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CIF-SS Re-Evaluating Section Playoff
Divisions & Enrollment Levels--(Aug. 27, 2001)

We've been hearing for some time that the Southern Section of the CIF was going to re-evaluate how playoff divisions were organized. Last year, if you'll recall, in order to promote more competitive equity among the schools, Division I was broken up into three subdivisions (AAA, AA, and A), a departure from the usual configuration which has prevailed for more than a decade of just two subdivisions (AA and A). Of course the change from two divisions to three also had the unwelcome consequence that one of the three section champions had to be excluded from the State Championship playoffs, because the Southern Section gets to send only two entrants from each division, and thus a coin flip eliminated one team this year from further post season play, hardly an equitable result. Of course this change also followed on the heels of another change which was made two years ago to eliminate one whole subdivision, merging IIIAA and A in to just an overall Division III because unlike Division I, there just weren't enough teams to make up two competitive playoff brackets.

And anyone who followed the playoffs this year (and for the prior few years) could also see that other changes were necessary to restore some balance. Division V, which was divided into AA and A, was even bigger than Division I, which then begged the question, if splitting D-I into three divisions was unfair, what made anyone think the result was going to be any better splitting up D-V into three divisions? And what about Division IV, an entire division where there weren't enough teams in either subdivision (A or AA) to come up with more than an 8 team playoff bracket, which just seemed silly when compared to the 64 team brackets in V-AA and A.

So, over the past 6 months there's been a lot of talk about reconfiguring the divisions. Jack Pollon, who works on the SCIBCA Executive Council has been privy to some interesting information and he posted some of it recently on the message board. Apparently, the Southern Section basketball powers that be have been talking to the State CIF folks, and there's a general consensus (at least according to Jack) that the local sections can have different enrollment cutoff configurations for their own section championships than those established for the State Championship playoffs. In other words, the Southern Section can assign completely different enrollment cutoffs, and move up schools into a higher division for purposes of sectional playoffs. Jack posted some of the enrollment numbers that are being discussed, and while we haven't given any real thought to the level of enrollment figures themselves (i.e., are they in the right places for each division), we have had a little fun trying to figure out whether these enrollment figures would produce playoff divisions which would be competitive. And for the most part, they're not bad.....not bad at all.

We thought it would be kind of fun to see what things would look like if the CIF-SS actually uses the numbers that Jack has posted on the message boards. What we've done is to take the tentative numbers that Jack posted and we've applied them to all of the schools using last year's enrollment figures which were used to assign playoff divisions last season. This is a huge caveat: Sometimes enrollment figures from the prior season are used by the CIF in determining which division a school will play in, and sometimes current year's numbers from the current season are applied. We don't know what the CIF is going to do this season, but assuming enrollments don't fluctuate one way or the other (up or down) too drastically, the divisions ought to look something like those set out below.

Remember, these are "just for fun" or "what-if" numbers and do not represent something the CIF will or won't implement. These are not official enrollment figures (heck, most schools haven't even started yet, so no one knows what the enrollments will really be), and these are most definitely not confirmed playoff division enrollment cutoffs. But we've heard that the cutoffs are what many in a position to make them happen believe ought to be used.

So, here's what the playoff enrollments might look like if this gets implemented (note: we've organized the schools alphabetically, so they're easier to find within a particular level of enrollment).

