The Press-Telegram area will be represented by 16 teams in next week’s CIF Southern Section boys soccer playoffs, led by Warren in the Division 1 bracket.
The Bears are the Gateway League’s No. 3 seed. Warren finished with the area’s highest total ranking of any team that earned an automatic or at-large playoff berth.
Downey, the Gateway League’s second place team, will be the No. 1 overall in the Division 2 playoffs.
Also in the Division 2 bracket, Paramount, the Gateway League’s No. 1 seed, will host Millikan, the Moore League’s No. 1 seed, in an all local first round match on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Another local match will be played in Division 6. Firebaugh, the Mid-Cities League’s No. 2 seed, host Valley Christian of Cerritos, the Olympic League’s No. 2 seed in the first round on Wednesday.
Artesia, the 605 League’s No. 3 seed, will be the No. 1 overall seed in the Division 7 playoffs.
Second round games will be play on Friday, Feb. 13. Quarterfinals will be play Feb. 17. Semifinals will be played Feb. 21. The CIF-SS finals will be played on Feb. 27 or Feb. 28.
CIF-SS PLAYOFFS SCHEDULE
BOYS SOCCER
Round 1, Wednesday, Feb. 11
Division 1
Warren (8-8-6) at El Toro (18-2-5)
Division 2
Salesian (8-5-1) at Downey (12-4-6)
Millikan (18-3-3) at Paramount (13-5-2)
Division 3
Colony (11-6-2) at Los Alamitos (9-16-2)
Palmdale (8-2-4) at Long Beach Wilson (10-10-4)
Long Beach Poly (11-7-6) at Channel Islands (16-3-1)
Division 4
Hemet (9-6-6) at Lakewood (16-8-2)
Division 5
Riverside Prep (8-13-4) at Bellflower (7-7-6)
Norwalk (9-5-3) at AB Miller (9-2-2)
Division 6
Valley Christian (13-4-1) at Firebaugh (9-7-2)
Division 7
Loma Linda Academy (11-4) at Artesia (9-12-2)
San Gabriel Academy (11-9-1) at Glenn (9-6-5)
St. Bonaventure (10-8-1) at Cerritos (13-4-2)
St. Anthony (5-11-3) at Academy for Academic Excellence of Apple Valley (8-6-3)