HS Football: Playoffs underway as local teams begin the journey to be the last one standing

Golden Bears offensive line creates running space for QB Zach Cutka (7) during last week’s Division 7 CIF-SS playoff game against Valencia High School. David Canales photo
It's win or go home time for local high school football teams, and as just as quickly as Week One of the postseason started, it also ended for more half of the local teams that made it to the playoffs. In fact, only seven local teams remain in the hunt for an elusive CIF Southern Section title. Here are the scores from Week One of the playoffs:Division 1No local teamsDivision 2Vista Murrieta 24, Sherman Oaks Notre Dame 21Rancho Cucamonga 49, Murrieta Valley 14Rancho Verde 26, Serra 20Division 3Edison 42, Heritage 27Division 4Hart 34, Chaparral 23San Juan Hills 39, Murrieta Mesa 25Villa Park 39, Great Oak 8Division 5Yorba Linda 28, Citrus Hill 0Division 6San Jacinto 28, Apple Valley 21Division 7Temecula Valley 38, Place
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