Division I AA and A

Division II AA and A

Division III AA and A

Division IV AA and A

Division V AA and A

I-AA 2068 & up		I-A 1700-2067
Alhambra	2355	Aliso Niguel	2020
Alta Loma	2181	Bell Gardens	2031
Arcadia	2617	Cajon	1749
Arroyo Grande	2161	Camarillo	1925
Ayala	2700	Canyon Springs	2062
Capistrano Valley	2145	Century	1981
Chaffey	2455	Channel Islands	2067
Dana Hills	2130	Chino	1953
Diamond Bar	2179	Coachella Valley	1937
Downey	2130	Colton	1948
Eisenhower	2329	Crescenta Valley	1780
El Rancho	2188	Don Lugo	1765
Esperanza	2194	Edison	1700
Etiwanda	2294	El Toro	1907
Fontana	2955	Glendora	1857
Fountain Valley	2092	Hart	1793
Glendale	2619	Hueneme	1818
Hawthorne	2290	Indio	1833
Highland	2166	Irvine	1761
Hoover	2189	Jurupa Valley	1857
Jordan	2811	Loyola	1720
Lakewoood	2977	Marina	1735
Leuzinger	2577	Mission Viejo	1735
Littlerock	2068	Montclair	2014
Los Alamitos	2167	Montebello	1972
Lynwood	2816	Moreno Valley	1911
Miller, AB	2606	Murrieta Valley	1955
Millikan	3041	Nogales	1754
Oxnard	2210	North, JW	1708
Paramount	2807	Ontario	2060
Peninsula	2206	Palmdale	1840
Poly--Long Beach	3441	Poly--Riverside	1700
Rancho Cucamonga	2112	Quartz Hills	1885
Redlands East Valley	2205	Rancho Verde	1749
Rialto	2259	Redlands	1937
Saddleback	2092	Righetti	1908
Santa Ana	2239	Rowland	1952
Santa Maria	2332	Royal	1765
Santa Monica	2275	San Clemente	1855
Upland	2458	San Gabriel	1908
Valley View	2072	San Gorgonio	1730
Wilson--Long Beach	2310	Santa Ana Valley	1837
		Santiago--Corona	2051
		Schurr	1995
		Silverado	1853
		Temecula Valley	1992
		Thousand Oaks	1767
		University	1722
		Walnut	1746
		Warren	1968
		West Covina	1713
		Westminster	1905
		Yucaipa	1955

II-AA 1526-1699		II-A 1350-1525

Anaheim	1659	Agoura	1414
Antelope Valley	1605	Arroyo	1522
Arlington	1646	Baldwin Park	1516
Beverly Hills	1556	Bellflower	1474
Buena	1601	Brea Olinda	1361
California	1636	Burbank	1490
Canyon--Anaheim	1532	Burroughs (Burbank)	1363
Canyon-CC	1687	Cathedral City	1467
Centennial--Corona	1542	Chaparral	1402
Cerritos	1679	Cypress	1474
Claremont	1675	Dominguez	1472
Corona	1668	Dos Pueblos	1352
Damian	1532	El Dorado	1511
Foothill	1549	El Modena	1412
Huntington Beach	1688	El Monte	1376
Katella	1597	Elsinore	1435
La Mirada	1579	Gahr	1423
Lancaster	1580	Garden Grove	1419
Loara	1590	Garey	1479
Mark Keppel	1608	Hemet	1459
Mira Costa	1575	Inglewood	1487
Orange	1575	Kennedy	1494
Pacific	1673	La Quinta--La Quinta	1478
Palm Springs	1530	La Serna	1478
Rio Mesa	1600	La Sierra	1509
Rubidoux	1626	Laguna Hills	1423
Santa Fe	1604	Los Altos	1352
Saugus	1663	Los Amigos	1466
Simi Valley	1610	Mater Dei	1515
St. John Bosco	1578	Moorpark	1447
Sultana	1592	Newport Harbor	1520
Sunny Hills	1572	Norco	1484
Temescal Canyon	1533	Norte Vista	1485
Trabuco Hills	1670	North Torrance	1475
Troy	1637	Paloma Valley	1374
Ventura	1699	Pasadena	1395
Villa Park	1599	Paso Robles	1449
Woodbridge	1667	Perris	1500
		Ramona	1498
		Rim of the World	1375
		San Marcos	1462
		Santa Barbara	1454
		Santa Margarita	1499
		Santiago--Garden Grove	1367
		Savanna	1452
		Sonora	1427
		South Torrance	1416
		Torrance	1475
		Tustin	1363
		Valencia--Placentia	1416
		Valencia--Valencia	1370
		Victor Valley	1467
		West Torrance	1405
		West Valley	1518
		West Valley	1418
		Westlake	1495
		Whittier	1364

