The CIF Los Angeles City Section (CIF-LA) is the governing body of high school athletics for public schools in the city of

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and some surrounding communities. All of these schools were once associated with the

Los Angeles Unified School District Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) is a State school, public school district in Los Angeles County, California, United States of America. It is the largest public school system in California in terms of number of students and the List ...

. It is one of ten sections that constitute the

California Interscholastic Federation The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is the governing body for high school sports in the U.S. state of California. CIF membership includes both public and private high schools. Unlike most other state organizations, it does not have s ...

(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

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, 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

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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

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

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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

CIF-Los Angeles City Section sponsors the following sports:

Fall Season

*High School Girls Flag Football * High School 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) * Softball * Swimming & Diving (Co-ed) * Tennis (Boys) * Track & Field (Co-ed) * Volleyball (Boys)

Football leagues

The following is the 2018–2022 league alignment for football.

Coastal Region

Coliseum

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* Fremont High School * Hawkins High School *

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* View Park Preparatory High School * King Drew Magnet High School

Exposition

* Angelou Community High School *

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* Rivera Learning Complex *

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Marine

* Banning High School * Carson High School *

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Metro

* Jordan High School *

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* Maywood Center for Enriched Studies *

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* Sotomayor Learning Academies

Western

* Fairfax High School *

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* Venice High School *

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* Los Angeles Center for Enriched Studies (LACES)

Eastern Region

Central

* Belmont High School * Bernstein High School *

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* Marquez High School * Mendez High School

Eastern

* Bell High School * Garfield High School * Huntington Park High School * Legacy High School Complex * Roosevelt High School * South East High School *

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Northern

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* Franklin High School * Lincoln High School * Marshall High School * Torres High School * Wilson High School

Valley Region

East Valley

* Arleta High School *

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* Grant High School * Monroe High School *

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* Polytechnic High School *

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Valley Mission

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* Kennedy High School *

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* Reseda High School *

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West Valley

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* Cleveland High School *

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* Taft High School

References

External links

CIF Los Angeles City Section website
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High school sports in California Organizations based in Los Angeles County, California High school sports associations in the United States Sports governing bodies in the United States Sports organizations established in 1935 1935 establishments in California Sports in Los Angeles