North Coast Section
Encyclopedia
The North Coast Section is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation
, governing the eastern portion
of the San Francisco Bay Area
, up along the northern coast of the state of California
, from Fremont
in the south to Crescent City
in the north. It also governs the private schools in the city of Oakland
. Due to this split in regions, the section is split in two for some championships, including football
.
north to the Oregon border. The section has championships in badminton
, baseball
, basketball
, cross country
, football
, golf
, lacrosse
, soccer, softball
, swimming
and diving
, tennis
, track and field
, volleyball
, water polo
, and wrestling
.
DIVISION 1, DIVISION II, DIVISION III, DIVISION IV, DIVISION V, DIVISION VI (started in 2009)
2009 Monte Vista, Carondelet, Bishop O'Dowd, St. Mary's, Branson, Sonoma Academy
2008 Berkeley, Carondelet, Miramonte, Justin-Siena, Branson
2007 Berkeley, Pinole Valley, Miramonte, St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Branson
2006 San Ramon Valley, Carondelet, El Cerrito, Piedmont, Branson
2005 Deer Valley, Carondelet, Miramonte, Piedmont, Branson
2004 Berkeley, Carondelet, Moreau Catholic, Piedmont, Urban
2003 Berkeley, Carondelet, Acalanes, Piedmont, Convent
2002 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Miramonte, Ursuline, S.F. University
2001 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Alhambra, Marin Catholic, Branson
2000 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Petaluma, Marin Catholic, Head Royce
1999 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Acalanes, Holy Names,Branson
1998 Berkeley, Clayton Valley, Acalanes, Marin Catholic, Branson
1997 Berkeley, Newark Memorial, Acalanes, Campolindo, Rincon Valley Christian
1996 Berkeley, College Park, Moreau Catholic, Campolindo, S.F. University
1995 Bishop O'Dowd, Amador Valley, Novato, Campolindo, South Fork
1994 Bishop O' Dowd, Amador Valley, Novato, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1993 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Bishop O'Dowd, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1992 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Bishop O'Dowd,San Rafael, Branson
1991 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Healdsburg, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1990 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Novato, Ursuline, Head Royce
1989 Miramonte, Eureka, Healdsburg, McKinleyville, Clear Lake
1988 James Logan, El Cerrito, Novato, Dublin, Rincon Valley Christian
Starting in 1988 the State CIF sponsored State
Basketball Championships in five divisions.
1987 Washington, Healdsburg, McKinleyville
1986 Granada, Novato, St. Bernard Catholic
1985 Bishop O'Dowd, McKinleyville, Mendocino
1984 Moreau Catholic, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1983 Berkeley, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1982 Amador Valley, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1981 Amador Valley, Campolindo, Mendocino
1980 Berkeley, McKinleyville, Mendocino
1979 Berkeley, Fortuna, Cloverdale
1978 Amador Valley, Fortuna, Cloverdale
1977 Pittsburg
California Interscholastic Federation
The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...
, governing the eastern portion
East Bay (San Francisco Bay Area)
The East Bay is a commonly used, informal term for the lands on the eastern side of the San Francisco Bay, in the San Francisco Bay Area, in California, United States...
of the San Francisco Bay Area
San Francisco Bay Area
The San Francisco Bay Area, commonly known as the Bay Area, is a populated region that surrounds the San Francisco and San Pablo estuaries in Northern California. The region encompasses metropolitan areas of San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose, along with smaller urban and rural areas...
, up along the northern coast of the state of California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...
, from Fremont
Fremont, California
Fremont is a city in Alameda County, California. It was incorporated on January 23, 1956, from the merger of five smaller communities: Centerville, Niles, Irvington, Mission San Jose, and Warm Springs...
in the south to Crescent City
Crescent City, California
Crescent City is the county seat and only incorporated city in Del Norte County, California. Named for the crescent-shaped stretch of sandy beach south of the city, Crescent City had a total population of 7,643 in the 2010 census, up from 4,006 in the 2000 census...
in the north. It also governs the private schools in the city of Oakland
Oakland, California
Oakland is a major West Coast port city on San Francisco Bay in the U.S. state of California. It is the eighth-largest city in the state with a 2010 population of 390,724...
