LIVE coverage of the first round of the high school football playoffs
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It just got serious. The high school football playoffs have arrived. Sixteen local teams start their quests for a CIF-SS title, and maybe even a state championship, on Friday night.
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Tonight's CIF-SS first-round football schedule
- Division 2: Pacifica at Bishop Amat
- Division 3: St. Bonaventure at San Jacinto
- Division 4: Westlake at Dana Hills
- Division 4: Newbury Park at Downey
- Division 5: Trabuco Hills at Moorpark
- Division 5: Temecula Valley at Oaks Christian
- Division 5: Agoura at Torrance
- Division 5: Simi Valley at El Dorado
- Division 6: Baldwin Park at Ventura
- Division 6: Glendora at Calabasas
- Division 7: Oak Park at Phelan-Serrano
- Division 8: Irvine at Fillmore
- Division 10: Grace at Granite Hills
- Division 10: Royal at Nogales
- Division 11: Nordhoff at Los Amigos
- Division 13: Montebello at Del Sol
Prep Period breaks down playoff field
The Star's Joe Curley and Dominic Massimino spent Sunday afternoon breaking down the postseason brackets, interviewing nine current and former head coaches, including Pacifica's Mike Moon, Newbury Park's Joe Smigiel, Moorpark's Christian Dearborn, Oak Park's Casey Webb, Fillmore's Charlie Weis, Grace's Tom Coate, Del Sol's James Nelson and former Nordhoff, St. Bonaventure and Westlake coach Tony Henney. You can watch the full show on the @vcspreps YouTube page.
Dennie delivers despite broken digit
The fact that Nordhoff quarterback Michael Dennie is starting tonight for the Rangers is already one of the stories of the postseason. The senior was feared lost for the season when he broke his throwing hand last month. Read how he's been able to overcome his injury here.
Jostradamus tackles the first-round schedule
After meeting his goal of picking 80% of the games during the regular season, Jostradamus tackles the first-round schedule, while also pointing out which local teams are getting healthy at the right time. Check out all his picks here.
The Star's Top 10
The Star's Joe Curley ranked all 25 teams as the regular season ended and playoffs began. See who made The Star's Super 10 high school football rankings entering the postseason here.
Who's in and who's out
Sixteen of the 25 local teams were selected to the CIF-SS football playoffs Sunday. Read here who's in and who's out.
This article originally appeared on Ventura County Star: LIVE coverage of the first round of the high school football playoffs