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Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) is a high school athletic conference in California, part of 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 ...
of 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 ...
. It comprises 17 high schools generally around
San Mateo County, California San Mateo County ( ), officially the County of San Mateo, is a county (United States), county located in the U.S. state of California. As of the 2020 United States Census, 2020 census, the population was 764,442. Redwood City, California, Redwoo ...
. There are also nine smaller schools, designated supplemental members, of which four are located in
Santa Clara County Santa Clara County, officially the County of Santa Clara, is the sixth-most populous county in the U.S. state of California, with a population of 1,936,259, as of the 2020 census. Santa Clara County and neighboring San Benito County together f ...
. The seventeen sports offered are divided into different divisions depending on the strength of the school's program.


Sports

PAL offers contests in seventeen sports throughout the year during three seasons. Some schools do not participate in all sports. ;Notes


Members


Basic members

The seventeen basic member schools in the Peninsula Athletic League are drawn from five public school districts:
Cabrillo Unified School District Cabrillo Unified School District is a school district in California California is a state in the Western United States, located along the Pacific Coast. With nearly 39.2million residents across a total area of approximately , it is the ...
(serving Half Moon Bay and the ocean coast of the San Francisco Peninsula), Jefferson Union (serving Brisbane, Colma, Daly City, and Pacifica), San Mateo Union (serving Burlingame, Millbrae, San Bruno, and San Mateo), Sequoia Union (serving Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Ladera, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside), and the
South San Francisco Unified School District The South San Francisco Unified School District is a school district in northern San Mateo County, California, serving the cities of South San Francisco, a small portion of San Bruno, and the Serramonte district of Daly City. Governance S ...
(serving South San Francisco and portions of Daly City and San Bruno). ;Notes


Supplemental schools

The supplemental schools belong to the
West Bay Athletic League The West Bay Athletic League is a high school athletic conference established in 2002 as part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. It comprises twelve private high schools generally around San Mateo Cou ...
. Supplemental members are elected by a two-thirds majority vote of principal basic PAL members and participate less than 50% of total sports offerings from PAL. ;Notes


References


External links

* {{Official website CIF Central Coast Section