History of the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF)

State Playoff History

Sport

Boys' Rugby

Boys' Track & Field

Football

Boys' Basketball

Boys' Wrestling

Girls' Track & Field

Girls' Volleyball

Girls' Basketball

Cross Country

Girls’ Golf

Boys' Golf

Girls’ Wrestling

Boys’ Basketball

CIF Southern Section, A Brief History

1890’s: First leagues created to play football and baseball in the Los Angeles area. Some players didn’t even attend the schools.

1904: Track & Field sponsored by the High School Athletic Association of Southern California.

1913: The Southern Section was created informally by school principals in the Los Angeles area primarily to organize track & field. The first name was the Southern California Interscholastic Athletic Council (SCIAC). The SCIAC encompassed the current Los Angeles City and San Diego Sections. There were five leagues and 30 teams in the SCIAC and there were four CIF sections across the state. Prior to the creation of the Southern Section adult coaches played on high school teams so in 1913 the original maximum age limit to participate was 21 years old.

1914: SCIAC changes name to “The Southern Section of the CIF”.

1915: The first state track & field championship in Fresno.

1935: Los Angeles City Section breaks off from the Southern Section.

1960: San Diego Section breaks off from the Southern Section.

Source: History of the CIF, Southern Section; Dr. John S. Dahlem

CIF State, A Brief History

1914: CIF State is founded on June 1st.

1917: CIF became a statewide organization.

1995: Jack Hayes becomes new state commissioner and changes his title to executive director to change the culture of the CIF from a rule-imposing organization to a more service oriented organization with more of the power and control at the section level.

2009: State office moves from Alameda to Sacramento.

The smaller state map shows what the Southern and San Diego sections looked like before the Imperial Valley League joined the San Diego section in 2000. The Imperial Valley League switched sections primarily because teams could potentially travel (4+ hours one way) north of the Central section (# 7) for a playoff game; sometimes on school nights. Some Imperial County schools were already a part of the San Diego section but now the entire Imperial County is a part of the San Diego section.

Imperial County

CIF Section Map Before and After 2000

current map

Note

Northern half of the state plays soccer in the fall.

State championships established in 2011.

Years

2008-present

2009-present

Map #

n/a

Year

1914

1935

1940

1944

1945

1960

1965

Note

Some schools played rugby instead of football.

World War II halted state playoffs in the 1940's.

Today's State Bowl Championships, not a playoff system

Most of the championships held at ARCO arena in Sacramento.

The oldest continuous state playoff.

Title IX brought track & field state championships to the girls.

Most of the championships held in southern California.

Most of the championships held at ARCO arena in Sacramento.

Only sport with a national championship; at SD’s Morley Field.

State championships held in northern California.

After a trial period with regional finals state finals are added

Years

1914-19

1915-41, 1946-pres.

1915-27, 2006-pres.

1916-28, 1981-pres.

1973-present

1974-present

1978-present

1981-present

1987-present

2003-present

2004-present

2011-present

2013-present

Section

State CIF

Southern

Central

Northern

North Coast (Bay)

Los Angeles City

Oakland

Sac-Joaquin

San Francisco

San Diego

Central Coast

Establishment of CIF Sections

CIF-San Diego Section

School Establishment Timeline

(some schools were not CIF members immediately)

