California (South), colloquially known as SoCal, governs the southern half of California. See California (North) for the northern half. It holds a separate tournament due to distance issues.
History
The state has participated in Science Olympiad since 1986. It can claim 16 national titles, the most of any state, and 15 of them from Division C (with Ohio the runner-up at 6): one from Gompers Secondary School (Division B), two from La Jolla High School (Division C), and thirteen from Troy High School (Division C). Troy High School won the last 24 state tournaments in Division C while Division B has been a toss-up between Jeffrey Trail Middle School, Oak Valley Middle School, and Kraemer Middle School ever since Muscatel Middle School ended their program in 2016. In 2020, due to concerns about the 2019-20 Coronavirus outbreak, the state tournament was cancelled for the first time in state history and its bids to Nationals for the year were given up.
Past State Champions
This is a record of the past state champions and runners up, and their respective places at the national competition, if applicable. Scores at the state competition may be shown in parentheses. Past national champions are bolded. (*In 2014 two events were not included in the final scores)
Tournaments
State Tournament
- 2002 location: California State Long Beach April 13, 2002
- 2004 location: California State Polytechnic University, Pomona May 1, 2004
- 2005 location: Long Beach City College April 16, 2005
- 2006 location: Tesoro High School, Rancho Santa Margarita April 1, 2006
- 2007 location: California State Long Beach April 14, 2007
- 2008 location: California State Long Beach April 12, 2008
- 2009 location: California State Long Beach April 18, 2009
- 2010 location: Valencia High School, Placentia April 10, 2010
- 2011 location: Canyon High School, Anaheim April 9, 2011
- 2012 location: Canyon High School, Anaheim April 14, 2012
- 2013 location: Canyon High School, Anaheim April 6, 2013
- 2014 location: Canyon High School, Anaheim April 5, 2014
- 2015 location: Canyon High School, Anaheim April 4, 2015
- 2016 location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech), April 2, 2016
- 2017 location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Polytechnic School, April 8, 2017
- 2018 location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Polytechnic School, April 7, 2018
- 2019 location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Polytechnic School, April 6, 2019
- 2020 location: California Institute of Technology (Caltech) and Polytechnic School, April 4, 2020 (Cancelled)
- 2021 location: Online, April 3, 2021 (through the Mini SO model)
Results
- 2008 B/C
Available results newer than 2010 can be found at the State Tournament Results page.
Teams
Division B
Division C
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- Southern California Science Olympiad
- Inland Empire Science Olympiad
- Los Angeles County Science Olympiad
- Orange County Science Olympiad
- San Diego Science Olympiad