FIVE OF ELEVEN local teams won their CIF-SS football playoff opener (Shutterstock.

In the opening round of the CIF-SS football playoffs, five teams out of 11 from our West Orange County cities won and will advance to the second round next week.

In Division 3 play, Edison (4-7) defeated Oak Hills and will face Long Beach Poly on Friday, Nov. 13. In Division 9, Ocean View (10-1) outlasted Lawndale by 34-28. Next up for the Seahawks is West Covina.

Los Amigos (10-1) bested Nordoff 54-50 in Division 11 action and will next play South High of Torrance.
La Quinta (6-5) won over Santa Ana Valley by 24-20 in Division 14 action.

In Division 2, two area unbeaten teams finally met their match. Orange (10-1) lost a high-scoring duel with Chaparral High of Temecula by 56-35. Huntington Beach (10-1) also was outgunned, losing 44-35 to Inglewood. Against Inglewood, the Oilers fell behind 30-9 at halftime, but rallied to outscore the Sentinels by 26-14 in the second half.

Marina (5-6) lost 48-41 to North High of Riverside in Division 11. Westminster (7-4) also lost, falling to Schurr High of Montebello by 14-7.

In Division 12, Costa Mesa overcame Rancho Alamitos (9-2) by 38-10. In Division 13, Whittier defeated Bolsa Grande (8-3) 38-0 and Garden Grove (3-8) lost 42-7 to Anaheim.

On Thursday night, the Pacifica High School football team ended an otherwise successful season with a 41-14 loss to Barstow High at Bolsa Stadium in a CIF-SS Division 7 first round contest.

The Mariners finish the year with a 7-4 overall record that included one loss a forfeit because of the use of an ineligible player.

Joseph Pham-Ngoy passed for a touchdown for the M’s to Max Salas and Zack Dickison scored on a seven-yard run.