CIF Central Coast 2024 football playoff first-round scores, updated brackets, next round matchups (11-15-2024)

St. Ignatius, St. Francis will meet for Open Division championship after defeating Salinas, Valley Christian

Mitch Stephens | 2 Hours Ago

BYU-bound RB Kingston Keanaaina breaks free momentarily while leading Saint Francis to a 27-13 win at St. Ignatius in San Francisco on Oct. 18, 2024; The two teams will meet again Nov. 22 for the CCS Open Division crown after first-round wins on Friday / Photo: Eric Taylor

The CIF Central Coast Section high school football playoffs got started on Friday in all six divisions.

The top two divisions Open/1 are divided into the top and bottom half of an eight-team division. The upper half saw St. Ignatius have its way with No. 8 Salinas) and No. 2 seed Saint Francis knocked off West Catholic Athletic League rival Valley Christian.

That means the Wildcats and Lancers will play for the Open title next week and the loser will get to play the team that advances out of the lower half of the bracket.

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.

Check all the scores from Friday night below. We'll update Saturday scores on Saturday.

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).