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17-1248: The Serra League was a high school athletic league in California. It was a member of the CIF Southern Section . In 2013 MaxPreps named the Serra League the second toughest football league in the state after the Trinity League . Members [ edit ] School Nickname City Notre Dame High School Knights Sherman Oaks Bishop Alemany High School Warriors Mission Hills Bishop Amat Memorial High School Lancers La Puente Loyola High School Cubs Los Angeles Crespi Carmelite High School Celts Encino References [ edit ] ^ "Top 10 toughest high school football leagues in California" . 9 October 2013 . Retrieved August 20, 2014 . Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Serra_League&oldid=1173476466 " Category : CIF Southern Section leagues CIF Southern Section Founded in 1913,

34-407: A variety of sports such as baseball, volleyball, football, water polo, basketball, cross country, soccer, track and field, tennis, and others. A new athletic director, Anthony Chan, was hired in 2019. The football field at South Pasadena High School is known today as Ray Solari Stadium in honor of the former football head coach, where South Pasadena High's football team plays their home games. It

51-535: Is "Scholarship, Leadership, Strength, and Fair Play." The school colors are orange and black, and the mascot is a tiger. SPHS opened in 1906 after South Pasadena city officials approved a measure to construct a public high school in 1904. Until 1955, South Pasadena High School was known as South Pasadena-San Marino High School and served both cities. In 1954, the city of San Marino chose to withdraw from SPHS and to established San Marino Unified School District , along with San Marino High School The school offers

68-522: Is a non-profit corporation organized to direct and control both boys and girls athletics in the secondary schools within the Section. The Southern Section is administered on a day-to-day basis by the Commissioner, five Assistant Commissioners, a chief Financial Officer, a Marketing Manager and a staff of eight support personnel. The Southern Section is not only the oldest, but the largest of 10 such sections in

85-479: Is also used for boys and girls' soccer teams and for track and field meets as well as for graduation ceremonies. The school was one of the first to work with the Children's Hospital Los Angeles and the mobile Sports Analysis Lab, to help demonstrate how data is collected, evaluated, and assessed to study athletes biomechanics . In 2019 the school was recognized due to its U.S. News & World Report ranking. It

102-541: The South Pasadena Unified School District . Established in 1905, it is the only public high school in South Pasadena. The campus is on the west side of the city on Fremont Avenue. The school contains several main academic buildings, a performing arts auditorium, a swimming pool, two sets of tennis courts, two indoor gymnasiums, a 400-m outdoor track, and three athletic fields. The school's motto

119-557: The CIF Southern Section includes over 560 member public and private high schools and is by far the largest CIF section. Three of the ten CIF sections are individual current or former public school districts (Los Angeles, San Francisco and Oakland). The Southern Section's membership includes all private schools located within the service area of the LAUSD, which includes almost all of the city of Los Angeles plus some adjacent areas outside

136-654: The Section office built and moved into its third home and second devoted strictly to the CIF-SS day-to-day operations. That space was located next to Gahr High School on Artesia Blvd. in the city of Cerritos. That remained the home base of the section until October 2003 when the ever-expanding membership required a larger facility. Thus, the new and current administrative home became the Pine Street location in Los Alamitos. The California Interscholastic Federation, Southern Section,

153-534: The Southern Section has a varied history. At the outset, basements, surplus school rooms and even the homes of secretaries served as the official office. South Pasadena High School graciously permitted the use of one of its rooms during the 1930s, with Oneonta School and South Pasadena High School serving as the home office from 1942 until 1949. There was a period of time the office was in the home of Commissioner Seth Van Patten. Still without an official office,

170-475: The Southern Section lists just 10 Commissioners (the term Secretary dropped) with William Russell holding the post from 1951 to 1954, J. Kenneth Fagans being the administrative head from 1954 until his retirement in early 1975, Thomas E. Byrnes accepting the Commissioner's post in 1975, while Ray Plutko served from 1980 to 1986. Stan Thomas served as Commissioner from July, 1986 to October, 1993 when Dean Crowley

187-725: The Southern Section moved its supplies to Helms Hall, a bakery in Culver City in 1949 and remained at the Venice Blvd. site until 1959. It was in February of that year that the Southern Section built its first ever administration office, located on the corners of Carmona and West Washington in Los Angeles. As membership grew and the Sections’ population center moved, so did the CIF-SS office. In 1965,

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204-653: The city limits. If the CIF Southern Section were a state association, it would be the 10th largest in the United States. For its first year of operation, the organization was called the Southern California Interscholastic Athletic Council (SCIAC). That acronym was taken over by the Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conference in 1915 after the Southern Section name was established. CIF

221-402: The section. The Southern Section was the outgrowth of a track and field meet. The Southern Section was founded on March 29, 1913, when a group of high school officials joined forces to conduct a track championship meet. Seth F. Van Patten, who served as Track Manager for the Southern Section in 1913 and is recognized as the founding father of the CIF-SS, served in that post until 1928 when he

238-571: The state—its membership has grown from an original 30 schools to over 560+ schools and from 5 leagues to almost 90 leagues. CIF-SS sponsors the following sports: Source South Pasadena High School South Pasadena High School ( SPHS or " South Pas ") is the one public high school serving grades 9–12 in the city of South Pasadena, California . With the South Pasadena Middle School and three elementary schools (Arroyo Vista, Marengo, and Monterey Hills) it makes up

255-460: Was appointed Acting Commissioner and was Commissioner of Athletics from July, 1994 until his retirement in September, 1999. James Staunton Ed.D., served as Commissioner from September 1, 1999, until his retirement on July 31, 2011. Rob Wigod began his service as Commissioner on August 1, 2011, after having served as Assistant Commissioner for 11 years, before retiring on August 1, 2023. The “home” of

272-702: Was officially formed in 1914 and became statewide in 1917. The service area was larger, encompassing what is now the CIF Los Angeles City Section, which broke off in 1935, and the CIF San Diego Section which broke off in 1960. Imperial County was once part of the section as well, but broke off in 2000 to join the San Diego Section. At various points in time, schools in Arizona , Nevada , and Tijuana , Baja California , Mexico , were part of

289-422: Was officially named Secretary of the organization. He served as Commissioner until his retirement in 1951. On March 28, 1914, the Southern Section came under the administrative wing of the newly founded California Interscholastic Federation, and has since grown into one of the most progressive and respected organizations of its kind in the world. CIF-SS archives date back over 100 years! Despite its lengthy history,

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