Chapter 51: Chapter 48 Purple Lightning

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The schedule for the CIF Northern California Championship was announced in February.

The CIF has six major regions in Northern California, and based on the results determined by the regional competitions, along with the committee's evaluation of records and performance, over sixty teams entered the state championship.

The stronger batch was assigned to Division 1, with competitions held in San Jose, the second batch to Division 2, competed in Sacramento, and the remainder to Division 3, held in Redding.

The championship tournament adopted a single-elimination system, with half of the teams being eliminated after each round, with winners staying to continue until the final, and losers packing up to go home.

After the competitions in Southern and Northern California were over, on March 1, the champions from the South and the North would compete in two California championship battles (Division 3 does not have a state championship game).