III-AA 1087-1349		III-A 701-1086

Apple Valley	1276	Alemany	1080
Artesia	1330	Azusa	1031
Atascadero	1270	Banning	853
Barstow	1153	Bassett	994
Bishop Amat	1197	Bishop Montgomery	946
Bloomington	1272	Blair	852
Bolsa Grande	1205	Burroughs-Ridgecrest	1077
Bonita	1213	Cabrillo-Lompoc	915
Buena Park	1253	Cathedral	728
Cabrillo--Long Beach	1172	Centennial--Compton	1032
Calabasas	1267	Chaminade	785
Charter Oak	1322	Corona del Mar	843
Compton	1255	Costa Mesa	893
Culver City	1207	Covina	1039
Diamond Ranch	1179	Estancia	818
Don Bosco	1138	Fillmore	749
Fullerton	1255	Gabrielino	1075
Glenn	1177	Ganesha	986
Granite Hills	1247	Gladstone	968
Hesperia	1233	Harvard-Westlake	809
Kaiser (10-11 only)	1194	Immaculate Heart*	772
La Habra	1302	King, ML (10-11 only)	858
La Puente	1231	La Canada	1019
La Quinta--Westminster	1124	Marshall	739
Lompoc	1190	Morningside	926
Magnolia	1224	Morro Bay	741
Mayfair	1232	Nordhoff	911
Monrovia	1207	Northview	816
Mountain View	1264	Northwood (10-11)	723
Muir	1125	Notre Dame--Sherman Oaks	834
Newbury Park	1239	Pomona	1065
Norwalk	1336	San Dimas	970
Ocean View	1140	San Jacinto	819
Pacifica	1252	San Marino	861
Palm Desert	1274	Santa Paula	1031
Pioneer	1150	Santa Ynez	791
Rancho Alamitos	1211	South El Monte	966
Redondo	1323	South Pasadena	1018
Rosemead	1313	St. Francis	888
San Luis Obispo	1256	Yucca Valley	865
Serrano	1322
Servite	1140
Sierra Vista	1296
South Hills	1170
Temple City	1265
Western	1168
Wilson--Hacienda Heights	1296
Workman	1102

IV-AA 356-700		IV-A 176-355

Beaumont	619	AGBU	180
Big Bear	677	Aquinas	224
Bishop Union	546	Arrowhead Christian Academy	243
Calvary Chapel--Santa Ana	483	Bell-Jeff	256
Carpenteria	551	Bishop Diego	255
Crespi	680	Brentwood	332
Crossroads	359	Brethren Christian	224
Desert Hot Springs (10-11)	555	Buckley	195
Duarte	689	Calvary Chapel Downey	249
El Segundo	696	Calvary Chapel Murietta	254
Kern Valley	508	Campbell Hall	253
LA Baptist	396	Cantwell/Sacred Heart	326
La Salle	558	Capistrano Valley Christian	202
Laguna Beach	597	Cate	209
Loma Linda Academy	439	Chadwick	216
Lutheran/Orange	507	CSDR	188
Malibu	427	Desert	271
Maranatha	365	Desert Christian--Lancaster	308
Mojave	399	Fairmont	208
Murphy	534	Flintridge Prep	289
Notre Dame--Riverside	426	Frazier Mountain	308
Oak Park	615	Glendale Adventist	183
Paraclete	526	Hamilton	195
Providence	404	Le Lycee	218
Rosamond	540	Los Pinos	250
Salesian	492	Lucerne Valley	220
Silver Valley	395	Mammoth	250
St. Bernard	481	Mary Star of the Sea	326
St. Bonaventure	525	Milken Community	326
St. Joseph--Santa Maria	457	Montclair Prep	235
St. Monica	421	Oakwood	223
St. Paul	664	Ontario Christian	272
Twentynine Palms	574	*Oxford Academy (grade 10 only)**	180
Valley Christian-Cerritos	543	Poly--Pasadena	260
Village Christian	440	San Gabriel Academy	186
Whitney	507	Santa Clara	182
Whittier Christian	372	Serra	243
		Shalhevet	240
		Sherman Indian	228
		St. Anthony	248
		St. Genevieve	277
		St. Margaret's	232
		Thacher	183
		Vasquez	338
		Verbum Dei	282
		Villanova Prep	185
		Webb	280
		Western Christian	288
		Windward	199
		Woodcrest Christian	231
		Yeshiva	252

