CIF Sections

California Interscholastic Federation

Northern Region

  1. Northern Section (73 schools; Northeastern California: Siskiyou, Modoc, Trinity, Shasta, Lassen, Tehama, Glenn, Butte, and Plumas Counties) [cifns.org](Three conferences) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Northern_Section]
  2. North Coast Section (171 schools; Coastal regions of northern California: Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Sonoma, Lake, Solano, Napa, Mendocino, Humboldt, Del Norte) [cifncs.org] [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_North_Coast_Section]
  3. Sac-Joaquin Section (174 schoos; Northern San Joaquin Valley; east from Bay Area to Lake Tahoe: Colusa, Sutter, Yuba, Sierra, Nevada, Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento, Yolo, San Joaquin, Amador, Calaveras, Alpine, and Tuolomne Counties) [www.cifsjs.org][ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Sac-Joaquin_Section]
  4. San Francisco Section (13 schools: San Francisco Unified School District) [www.cifsf.org]
  5. Oakland Section (20 schools: Oakland Unified School District) ousd.k12.ca.us [ousd.k12.ca.us] [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Oakland_Section]
  6. Central Coast Section (140 schools; Northern Middle, coast region of state: Monterey, San Benito, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz Counties) [cifccs.org]] (3 Conferences, 8 leagues) [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Central_Coast_Section]

Southern Region

  1. Central Section (104 schools; Central and southern San Joaquin Valley: Merced, Mariposa, Madera, Fresno, Kings, Tulare, Kern, San Luis Obispo, Inyo, and Mono Counties) [www.cifcs.org] (18 leagues) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Central_Section]
  2. Los Angeles City Section (140 schools; Los Angeles Unified School District: City of Los Angeles and surrounding areas) [www.cif-la.org] [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Los_Angeles_City_Section]
  3. Southern Section (581 schools; Southern California: Los Angeles [excluding LAUSD], Orange, Riverside, San Bernardino, Ventura, and Santa Barbara Counties) [www.cifss.org] (largest section by far) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_Southern_Section]
  4. San Diego Section (98 schools: San Diego and Imperial Counties) [www.cifsds.org]  (22 leagues) [en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CIF_San_Diego_Section]