NINE AREA high school football teams are in the CIF-SS playoffs starting this Friday (Shutterstock).

Nine area high school football teams qualified for the CIF-SS football playoffs starting on Friday.

Those teams will compete in 14 divisions, arranged based on a new system of “competitive equity,” in which teams are assigned to divisions based on their performance throughout the season, rather than enrollment as has been done in the past. Four teams – Edison, Orange, Pacifica and Loara – are seeded in the top four in their divisions.
According to the seeding and brackets released by the CIF-SS office on Sunday morning, here are the pairings by divisions. All games are planned to begin at 7:30 p.m., unless both school agree to another time and with the approval of the CIF-SS office.

Division 2. Edison is seeded fourth

• Inglewood (9-0) at Edison (7-3)

Division 4. Orange is seeded third

Palos Verdes (5-4) at Orange (7-3)

Division 7. Pacifica is seeded third

• Xavier Prep (6-3-1) at Pacifica (8-2)

Division 10

• South/Torrance (5-5) at Garden Grove (7-3)

Division 12

• Santiago (8-2) at Harvard/Westlake (5-5)
• Westminster (8-2) at Lake Elsinore/Lakeside (6-4).
• Quartz Hill (4-4) at Rancho Alamitos (9-1)

Division 13

• Magnolia (4-5-1) at South Pasadena (5-5)

Division 14. Loara is seeded second

• El Monte (4-5) at Loara (4-6).