V-AA 66-175		V-A 0-65

Academy of Academic Excellence	126	Acaciawood Prep	40
Apple Valley Christian	82	Ambassador Christian	64
Arshag Dickranian	68	Antelope Valley Christian	53
Avalon	153	Baker Valley	32
Bethel Christian--Riverside	90	Baptist Christian--Hemet	64
Bloomington Christian	142	Bethel Christian--Lancaster	50
Boron	158	Big Pine	54
Boys' Republic	161	Bridges Academy	42
Cal Lutheran	81	Calvary Baptist	27
Desert Christian--Bermuda Dunes	88	Calvary Chapel-- Moreno Valley	39
Dunn	126	Calvary Chapel--Redlands	62
Eastside Christian	88	CEDU	48
Faith Baptist	141	Christian Center Academy	60
First Lutheran	81	Coastal Christian	27
Grace Brethren	117	Cornerstone Christian	43
Happy Valley	73	Cornerstone Christian--Camarillo	60
Hesperia Christian	82	Coutin	57
Hillcrest Christian (Gr. Hills)	104	Cuyama Valley	66
Holy Martyrs	137	Death Valley Academy	16
Kilpatrick	128	Delphi Academy	46
La Sierra Academy	145	Desert Chapel	22
Laguna Blanca	95	Highland Hall	62
Linfield	128	Hillcrest Christian--Thousand Oaks	56
Lone Pine	112	Immanuel Christian	42
Lutheran--La Verne	104	Joshua Springs	65
Lutheran--Los Angeles	119	Lake Arrowhead Christian	31
Maricopa	82	Liberty Christian	65
Masada	78	Light and Life Christian	24
Mesa Grande	80	Lighthouse	26
New Roads	101	Mesrobian	58
Newbury Park Adventist	75	Midland	57
Ojai Valley	81	Netan Eli	24
Oxford	124	Noli Indian Schoool	41
Pacific Hills	121	North County Christian	66
Pilgrim	74	Oak Grove	29
Pilibos	128	*Oaks Christian (grade 10 only)**	59
Ribet Academy	137	Orangewoood Academy	52
Riverside Christian	115	Owens Valley	28
Rolling Hills Prep	94	Pacific Christian	41
*Sage Hill (grade 10 only)**	75	Palm Valley	45
Santa Clarita Christian	92	Pioneer Baptist	36
South Bay Lutheran	107	Price	42
Southlands Christian	67	Renaissance Academy	26
Southwestern Academy	77	Rio Hondo Prep	53
St. Michael's Prep	100	Saddleback Valley Christian	41
Tarbut V' Torah	78	San Fernando Academy	41
Trona	78	Shandon	66
Twin Pines	100	Skyward Christian	26
Upland Christian	91	South Bay	24
Valley Christian --Santa Maria	82	Stoneridge Prep	39
Valley Torah	175	Summit View	15
Ventura County Christian	72	Trinity Lutheran	51
Victor Valley Christian	84	Waverly	27
Viewpoint	176	Weaver, Jack	62
Whitewater	150	West Los Angeles Baptist	52
		West Valley Christian	48
		Westmark	62
		Westview	52
		Wilson Creek	20
		Zinsmeyer Academy	33