[Christopher149]

Originally Posted by Citrus Dad

There's a tradition in CA of split state organizations, particularly for HS sports. The Sections run largely independent of the statewide CIF and are quite akin to the state HS federations elsewhere. I follow HS track & field closely and I'm not aware of any other state with a similar geographic split in organizations. (There are states with differences based on type of schools, e.g., public, private, Catholic...) I would expect anyone would look at a N/S split in FRC as being quite similar, and in fact may even expect it.

It's only 1 state org (MHSAA), but Michigan has separate LP and UP track & field Finals. But most? other sports are statewide i.e. basketball.