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5 unusual facts about Cif


El Rancho High School

In 2012 the team went undefeated in their season and lost in the CIF playoffs, ending their season at 21-1.

Jif

Cif, a Unilever cleaning product, branded as "Jif" in Australia, New Zealand, Middle East and the Nordic countries

McCloud High School

The Loggers athletic programs have won numerous league title between 1952 to 2000 and have won several Northern Section CIF championships.

Tesoro High School

In 2005, the Titans became Back-To-Back Division IX CIF Champions after beating Northwood High School for the second time that season.

Vernon Adams

Alemany won its first 12 games before losing its final game of the season, 28-21, against eventual champion Servite High School in the semifinals of the CIF Southern Section Pac-5 Playoffs.


Africa–China economic relations

Angola and Zambia: the vital Benguela railway line built with the British and linking Zambia and RDC's copper mines to Angola's Atlantic port of Lobito, was to be rebuilt by the Chinese company CIF (the project was canceled after US$3b disappeared).

Brian Horwitz

At Crespi Carmelite High School in Encino, California, Horwitz was Mission League MVP, All-Valley, and first team All-CIF Division I as a senior, batting .415.

Casey Cordray

Cordray attended El Toro High School, where he helped lead the team to a first place finish in the Sea View League and a quarter final CIF appearance his senior season.

Chris Galippo

He was a 2005-2006 Unanimous Parade All-American, an ALL CIF-SS Division-1 first-team selection, and rated the #2 overall player in the United States by ESPN.

Darren Willis

Darren starred as a player on the 1982 CIF championship football team and also played defense with Dean Cain, who starred as a defensive back on the 1981-82 team that beat Long Beach Poly 21-8 before accepting a scholarship to play football at Princeton University.

Eben Britton

He was a three-year varsity starter at the school earning All-CIF honors and All Foothill League honors.

Josh Whitesell

He was also a 1st-team All-CIF Division I and 1st-team All-Citrus Belt League selection, voted San Bernardino County Player of the Year by the San Bernardino Sun, played for the San Bernardino County North All-Star team, selected to the CBCA Southern California All-Star team, and played for US Team in the Goodwill Games against Japan in Long Beach.

Kendall Williams

Williams attended Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucamonga, California, as a three-year starter while being a first team all-state and two-time all-CIF selection for the Grizzlies.

Kent Kramer

Kramer attended Temple City High School in Temple City, California where he played varsity football for three years and was an All-CIF pick in 1961 for the undefeated Rams.

Kevin Lovell

Lovell earned first team all-state, all-area, all-region and all-CIF as a senior at Mira Costa High School in 2001, under the coaching of Don Morrow, he made 15-of-16 field goals and 54-of-55 PATs as a senior to finish with 99 points, he was a four-year regular in soccer who didn't venture into football until his senior year, Lovell competed in the pole vault in track and field, also he did volunteer work at an animal clinic.

Lawrence Phillips

He attended Baldwin Park High School in Baldwin Park, California for his junior and senior years, winning back-to-back CIF Championships.

Max Tuerk

A native of Trabuco Canyon, California, Tuerk attended Santa Margarita Catholic High School, where he was a two-way lineman and helped the team win the CIF Pac-5 and CIF Division I state titles in 2011.

Nick Reed

He was also honored as First-team All-CIF Southern Section, CIF Southern Section Division II co-defensive player of the year, South Coast League defensive MVP and received votes on the Long Beach Press-Telegram Best in the West balloting.

Palos Verdes High School

Bill Laimbeer (Detroit Pistons star and current WNBA coach), Class of '75 and leader of the 1975 CIF championship basketball team.

Shaq Thompson

Also a talented sprinter, Thompson finished seventh in the 200 metres at the 2011 CIF State Track and Field Championships, in a race dominated by defending state champion Remontay McClain.

Tesoro High School

They became the South Coast League champions, and also went to the CIF Southern Section championship game at the Honda Center where they beat Ventura High School.


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