1882 San Diego

1882 Our Lady of Peace (initially co-ed, now all-girls)

1893 Escondido

1893 Fallbrook

1894 Ramona

1903 Escondido Adventist

1904 Oceanside

1907 Sweetwater

1908 Central Union

1909 Bishop’s (all girls until 1971)

1910 Army-Navy

1912 Parker

1913 Coronado

1914 Calexico

1920 Calipatria

1920 Grossmont

1922 St. Augustine

1924 La Jolla

1924 Point Loma

1925 Mountain Empire

1926 La Jolla Country Day

1930 Hoover

1937 Vista

1944 Kearny

1947 Chula Vista

1950 Mar Vista

1951 Helix (charter in 1998)

1952 Lincoln

1954 Mission Bay

1955 El Cajon Valley

1957 Carlsbad

1957 Cathedral (USDHS until 2005)

1957 Crawford

1957 Mt. Miguel

1959 Clairemont

1959 El Capitan

1959 Hilltop

1960 San Diego Section established

1960 Granite Hills

1960 Mater Dei (Marian until 2007)

1961 Monte Vista

1961 Poway

1961 San Marcos

1962 Madison

1962 Morse

1962 Orange Glen

1963 Castle Park

1965 Santana

1966 Bonita Vista

1966 Borrego Springs

1968 Patrick Henry

1970 Montgomery

1971 Tri-City Christian

1972 San Pasqual

1974 Mt. Carmel

1974 Valhalla

1975 Christian

1975 Torrey Pines

1975 Southwest (San Diego)

1976 El Camino

1976 Mira Mesa

1976 Serra

1977 Santa Fe Christian

1979 San Diego Jewish Academy

1981 Calvin Christian

1981 University City

1981 Vincent Memorial

1987 Calvary Christian (Chula Vista)

1987 Rancho Buena Vista

1989 West Hills

1990 Rancho Bernardo

1991 Horizon

1991 Maranatha

1992 Eastlake

1993 Scripps Ranch

1994 Guajome Park Academy

1995 St. Joseph (Sierra Madre until 2008)

1996 Escondido Charter

1996 La Costa Canyon

1996 River Valley Charter

1996 San Dieguito Academy

1997 Foothills Christian (Venture Chr. until 2006)

1998 Valley Center

1999 Preuss

1999 San Diego Academy

2000 Five schools joined the section from

the Southern Section

2000 High Tech (San Diego)

2000 Steele Canyon (charter in 2007)

2002 Westview

2003 Otay Ranch

2003 San Ysidro

2004 Canyon Crest Academy

2004 Mission Hillls

2005 Southern California Yeshiva

2006 Olympian

2007 High Tech (Chula Vista)

2007 Pacific Ridge

2007 Rock Academy

2009 Del Norte

2009 Gompers Academy

2009 King-Chavez

2009 Liberty Charter

2009 Mission Vista

The five schools that left the Southern section and joined the San Diego section in 2000 were Brawley Union, Calexico Central Union, Palo Verde Valley and Southwest (El Centro).

Establishment Year Not Known

All-Tribes American Indian Charter

Aurora

Brawley Union

Calexico Mission

Calvary Christian (Vista)

Health Sciences

Holtville

Imperial

Julian

Kuyper

Lutheran (San Diego)

Ocean View Christian (Midway Baptist until 2010)

Palo Verde Valley

San Pasqual Academy

South Bay Christian

Southwest (El Centro)

Warner

(some) Schools Now Closed

H-Town Christian

San Diego Military

San Dieguito High (replaced by La Costa Canyon)

San Miguel (merged with Bishop’s in 1971)

Sun Valley Charter

Victory Christian

Note

established by school principals

charter member of CIF

broke from the Southern section

broke from the North Coast section

broke from the Northern section

was Academic Athletic Association (AAA)

broke from the Southern section

broke from the North Coast section

Fall Season

Winter Season

Basketball, Boys, Sections

Spring Season

CIF-San Diego Section Commissioners

1960-76: Don Clarkson

1976-96: Kendall Webb

1996-01: Jan Jessop

2001-11: Dennis Ackerman

2011-: Jerry Schneipp, starting salary of $ 165,000 (former Sweetwater Union H.S.D. Athletics Coordinator)

State CIF Chief Executive Officers

1914-15: E.W. Barnhart

1915-37: C.L. Biedenbach

1937-55: A.B. Ingham

1955-80: William Russell

1980-95: Thomas E. Byrnes

1995-01: Jack J. Hayes

2001-12: Marie M. Ishida

2012- : Roger Blake

CIF-San Diego Section Inaugural Seasons by Sport (section began in 1960-61)

1960-61: Football

1960-61: Boys’ Cross Country

1960-61: Boys’ Basketball

1960-61: Wrestling

1960-61: Baseball

1960-61: Boys’ Tennis

1960-61: Boys’ Track & Field

1960-61: Boys’ Gymnastics (discontinued in 1975-76)

1960-61: Boys’ Swimming

1960-61: Boys’ Golf

1967-68: Boys’ Water Polo

1971-72: Boys’ Soccer

1973-74: Girls’ Gymnastics (Title IX opens sports to girls)

1973-74: Girls’ Track & Field (Title IX opens sports to girls)

1973-74: Girls’ Swimming (Title IX opens sports to girls)

1974-75: Girls’ Volleyball

1974-75: Girls’ Tennis

1974-75: Girls’ Basketball

1974-75: Field Hockey (winter season)

1974-75: Softball

1977-78: Girls’ Cross Country

1981-82: Girls’ Soccer (spring season)

1983-84: Girls’ Soccer moves from the spring to the winter season

1983-84: Girls’ Basketball moves from the spring to the winter season

1983-84: Field Hockey moves from the winter to the fall season

1987-88: Boys’ Volleyball

1987-88: Badminton (no play from 2000-01 to 2005-06)

1996-97: Girls’ Water Polo

2000-01: Girls’ Golf

2001-02: Boys’ Lacrosse

2001-02: Girls’ Lacrosse

CIF-San Diego Section History

1898-99: First football game between two schools in San Diego, San Diego won at Escondido 6-0.

1960-61: San Diego Section breaks off from the Southern Section with 32 schools.

1974-75: Title IX opens sports to girls.

