The Central Coast Section football brackets were released Sunday and there were no major surprises.
Ten San Mateo County teams qualified, led by Serra, which garnered the No. 1 seed in the new hybrid Open/Division I bracket. Utilizing a system employed in both the North Coast and the Southern sections, the top eight teams in the CCS will battle for the Open and Division I titles in one bracket, with the idea being having the top two teams in the section representing CCS at the regional and state levels.
In this scenario the No. 1 and No. 8 seeds, along with No. 2 and No. 7, play in the top half of the bracket and will play for a spot in the Open championship game. In the bottom half of the bracket, the Nos. 3-6 and Nos. 4-5 games will play for a spot in the Division I final.
Serra (10-0) will face No. 8 Salinas (7-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday, while No. 2 St. Francis (7-3) and No. 7 Wilcox (7-3) will play in Mountain View at 7 p.m. Friday. The winner of those games will face off in the Open Division final Nov. 17 or 18.
The loser of that game will then drop into the Division I final. That team will be waiting for the other finalist when No. 3 St. Ignatius (6-4) hosts No. 6 Valley Christian (6-4) at 5:30 p.m. Friday. In the other DI semifinal, No. 4 Los Gatos (8-2) hosts No. 5 Riordan (7-3).
The winners of those games will play for a spot in the Division I final against the Open Division runner-up Nov. 24 or 25.
The rest of the CCS playoffs are traditional, eight-team brackets. In Division II, two of three Atherton schools were seeded, with Sacred Heart Prep (6-4), which finished in third place in the PAL Bay Division, got the No. 3 seed and will host No. 6 Monterey (7-3) at 1 p.m. Saturday.
SHP rival, Menlo School (9-1) — which won the PAL De Anza Division title — was seeded fifth and will be on the road at No. 4 Live Oak at 7 p.m. Friday.
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Mitty (5-5) is the No. 1 seed in Division.
The Division III bracket has a heavy county vibe with with four PAL teams filling out the eight-team bracket. Menlo-Atherton (4-6), which finished fourth in the PAL Bay Division, got the No. 1 seed and will host another PAL member, No. 8-seed Hillsdale (7-3) at 7 p.m. Friday.
There could be an all-PAL semifinal as Capuchino (9-1), PAL Ocean Division co-champs, earned the No. 2 seed and will host No. 7 Alisal (9-1) at 7 p.m. Friday. Aragon (8-2), which finished tied with Cap in the Ocean Division, is seeded No. 3 and will host No. 6 Scotts Valley (9-1) at 7 p.m. Friday.
In Division IV, No. 7 Burlingame (3-7) gets a rematch with No. 2 Mountain View (4-6), which finished last in the PAL Bay Division but received an at-large berth to CCS. The Panthers beat the Spartans 21-14 Oct. 13 to earn one of the five automatic berth out of the Bay Division. Mountain View will host Burlingame for the second time this season at 7 p.m. Friday.
Palo Alto (5-5) is the No. 5 seed in Division IV.
Division V features Woodside (6-4) and South City (9-1). The Wildcats earned the No. 1 seed and will host No. 8 Del Mar (7-3), which is returning to the CCS playoffs in more than a decade. The game is scheduled for 7 p.m. Friday.
South City, the PAL Lake Division champ, will host No. 6 Silver Creek (7-3) at 7 p.m. Friday.
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