CIF Los Angeles City Section
Abbreviation | CIF-LA |
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Formation | 1935 |
Type | NPO |
Legal status | Association |
Purpose | Athletic/Educational |
Headquarters |
8401 Arleta Avenue Sun Valley, CA 91352 |
Region served | Los Angeles |
Official language | English |
Commissioner | John Aguirre |
Parent organization | California Interscholastic Federation |
Website | http://www.cif-la.org/ |
The CIF Los Angeles City Section (CIF-LA) is the governing body of high school athletics for public schools in the city of Los Angeles and some surrounding communities. All of these schools were once associated with the Los Angeles Unified School District. It is one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF).
History
Official governance for high school sports in this area began in 1913, when the Southern California Interscholastic Athletic Council (SCIAC) was formed. Previous to that, some individual leagues dated back to the 1890s. The High School Athletic Association of Southern California was formed in 1904 to create a championship in the sport of track and field, precipitating the need for administering all sports. In 1914, the name was changed to the Southern Section also releasing the acronym SCIAC which was taken locally by the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference the following year. In 1917, the CIF took over administering sports statewide and the Southern Section became a part of it. The Southern Section was a behemoth, the largest section covering the most populated southern half of the state. In 1935, the Los Angeles Unified School District split from the section, forming their own Los Angeles City Section. Private schools within the city limits remained in the Southern Section. Since the advent of charter schools in the Los Angeles area, several high schools are no longer under the direct governance of LAUSD, but remain with the historical leagues and the Los Angeles City Section.[1]
Sports
CIFSS sponsors the following sports:
Fall Season
- 11-man Football
- Cross country
- Field Hockey
- Girls Volleyball
- Girls Tennis
- Boys Water Polo
- Girls Golf
Winter Season
- Basketball
- Soccer
- Girls Water Polo
- Wrestling
Spring Season
- Baseball
- Boys Golf
- Gymnastics
- Lacrosse
- Softball
- Swimming and diving
- Boys Tennis
- Track and Field
- Boys Volleyball
Football leagues
The following is the 2013 league alignment for football.[2]
Coast
Coliseum
- Crenshaw High School
- Dorsey High School
- Locke High School
- Manual Arts High School
- Rancho Dominguez High School
- West Adams Preparatory High School
Marine
- Banning High School
- Carson High School
- Gardena High School
- Narbonne High School
- San Pedro High School
- Washington Preparatory High School
Western
- Fairfax High School
- Hamilton High School
- Palisades Charter High School
- University High School
- Venice High School
Exposition
- Hawkins High School
- Marquez High School
- South Region #9
East
Central
- Belmont High School
- Bernstein High School
- Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
- Hollywood High School
- Edward R. Roybal Learning Center
- Torres High School
- RFK
Eastern
- Bell High School
- Garfield High School
- Huntington Park High School
- Jordan High School
- Roosevelt High School
- South East High School
- South Gate High School
Northern
- Eagle Rock High School
- Franklin High School
- Lincoln High School
- Marshall High School
- Sonia Sotomayor Learning Academies
- Woodrow Wilson Classical High School
- Westchester High School
Southern
- Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School
- Fremont High School
- Jefferson High School
- Los Angeles High School
- Santee High School
- South #2
Valley
East Valley
- Arleta High School
- Chavez High School
- Grant High School
- Monroe High School
- North Hollywood High School
- John H. Francis Polytechnic High School (Poly)
- Verdugo Hills High School
Valley Mission
- Canoga Park High School
- Kennedy High School
- Panorama High School
- Reseda High School
- San Fernando High School
- Sylmar High School
- Van Nuys High School
West Valley
- Birmingham High School
- Chatsworth High School
- Cleveland High School
- El Camino Real High School
- Granada Hills High School
- Hart High School
PAC 8
- Ánimo Jackie Robinson Charter School
- Wallis Annenberg High School
- Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy
- Discovery Charter Preparatory School
- East Valley High School
- Robert Fulton College Preparatory
- Ivy Academia
- Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (SOCES)
11 small school Metro league
- Ánimo South Los Angeles Charter High School (Ánimo SLA)
- Douglass High School
- Sun Valley High School
- View Park High School
References
- ↑ http://www.sportsontheside.net/history/
- ↑ "LA City Section Fall Leagues 2013". CIF Los Angeles City Section. 2013. Retrieved January 13, 2015.