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CIF Sac-Joaquin Section 2023 football playoff brackets: Scores, matchups, game times

Top seeds in each divisions are Folsom (1), St. Mary's (D2), Grant (D3), Vanden (D4), Escalon (D5), Hughson (D6) and Ripon Christian (D7).

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The seven-division Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets are complete. 

The games kick off Friday and concludes Nov. 24. The champions advance to the CIF State Northern Regional championships on Dec. 1-2. 

State championships — winners of the regional finals — take place Dec. 8-9 at three different venues: Pasadena College, El Camino College-Torrance and Saddleback College-Mission Viejo.

Defending Sac-Joaquin Section champions are Folsom (D1), Manteca (D2), Grant (D3), Vanden (D4), Escalon (D5), Hughson (D6) and Ripon Christian (D7).

Top seeds in the 2023 brackets are Folsom (D1), St. Mary's (D2), Grant (D3), Escalon (D4), Twelve Bridges (D5), Sutter (D6), Ripon Christian (D7A), Woodland Christian (D7B). (Note that the 7A and 7B four-team bracket winners play for the 7A championship, and that winner advances to regionals.) 

Unlike many other sections, the divisions are based largely on enrollment. 

(2023 CIF Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets)

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MITCH STEPHENS, SBLIVE SPORTS

Mitch Stephens is a senior editor at SBLive Sports for California, a state he's covered high school sports since 1984. He won multiple CNPA and CPSWA writing awards with the Contra Costa Times, San Francisco Chronicle and MaxPreps.com before joining the SBLive staff in 2022. He's covered the beat nationally since 2007, profiling such athletes as Derrick Henry, Paige Bueckers, Patrick Mahomes, Sabrina Ionescu, Jayson Tatum, Chiney Ogwumike, Jeremy Lin and Najee Harris as preps. You can reach him at mitch@scorebooklive.com.

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