Peninsula Athletic League

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Peninsula Athletic League
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PAL office
PAL office (Northern California)
Named after San Francisco Peninsula
Formation1996;24 years ago (1996) [1]
Merger ofNorth Peninsula League (1996) [1]
HeadquartersSan Mateo County Office of Education
Location
  • 101 Twin Dolphin Drive
    Redwood City, CA 94065
Coordinates 37°31′33″N122°15′47″W / 37.5258°N 122.2631°W / 37.5258; -122.2631 Coordinates: 37°31′33″N122°15′47″W / 37.5258°N 122.2631°W / 37.5258; -122.2631
Commissioner
Terry Stogner [1]
Parent organization
 CIF Central Coast Section
Website www.smcoe.org/about/peninsula-athletic-league/

Peninsula Athletic League (PAL) is a high school athletic conference in California, part of the CIF Central Coast Section of the California Interscholastic Federation. [2] It comprises 17 high schools generally around San Mateo County, California. There are also nine smaller schools, designated supplemental members, of which four are located in Santa Clara County. The seventeen sports offered are divided into different divisions depending on the strength of the school's program.

Contents

Sports

PAL offers contests in seventeen sports throughout the year during three seasons. Some schools do not participate in all sports.

Peninsula Athletic League Sports [lower-alpha 1] [3] [4]
Season
FallWinterSpring
Cross Country (XC)Basketball (BB)Badminton (BD) [lower-alpha 2]
Football (FB) [lower-alpha 3] Soccer (FS) [lower-alpha 4] Baseball (BS) [lower-alpha 5]
Golf for Girls (GOg) [lower-alpha 6] Wrestling (WR) [lower-alpha 7] Golf for Boys (GOb) [lower-alpha 8]
Tennis for Girls (TNg) [lower-alpha 9]  Lacrosse (LC) [lower-alpha 10]
Volleyball for Girls (VBg) [lower-alpha 11] Softball (SB) [lower-alpha 3]
Water Polo (WP) [lower-alpha 12] Swimming (SW) [lower-alpha 5]
 Tennis for Boys (TNb) [lower-alpha 13]
Track and Field (TF)
Volleyball for Boys (VBb) [lower-alpha 14]
Notes
  1. ↑ Availability of sports at different schools is taken from 2016-17 Commissioner's Cup results
  2. ↑ Not offered at Half Moon Bay or Oceana
  3. 1 2 Not offered at Oceana or Westmoor
  4. ↑ Not offered for boys at Oceana
  5. 1 2 Not offered at Oceana
  6. ↑ Not offered at Capuchino, Carlmont, Half Moon Bay, Jefferson, Oceana, Terra Nova, Westmoor, or Woodside
  7. ↑ Not offered at Carlmont, Hillsdale, Oceana, or Westmoor
  8. ↑ Not offered at Jefferson, Oceana, or Westmoor
  9. ↑ Not offered at Jefferson
  10. ↑ Boys. Not offered at Capuchino, El Camino, Half Moon Bay, Hillsdale, Jefferson, Mills, Oceana, San Mateo, South San Francisco, Terra Nova, Westmoor
  11. ↑ Not offered for girls at Oceana
  12. ↑ Not offered at El Camino, Jefferson, Oceana, South San Francisco, or Westmoor
  13. ↑ Not offered at Jefferson, South San Francisco, or Terra Nova
  14. ↑ Not offered for boys at Burlingame, El Camino, Half Moon Bay, Jefferson, Oceana, Sequoia, Terra Nova, Westmoor, Woodside

Members

Basic members

The seventeen basic member schools in the Peninsula Athletic League are drawn from five public school districts: Cabrillo Unified School District (serving Half Moon Bay and the ocean coast of the San Francisco Peninsula), Jefferson Union (serving Brisbane, Colma, Daly City, and Pacifica), San Mateo Union (serving Burlingame, Millbrae, San Bruno, and San Mateo), Sequoia Union (serving Atherton, Belmont, East Palo Alto, Ladera, San Carlos, Menlo Park, Portola Valley, Redwood City, and Woodside), and the South San Francisco Unified School District (serving South San Francisco and portions of Daly City and San Bruno).

