The Coastal Mountain Conference or colloquially the CMC , is a high school athletic conference based in the North Coast Section

North Coast Section

The North Coast Section is a part of the California Interscholastic Federation, governing the eastern portion of the San Francisco Bay Area, up along the northern coast of the state of California, from Fremont in the south to Crescent City in the north. It also governs the private schools in the...

 of the California Interscholastic Federation

California Interscholastic Federation

The California Interscholastic Federation is the governing body for high school sports in the state of California. It mirrors similar governing bodies in other states; however, it differs from some of the others in that it covers most high schools in the state of California, both public and...

. Divided up into four leagues based on size and location, the CMC is a Class A conference with some schools in the conference being classified as Class B.

North Central League 1

The North Central League 1 (NCL1) houses the largest schools in the conference, the largest of which being Lower Lake High School with a Class 2A classification. The only notable exception is St. Vincent de Paul of Petaluma which competes at the Class B level in the post season.

Divided between into the North Central League 1 North and South, there are a total of ten teams between the two.

North Central League 1 North

• Fort Bragg High School
  Fort Bragg, California
  Fort Bragg is a city located in coastal Mendocino County, California along State Route 1, the major north-south highway along the Pacific Coast. Fort Bragg is located west of Willits, at an elevation of 85 feet...
  
  
• Kelseyville High School
  Kelseyville, California
  Kelseyville is a census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States. Kelseyville is located southeast of Lakeport, at an elevation of 1384 feet...
  
  
• Lower Lake High School
  Lower Lake, California
  Lower Lake is a census-designated place in Lake County, California, USA. Lower Lake is located east-southeast of Kelseyville, at an elevation of 1371 feet...
  
  

• Middletown High School
  Middletown, California
  Middletown is a census-designated place in Lake County, California, United States. Middletown is located south of Lower Lake, at an elevation of 1099 feet . The population was 1,323 at the 2010 census, up from 1,020 at the 2000 census...
  
  
• Willits High School
  Willits, California
  Willits is a city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Willits is located north-northwest of Ukiah, at an elevation of 1391 feet . The population was 4,888 at the 2010 census, down from 5,073 at the 2000 census. Willits is at the center of Mendocino County and its redwood forests...
  
  

North Central League 1 South

• Cloverdale High School
  Cloverdale, California
  Cloverdale is a city in Sonoma County, California, United States. The San Francisco and North Pacific Railroad reached Cloverdale in 1872. The Cloverdale Rancheria of Pomo Indians of California is headquartered here...
  
  
• Clear Lake High School
  Lakeport, California
  Lakeport is an incorporated city and county seat of Lake County, California. Lakeport is located on the west shore of Clear Lake, at an elevation of 1355 feet...
  
  
• St. Vincent de Paul High School
  Petaluma, California
  Petaluma is a city in Sonoma County, California, in the United States. In the 2010 Census the population was 57,941.Located in Petaluma is the Rancho Petaluma Adobe, a National Historic Landmark. It was built beginning in 1836 by General Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, then Commandant of the San...
  
  

• St. Helena High School
  St. Helena High School
  Saint Helena High School or more commonly, St. Helena High, is an American public high school located in St. Helena, CA in the Napa Valley of California. St. Helena High serves grades 9-12 and is the only source of secondary education in the St. Helena Unified School District.- History :The first...
  
  
• Upper Lake High School
  North Shore, California
  North Shore is a census-designated place in southeastern Riverside County, so named because of its location along the northeast shore of the Salton Sea. It was once a popular vacation destination spot before ever-increasing salinity and pollution of the Salton Sea shut the tourist trade down...
  
  

North Central League 2

Comprising schools in the Class B classification, most schools within the NCL2 are small mountain towns located around the Redwoods of California and near Mendocino County. Though some field incomplete or uncompetitive teams, some have been consistent in winning and have been bumped into the NCL1 (ie St. Vincent).

North Central League 2 North

• Anderson Valley High School
• Laytonville Lake High School
  Laytonville, California
  Laytonville is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Laytonville, is located north-northwest of Willits, at an elevation of 1670 feet...
  
  
• Potter Valley High School
  Potter Valley, California
  Potter Valley is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. It is located north-northeast of Ukiah, at an elevation of 948 feet . It is located at the headwaters of the East Fork of the Russian River...
  
  

• Point Arena High School
  Point Arena, California
  Point Arena is a small coastal city in Mendocino County, California, United States. Point Arena is located west of Hopland, at an elevation of 118 feet . The population was 449 at the 2010 census, down from 474 at the 2000 census, making it one of the smallest incorporated cities in the state...
  
  
• Deep Valley Christian High School
  Redwood Valley, California
  Redwood Valley is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located southwest of Potter Valley, at an elevation of 722 feet . It comprises the northern portion of the Ukiah Valley. It is about 8 mi north of Ukiah and 12 mi south of Willits. Potter Valley is to...
  
  

• Round Valley Valley High School
  Covelo, California
  Covelo is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Covelo is located east-northeast of Laytonville, at an elevation of 1398 feet...
  
  
• Leggett Valley Lake High School
  Leggett, California
  Leggett is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California. It is located on the South Fork of the Eel River northwest of Laytonville, at an elevation of 984 feet . It is home to some of the largest trees in the world...
  
