The Sac-Joaquin Section is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation

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 high school sports in the northeastern portion 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...

, the city of Sacramento

Sacramento, California

Sacramento is the capital city of the U.S. state of California and the county seat of Sacramento County. It is located at the confluence of the Sacramento River and the American River in the northern portion of California's expansive Central Valley. With a population of 466,488 at the 2010 census,...

, and the northern portion of the San Joaquin Valley

San Joaquin Valley

The San Joaquin Valley is the area of the Central Valley of California that lies south of the Sacramento – San Joaquin River Delta in Stockton...

. Its geographic area also covers the California portion of the Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe

Lake Tahoe is a large freshwater lake in the Sierra Nevada of the United States. At a surface elevation of , it is located along the border between California and Nevada, west of Carson City. Lake Tahoe is the largest alpine lake in North America. Its depth is , making it the USA's second-deepest...

 region; however, three schools in that area—North Tahoe, Truckee, and South Tahoe High Schools—are instead members of the Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association

Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association

The Nevada Interscholastic Activities Association is the governing body of athletic programs for high schools in the state of Nevada...

 due to their relative isolation from other California schools and their proximity to more populated areas in Nevada

Nevada

Nevada is a state in the western, mountain west, and southwestern regions of the United States. With an area of and a population of about 2.7 million, it is the 7th-largest and 35th-most populous state. Over two-thirds of Nevada's people live in the Las Vegas metropolitan area, which contains its...

 (notably the Reno

Reno, Nevada

Reno is the county seat of Washoe County, Nevada, United States. The city has a population of about 220,500 and is the most populous Nevada city outside of the Las Vegas metropolitan area...

 area).

Section 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 174 member schools, assigned to leagues or conferences according to NCS Alignment and Classification Bylaws developed by the schools.

League Alignment 2010-2014

DIVISION I (7 Leagues)

• CENTRAL CALIFORNIA CONFERENCE (CCC)

Atwater

Atwater High School

Atwater High School is a secondary school in Atwater, California and a part of the Merced Union High School District....

, Buhach Colony

Buhach Colony High School

Buhach Colony High School is a public high school in Atwater, California. Opened in 2001, the school is part of the Merced Union High School District. The school colors are black and gold, and the mascot is Thor. -Curriculum:...

, Golden Valley

Golden Valley High School (Merced)

Golden Valley High School is a high school located within the Merced Union High School District in the community of Merced, California. The school first opened in August 1994, with its first class of seniors graduating on June 5, 1996...

, Merced

Merced High School

Merced High School is located in Merced, California as a part of the Merced Union High School District. The high school district added a second high school in 1960 which was built and named El Capitan High School. [Note: you need to find out the facts on the rest of this...

, John H. Pitman, Turlock

Turlock High School

Turlock High School is a comprehensive high school located in the heart of the northern San Joaquin Valley. It is a 40+ acre campus, in the midst of a long established residential neighborhood, consisting of 133 classrooms positioned in and around an array of athletic, agricultural, business, and...

• DELTA RIVER LEAGUE (DRL)

Folsom

Folsom High School

Folsom High School is a nationally acclaimed American high school located in Folsom, California, established in 1922. It is a part of the Folsom-Cordova Unified School District...

, Jesuit

Jesuit High School of Sacramento

Jesuit High School of Sacramento is a Catholic high school founded and run by the Society of Jesus. The school enrolls about 1,000 young men from all over the greater Sacramento Valley in California. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.- About :Jesuit High School is a...

 (boys only), Oak Ridge

Oak Ridge High School (El Dorado Hills, California)

Oak Ridge High School is a public high school located 20 miles east of Sacramento, California in rapidly growing El Dorado Hills. It is part of the El Dorado Union High School District...

, Pleasant Grove

Pleasant Grove High School (California)

Pleasant Grove High School is a four year high school located in Elk Grove, California. Established in 2005, the first class of graduating seniors was the class of 2008. Pleasant Grove High School is the 8th high school of the Elk Grove Unified School District. Pleasant Grove High School has the...

, Ponderosa

Ponderosa High School

Ponderosa High School, which opened in 1963, is a member of the El Dorado Union High School District in El Dorado County, California, United States. It is located on Ponderosa Road, Shingle Springs, California, USA, a semi-rural location....

, Sheldon, St. Francis

St. Francis High School (Sacramento, California)

St. Francis High School, established in 1940, is a four-year, all-female college preparatory high school in Sacramento, California, USA. It is one of two Catholic high schools in Sacramento affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, and draws students from over fifty private and...

 (girls only)

• DELTA VALLEY CONFERENCE (DVC)

Davis

Davis Senior High School

Davis Senior High School is one of four high schools located in Davis, California, in the United States. DHS is a WASC accredited, 3-year, public comprehensive high school covering grades 10-12. The campus opened its current location in 1961. Enrollment for school year 2004-2005 was 1,831 students...

