The second week of CIF playoff football is a good barometer to know what a team truly is. It’s had a full regular season, with tough non-league games, a competitive league schedule, maybe a title win and, now, it’s experienced what the squad still has in the tank with a taste of postseason play.<\/p>\n
Among Kern County football teams, only 10 remain in the playoffs. One of those is an undefeated Central Section 8-man team, Ridgecrest\u2019s Immanuel Christian. While this past week’s games gave a few league rivals a chance to meet again \u2014 Mira Monte beat Foothill and Boron defeated Kern Valley \u2014 of the nine remaining teams left in 11-man football there\u2019s going to be a chance for a few more teams to get better acquainted.<\/p>\n
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