Friday night’s scores for Sacramento-area high school football as the CIF playoffs kick off
At long last, the real fun kicked off, the opening-round of the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football playoffs.
Eighty-four teams out of the 200 that make up the second largest of the 10 sections dotted across California reached the postseason, spanning seven divisions. Division I has the largest-enrollment schools and Divisions VI and VII the smallest.
The top four seeds earned opening-round off-night byes.
▪ Pleasant Grove of the Elk Grove Unified School District played at Granite Bay in Placer County in Division I. The Bee was there.
▪ Also in D-I, Monterey Trail of the EGUSD hosted the Lincoln Trojans of Stockton at Mark Macres Memorial Stadium. The Bee was there.
▪ In D-II, No. 8-seeded Elk Grove hosted the Kimball Jaguars of Tracy. The Bee was there.
▪ In D-III in Roseville, No. 8-seeded Woodcreek hosted No. 9 Armijo of Fairfield, the Royals competing in the first playoff game in program history (the playoffs began in 1972 and Armijo opened in Solano County in 1891). The Bee was there.
▪ In D-V play in Orangevale, the defending champion Casa Roble Rams hosted the Foothill Mustangs in another festive atmosphere, the norm over the years under coach Chris Horner. The Bee was there.
Friday scores
Division I
Granite Bay 42, Pleasant Grove 0
Monterey Trail 53, Lincoln-Stockton 34
Turlock 48, Laguna Creek 13
Downey 44, Edison 41
Division II
Jesuit 42, Lodi 14
Elk Grove 32, Kimball 7
Rodriguez 22, Chavez 6
Vacaville 35, Atwater 21
Division III
Destiny Christian Academy 57, Ponderosa 6
Vista del Lago 42, Johansen 0
Merced 41, Rio Americano 35
Woodcreek 56, Armijo 33
Division IV
Escalon 30, Fairfield 7
East Union 21, Nevada Union 14
Sierra 26, Yuba City 21
Sacramento 28, Del Campo 20
Division V
El Dorado 19, Lincoln 14
Oakmont 42, Dixon 13
Casa Roble 27, Foothill 26
Hilmar 14, Livingston 7
Division VI
Ripon Christian 21, Bear River 6
Liberty Ranch 35, Ripon 0
Calaveras 24, Wheatland 14
Orestimba 33, Delhi 0
Division VII
Denair 49, Delta 16
Rio Vista 47, Esparto 14
Gustin 21, Golden Sierra 18
Big Valley 49, Valley Christian 0
Second-round section playoffs
Friday, Nov. 15
All games kickoff at 7 p.m.; listed by division seeding
Division I
No. 8 Downey at No. 1 Folsom
No. 5 Granite Bay at No. 4 Inderkum
No. 6 Turlock at No. 3 Central Catholic
No. 7 Monterey Trail at No. 2 Oak Ridge
Division II
No. 8 Elk Grove at No. 1 Rocklin
No. 5 Rodriguez at No. 4 Manteca
No. 6 Jesuit at No. 3 Grant
No. 7 Vacaville at No. 2 St. Mary’s
Division III
No. 8 Woodcreek at No. 1 Oakdale
No. 5 Destiny Christian at No. 4 Christian Brothers
No. 6 Vista del Lago at No. 3 Vanden
No. 7 Merced at No. 2 West Park
Division IV
No. 8 Yuba City at No. 1 Twelve Bridges
No. 5 Escalon at No. 4 Placer
No. 6 Sacramento at No. 3 Roseville
No. 10 East Union at No. 2 Patterson
Division V
No. 8 El Dorado at No. 1 Hughson
No. 5 Casa Roble at No. 4 Union Mine
No. 6 Hilmar at No. 3 Lathrop
No. 7 Oakmont at No. 2 Sutter
Division VI
No. 8 Ripon Christian at No. 1 Bradshaw Christian
No. 5 Orestimba at No. 4 Linden
No. 11 Calaveras at No. 3 Sonora
No. 7 Liberty Ranch at No. 2 Woodland Christian
Division VII
No. 8 Gustine at No. 1 Summerville
No. 6 Rio Vista at No. 3 Elite
No. 5 Big Valley at No. 4 Waterford
No. 7 Denair at No. 2 Stone Ridge
▪ The section football championships for Divisions I, II, III, IV, V and VI will be held on Thanksgiving weekend at Sacramento City College’s Hughes Stadium. The Division VII finals will be held at St. Mary’s High School in Stockton.
▪ For complete CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football playoff brackets, ticket information and more, click here.
This story was originally published November 8, 2024 at 10:14 PM.