two included on each:

SEYL and SWYL boys golf, Tuesday at Seven Oaks Golf Course — Centennial and Stockdale is the best team race; those teams have been battling 1-2 all year long in the SWYL. It will also be interesting to see Bakersfield High's Bhavik Patel go head-to-head with Stockdale's Pete Fernandez and a couple of Centennial up-and-comers.

SSL track and field finals, Wednesday at CSUB — We know there will be one star, in Shafter thrower extraordinaire Anna Jelmini. There might be a few others who emerge as well.

SEYL and SWYL track and field, Thursday at Liberty — There will be plenty of stars out at this one. An especially cool thing about track league championships is that during the year, you rarely see a meet where every good athlete from the area is present, because the best ones will often to travel to high-profile meets out of town. That won't be the case at league.

SWYL swimming finals, Thursday at CSUB — Like track, there will be a big emphasis on individuals here. Yeah, teams want to win the league title, but some swimmers will be more concerned with shaving a few extra seconds off their times so they can qualify for the area or section meets.

SSL tennis, Thursday at Arvin — Alex Nichols from Bakersfield Christian is the big dog here, having won the section title last year. Some big-time star power again from the smaller schools.

SEYL and SWYL tennis, Thursday-Friday, SEYL at Bakersfield Racquet Club — I'm still trying to track down a location for the SWYL, believe it or not. But this is the first step for some individuals who should go far, including Stockdale's Jeremy Quiroz, who could be the best player in the section. He reached the third round of the CIF division at the vaunted Ojai Valley Tournament last weekend.

SEYL swimming finals, Friday at CSUB — Like Stockdale, Frontier and Centennial the day before in the SWYL meet, BHS, Garces and Liberty should stage a three-way battle royale for the crown in both boys and girls.

A week like this doesn't happen often — there's one in the fall and then some league wrestling in the winter — so get out and enjoy it while you can.