CIF Southern Section
The CIF Southern Section (CIF-SS) is the California Interscholastic Federation's Southern Section, the governing body that directs and regulates high school athletics for over 560 public and private member schools in Southern California. One of ten sections of the CIF, it organizes sports competitions and championships across boys' and girls' high school athletics in the region.www.cifss.org
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Sep 11, 2026
Carlos CollazoHOST
Yes
JJ CooperHOST
... a guy, like when you talk about Austin Beck, if you said he was playing in the CIF in, you know, he was playing at Orange Lutheran, he was playing at-
Carlos CollazoHOST
Right
JJ CooperHOST
...
Dominic MassiminoHOST
Just tell us about kind of the process and setting your schedule and wanting to test your team early on.
Julie BennettGUEST
Yeah, well, I've been trying to think about CIF rankings and, you know, how do I schedule? And I'm like, screw it.
Julie BennettGUEST
We need to compete.
Julie BennettGUEST
And, you know, I know when it comes down to playoffs where we've been – we'll call it blessed with being D1, both with beach and indoor, both kind of surprising last minute where we jumped up in the rankings.
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Dominic MassiminoHOST
yeah
Joe CurleyHOST
you know because it gets you up into a higher division it makes you less likely to win a cif title um I think you have to manage.
Joe CurleyHOST
I think what Pacifica did last year where they went 10-0, they won their league and a CIF title, is one of the rare things we don't see anymore.
Joe CurleyHOST
Part of it was because they had the thing with Bishop Montgomery in the middle of the year, and they were able to replace Bishop Montgomery on their schedule with an LA City section team, which kept their numbers down and kept them in Division III.
Wally JoynerGUEST
Uh, one was myself coming in from Georgia, and the other was a shortstop pitcher from, uh, Southern California.
Wally JoynerGUEST
He was all CIF.
Wally JoynerGUEST
Um, and due to the great coaching that we had, um, I was actually recruited as a pitcher first baseman, and after my second pitching opportunity, the pitching coach put his arm around me and said, "Son, we're gonna try hit first base."
Ben CriddleHOST
[laughs]
Wally JoynerGUEST
Um, the, uh, the guy from California, Southern California, all CIF, was actually recruited as a shortstop/pitcher, and, uh, the story that I tell is after his second or third opportunity to hit, uh, Coach Pullins, the head hitting coach and the head coach for the Cougars, put his arm around this gentleman and said, "Son, we're gonna try you as a pitcher." And we both had 16-year careers in the majors.
Wally JoynerGUEST
Uh-
Ben CriddleHOST
[laughs]
Wally JoynerGUEST
Uh, one was myself coming in from Georgia, and the other was a shortstop pitcher from, uh, Southern California.
Wally JoynerGUEST
He was all CIF.
Wally JoynerGUEST
Um, and due to the great coaching that we had, um, I was actually recruited as a pitcher first baseman, and after my second pitching opportunity, the pitching coach put his arm around me and said, "Son, we're gonna try hit first base."
Ben CriddleHOST
[laughs]
Wally JoynerGUEST
Um, the, uh, the guy from California, Southern California, all CIF, was actually recruited as a shortstop/pitcher and, uh, the story that I tell is after his second or third opportunity to hit, uh, Coach Pullins, the head hitting coach and the head coach for the Cougars, put his arm around this gentleman and said, "Son, we're gonna try you as a pitcher." And we both had 16-year careers in the majors.
Wally JoynerGUEST
Uh-
Ben CriddleHOST
[laughs]
Dan AlbanoHOST
Yeah.
Dan AlbanoHOST
Yeah, the, the latest I've seen on Elijah Mueller, of course, is, you know, junior, uh, standout offensive tackle transfer from Servite, was the CIF, uh, Southern Section website is listing him as hardship pending.
Dan AlbanoHOST
So we'll see if that changes-
Scott BarajasHOST
Mm-hmm
Scott BarajasHOST
Texas Tech.
Dan AlbanoHOST
Texas Tech, excuse me, Texas Tech commit.
Dan AlbanoHOST
Um, he was ruled, he di- he was denied by the Southern Section varsity eligibility for, in his transfer from Cajon, and he received limited eligibility to play in the JV level or lower.
Dan AlbanoHOST
So that was quite a, um, blow because, um, you know, Orange Lutheran had designs of having two outstanding tackles in Lucas Roa, Texas commit, and then Austin, you know, one of arguably the top junior linemen in the state of California.
August SingerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
OK.
August SingerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
And then hoping to make CIF as a team.
August SingerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, happy to get the team win today, too.
August SingerSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
All right.
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Elijah MedinaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Yeah, hopefully, man.
Elijah MedinaSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
You know, I'm planning to break 14 over there, so looking forward to that.
Ken MartinezHOST
So I was at the CIF Masters meet at Moorpark High School and I saw your Breakthrough Race, man.
Ken MartinezHOST
How did that go? How did
Dan AlbanoHOST
He is a junior, arguably the top junior recruit in the state.
Dan AlbanoHOST
He hasn't played yet, but he is showing up now on the CIF website.
Dan AlbanoHOST
His transfer eligibility is listed as incomplete, but that might be a signal that he's getting closer to being declared eligible.
Dan AlbanoHOST
And, you know, That could be a big addition for this game if Orange Lutheran were to get him eligible because it looks like it's going to be a very tough matchup, Scotty.
Danielle FishelHOST
Well, you clearly didn't show any nerves.
Danielle FishelHOST
You led the team to a CIF co-championship, and were named the California High School Player of the Year.
Matt LeinartGUEST
Wow.
Danielle FishelHOST
And then you graduated.
Joel KlattHOST
He played at Santa Margarita.
Joel KlattHOST
Santa Margarita Catholic just won the CIF, basically California's version of a state championship last year.
Joel KlattHOST
His head coach, former Trojan Carson Palmer.
Joel KlattHOST
Now, Trent Mosley was not the highest rated wide receiver coming in in this class, which was, by the way, the number one class in all of college football.
Joel KlattHOST
Mosley went seven catches for 118 and a touchdown in his very first game as a true freshman for the USC Trojans.
Joel KlattHOST
That is a great debut.
Joel KlattHOST
By the way, guess what he did late last year in the CIF playoffs going towards that CIF championship, again, the state championship of California.
Joel KlattHOST
He went 10 catches for 293 against Corona.
Ken ReevesGUEST
She ran 17:31 at state last year, uh, and ran 211, 447 in track, 10:34.
Ken ReevesGUEST
Last year she was third in the southern section and fourth in the state, division three.
Ken ReevesGUEST
Um, and she finished her season, she ran a 10:23.84 steeple at U- UCSD Invitational to win that.
Ken ReevesGUEST
Um, so abbreviated high school season, but i- if she's, she's running, she's gonna be one of the people to look at.
Ken ReevesGUEST
That's a D1 school.
Ken ReevesGUEST
She ran 17:43 at state.
Ken ReevesGUEST
Uh, she was third in the southern section and 10th in the state in division one.
Ken ReevesGUEST
In track, 215.5 flat.
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