The CIF San Francisco Section (CIF-SF), frequently shortened to SFS or just SF, is the governing body of high school sports for school for what was originally the

San Francisco Unified School District San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD), established in 1851, is the only public school district within the City and County of San Francisco, and the first in the state of California. Under the management of the San Francisco Board of Educa ...

. It is one of ten sections that comprise 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 a s ...

(CIF). The SFS is also known under the league name Academic Athletic Association, and is the only CIF section not divided into several leagues. While the league currently includes ICA Cristo Rey and Lycee Francais, most other parochial schools located within the borders of San Francisco;

Archbishop Riordan High School Archbishop Riordan High School is a diocesan, co-ed Catholic high school established by the Society of Mary in San Francisco, California. It is part of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco. It opened in fall 1949 as Riordan High Schoo ...

Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory Sacred Heart Cathedral Preparatory, commonly known as SHC or SH, is a Catholic school located in the Cathedral Hill neighborhood of San Francisco, California. Founded in 1852, Sacred Heart Cathedral is the oldest Catholic secondary school and wa ...

and

Saint Ignatius College Preparatory St. Ignatius College Preparatory, commonly referred to as SI, is a private, Catholic preparatory school in the Jesuit tradition, serving the San Francisco Bay Area since 1855. Located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of San Francisco, in the Su ...

(members of the

West Catholic Athletic League The West Catholic Athletic League or WCAL is a highly competitive high school athletic conference in the Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. The boys division is made up of seven Catholic Church, Catholic schools a ...

in the

CIF Central Coast Section The Central Coast Section (CCS) is the governing body of public and private high school athletics in the portion of California encompassing San Mateo County, Santa Clara County, Monterey County, San Benito County, Santa Cruz County and a few pri ...

); and

Lick-Wilmerding High School Lick-Wilmerding High School is a private college-preparatory high school located in San Francisco, California, United States. History Lick-Wilmerding High School was founded on September 21, 1874 as the California School of Mechanical Arts by a ...

(member of the Bay Counties League West in th
CIF North Coast Section
. Sacred Heart Cathedral, Saint Ignatius, and Lick-Wilmerding were all previous members of the CIF SF Section before joining their current CIF Sections.

Schools

The league is responsible for athletics between the public high schools in San Francisco, California and has grown in scope to encompass two SFUSD overseen charter schools and two private schools (as well as middle school athletics) within the district: * The Academy - San Francisco (located at the former J. Eugene McAteer High School campus) known as Academy * Balboa High School known as Balboa *

Phillip & Sala Burton High School Phillip and Sala Burton Academic High School is an American secondary school in San Francisco, California. The founding of the school is a result of a consent decree ruling in 1984 between the City of San Francisco and the National Association fo ...

(located at the former Woodrow Wilson High School campus) known as Burton *

Galileo Academy of Science and Technology , motto_translation = And yet it moves , type = Public High school , established = , faculty = , district = San Francisco Unified School District , grades ...

known as Galileo * ICA Cristo Rey (all girls private school) known as ICA * June Jordan School for Equity known as Jordan * KIPP San Francisco College Preparatory (charter school) known as KIPP * City Arts and Leadership Academy (charter school) (currently located within the James Denman Middle School campus) known as CAL * Lincoln High School known as Lincoln * Lowell High School known as Lowell * Lycee Francais de San Francisco (private school) known as Lycee Francais
Thurgood Marshall Academic High School
known as Marshall *

Mission High School Mission High School may refer to: * Mission High School (San Francisco, California), a public high school in the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) San Francisco, California * Mission High School (Mission, Texas), a secondary school loc ...

known as Mission * John O'Connell High School of Technology known as O'Connell
San Francisco International High School
known as SFI *

Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School Raoul Wallenberg Traditional High School is a high school in San Francisco, California, USA. It was founded in 1981 in honor of the Swedish architect, businessman, diplomat, and humanitarian Raoul Wallenberg. In recognition of its namesake, the sc ...

known as Wallenberg * Washington High School known as Washington

History

The league started in 1912 to provide a competitive

track and field Track and field is a sport that includes athletic contests based on running, jumping, and throwing skills. The name is derived from where the sport takes place, a running track and a grass field for the throwing and some of the jumping events ...

program between the local schools. The schools at that time were:

, Lowell, St. Ignatius College Preparatory, Mission, San Francisco Poly, High School of Commerce,

Cogswell Polytechnical College The University of Silicon Valley (USV) is a private university in San Jose, California, in Silicon Valley. Founded in 1887 as Cogswell Technical School, and later known as Cogswell Polytechnical College. It was the first technical training ins ...

and Humboldt Evening High Schoolhttp://www.cifsf.org/uploads/3/0/9/7/30972031/track-sfalprogram10-16-15.pdf

References

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External links

Complete list of annual champions in CIFSF
California Interscholastic Federation sections