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The South Puget Sound League is a Washington High School activities league within the WIAA's West Central District Three. With 27 member schools, it is the largest interscholastic league in Washington state, and is split into three divisions.

History
Enumclaw left the Puget Sound League in 1967. Auburn, Kent-Meridian, Kentridge, and Kentwood joined the SPSL in 1989 after the North Puget Sound League split. The 4A classification was added by the WIAA in 1997 and included 16 of the 18 SPSL schools, so both divisions moved fromt 3A to 4A. Clover Park and Lakes dropped from the league while new school Kentlake and previously 3A school Tahoma joined it.

Divisions
The league split into divisions in 1989 after Auburn and the first three Kent schools joined. The divisions, named A and B, were decided by random draw. Teams frequently join and leave the SPSL due to population growth in the area. The North-South Divisional split started in Fall 1990, due to the transportation costs of the previous random draw divisional split.

SPSL North
The 1990 inaugural north division included Auburn, Decatur, Federal Way, Jefferson, Kent-Meridian, Kentridge and Kentwood.

SPSL South
The 1990 inaugural south division included Bethel, Clover Park, Curtis, Lakes, Puyallup, Rogers, Spanaway Lake and Sumner

SPSL 3A
The SPSL 3A was formed after widespread reclassification by the WIAA. The SPSL was particularly affected due to the Kent schools's increased enrollment from adding 9th graders and the Auburn schools's decreased enrollment from building a new school.

Lakes joined the SPSL 3A in 2008. The school had been a part of the league from 1963 to 1997.

Volleyball
SPSL schools have recently been dominant in Volleyball. Since 2000, Kentwood, Auburn Riverside and Kentlake have combined for 17 state berths, three titles and a second-place finish.