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Central Coast Athletic Association Looks Ahead After CCS Baseball Playoffs
Recent championship results and scholarship awards set the stage for high school athletics in the region.
How we reported this
Archbishop Mitty High School captured the 2026 CIF Central Coast Section Division II baseball title with a 5-2 win over Palma.
Recent Championship Results
The 2026 CIF Central Coast Section high school baseball playoffs opened on May 23, with championship games scheduled from May 28 onward. Archbishop Mitty's victory in Division II stands as the most recent documented outcome from that postseason.
Conference Structure and Scope
The Central Coast Athletic Association operates as a 16-school high school conference spanning San Luis Obispo and Santa Barbara counties. It maintains affiliation with the CIF Central Section and applies a promotion and relegation system to determine team placement across divisions. The broader CIF Central Coast Section governs athletics in five California counties and administers 27 boys and girls sports, among them baseball, basketball, football and lacrosse.
Scholarship Support for Local Athletes
The Central Coast Athletics Foundation awarded four $1,000 scholarships on May 6, 2026, to seniors from Arroyo Grande High School and Nipomo High School who competed in cross country or track and field. These awards directly recognise participation in the two sports within the named schools.
With the 2026 baseball postseason concluded, attention turns to the next cycle of regular-season competition under the existing promotion and relegation framework used by the Central Coast Athletic Association. Schools in the conference will prepare schedules and rosters according to the placement rules already in place.