. Due to this split in regions, the section is split in two for some championships, including football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
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NCS Structure
The section is governed by a board of managers, whose voting members include representatives from member leagues, superintendents, school board associations and private schools. There are 171 member schools, assigned to leagues or conferences according to NCS Alignment and Classification Bylaws developed by the schools.Conference and League Structure
The following are the conferences and leagues:- Coastal Mountain ConferenceCoastal Mountain ConferenceThe Coastal Mountain Conference or colloquially the CMC , is a high school athletic conference based in the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation...
(Redwood Empire)- North Central League I (NCL I-North) - 5 schools
- North Central League II (NCL I- South) - 5 schools
- North Central League III (NCL II-North) - 8 schools
- North Central League IV (NCL II- South) - 7 schools
- Bay Area Conference (East Bay)
- Bay Counties League - 7 schools
- Bay Counties League - West (BCL West) - 7 schools
- Bay Counties League (BCL East)Bay Counties League - EastThe Bay Counties League – East is a school athletic conference located in the East Bay Area. The league is a member of the North Coast Section, one of ten sections that comprise the California Interscholastic Federation. There are seven current member schools...
- 7 schools - Bay Counties League - Central (BCL Central) - 7 schools
- Valley Conference (East Bay)
- Bay Valley Athletic League (BVAL) - 6 schools
- Diablo-Foothill Athletic League (DFAL) - 7 schools
- East Bay Athletic LeagueEast Bay Athletic LeagueThe East Bay Athletic League is a high school sports league in the North Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. Its member institutions are located in the eastern region of the San Francisco Bay Area, in the cities of Alamo, Concord, Danville, Livermore, San Ramon, and...
(EBAL) - 9 schools - Diablo Valley Athletic League (DVAL) - 7 schools
- Bay Shore Conference (East Bay)
- Alameda Contra Costa Athletic League (ACCAL) - 7 schools
- Bay Shore Athletic League (BSAL) - 10 schools
- Hayward Area Athletic League (HAAL) - 9 schools
- Mission Valley Athletic League (MVAL)Mission Valley Athletic LeagueThe Mission Valley Athletic League is a collaboration of 7 schools in the Tri-Cities area of Fremont, Newark and Union City, California. The MVAL is part of the Bay Shore Conference in the North Coast Section ....
- 7 schools
- Humboldt-Del Norte Conference (Redwood Empire)
- Big 5 – (HDNL) 5 schools
- Little 7 – (HDNL) 7 schools
- Marin, Sonoma and Mendocino Conference (Redwood Empire)
- North Bay League (NBL) - 9 schools
- Marin County Athletic League (MCAL) - 10 schools
- Sonoma County League (SCL) - 7 schools
Playoff Structure
The section employs 5 different classes, 4A, 3A, 2A, A, and B. Depending on the sport, the "classes" may be represented by Divisions: I, II, III, IV, V, & VI, with DI being the largest schools, and DVI being the smallest. Some sports, including football, split the 3A and 2A sections into East Bay, for most of the Section's Bay Area schools, and Redwood Empire, for schools from Marin CountyMarin County, California
Marin County is a county located in the North San Francisco Bay Area of the U.S. state of California, across the Golden Gate Bridge from San Francisco. As of 2010, the population was 252,409. The county seat is San Rafael and the largest employer is the county government. Marin County is well...
north to the Oregon border. The section has championships in badminton
Badminton
Badminton is a racquet sport played by either two opposing players or two opposing pairs , who take positions on opposite halves of a rectangular court that is divided by a net. Players score points by striking a shuttlecock with their racquet so that it passes over the net and lands in their...
, baseball
Baseball
Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...
, basketball
Basketball
Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...
, cross country
Cross country running
Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...
, football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...
, golf
Golf
Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....
