CIF Los Angeles City Section

CIF Los Angeles City Section

Abbreviation	CIF-LA
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 constitute 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.

Sports

CIFSS sponsors the following sports:

Fall Season

• Football
• Cross Country (Co-ed)
• Volleyball (Girls)
• Tennis (Girls)
• Water Polo (Boys)
• Golf (Girls)
• Field Hockey

Winter Season

• Basketball
• Soccer
• Water Polo (Girls)
• Wrestling

Spring Season

• Baseball
• Golf (Boys)
• Gymnastics (Co-ed)
• Lacrosse
• Softball
• Swimming & Diving (Co-ed)
• Tennis (Boys)
• Track & Field (Co-ed)
• Volleyball (Boys)

Football leagues

The following is the 2015 league alignment for football.

Coast

Coliseum

• Crenshaw High School
• Dorsey High School
• Hawkins High School
• Locke High School
• Los Angeles High School
• Manual Arts 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
• Westchester Enriched Sciences Magnets

Exposition

• Dr. Maya Angelou Community High School
• Diego Rivera Learning Complex
• Fremont High School
• Jefferson High School
• Rancho Dominguez Preparatory School
• Santee Education Complex
• West Adams Preparatory High School

Metro

• Ánimo South Los Angeles Charter High School
• Dymally High School
• View Park High School
• New Designs Charter School - Watts

East

Central

• Belmont High School
• Bernstein High School
• Miguel Contreras Learning Complex
• Hollywood High School
• Legacy High School Complex
• Marquez High School
• Edward R. Roybal Learning Center

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
• Torres High School
• Wilson High School

Valley

East Valley

• Arleta High School
• César Chávez Learning Academies
• Grant High School
• Monroe High School
• North Hollywood High School
• John H. Francis Polytechnic High School
• 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 Charter High School
• Taft High School

8-man Football

Valley

• Discovery Charter Preparatory School
• East Valley High School
• Robert Fulton College Preparatory School
• Sherman Oaks Center for Enriched Studies (SOCES)

City

• Ánimo Jackie Robinson Charter High School
• Bright Star Secondary Charter Academy
• Sun Valley High School

See also

• List of Los Angeles Unified School District schools#High schools (grades 9–12)

External links

• CIF Los Angeles City Section website