CIF Northern Section

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CIF Northern Section

Abbreviation	CIF-NS
Type	NPO
Legal status	Association
Purpose	Athletic
Headquarters	Chico, California
Region served	Northern California inland region
Membership	73 schools
Commissioner	Elizabeth Kyle
Affiliations	California Interscholastic Federation
Website	www.cifns.org

CIF Northern Section (NS) is a governing body of public and private high school athletics in California. Member schools are located in the inland northeastern portion of the state roughly encompassed by the I-5 corridor to the bottom of the Sacramento Valley. It is one of ten sections that compose the California Interscholastic Federation (CIF). Northern Section comprises three conferences National Conference, American Conference, and California Conference. These conferences in turn comprise three leagues.^[1] The organization's offices are located in Chico.

• National Conference (20 schools)
• American Conference (27 schools)
• California Conference (26 schools)

• CIF-NS on MaxPreps
• Map of member schools^{[permanent dead link]}