1987-88: Moves from class 3A, 2A, 1A to divisions I, II, III, IV, V; amount of divisions depends on sport.

1993-94: Playoff divisions moved to enrollment based divisions, not based on leagues.

2000-01: Imperial Valley League schools join the section from the Southern section.

2012-13: New transfer rule allows transfers if player sits out 30 days.

Sports Illustrated: Best Athletic Programs Nationwide

All-round excellence from 1995-2005

Consideration: state titles and college athletes produced

California schools are at a clear disadvantage because some sports do not have state playoffs/championship unlike other state’s sports.

1. Long Beach Poly (Long Beach, CA)
2. DeMatha (Hyattsville, MD)
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale, FL)
4. Punahou (Honolulu, HI)
5. Cherry Creek (Greenwood Village, CO)
6. Mater Dei (Santa Ana, CA)
7. Parkview (Linburn, GA)
8. Edina (MN)
9. Bolles (Jacksonville, FL)
10. Carmel (IN)
11. De La Salle (Concord, CA)
12. New Trier (Winnetka, IL)
13. Parkersburg (West, VA)
14. San Xavier (Louisville, KY)
15. Marist (Atlanta, GA)
16. Highland Park (Dallas, TX)
17. Hoover (AL)
18. Saint Ignatius (Cleveland, OH)
19. Fayetteville (AK)
20. West Monroe (LA)
21. Ben Davis (Indianapolis, IN)
22. La Cueva (Albuquerqua, NM)
23. Baylor (Chattanooga, TN)
24. Duncanville (TX)
25. Mountain View (Mesa, AZ)

State Regional Playoff History

Sport

NorCal Boys' Tennis

NorCal Girls' Tennis

SoCal Boy's Soccer

SoCal Girls' Soccer

SoCal Girls' Wrestling

SoCal Boys' Volleyball

Northern Region

Southern Region

State

map before 2000

Public School Construction Cost Over The Years (not adjusted for inflation)

Cost

$ 123,000

$ 2.3 million

$ 6.5 million

$ 37 million

$ 63 million

$ 110 million

Year

1922

1957

1974

1990

2003

2009

School

Grossmont

Crawford

Valhalla

Rancho Bernardo

Otay Ranch

Del Norte

(the cost of Grossmont is the yearly salary of some principals)

CIF-San Diego Section Announcement After 9-11

The following announcement was made before athletic events on Friday, September 14, 2001. 39 of 42 football games were played Friday night. Horizon cancelled their game vs. Ramona. The Los Angeles City section cancelled all games and Garfield (Los Angeles) was scheduled to play Rancho Buena Vista (Vista). Vincent Memorial (Calexico) vs. Parker (San Diego) was moved to 3:00 pm Saturday.

Announcement to be read at Friday football games:

Ladies and gentleman...The events of this week have been disturbing and troubling. Our Nation suffers trying to make sense of a senseless act. But we continue, a tribute to our courage as a nation.

President Bush declared today a national day of prayer and remembrance for those who lost their life and those who lost their loved ones. At the same time he asked us to carry on in the same spirit and with the same resolve that helped create this great nation.

Tonight’s game is a tribute to that American spirit. Tonight we are not (from different schools), but we are all Americans.

Play hard, play fair...Tonight we are all winners.

And now, please stand and pause for a moment of silence in memory of those who lost so much and gave so much this week.

School District

Grossmont Unified High School District

San Diego Unified School District

Grossmont Unified High School District

Poway Unified School District

Sweetwater Union High School District

Poway Unified School District

CIF-San Diego Section Announcement About the Black Out of 2011

At 3:38pm on Thursday, September 8, 2011 a 500-kilovolt high-voltage transmission line running from Arizona to California failed which then made the San Onofre nuclear power plant shut down automatically to avoid any damage from over use.

With the two sources of electricity down five million customers had no power including all of San Diego county, parts of Arizona and Baja California.

Power was restored by the following morning but all San Diego County public schools were closed on Friday and usually students can not play sports if they don’t attend school on school days.

Also the confusion about when the power would be restored was a problem for sports played on Friday, September 9. Football teams were given the option to play Friday, Saturday or Monday; Sunday was still not allowed.

Twitter and texting allowed administrators and coaches to communicate with students and parents. All football games were played on Friday or Saturday. Other sports, if necessary, were able to reschedule at a later date.

The following was the announcement made from the CIF-San Diego section:

***IMPORTANT NEWS REGARDING THE POWER OUTAGE***
Schools that have the ability to play scheduled athletic events may do so. Home schools should communicate with visiting schools, officials and transportation services to relay any changes in the venue, time etc., or to confirm original game information. Please ensure appropriate supervision is arranged and that students and parents are notified as well.

The night the lights went out in San Diego, September 8, 2011