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CIF Reverses Stance On Simultaneous Club, High School Sports

Santa Clarita Volleyball Players Earn Four All-CIF Selections

In the event of a return to competition in high school sports, student-athletes will not be permitted to compete simultaneously in prep and club sports, according to a release from the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State office on Wednesday. Previously, CIF officials had suspended their bylaws, which prevented high school athletes from participating on a club or travel team in ...

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CIF Southern Section Cancels Fall Sports Championships

The CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) Fall Sports Championships have been canceled for the 2020-2021 school year, according to a statement from CIF-SS Commissioner of Athletics, Rob Wigod. The decision was made as part of an effort to provide the most opportunity for a return to play at some point, as the ongoing surge in COVID-19 cases has continued to keep ...

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Prep Sports Remain On Hiatus With Updated California Youth Sports Guidelines

The California Department of Public Health (CDPH) issued updated guidelines for youth and recreational sports in the state on Monday, which includes the continued pause on all organized competition through at least Jan. 25. California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) officials, who govern high school sports in the state, have anxiously awaited the updated guidelines, which had experienced multiple delays until they ...

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Return For High School Sports Competitions Unknown As Guidelines Update Postponed

Santa Clarita Student-Athletes Return To Conditioning

The release of updated youth sports guidelines in California has been postponed as many counties across the state have had to revert to more restrictive levels of California’s “Blueprint for a Safer Economy” reopening plan. The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) state office, which governs high school sports in California, had hoped to receive new guidelines to prepare for potential play ...

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High School Sports Summer Transfers Fall Nearly 90 Percent In CIF-SS

CIF Southern Section

The number of CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) students that have transferred schools in the months of July and August has fallen by 87.9 percent compared to 2019. The summer months are typically when the majority of student-athletes would make any potential transfer, whether due to a change in residence or simply a desire to play with a different program. However, ...

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CIF Announces High School Sports Start Date Pushed To At Least December

The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) State office announced Monday that the start of high school sports in California for the 2020-2021 school year has been delayed to at least December 2020. The decision was made in collaboration with each of the ten CIF sections across the state, including the local CIF-Southern Section (CIF-SS). A modified 2020-2021 CIF sports calendar accompanied ...

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CIF-SS Commissioner Rob Wigod Discusses Fall Sports, Coronavirus Impact

CIF Southern Section

CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) commissioner Rob Wigod spoke with KHTS Sports Director Wyatt Smith Monday morning to discuss a number of topics related to the ongoing impact of the coronavirus on high school sports. The message at the CIF-SS office is clear as officials there continue to prepare for all the potential scenarios for high school sports to return: “all ...

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Saugus Alumnus Voted California’s Top Girls Distance Runner Of The Decade

Saugus grad Mariah Castillo was voted California’s top girls distance runner of the decade in a poll by MileSplit CA, a website covering high school track and field. The website conducted their poll tournament style, with 32 runners progressively matching up resumes over three weeks. Each athlete was required to have competed at California high schools sometime from 2010-2019. Castillo ...

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CIF-SS Update Floats Possibility For Final Senior Competition

CIF Southern Section

The possibility of one final athletic contest for seniors over the summer was floated in a letter to principals and athletic directors of the CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) from Commissioner of Athletics Rob Wigwood on Wednesday. With spring sports officially canceled, athletic programs in CIF-SS now move to the “Summertime Rules” bylaws. Under these bylaws, summer athletic programs fall under ...

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Summer ‘Dead Period’ For High School Sports Reduced By CIF-SS

The CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) approved a revision to their bylaws which reduced the required summer “dead period” for high school sports from 21 consecutive days to 14 consecutive days, but requires all sports at a school to have the same dead period dates, according to CIF-SS officials. The change was approved at the organization’s annual CIF Southern Section Council ...

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