Peninsula Athletic League Basic Member Schools [5] [6]
SchoolCityDistrictSport and Division [lower-alpha 1]
XC [lower-alpha 2] FB [lower-alpha 3] GO [lower-alpha 4] TN [lower-alpha 5] VB [lower-alpha 6] WP [lower-alpha 7] BB [lower-alpha 8] FS [lower-alpha 9] WR [lower-alpha 10] BD [lower-alpha 11] BS [lower-alpha 12] LC [lower-alpha 13] SB [lower-alpha 14] SW [lower-alpha 15] TF [lower-alpha 16]
Aragon San Mateo SMUHSD YBBBBBg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] SBOBOOBBB
Burlingame Burlingame SMUHSD YBBBBg [lower-alpha 18] BSBBBBOBBB
Capuchino San Bruno SMUHSD YLOOOOSBg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] BOB—BOO
Carlmont Belmont SUHSD YLBb [lower-alpha 19] BBBSB—BBOBBO
El Camino South San Francisco SSFUSD YLOOOg [lower-alpha 20] —NO2BOL—OOL
Half Moon Bay Half Moon Bay CUSD YOOb [lower-alpha 21] Bg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] Bg [lower-alpha 18] Og,Bb [lower-alpha 22] NO1B—O—BOO
Hillsdale San Mateo SMUHSD YBBBBOg,Bb [lower-alpha 22] SBg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] —OB—BBO
Jefferson Daly City JUHSD YL——Og [lower-alpha 20] —NO2—OL—OOL
Menlo-Atherton Atherton SUHSD YBBBBBSBOOOBOBB
Mills Millbrae SMUHSD YLBg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] Og,Bb [lower-alpha 22] Og,Bb [lower-alpha 22] OSO1OBL—OOB
Oceana Pacifica JUHSD Y——O——NO2g [lower-alpha 20] B—————L
San Mateo San Mateo SMUHSD YLBBOOSO1OBO—OBL
Sequoia Redwood City SUHSD YOOOBg [lower-alpha 18] OSO1g,Bb [lower-alpha 22] BBBOBBB
South San Francisco South San Francisco SSFUSD YOOOg [lower-alpha 20] O—NO1g,Bb [lower-alpha 22] OBO—OOL
Terra Nova Pacifica JUHSD YBOb [lower-alpha 21] Og [lower-alpha 20] Bg [lower-alpha 18] ONBg,Ob [lower-alpha 17] BOB—OOO
Westmoor Daly City JUHSD Y——OOg [lower-alpha 20] —NO2g,Bb [lower-alpha 22] —BL——OB
Woodside Woodside SUHSD YOBb [lower-alpha 19] BOg [lower-alpha 20] BSBOOBOBBO
Notes
  1. ↑ PAL has two divisions for most sports based on the strength of the school's program. In descending order of strength, the divisions are Bay (B) and Ocean (O). Some sports include a third, lower division, Lake (L).
  2. ↑ Cross Country is offered for boys and girls at all schools.
  3. ↑ Football
  4. ↑ Golf
  5. ↑ Tennis
  6. ↑ Volleyball. For boys, volleyball only has a single division.
  7. ↑ Water Polo
  8. ↑ Basketball is divided geographically into North (N) and South (S) divisions.
  9. ↑ For girls soccer, the Ocean Division is further subdivided into a first flight (O1) and second flight (O2).
  10. ↑ Wrestling
  11. ↑ Badminton
  12. ↑ Baseball
  13. ↑ Lacrosse
  14. ↑ Softball
  15. ↑ Swimming
  16. ↑ Track & Field
  17. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Bay for girls, Ocean for boys
  18. 1 2 3 4 Bay, offered for girls only
  19. 1 2 Bay, offered for boys only
  20. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ocean, offered for girls only
  21. 1 2 Ocean, offered for boys only
  22. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Ocean for girls, Bay for boys

Supplemental schools

The supplemental schools belong to the West Bay Athletic League. Supplemental members are elected by a two-thirds majority vote of principal basic PAL members and participate less than 50% of total sports offerings from PAL. [3]

Peninsula Athletic League Supplemental Schools [5] [7]
SchoolCitySport and Division [lower-alpha 1]
FB [lower-alpha 2] WP [lower-alpha 3] BD [lower-alpha 4] BS [lower-alpha 5] LC [lower-alpha 6]
Castilleja [lower-alpha 7] Palo Alto —B [lower-alpha 7] ———
Crystal Springs Uplands Hillsborough ——OL—
Harker San Jose ———L—
The King's Academy Sunnyvale O——O—
Mercy HS [lower-alpha 7] Burlingame —O [lower-alpha 7] ———
Menlo School Atherton OB—OB
Notre Dame [lower-alpha 7] Belmont —B [lower-alpha 7] ———
Sacred Heart Prep Atherton B——BB
Woodside Priory Portola Valley —Ob [lower-alpha 8] ———
Notes
  1. ↑ PAL has two divisions for most sports based on the strength of the school's program. In descending order of strength, the divisions are Bay (B) and Ocean (O). Some sports include a third, lower division, Lake (L).
  2. ↑ Football
  3. ↑ Water Polo
  4. ↑ Badminton
  5. ↑ Baseball
  6. ↑ Lacrosse
  7. 1 2 3 4 5 6 All-female student body
  8. ↑ Ocean, offered for boys only

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References

  1. 1 2 3 "Peninsula Athletic League". San Mateo County Office of Education. Redwood City, California. 2019-08-01. Archived from the original on 2019-10-04. Retrieved 2019-10-04.
  2. ↑ "Peninsula Athletic League". San Mateo County Office of Education. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  3. 1 2 "Constitution" (PDF). Peninsula Athletic League. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  4. ↑ "Commissioner's Cup". Peninsula Athletic League. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  5. 1 2 "Peninsula Athletic League Schools". San Mateo County Office of Education. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  6. ↑ "Peninsula Athletic League Standings". San Mateo County Office of Education. 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
  7. ↑ "West Bay Athletic League Schools". West Bay Athletic League. Retrieved 25 August 2017.
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