A fan sits in the stands during the first half of a boys basketball CIF State Division II championship game between San Joaquin Memorial and Pacifica Christian at the Golden 1 Center in Sacramento on Saturday, March 11, 2023.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/03/11/pacifica-christians-loss-in-cif-state-boys-basketball-division-ii-final-a-painful-end-to-its-season/

Any questions about Etiwanda looking too far ahead were answered during the opening minutes of Saturday’s CIF Southern Section Open Division pool-play game against Mater Dei.

Source: https://www.ocregister.com/2023/02/18/etiwanda-girls-basketball-team-pulls-away-from-mater-dei-stamps-ticket-to-open-division-championship-game/

A total of 39 area wrestlers qualified to compete in the 3-day CIF State Championships at Mechanics Bank Arena that starts Thursday and run through Saturday night.

Source: https://www.bakersfield.com/sports/estrada-monteiro-murillo-won-masters-titles-bhs-frontier-south-finish-in-top-10/article_8c9f61f4-aff2-11ed-bb3e-cb905820d1bd.html

Birmingham Charter celebrates teammate Ernesto Martinez scoring on a hit by Edgar Leon during a CIF LA City Section Open Division baseball championship game at Dodger Stadium.

Source: https://www.latimes.com/sports/highschool/story/2023-06-25/ultimate-2022-23-southern-california-high-school-sports-playlist

Buena Park’s Alana White (33), left, battles for the ball agains Ralto’s Yamileth Perez (33) during the CIF Southern Section Championships in Huntington Beach on Saturday, February 25, 2023.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/02/25/rialto-slips-past-buena-park-in-final-minute-to-win-cif-division-4aa-girls-basketball-title/

Calabasas head coach Thomas Cassidy talks with pitcher Jordan Kingston during their CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoff game against Norco, Friday, May 5, 2023, at Calabasas.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/05/baseball-roundup-calabasas-scores-nine-unanswered-in-comeback-win-over-norco/

Calabasas went on to score nine consecutive runs, including seven runs in the fifth inning, and cruised to a 9-3 victory at home in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/05/05/baseball-roundup-calabasas-scores-nine-unanswered-in-comeback-win-over-norco/

Carson’s Jerry Misaalefua (4) runs the ball as teammate Patrice Maxey (52) blocks Birmingham’s Mayor Morales (9) during a CIF Los Angeles City semifinals playoff game at Birmingham High School Friday, November 17, 2023.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/12/22/daily-breeze-all-area-football-carsons-jerry-misaalefua-is-the-player-of-the-year/

Cody, who captured the CIF State individual championship at 195 pounds in 2022, decided to finish his high school career at Gilroy this season.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/12/15/cif-state-runner-up-wrestler-coby-merrill-close-to-making-his-debut-for-north-high/

Connected with that effort was an outfit called the Free China Relief Service, which supplied Chinese-language schools in CIF settlements with textbooks and other learning aids from Taiwan.

Source: https://www.irrawaddy.com/opinion/guest-column/what-a-new-thai-government-could-mean-for-myanmar.html

Dejected Banning players and coaches walk off the field following a 23-13 loss to Woodland Christian in the CIF State Div. 5-A championship game on Saturday, Dec. 9, 2023, at El Camino College in Torrance.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/12/09/banning-footballs-special-season-ends-with-loss-to-woodland-christian-in-cif-state-championship/

DePerno delivered in a big way from the plate last week, going 3 for 4 with two home runs and five RBIs in West Ranch’s 6-5 win over Royal in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 2 playoffs.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/05/16/west-ranchs-ty-deperno-voted-southern-california-boys-athlete-of-the-week/

Divinity ran a personal-best time of 42.86 seconds to win the 300-meter hurdles race at the CIF Southern Section Masters Meet.

Source: https://www.dailybreeze.com/2023/05/23/daily-breeze-girls-athlete-of-the-week-lela-divinity-redondo/

Eight local initiatives have successfully applied so far this year, adding to the 27 projects awarded Community Investment Funding (CIF) in 2022, with many of the projects now coming to fruition.

Source: https://www.nwemail.co.uk/news/23625565.south-copeland-community-projects-awarded-gdf-funding/?ref=rss

El Segundo swimmers celebrate after winning the Boys Division 2, CIF Southern Section swimming championship at Riverside City College in Riverside on Friday, May.

Source: https://www.pressenterprise.com/2023/05/05/riverside-polys-ava-deanda-among-the-big-winners-at-cif-southern-section-swimming-finals/

Harvard-Westlake guard Trent Perry gets treated for an injured shoulder sustained during the second half of a CIF State Open Division basketball regional championship game against Centennial at Centennial High School in Corona, on Tuesday, March 7, 2023.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/03/07/harvard-westlake-boys-basketball-team-routs-centennial-to-reach-cif-state-open-division-title-game/

Head coach Matt Sargeant talks to his team after defeating Granada 67-58 during a boys basketball CIF State Division I championship game at the Golden 1 Center.

Source: https://www.dailynews.com/2023/03/10/notre-dame-basketball-wins-first-cif-state-crown-thanks-to-caleb-fosters-record-setting-performance/

Improvements are needed, including pool repairs, but consider remodeling to become CIF compliant, which only requires an additional 5 meters.

Source: https://www.lagunabeachindy.com/letter-lbusd-facilities-improvement-plan-lacks-foresight/

“I told the guys that the only way to win a CIF championship is to beat some great teams,” he said.

Source: https://easyreadernews.com/all-ball-costa-boys-redondo-girls-reeled-in-after-strong-postseason-showing/

Jon Moore, who has coached at Torrey Pines High for nearly three decades, recently became the third person in CIF San Diego Section history to notch 500 wins as a softball coach.

Source: https://thecoastnews.com/torrey-pines-high-school-coach-jon-moore-soaking-it-all-up/