, lacrosse
Lacrosse
Lacrosse is a team sport of Native American origin played using a small rubber ball and a long-handled stick called a crosse or lacrosse stick, mainly played in the United States and Canada. It is a contact sport which requires padding. The head of the lacrosse stick is strung with loose mesh...
, soccer, softball
Softball
Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...
, swimming
Swimming (sport)
Swimming is a sport governed by the Fédération Internationale de Natation .-History: Competitive swimming in Europe began around 1800 BCE, mostly in the form of the freestyle. In 1873 Steve Bowyer introduced the trudgen to Western swimming competitions, after copying the front crawl used by Native...
and diving
Diving
Diving is the sport of jumping or falling into water from a platform or springboard, sometimes while performing acrobatics. Diving is an internationally-recognized sport that is part of the Olympic Games. In addition, unstructured and non-competitive diving is a recreational pastime.Diving is one...
, tennis
Tennis
Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...
, track and field
Track and field
Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...
, volleyball
Volleyball
Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...
, water polo
Water polo
Water polo is a team water sport. The playing team consists of six field players and one goalkeeper. The winner of the game is the team that scores more goals. Game play involves swimming, treading water , players passing the ball while being defended by opponents, and scoring by throwing into a...
, and wrestling
Scholastic wrestling
Scholastic wrestling, sometimes known in the United States as Folkstyle wrestling, is a style of amateur wrestling practised at the high school and middle school levels in the United States. This wrestling style is essentially Collegiate wrestling with some slight modifications. It is currently...
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History of Girl's Basketball NCS Champions
DIVISION 1, DIVISION II, DIVISION III, DIVISION IV, DIVISION V, DIVISION VI (started in 2009)
2009 Monte Vista, Carondelet, Bishop O'Dowd, St. Mary's, Branson, Sonoma Academy
2008 Berkeley, Carondelet, Miramonte, Justin-Siena, Branson
2007 Berkeley, Pinole Valley, Miramonte, St. Patrick-St. Vincent, Branson
2006 San Ramon Valley, Carondelet, El Cerrito, Piedmont, Branson
2005 Deer Valley, Carondelet, Miramonte, Piedmont, Branson
2004 Berkeley, Carondelet, Moreau Catholic, Piedmont, Urban
2003 Berkeley, Carondelet, Acalanes, Piedmont, Convent
2002 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Miramonte, Ursuline, S.F. University
2001 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Alhambra, Marin Catholic, Branson
2000 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Petaluma, Marin Catholic, Head Royce
1999 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Acalanes, Holy Names,Branson
1998 Berkeley, Clayton Valley, Acalanes, Marin Catholic, Branson
1997 Berkeley, Newark Memorial, Acalanes, Campolindo, Rincon Valley Christian
1996 Berkeley, College Park, Moreau Catholic, Campolindo, S.F. University
1995 Bishop O'Dowd, Amador Valley, Novato, Campolindo, South Fork
1994 Bishop O' Dowd, Amador Valley, Novato, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1993 Berkeley, Amador Valley, Bishop O'Dowd, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1992 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Bishop O'Dowd,San Rafael, Branson
1991 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Healdsburg, Campolindo, Upper Lake
1990 Berkeley, Moreau Catholic, Novato, Ursuline, Head Royce
1989 Miramonte, Eureka, Healdsburg, McKinleyville, Clear Lake
1988 James Logan, El Cerrito, Novato, Dublin, Rincon Valley Christian
Starting in 1988 the State CIF sponsored State
Basketball Championships in five divisions.
1987 Washington, Healdsburg, McKinleyville
1986 Granada, Novato, St. Bernard Catholic
1985 Bishop O'Dowd, McKinleyville, Mendocino
1984 Moreau Catholic, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1983 Berkeley, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1982 Amador Valley, Campolindo, Cloverdale
1981 Amador Valley, Campolindo, Mendocino
1980 Berkeley, McKinleyville, Mendocino
1979 Berkeley, Fortuna, Cloverdale
1978 Amador Valley, Fortuna, Cloverdale
1977 Pittsburg