{"id":521546,"date":"2026-11-07T08:15:51","date_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/521546\/"},"modified":"2026-11-07T08:15:51","modified_gmt":"2026-11-07T08:15:51","slug":"opening-round-of-2026-high-school-football-playoffs-around-the-central-section","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/521546\/","title":{"rendered":"Opening round of 2026 high school football playoffs around the Central Section"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Highlights, scores, and brackets from the first round of CIF Central Section high school football playoffs on Friday, Nov. 6, 2026.<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 1-AA<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield 35, Clovis 7<\/p>\n<p>Clovis West 49, St. Joseph (Santa Maria) 39<\/p>\n<p>Central East and Buchanan on Bye Week<\/p>\n<p>Semifinal round &#8211; Bakersfield at Central East, Clovis West at Buchanan<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 1-A<\/p>\n<p>Garces 41, Clovis North 0<\/p>\n<p>Tulare Union 27, Liberty (Bakersfield) 21<\/p>\n<p>Sanger 27, Hanford 14<\/p>\n<p>Bakersfield Christian 45, Clovis East 11<\/p>\n<p>Semifinal round &#8211; Tulare Union at Garces, Sanger at Bakersfield Christian<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 2<\/p>\n<p>Centennial 17, Lemoore 16<\/p>\n<p>San Joaquin Memorial 33, Central Valley Christian 28<\/p>\n<p>Kingsburg 47, Golden West 13<\/p>\n<p>Redwood 58, Bullard 7<\/p>\n<p>Arroyo Grande 42, Edison 12<\/p>\n<p>San Luis Obispo 21, Dinuba 14<\/p>\n<p>Tulare Western 29, Garza 7<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinal round &#8211; Centennial at Independence, SJM at Kingsburg; Arroyo Grande at Redwood, San Luis Obispo at Tulare Western<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 3<\/p>\n<p>Highland 44, Washington Union 8<\/p>\n<p>Kerman 32, Porterville 0<\/p>\n<p>Madera 59, Templeton 48<\/p>\n<p>Immanuel on Bye Week<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinal round &#8211; Highland at Shafter, Kennedy (Delano) at Kerman; Madera at Nipomo, Lompoc at Immanuel<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 4<\/p>\n<p>Chowchilla 63, South Bakersfield 14<\/p>\n<p>McLane 29, Monache 14<\/p>\n<p>Mission Prep 48, Mt. Whitney 13<\/p>\n<p>Atascadero 24, Liberty (Madera) 14<\/p>\n<p>North Bakersfield 35, Exeter 34<\/p>\n<p>Roosevelt 42, Dos Palos 28<\/p>\n<p>Coalinga 23, Pioneer Valley 21<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinal round &#8211; McLane at Chowchilla, Mission Prep at Wasco; Atascadero at North Bakersfield, Roosevelt at Coalinga<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 5<\/p>\n<p>Sierra Pacific 14, Sanger West 13<\/p>\n<p>Caruthers 32, Woodlake 29<\/p>\n<p>Reedley 56, Hoover 13<\/p>\n<p>Orosi 46, Torres 33<\/p>\n<p>East Bakersfield 34, Firebaugh 7<\/p>\n<p>Selma 34, Cabrillo 16<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinal round &#8211; Sierra Pacific at Foothill, Caruthers at Reedley; Chavez at Orosi, East Bakersfield at Selma<\/p>\n<p>DIVISION 6<\/p>\n<p>Fowler 37, Lindsay 23<\/p>\n<p>Mendota 41, Fresno Christian 7<\/p>\n<p>Minarets 27, Madera South 22<\/p>\n<p>McFarland 37, Sierra 20<\/p>\n<p>Mira Monte 39, Central 34<\/p>\n<p>Quarterfinal round &#8211; Fowler at Boron, Mendota at Granite Hills; McFarland at Minarets, Mira Monte at Taft<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"FRESNO, Calif. (FOX26) \u2014 Highlights, scores, and brackets from the first round of CIF Central Section high school&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":521547,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[35],"tags":[151,153,152],"class_list":["post-521546","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield","tag-bakersfield-headlines","tag-bakersfield-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521546","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=521546"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/521546\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/521547"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=521546"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=521546"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=521546"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}