Gilroy
– California is getting a state high school football
championship.
With Friday’s vote by California Interscholastic Federation
(CIF) representatives and section officials, the state officially
does away with its status as the only one in the country without
such a title game format.
Gilroy – California is getting a state high school football championship.
With Friday’s vote by California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) representatives and section officials, the state officially does away with its status as the only one in the country without such a title game format.
The proposal to hold the first state championship bowl games in 2006 passed, along with nine other measures that were voted on at the CIF State Federated Council meeting in Irvine.
The state football championship bowl game format will pit one section champion from the north against one from the south in each of three divisions, which are determined by enrollment. Guided by computerized rankings, a committee will select the two teams for the bowl games out of the 10 section champions.
CIF officials and section representatives also passed a CIF ban on steroids and a mandatory wrestling weight management program for member schools. Previously, the CIF “recommended” that member schools or districts have their own policies regarding steroids. This proposal officially bans steroids and requires that schools get student–athlete and parental agreement to the ban as well.
One proposal, which concerned the ejection policy for CIF state championships, was tabled and a vote was rescheduled for October.