, Elk Grove

Elk Grove High School (Elk Grove, California)

Elk Grove High School or EGHS, is a public four-year high school located in Elk Grove, California,in the United States. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District, which also includes Cosumnes Oaks High School, Florin High School, Franklin High School, Laguna Creek High School, Monterey...

, Franklin (Elk Grove)

Franklin High School (Elk Grove, California)

Franklin High School is a public high school located in Elk Grove, California, United States. It is officially accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges .-History of the town of Franklin:...

, Kennedy

John F. Kennedy High School (Sacramento, California)

John F. Kennedy High School, a member of the Sacramento City Unified School District, is a public school in the Pocket-Greenhaven Area of Sacramento, California.-Notable alumni:* Adam Bernero - seven-year MLB pitcher...

, Grant Union

Grant Union High School (Sacramento, California)

Grant Union High School is a public high school in Sacramento, California, United States.-Notable alumni:*Don Doll, American football player*Gene Filipski, American football player*David Kilson, American football player*Leron Lee, American football player...

, Laguna Creek

Laguna Creek High School

Laguna Creek High School is a 9th-12th grade college preparatory high school located in Elk Grove, California, a large suburban community near Sacramento, California. The school was established in 1994 as part of the Elk Grove Unified School District...

, Monterey Trail

Monterey Trail High School

Monterey Trail High School is a 9th-12th grade college preparatory high school located in Elk Grove, California. The school was established in the first decade of the 21st century as part of the Elk Grove Unified School District.- History :...

• MODESTO METRO CONFERENCE (MMC)

Beyer

Fred C. Beyer High School

Fred C. Beyer High School is a high school in Modesto, California, located in the San Joaquin Valley.-Facilities:Although when it was opened in 1972 to an enrollment of 975 students, mostly freshmen and only a smattering of upperclassmen who transferred from other schools voluntarily, Beyer was...

, Grace Davis

Grace M. Davis High School

Grace M. Davis High School is a public high school located in Modesto, California. Established in 1959, the school serves students in grades 9-12...

, Thomas Downey

Thomas Downey High School

Thomas Downey High School is a High School in Modesto, California. It is one of the seven high schools in Modesto. George Lucas, Tony Graziani, Laci Peterson and Olympian and American Discus Record Holder Suzy Powell, are some of its notable graduates....

, Enochs

James C. Enochs High School

James C. Enochs High School is a high school in Modesto, California....

, Gregori

Joseph Gregori High School

Joseph Gregori High School is a planned high school in Modesto, California, United States. When it opens in fall 2010, it will be the eighth comprehensive high school in Modesto City Schools.-History:...

, Johansen

Peter Johansen High School

Peter Johansen High School is two-story public school located in eastside Modesto, CA. The exterior structure of the school is made up of brick buildings and chain-linked gating, giving it a slight "prison-look" to those unfamiliar with the area and features an olympic-sized pool, two baseball...

, Modesto

• MONTICELLO EMPIRE LEAGUE (MEL)

Armijo

Armijo High School

Armijo High School is a public secondary school located in Fairfield, California. The school serves about 2500 students in grades 9 to 12 in the Fairfield-Suisun Unified School District....

, Fairfield, Napa

Napa High School

Napa High School, established in 1897, is a four-year comprehensive high school located in Napa, California. The high school is a comprehensive high school of 2500...

, Vacaville, Vintage

Vintage High School

Vintage High School is a comprehensive high school with a student body of over 2,300. It is one of three comprehensive high schools in the Napa Valley Unified School District. The other comprehensive high schools are Napa High School and American Canyon High School...

, Wood

• SAN JOAQUIN ATHLETIC ASSOCIATION (SJAA)

Bear Creek, Chavez, Franklin (Stockton),Lincoln (Stockton), Lodi, Tracy

• TRI-CITY ATHLETIC LEAGUE (TCAL)

Edison, McNair, St. Mary's, Stagg

Stagg High School (Stockton, California)

Amos Alonzo Stagg High School or Stagg is a public four-year high school located at 1621 Brookside Road in Stockton, CA. It is part of the Stockton Unified School District...

,Tokay, West

DIVISION II (3 Leagues)

• CAPITAL VALLEY CONFERENCE (CVC)

Bella Vista

Bella Vista High School

Bella Vista High School is a public high school in Fair Oaks, California and a member of the San Juan Unified School District. In 2003, the California Department of Education's School Recognition Program honored Bella Vista High School as a "California Distinguished School". It was also the only...

, Casa Roble, Christian Brothers, Del Campo, Oakmont

Oakmont High School

Oakmont High School is located at 1710 Cirby Way, in Roseville, California, United States. The school is surrounded by the communities of Citrus Heights, Rocklin, Granite Bay, and Antelope. It is one of five comprehensive high schools in the Roseville Joint Union High School District. Oakmont...

