SACRAMENTO – High school sports participation continues to increase in California and is at an all-time high for the second consecutive year according to the 2014 California Interscholastic Federation (CIF) Sports Participation Survey. Up by 0.64% since the previous survey in 2013, 763,306 student-athletes are competing in California high school athletic programs. Track and field (54,062) is the second most popular sport followed by soccer (48,564), which increased participation by 1.47% since 2013; basketball (44,097) and baseball (43,482) round out the top five boys’ sports. For girls, track and field continues reign as the top 10 sport with 44,567 participants, which increased by 0.83% since 2013. more
