CIF Central Section 2024 football playoff first-round scores: Updated scores, matchups, game times (11-2-2024)

Fifth-seed Clovis ends the perfect season of No. 4 Hanford in the Central Section's top 1-AA division; A pair of 15 seeds surprise No. 2 seeds in Divisions 4 and 5

Clovis East with big stick on Grant Union ball carrier on 9-13-2024 / Photo: Bobby Medellin

The CIF Central Section high school football playoffs are official in full swing as all eight divisions got a full first round of play in.

In all 41 games were play Friday, and there were a couple of huge upsets as two No. 15 seeds upended No. 2 seeds.

For the first time Division I has been divided into A and AA divisions with the top eight going in AA. The next eight are placed in Division 1-A.

At the top of that list is Clovis East (10-0), which completed its perfect regular season last week, with a convincing 38-21 win over Clovis North (7-3), which is the second seed in Division 1-AA. Three of the top four seeds advanced in that division with No. 5 Clovis ending the perfect season of No. 4 Hanford, 49-31. The three other margin of victories were 28, 21 and 18.

• PERFECTION: Clovis East beats perfect 2023 team to close out 2024

Clovis North is the defending Division I champion. Other defending champions are Central Valley Christian (D2), Mission Oak (D3), Torres (D4), Wasco (D5), Strathmore (D6) and Fresno Christian (8-man).

• HOW THEY FARED: Central Section's Top 15

First-round play in all divisions is Nov. 8, followed by semifinal games (Nov. 15) and championship games (Nov. 22).

Champions in all divisions (other than 8-man) advance to the CIF Northern California Bowl series, with the winners of those games, advancing to state championship contests against Southern California champions.

FIRST-ROUND FOOTBALL SCORES FOR CENTRAL DIVISION

DIVISION 1-AA

No. 1 Clovis East 48, No. 8 Tulare Union 20

No. 5 Clovis 49, No. 4 Hanford 31

No. 3 Central 35, No. 6 Liberty 14

No. 2 Clovis North 24, No. 7 Sanger 6

DIVISION 1-A

No. 1 Bakersfield 23, No. 8 San Joaquin Memorial 7

No. 4 Arroyo Grande 27, No. 5 Clovis West 22

No. 3 Frontier 21, No. 6 Bullard 14

No. 7 Centennial 20, No. 2 Buchanan 7

DIVISION 2

No. 9 St. Joseph 24, No. 8 Lemoore 23

No. 5 Sunnyside 33, No. 12 Tehachapi 21

No. 6 San Luis Obispo 26, No. 11 Highland 8

No. 7 Kingsburg 28, No. 10 Redwood 6

DIVISION 3

No. 8 Monache 32, No. 9 Lompoc 6

No. 5 Kerman 42, No. 12 Mission Oak 20

No. 6 Kennedy 48, No. 11 Stockdale

No. 10 Nipomo 26, No. 7 Independence 21

DIVISION 4

No. 5 North 30, No. 9 Templeton 13

No. 5 Immanuel 22, No. 12 Mission College Prep 21

No. 4 McLane 35, No. 13 Wasco 17

No. 3 Coalinga 23, No. 14 Washington Union 22

No. 6 Chowchilla 49, No. 11 Cabrillo 23

No. 10 South 14, No. 7 Dos Palos 7

No. 15 Roosevelt 23, No. 2 Exeter 16

DIVISION 5

No. 1 Bishop Union 41, No. 16 Sanger West 6

No. 9 Santa Ynez 35, No. 8 Arven 21

No. 5 Atascadero 21, No. 12 Liberty

No. 4 Morro Bay 35, No. 13 Reedley 28

No. 3 Strathmore 38, No. 14 Santa Maria 7

No. 6 Delano 44, No. 11 Fowler 27

No. 15 Hoover 25, No. 2 Woodlake 20

DIVISION 6

No. 1 Minarets 42, No. 16 Tranquillity 14

No. 9 Boron 20, No. 8 Golden Valley 17

No. 12 Mira Monte 56, No. 5 Kern Valley 39

No. 4 Firebaugh 27, No. 13 Orange Cove 21

No. 3 Lindsay 47, No. 14 Rosamond 34

No. 11 Riverdale 32, No. 6 Orosi 21

No. 7 Granite Hills 35, No. 10 Foothill 7

No. 2 Corcoran 42, No. 15 McFarland 6

EIGHT MAN

No. 4 Orcutt Academy 34, No. 5 Lone Pine 20

No. 3 Laton 40, No. 6 Trona 8

No. 2 Fresno Christian 59, No. 7 Alpaugh 6