Week 10 means fight for titles

It’s Week 10 of the local high school regular season, which – coincidently It’s Week 10 of local high school regular season, which – coincidently – is also Halloween week.  

For some programs with injuries and bad luck, it might seem to have been a scary fall. 

On the other hand, for some it’s the game that will lock up a league championship and/or a trip to the CIF-SS playoffs starting next week.

Our final High Five  may look familiar: based mostly on MaxPrep ratings (strength of schedule as well as outcomes) Edison has been on top all season long. 

Following are Huntington Beach and then Marina, Los Amigos and Pacifica. Rancho Alamitos and Orange High are on the bubble.

As you might expect, the final week of these schedules set up some title face-offs. On Thursday, Pacifica and Portola square off for the Omicron League title at Bolsa Stadium. Both teams are 4-0 in league.

In the Sigma League, Los Amigos has already clinched at least a tie for the crown and can claim all of it with a win Friday against Calvary Chapel of Santa Ana. 

Marina lost its unbeaten status after a loss to Kennedy in the Lambda League, but a win Friday over Beckman – along with a Sunny Hills upset of Kennedy – would make create a three-way tie for the championship.

Here’s this week’s menu of games. As always, details are subject to change. All games are set for a 7 p.m. kickoff.

THURSDAY

Delta League

Trabuco Hills at Western

Epsilon League

El Dorado at Huntington Beach

Omicron League

Portola at Pacifica at Bolsa Stadium

Tango League

Santiago vs. Bolsa Grande at Monsoor Stadium (Garden Grove High).

FRIDAY

Tango League

Edison at San Clemente

Foxtrot League

Orange at Laguna Beach

Kappa League

Segerstrom at Garden Grove

Westminster at St. Margaret’s

Lambda League

Beckman vs. Marina at Boswell Field (Westminster High)

Sigma League

Calvary Chapel/Santa Ana vs Los Amigos at Segerstrom High.

Rancho Alamitos at Ocean View

Tango League

Anaheim at La Quinta at Bolsa Stadum

Zeta League

Magnolia at Saddleback

  Flag football update: The first girls’ flag football CIF-SS playoffs are into their second round.

  First round action Division 1 saw Huntington Beach defeat Western Christian 29-21. In Division 2 Edison edged Thousand Oaks 13-12.

  In Division 3, Westminster lost 19-13 to San Dimas. In Division 5, La Quinta lost 32-6 to Bishop Montgomery and Santiago bested Hawthorne 30-0 and Garden Grove defeated Baldwin Park 13-6. 

  In second round play on Saturday, Northview outscored Santiago 13-6 and Garden Grove was bested 20-0 by Antelope Valley

  Tuesday’s quarterfinal results saw Huntington Beach beat Ventura 35-20 and advance to the D-1 semifinals against Newport Harbor on Saturday. 

 The Sailors advanced to the final four with a 33-14 win over Dos Pueblos.