California Interscholastic Federation

California Interscholastic Federation

California Interscholastic Federation
Abbreviation CIF
Motto "Dedicated to developing student-athletes of character"
Formation 1914
Type NPO
Legal status Association
Purpose Athletic/Educational
Headquarters 4658 Duckhorn Drive
Sacramento, CA 95834
Region served
California
Official language
English
Executive Director
Roger L. Blake
Affiliations National Federation of State High School Associations
Staff
14
Website http://www.cifstate.org/

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is the governing body for San Pasqual Valley High School is part of the Arizona Interscholastic Association. Coleville High School, Needles High School, North Tahoe High School, South Tahoe High School and Truckee High School are part of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association.

Contents

  • History 1
  • Championships 2
  • Awards 3
  • Administration 4
    • Sections 4.1
    • Federated Council 4.2
    • Allied Organizations 4.3
  • References 5
  • External links 6

History

The CIF was founded in

  • CIF State Official website
  • San Gabriel Valley Football Officials Association

External links

  1. ^ History of the California Interscholastic Federation
  2. ^ "CIF Tosses Penalty Flag at Steroids". 
  3. ^ CIF Awards Program
  4. ^ CIF Sections
  5. ^ http://www.cifns.org/Leagues/
  6. ^ CIF Federated Council
  7. ^ http://www.cifstate.org/about/allied_orgs

References

  • California Department of Education
  • California School Boards Association (CSBA)
  • National Federation of State High School Associations (NFHS)
  • Association of California School Administrators (ACSA)
  • California State Athletic Directors Association (CSADA)
  • California Association for Health, Physical Education, Recreation and Dance (CAHPERD)
  • California Coaches Association
  • Josephson Institute "Character Counts!"
  • Positive Coaching Alliance
  • Center for Sports Parenting

The following groups are considered Allied Organization by CIF:[7]

Allied Organizations

[6] The organization's supreme governing body is the Federated Council. This council consists of one representative from each section, a representative from the

Federated Council

The sections also serve as the qualifying entities for regional and state competitions, and may organize championships in sports not contested statewide, such as badminton, baseball, field hockey, gymnastics, lacrosse, skiing and snowboarding, soccer, softball, and water polo.

Each section except for San Francisco is further subdivided into leagues. The Northern Section is divided into three conferences which in turn are divided into leagues.[5] The Southern Section is the largest by both membership and geography, covering just under one-third of the state's total area and almost half of the population base. The Southern section includes private schools in the LAUSD service area, whether inside or outside the city of Los Angeles, and the Central Coast and North Coast sections also include private schools in the cities of San Francisco and Oakland respectively. The three "City Sections" are operated by and limited to the corresponding public school systems.

Section # Section Region Location Website # of Schools
1 Northern Section Northern Inland, north California (NE corner of state) .orgcifns 73
2 North Coast Section Northern Coastal regions of north California (Bay Area, north) .orgcifncs 171
3 Sac-Joaquin Section Northern Northern San Joaquin Valley (east from Bay Area to Lake Tahoe) .org.cifsjswww 174
4 San Francisco Section Northern San Francisco Unified School District .org.cifsfwww 13
5 Oakland Section Northern Oakland Unified School District ousd.k12.ca.us 20
6 Central Coast Section Northern Middle, coast region of state
Monterey County, San Benito County, San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Santa Cruz County 		.orgcifccs 140
7 Central Section Southern Central and southern San Joaquin Valley .org.cifcswww 104
8 Los Angeles City Section Southern Los Angeles Unified School District (City of Los Angeles and surrounding areas) .org.cif-lawww 140
9 Southern Section Southern Southern California (coastal and inland areas),
except LAUSD schools and very southern part of the State. 		.org.cifsswww 581
10 San Diego Section Southern San Diego and Imperial Counties (southernmost part of California). .org.cifsdswww 98

The state is broken up into ten administrative sections.[4] These sections are:

Sections

Administration

  • Academic State Champions, given to the teams with high academic achievement
  • Model Coach Award, for coaches who are positive role models
  • Scholar-Athlete of the Year, based on academic and athletic excellence, and character
  • Spirit of Sport, based on sportsmanship, community service, and leadership

CIF offers various awards to its participants:[3]

Awards

In addition, aquatics - swimming times and diving scores are compared based on final results at section meets and ranked statewide to determine a state champion; there is no state championship meet for aquatics events.

In sports where a school has separate boys' and girls' teams, girls are not allowed on boys' teams, and boys are not allowed on girls' teams. (In sports such as baseball that do not have girls' teams, girls are allowed to play; on the other hand, in sports such as softball that do not have boys' teams, in most cases boys are not allowed to play.)

Individual CIF sections also conduct championships in other sports, including:

There are also Northern California championships in tennis and girls' wrestling, and Southern California championships in boys' volleyball, girls' wrestling, and boys' and girls' soccer. There is no state championship in soccer as Southern California plays during the winter, while parts of Northern California get far too much precipitation during that time to make most outdoor sports viable.

CIF also hosts a State Cheerleading Championship in conjunction with the football championship.

CIF holds state championships in:

Championships

In 2005, CIF began requiring that all student athletes sign a pledge not to take any steroids or face suspension or expulsion. This action was the first of its kind from a statewide high school athletics association in the United States.[2]

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