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CIF Central Coast 2024 football playoff brackets: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-11-2024)

Top seeds are St. Ignatius (Open), Riordan (D1), Wilcox (D2), Carmel (D3), Piedmont Hills (D4) and South San Francisco (D5)

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St. Ignatius senior tailback Jarious Hogan reaches out to get a first down in a 45-28 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral in the 101st meeting between the two teams. Hogan rushed for 265 yards and scored a West Catholic Athletic League record six touchdowns on Nov. 1, 2024. St. Ignatius is the top seed in the Open Division and hosts Salinas in a first-round game on Friday.
St. Ignatius senior tailback Jarious Hogan reaches out to get a first down in a 45-28 win over Sacred Heart Cathedral in the 101st meeting between the two teams. Hogan rushed for 265 yards and scored a West Catholic Athletic League record six touchdowns on Nov. 1, 2024. St. Ignatius is the top seed in the Open Division and hosts Salinas in a first-round game on Friday. / Photo: Eric Taylor

The CIF Central Coast Section high school football brackets are in and all six divisions get underway Friday, Nov. 15.

The top two divisions Open/1 are divided into the top and bottom half of an eight-team division. The upper half which top seed St. Ignatius (which hosts No. 8 Salinas) and No. 2 seed Saint Francis (which hosts No. Valley Christian) makes up the Open side of the bracket.

The first-round winners of those two games play for the Open Division title Nov 22, with the loser of that game taking on the advancer from the bottom half of the bracket for the Division I title on Nov. 29-30.

The bottom half of the Division I bracket pits No. 6 seed Soquel at No. 3 Riordan and No. 5 Los Gatos at No. 4 Serra. Those two games are Saturday. The winners of those two games meet Nov. 22-23 with the right to play the loser of the Open Division side for the Division 1 title.

This is the first season the CCS has adopted the Open/D1 format, following the suit of the North Coast Section's format which started two seasons ago.

All section champions qualify for the CIF Northern California Bowl regional, Which takes place Dec. 6-7 and the that winner advancing to the State Bowl championships, which are held Dec. 13-14 in Southern California.

Other top seeds in each division are Wilcox (D2), Carmel (D3), Piedmont Hills (D4), South San Francisco (D5).

Defending champions are Serra (Open Division), Los Gatos (D1), Soquel (D2), Palma (D3), Palo Alto (D4) and South San Francisco (D5).

FOOTBALL BRACKETS NORTH COAST SECTION PLAYOFFS

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Mitch Stephens
MITCH STEPHENS

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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