CIF Central Section

{{Short description|Association of central California high school athletic conferences}}

{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2025}}

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| abbreviation = CIF-CS

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| status = Association

| purpose = Athletic/educational

| headquarters = Fresno, California

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| region_served = San Joaquin Valley
Eastern Sierra
Central Coast of California

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| leader_title = Commissioner Jim Crichlow

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| affiliations = California Interscholastic Federation

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The California Interscholastic Federation—Central Section (CIF-CS) is the governing body of high school athletics in the central and southern portions of the San Joaquin Valley, the Eastern Sierra region, and as of the 2018/9 season, San Luis Obispo County and northern Santa Barbara County on the Central Coast.{{cite web | last=Middlecamp | first=David | title=CIF Central Section votes unanimously to add 13 Central Coast schools | website=San Luis Obispo Tribune | date=24 January 2017 | url=https://www.sanluisobispo.com/sports/high-school/article128543299.html | access-date=18 July 2023}} It is one of ten sections that are comprised by the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). As of the 2020–21 academic year, the Central Section consists of 18 athletic leagues.{{cite web |url=https://www.cifcs.org/information/leagues.pdf |title=California Interscholastic Federation - Central Section Athletics |work=CIF Central Section |accessdate=2021-02-25 }}