  
• Mendocino High School
  Mendocino, California
  Mendocino is a census-designated place in Mendocino County, California, United States. Mendocino is located south of Fort Bragg, at an elevation of 154 feet...
  
  CALISTOGA

North Coast Central League 2 South

• Calistoga High School
  Calistoga, California
  Calistoga is a city in Napa County, California, United States. The population was 5,155 at the 2010 census.-Geography:According to the United States Census Bureau, the city has a total area of , 99.30% of it land and 0.70% of it water.-Climate:...
  
  
• Roseland University Prep
  Roseland University Prep
  Roseland University Prep is a college preparatory high school located in Santa Rosa, California, USA. Roseland University Prep opened with 80 freshmen and enrollment increased each year until reaching its final capacity of 350 ninth through twelfth graders in 2007-08.The mission of Roseland...
  
  
• Geyserville High School
  Geyserville, California
  Geyserville is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Sonoma County, California, USA. Located in the Wine Country, it is noted by tourists for its restaurants, bed and breakfast inns, and wineries...
  
  

• Santa Rosa Christian High School
• Rincon Valley Christian High School

• Sonoma Academy
  Sonoma Academy
  Founded in 2001, Sonoma Academy is a private coed four-year college preparatory high school located in the hills east of Santa Rosa, California. The school currently has over 200 students enrolled, and is hoping to grow to 400 in the future. Sonoma Academy's school colors are gray and green, with...
  
  
• Tomales High School
  Tomales, California
  Tomales is a census-designated place on State Route 1 in Marin County, California, United States. The population was 204 at the 2010 census. The largest employer in Tomales is Tomales High School, which has a student body of approximately 250.-Geography:Tomales is located above Keys Creek,...
  
  

Athletics

The CMC offers an array of sports; Football, Soccer, Basketball

Basketball

Basketball is a team sport in which two teams of five players try to score points by throwing or "shooting" a ball through the top of a basketball hoop while following a set of rules...

, Baseball

Baseball

Baseball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of nine players each. The aim is to score runs by hitting a thrown ball with a bat and touching a series of four bases arranged at the corners of a ninety-foot diamond...

, Softball

Softball

Softball is a bat-and-ball sport played between two teams of 10 to 14 players. It is a direct descendant of baseball although there are some key differences: softballs are larger than baseballs, and the pitches are thrown underhand rather than overhand...

, Wrestling

Wrestling

Wrestling is a form of grappling type techniques such as clinch fighting, throws and takedowns, joint locks, pins and other grappling holds. A wrestling bout is a physical competition, between two competitors or sparring partners, who attempt to gain and maintain a superior position...

, Volleyball

Volleyball

Volleyball is a team sport in which two teams of six players are separated by a net. Each team tries to score points by grounding a ball on the other team's court under organized rules.The complete rules are extensive...

, Tennis

Tennis

Tennis is a sport usually played between two players or between two teams of two players each . Each player uses a racket that is strung to strike a hollow rubber ball covered with felt over a net into the opponent's court. Tennis is an Olympic sport and is played at all levels of society at all...

, Track and Field

Track and field

Track and field is a sport comprising various competitive athletic contests based around the activities of running, jumping and throwing. The name of the sport derives from the venue for the competitions: a stadium which features an oval running track surrounding a grassy area...

, Cross Country

Cross country running

Cross country running is a sport in which people run a race on open-air courses over natural terrain. The course, typically long, may include surfaces of grass and earth, pass through woodlands and open country, and include hills, flat ground and sometimes gravel road...

, and Golf

Golf

Golf is a precision club and ball sport, in which competing players use many types of clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a golf course using the fewest number of strokes....

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Football
Sending one team from each league, the CMC sent Middletown and St. Helena as its lone representatives to the Class A Playoffs in 2006 and sent Tomales, Calistoga and Mendocino for the Class B playoffs. While Middletown and St. Helena were eliminated in the first round, Tomales played Mendocino in the Class B final.

Volleyball
In 2006, the CMC sent Clear Lake to the Division 4 Playoffs while sending St. Helena, Cloverdale, Anderson Valley, Rincon Valley Chrisitan, Tomales and Mendocino to the Division 5 playoffs. RVC and Anderson Valley fared the best as the latter fell to eventual champions Crystal Springs Uplands

Crystal Springs Uplands School

Crystal Springs Uplands School is an independent, coeducational, college prep day school with 350 students located in Hillsborough, California...

 in the semi finals while the former lost to Crystal Springs in the final.

Basketball
In Boys' Basketball, the CMC sent Fort Bragg and Middletown as its two teams. Both fell in the first rounds. In Girls', Willits, Kelseyville and Lower Lake made their way to the playoffs but only to go the same fate as the boys.

In Division 5 action, Cloverdale, Calistoga, Rincon Valley Christian, Point Arena and Mendocino qualified for the Boys' Playoffs. Cloverdale went on to the semi finals where they lost to International. The girl's side sent Rincon Valley Christian, St. Vincent, Calistoga, and Laytonville. RVC made a spectacular run to the finals where they lost against a great Branson

The Branson School

The Branson School in Ross, California is a private, co-educational, college-preparatory day school with 320 students enrolled in grades 9 through 12....

team.