FINAL FOUR FUNDRAISER FOR ATHLETICS
Come watch the NCAA Final Four Semi-Finals Saturday, April 5th.  Enter the Raffle for Cash, enjoy the Silent Auction, and support Your High School at the San Francisco School Sports Fund's Final Four Saturday Blowout.  Check this link for further details and to purchase tickets.

MUSTANGS AND CARDINALS VICTORIOUS IN VARSITY BASKETBALL The AAA/SF Section Varsity Basketball finals took place March 7 at Kezar Pavilion with Lincoln downing Marshall 65-38 for the boys title and Lowell besting Galileo 50-44 on the girls side.  All four teams now head off to the NorCal Tournament beginning March 12.  Lincoln will host De LaSalle at Kezar at 7:30pm.  Lowell will host Monte Vista at 7:30pm.  Marshall travels to Half Moon Bay for a 7:00pm game.  And Galileo will play at Wilcox also starting at 7:00pm.  Congratulations to the Mustangs and Cardinals on their undefeated league seasons and all the best to each of our champions and runners-up as the head off to take on the top teams in the State!

BIG CATS MEET REGISTRATION OPEN
The Annual Big Cats Relays open track meet sponsored by Burton and Galileo High Schools is set for March 22 at SOTA-Academy High School and is open to all high school track teams.  Check this link for complete meet and registration information.

MISSION AND WASHINGTON TAKE BASKETBALL FS/JV HOOPS TITLES The AAA FS/JV Basketball finals took place March 3 at Kezar Pavilion.  In the opening girls game, Washington downed Lowell 36-30 for the JV title.  In the nightcap, Mission bested Washington 42-37 to take the Boys FS title.  Congratulations to both the Lady Eagles and the Bears on their championship seasons!

STATE CIF CELEBRATING 100 YEARS
The California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) is celebrating its 100 years of existence as the managing organization of high school sports in the state.  As part of the celebration, the CIF is selecting All-Century Teams for each sport.  Check this link for information about this program and how to nominate your favorite top athletes of the past 100 years!

UCSF PLAYSAFE SPORTS MEDICINE PROGRAM
UCSF continues its partnership with the SFUSD Athletic Department by providing doctors, athletic trainers, and functioning training rooms at each of the SFUSD high schools that participate in the AAA.  Check out this link for more information on this valuable program and this link about the benefits of the FREE cardiac physical program provided by UCSF each May for high school athletes.  Also, the coordinator of PlaySafe, Dr. Anthony Luke, was recently honored by the San Francisco Business Times for his dedicated work to make this program successful.  Check out this link to read about his efforts to help keep our athletes playing safe!!

NFHS LAUNCHES ROLE OF PARENT IN SPORTS COURSE
The NFHS has created a FREE on-line course for the parents of high school student athletes.  The course provides information on how parents can help their son and/or daughter enjoy and succeed in high school sports.  Check out this link to access the Sports Parent Course.

SFUSD ATHLETES OUTPERFORM NON-ATHLETES IN THE CLASSROOM
SFUSD athletes attained higher GPAs than the SFUSD average in virtually every conceivable measurement.  This study illustrates the importance of athletics and demonstrates that athletics is one of the most cost-effective ways for a school district to enhance overall academic performance.  Check the following links to read a summary of the 2011-12 data and review a GPA statistical comparison of SFUSD athletes and the general student populace. 

ALUMNI HISTORY PAGE
We provide an Alumni History Page on our web site dedicated to preserving specific historical athletic information from our past and present AAA/SF Section schools.  Check it out!  If you have any information about major school events or athletes who have made it to the Professional or Olympic level, please forward it to us via e-mail.  In addition, since our office is located at the old McAteer HS (currently SOTA HS), we are also in the process of gathering more in-depth information for you McAteer alums--yearbooks, athletic photos, past coaches list, etc.  If any ex-Jaguar athletes are able to help in our "fact finding mission," please feel free to call us at 415-920-5185 or forward the info via e-mail to us for posting.

ANNUAL CHAMPIONS POSTED
The updated AAA Annual Champions by Sport are posted on our Sport Info page.  Being that the AAA dates back to 1924, there are a number of years in various sports for which we have been unable to determine the champion.  We are, therefore, requesting your assistance in helping us "fill in the blanks."  If you have any information that might shed some light on those "dark years", please call us at 415-920-5185 or send an e-mail to John Zlatunich.  Together we can create and build a concise history of the AAA!
 

Spring Sport Leaders

Badminton:
V: Burton, Galileo, Lincoln, Lowell, Wallenberg 1-0

Baseball:
V Div. 1: Galileo 1-0
V Div. 2: Mission 3-0
FS: Lowell, Washington 1-0

Fencing:
BV: Urban 4-0
GV: University 6-0

Flag Football:
GV: Balboa, Lincoln 1-0

Golf:
BV: Washington 3-0

Soccer:
GV: Balboa, Galileo, Jordan, Lincoln, Lowell, Mission, Washington 3pts.

Softball:
GV Div. A: Lowell 2-0
GV Div. B: ISA, O'Connell 2-0

Swimming:
BV: Lowell 2-0
BJV: Lincoln 3-0
GV: Lowell 2-0
GJV: Lowell 2-0

Tennis:
BV: Lincoln 2-0

Track: Begins March 26

Volleyball:
BV: Begins March 12
 

NFHS
The National High School Record Book.  Check this link to access all current high school sports records.