CIF
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- proper noun
- Jargon
- After a close game, the team celebrated their victory in the CIF playoffs.
- CIF Division
- CIF Southern Section
- CIF championship
Examples
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Even before Burbank High and Norwalk stepped onto the turf at Memorial Field for Friday night's CIF Southern Section Southeast Division opening-round playoff game, the goal for each was to establish the run.
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The Del Norte High girls' volleyball team did not walk out of the gym with rights to the CIF San Diego Section Division III championship banner, but it left with a lot of confidence to bring into the state playoffs.
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Welcome, ladies and gentlemen, to the first round of the CIF playoffs.
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It was the first year that actually was CIF, you know, it was actually scholastic, not club.
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They go for the CIF title on Saturday, and after knocking off No. 1 Malibu in the semifinals, I like their chances.
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The silver lining for the Irish is that they may get another shot at the Warriors down the road in the CIF State tournament that begins next week, but that didn't take away the disappointment, especially for the Sacred Heart seniors who won the CCS title last season.
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ROWLAND HEIGHTS - When push came to shove, West Covina bullied its way to the playoffs in the same fashion that earned the Bulldogs back-to-back CIF-Southern Section Southeast Division titles.
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This year, our school is aiming to win the CIF championship in football.
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The CIF announced the new guidelines for high school sports in California yesterday.
Surface Forms
Morphology
CIF = California + interscholastic + federation (opaque) = C + I + F
As a proper-name initialism for an organization, 'CIF' does not transparently reveal the full name; one must know the expansion.
Etymology
CIF is short for California Interscholastic Federation, the group that runs high school sports in California. So when people say the CIF, they mean the state's school sports organization.