11 Orange County Teams Alive in Southern Section Playoffs

The semifinal round of the Southern Section football playoffs features 11 Orange County teams with five games scheduled for Friday night and one on Saturday night. Four of the six games are rematches.

In the Big Five Conference, surprising Marina (8-3-1) will meet the top-ranked team in the state, Long Beach Poly (10-1), on Friday night at Cerritos College. Edison (10-2) faces Sunset League rival Westminster (8-4) on the same night in Orange Coast College’s LeBard Stadium. Westminster upset Edison, 24-14, in league play.

Rematches of Century and South Coast League games are featured in the Southern Conference. Santa Ana (8-4) hosts El Modena (11-1) on Friday night in Santa Ana Stadium. El Modena defeated Santa Ana, 24-7, in league play.

El Toro (9-3) will host Mission Viejo (10-1-1) on Saturday night in LeBard Stadium. El Toro defeated Mission Viejo, 17-14, to win the South Coast League four weeks ago.

In a Central Conference game, top-seeded Newport Harbor (10-2) meets La Quinta (10-2) in Bolsa Grande Stadium. The game had originally been scheduled to be played at Garden Grove.

In the other Central Conference semifinal, second-seeded Saddleback (11-1) travels to La Habra (10-2). Saddleback handed La Habra its worst defeat of the season, 34-0, in nonleague play earlier this year.