New 2017 Los Angeles City Section High School Football Alignment Announced
Written by Ryan Wright
Twitter: @RyanWrightRNG
On Wednesday, the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) announced the new alignments for five divisions within the Los Angeles area. The big change puts the 2016 Division II Championship Game contenders, Los Angeles High School and Hawkins, into Division I to face stalwarts like Narbonne and Dorsey making a crowded bracket even more competitive.
Hawkins posted a 13-1 season in 2016 with Los Angeles going 11-4 meeting in the CIFLACS with the Hawks taking home the hardware after winning 36-6. Hawkins was so bullish in 2016, they even took out Dorsey 24-21 and even gave Mater Dei, the end of season No. 3 ranked MaxPreps team in the nation, a run before falling 51-42.
In the Division I ranks, the Dons finished their season 11-3 squaring off against Narbonne in the title game. The Gauchos proved to be one of California’s best running a record of 14-1 with their 42-34 win over the Dons before losing 35-28 in the CIF State Football Championship to Cathedral Catholic (San Diego).
Other Division II playoff teams from 2016 to make the jump up includes Canoga Park, Grant, Fairfax, and Westchester. Now all that talent is focused in the Division I arena entering the 2017 season. The Division II ranks are not depleted of talent with 2016 playoff teams like Cleveland and Chatsworth still there to slug it out with the best of the best.
Division I
Arleta
Banning
Birmingham
Canoga Park
Carson
Crenshaw
Dorsey
El Camino Real
Fairfax
Garfield
Grant
Hamilton
Hawkins
Jefferson
Los Angeles
Narbonne
Palisades
San Fernando
San Pedro
South Gate
Sylmar
Taft
Venice
Westchester
Division II
Bell
Belmont
Chavez
Cleveland
Chatsworth
Eagle Rock
Franklin
Gardena
Granada Hills
Hollywood
Huntington Park
Lincoln
Manual Arts
Reseda
Roosevelt
South East
University
View Park
Washington
West Adams
Division III
Angelou
Bernstein
Contreras
Dymally
Freemont
John F. Kennedy
Jordan
Legacy
Locke
Marquez
Marshall
Mendez
Monroe
New Designs Watts
North Hills
Panorama
Polytechnic
Rancho Dominguez
Rivera
Roybal
Santee
Sotomayor
Torres
Van Nuys
Verdugo Hills
Wilson
Valley League
Discovery
East Valley
Fulton
N.V. Military
SOCES
Sun Valley
8-Man Football
Animo J. Robinson
Animo Watts
Bright Star
New Design University
Photo credit: CIF; CIF logo.