, Rio Linda

• METROPOLITAN CONFERENCE (METRO)

Burbank, Florin

Florin High School

Florin High School is a high school in Sacramento, California. It is part of the Elk Grove Unified School District.-History:Florin High School opened in 1989, the third high school in the district. It has since then remained in continuous operation...

, Johnson, Kennedy, McClatchy, Rosemont, Sacramento

Sacramento High School

Sacramento Charter High School is an independent public charter high school located in the Alhambra Triangle, adjacent to the Oak Park neighborhood in Sacramento, California. Its charter was approved by the Sacramento City Unified School District's Board of Trustees on July 21, 2003...

, Valley

Valley High School (Sacramento, California)

For schools of the same name, see Valley High SchoolValley High School is a 9th-12th grade college preparatory high school located in Sacramento County, California, near the city limits of Elk Grove, California and Sacramento, California. The school was established in 1977 as part of the Elk Grove...

• SIERRA FOOTHILL LEAGUE (SFL)

Del Oro

Del Oro High School

Del Oro High School is located in Loomis, California, and is a part of the Placer Union High School District. 50 Years ago , Del Oro High School opened for instruction of freshmen and sophomores on Sept. 28, one week after Placer in Auburn and Colfax opened...

, Granite Bay

Granite Bay High School

Granite Bay High School is located in Granite Bay, California. Granite Bay High School was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the United States Secretary of Education in 2002 and a California Distinguished School in 2007.-Newspaper:...

, Nevada Union

Nevada Union High School

Nevada Union High School is located in the Sierra Nevada foothills northeast of California's capital, Sacramento. Situated between Nevada City and Grass Valley, the school serves those two incorporated cities and a large surrounding community. The Nevada Union High School district covers a huge...

 (exc. football), Rocklin

Rocklin High School

-Instrumental Music:* Concert Band* Symphonic Band* String Orchestra* Guitar Lab* Piano Lab* Jazz BandDespite not having a marching band, RHS has a very significant instrumental music program. Most of the RHS instrumental reputation comes from its extracurricular groups, such as the pep band, who...

, Roseville, Woodcreek

Woodcreek High School

Woodcreek High School is one of many schools in the Roseville Joint Union High School District. This school is located at 2551 Woodcreek Oaks Blvd. in Roseville, California, United States. Woodcreek has about 2,073 students. Challenge High School next to it exists to serve special needs students.-...

DIVISION III (4 Leagues)

• CAPITAL ATHLETIC LEAGUE (CAL)

Antelope, Cordova, El Camino, Mira Loma

Mira Loma High School

Mira Loma High School is a public high school located in Sacramento, California, United States. It is the one of the most reputable and best high schools in Sacramento, consistently being ranked as one of the best schools in the area. It is a part of the San Juan Unified School District with a...

, Rio Americano

Rio Americano High School

Rio Americano High School, colloquially known as Rio, is an American public high school in Sacramento, California, serving students in grades 9 through 12 as part of the San Juan Unified School District. Brian T. Ginter is the principal...

, Whitney

• PIONEER VALLEY LEAGUE (PVL)

Bear River

Bear River High School

Bear River High School is a public high school in the Nevada Joint Union High School District in Grass Valley, California. It is located across the street from Lake of the Pines. It graduated approximately 300 graduates in the 2006-2007 school year for a 98.5% graduation rate, 52.1% completed...

, Center, Colfax

Colfax High School (Colfax, California)

Colfax High School is a four-year public high school in Colfax, California in the United States. It is in the Placer Union High School District in Placer County. The school currently serves about 840 students living between Auburn, Grass Valley, and Alta/Dutch Flat...

,Foothill, Lincoln (Lincoln), Placer

Placer High School

Placer High School is a public high school located in Auburn, California and is part of the Placer Union High School District. Auburn is located northeast of Sacramento, California, in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada Mountains.-History, 1897 to 1906:...

,

• SOLANO COUNTY ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (SCAC)

American Canyon, Benicia, Bethel, Hogan, Rodriguez, Vallejo, Vanden

• TRI-COUNTY CONFERENCE (TCC)

Inderkum, Natomas, Pioneer, River Valley, Woodland, Yuba City

DIVISION IV (3 Leagues)

• SIERRA VALLEY CONFERENCE (SVC)

Cosumnes Oaks

Cosumnes Oaks High School

Cosumnes Oaks High School is a preparatory high school in the Elk Grove Unified School District.It is named after Cosumnes River and many oak trees in the area, creating a strong link between the river and the Cosumnes River Preserve.-On Campus:...

