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| Abbreviation | CIF-NCS |
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| Type | NPO |
| Legal status | Association |
| Purpose | Athletic |
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Region served | Northern California coastal counties, East Bay region |
| Affiliations | California Interscholastic Federation |
TheNorth Coast Section (NCS) is a part of theCalifornia Interscholastic Federation, governing theeastern portion of theSan Francisco Bay Area, up along the northern coast of the state ofCalifornia, fromFremont in the south toCrescent City in the north. It also governs the private schools in the city ofOakland. Due to this split in regions, the section is split in two for some championships, includingfootball.
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 155 full member schools, assigned to leagues or conferences according to NCS Alignment and Classification Bylaws developed by the schools. In addition, currently 20 schools have affiliated with the league to play as independents without the benefit of a league to guarantee opponents.
Competition is broken down into a system of conferences and leagues which seek to organize schools first by size/competitiveness, and then by geographic proximity.[1]
The section employs 5 different classes,4A,3A,2A,A, andB. Depending on the sport, the "classes" may be represented by Divisions: I, II, III, IV, V, & VI, with DI being the largest schools, and DVI being the smallest. Some sports, including football, split the 3A and 2A sections intoEast Bay, for most of the Section's Bay Area schools, andRedwood Empire, for schools fromMarin County north to the Oregon border. The section has championships inbadminton,baseball,basketball,cross country,football,golf,lacrosse,soccer,softball,swimming anddiving,tennis,track and field,volleyball,water polo, andwrestling.
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