Unlike last season, area high school basketball teams will have an idea of where they stand for the playoffs before the season begins.
The CIF Central Section is instituting grassroots divisions for nearly every sport this school year.
Last season, the base splits were enforced midway through the basketball season after it emerged that many smaller schools would be in the higher, tougher splits while some larger, more historically successful schools were sinking to the lower divisions thanks to a new playoff system.
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Photos: Yessoufou breaks the panel during SJHS debut
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou loses his grip on the rim after breaking the backboard with one of his dunks in his high school debut Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou poses in front of the backboard he broke with a two-handed dunk in his high school debut Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou dunks and breaks the backboard with one of his dunks in his high school debut on Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou leaves the floor after breaking the backboard with one of his dunks in his high school debut Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tunde Yessoufou after breaking the backboard with one of his dunks in his high school debut on Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou heads to hoops for a backboard-breaking dunk with one of his dunks in his high school debut Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou loses his grip on the rim after breaking the backboard with one of his dunks in his high school debut Tuesday night.
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St. Joseph freshman Tounde Yessoufou ahead of his high school debut on Tuesday night.