on girls' teams. (In sports such as baseball that do not have girls' teams, girls are allowed to play; on the other hand, in sports such as softball that do not have boys' teams, in most cases boys are not allowed to play.) Participants In the 2016-17 season, the California Interscholastic Federation featured 800,364 participants, with 58% boys and 42% girls. The sports with most boys are: American football: 97,079 Track and field: 56,032 Soccer: 52,795 Basketball: 46,114 Baseball: 43,913 Cross country athletics: 31,830 Wrestling: 22,383 Swimming: 21,467 The sports with most girls are: Soccer: 47,139 Track and field: 46,276 Volleyball: 44,526 Basketball: 34,222 Softball: 33,265 Swimming: 29,722 Cross country athletics: 25,600 Awards CIF offers various awards to its participants: Academic State Champions, given to the teams with high academic achievement Model Coach Award, for coaches who are positive role models Scholar-Athlete of the Year, based on academic and athletic excellence, and character Spirit of Sport, based on sportsmanship, community service, and leadership Administration Sections The state is broken up into ten administrative sections. These sections are: Each section except for San Francisco and Oakland is further subdivided into leagues. The Northern Section is divided into three conferences which in turn are divided into leagues. The Southern Section is the largest by both membership and geography, covering just under one-third of the state's total area and almost half of the population base. The Southern section includes private schools in the LAUSD service area, whether inside or outside the city of Los Angeles, and the Central Coast and North Coast sections also include private schools in the cities of San Francisco and Oakland respectively. The three "City Sections" are operated by and were historically limited to the corresponding public school systems. With the advent of charter schools in California, all three City Sections include both traditional public schools and charter schools operating within the historic boundaries of the respective public school systems. The San Francisco Section now includes one private school as well. The sections also serve as the qualifying entities for regional and state competitions, and may organize championships in sports not contested statewide, such as badminton, baseball, field hockey, gymnastics, lacrosse, skiing and snowboarding, soccer, softball, and water polo. Federated Council The organization's supreme governing body is the Federated Council. This council consists of one representative from each section, a representative from the California Department of Education, representatives from