UPDATE: High school sports data source CalPreps.com back in business

Twenty-four hours after announcing it was 'out of funds,' and planning litigation, longtime provider of scores, schedules and computer rankings says a resolution has been met

A day after one of California's and the country's leading data sources for high school sports said it was ceasing operations, Calpreps.com says Monday all is rectified.

The provider of national schedules, scores, ratings and projections for high school football, released a new statement on its website Monday afternoon.

"We have reached a quick resolution with MaxPreps, and the full site information will return in time for this weekend," the statement from CalPreps founder Ned Freeman reads.

That's surely good news for the California Interscholastic Federation and other state high school sports associations and federations who use CalPreps/MaxPreps to seed their playoff teams.

On Sunday afternoon, CalPreps released the following statement when clicking on its site:

calpreps announcement / calpreps

CIF Executive Director Ron Nocetti said he learned of the CalPreps decision on Sunday, and noted the state's governing body for high school sports uses multiple guidelines to seed and select teams.

He warned then to be patient and not to panic.

"We're going to take time to access the situation and talk with appropriate parties and make decisions from there," Nocetti said. "It's technology. We have other plans in place. We just need to take a step back and find out what's really going on here."

The CIF is made up of 10 sections throughout California organized by region. Many of those sections also use CalPreps to seed their playoff teams in multiple sports, including the massive Southern Section, by far the largest of the 10 with close to 600 schools.

Like Nocetti, Southern Section Assistant Commissioner Thom Simmons was not in panic mode either. Turns out he, the CIF and Southern Section didn't need to be.

"The Southern Section has had backup plans in this situation," Simmons said Sunday. "We have never relied on one outlet for these playoff divisions."

-- Mitch Stephens | mitch@scorebooklive.com | @sblivesports