, El Dorado, Galt, Liberty Ranch, River City, Union Mine, Vista del Lago

• VALLEY OAK LEAGUE (VOL)

East Union, Kimball, Lathrop, Manteca, Oakdale, Sierra, Sonora, Weston Ranch

• WESTERN ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (WAC)

Central Catholic, Central Valley, Ceres, Livingston, Los Banos, Pacheco, Patterson

DIVISION V (3 Leagues)

• GOLDEN EMPIRE LEAGUE (GEL)

Capital Christian, Dixon, Lindhurst, Marysville, Mesa Verde, West Campus

• MOTHER LODE LEAGUE (MLL)

Amador, Argonaut, Bret Harte, Calaveras, Linden, Summerville

• TRANS VALLEY LEAGUE (TVL)

Escalon, Hilmar, Hughson

Hughson Union High School

Hughson Union High School serves students from the rural community of Hughson, California community, as well as the outer towns of Hickman, California and La Grange, California.-Extracurricular activities:...

,Modesto Christian, Orestimba, Ripon, Riverbank

DIVISION VI (3 Leagues)

• CENTRAL VALLEY CALIFORNIA LEAGUE (CVCL)

Cristo Rey, Delta

Delta High School (Clarksburg, California)

Delta High School is a four year public high school in Clarksburg, California that is part of the River Delta Unified School District.-Academics:In 2009 Delta High was listed as a California Distinguished School...

, Forest Lake Christian, Foresthill

Foresthill High School

Foresthill High School is a high school in Foresthill, Placer County, California and is part of the Placer Union High School District, which is composed of five other high schools.-Academic standing:...

, Sacramento Waldorf School

Sacramento Waldorf School

Established in 1959, the Sacramento Waldorf School is an American private school offering programs from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade. It is fully accredited by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges and the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.Sacramento Waldorf School...

, Victory Christian, Woodland Christian

• SIERRA DELTA LEAGUE (SDL)

Bradshaw Christian, Encina, Golden Sierra, Highlands, Rio Vista, San Juan, Vacaville Christian

• SOUTHERN LEAGUE (SL)

Delhi, Denair, Gustine, LeGrand, Mariposa, Ripon Christian, Turlock Christian, Waterford

DIVISION VII (4 Leagues)

• CENTRAL CALIFORNIA ATHLETIC ALLIANCE (CCAA)

Big Valley Christian, Brookside Christian, Elliot Christian, Millennium, ROP (boys only), Stone Ridge Christian

• MOUNTAIN VALLEY LEAGUE (MVL)

Delta Charter, Don Pedro, Lodi Academy, Mountain Oaks, Stockton Christian, Tioga, Venture Academy

• NORTHERN PACIFIC ATHLETIC CONFERENCE (NPAC)

Auburn Christian, Freedom Christian, Global Youth Charter, New Life Christian, North Hills Christian, Trinity Prep.

• SACRAMENTO METROPOLITAN ATHLETIC LEAGUE (SMAL)

Buckingham Charter, Faith Christian, Lutheran, Sacramento Adventist, Sacramento Country Day, Valley Christian, Wilton Christian

DIVISION VII (Football only)

• SMAL

Cristo Rey, Delta, Foresthill, North Hills Christian, Valley Christian, Woodland Christian

• CCAA

Big Valley Christian, Brookside Christian, Elliot Christian, Millennium, ROP/Sierra Ridge, Stone Ridge Christian

Section Championships

The following is a list of the top-10 schools in the section in order of team championships won:

1. Davis
   Davis Senior High School
   Davis Senior High School is one of four high schools located in Davis, California, in the United States. DHS is a WASC accredited, 3-year, public comprehensive high school covering grades 10-12. The campus opened its current location in 1961. Enrollment for school year 2004-2005 was 1,831 students...
   
    (109)
2. Jesuit
   Jesuit High School of Sacramento
   Jesuit High School of Sacramento is a Catholic high school founded and run by the Society of Jesus. The school enrolls about 1,000 young men from all over the greater Sacramento Valley in California. It is located within the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento.- About :Jesuit High School is a...
   
    (99)
3. St. Francis
   St. Francis High School (Sacramento, California)
   St. Francis High School, established in 1940, is a four-year, all-female college preparatory high school in Sacramento, California, USA. It is one of two Catholic high schools in Sacramento affiliated with the Roman Catholic Diocese of Sacramento, and draws students from over fifty private and...
   
    (77)
4. Rio Americano
   Rio Americano High School
   Rio Americano High School, colloquially known as Rio, is an American public high school in Sacramento, California, serving students in grades 9 through 12 as part of the San Juan Unified School District. Brian T. Ginter is the principal...
   
   (74)
5. Placer (54)
6. Vacaville (53)
7. St. Mary's (51)
8. Ponderosa (50)
9. Central Catholic (47)
10. Del Campo (45)

External links

• Official Site
• Nor Cal Basketball