Friday's North Coast and Central Coast Section football playoffs produced a long list of finals that Bay Area fans could check by Saturday morning, High School On SI reported in its statewide scoreboard for Nov. 13.
In the NCS, the Mercury News' roundup headline said San Ramon Valley, Campolindo and Northgate won. The SI scoreboard filled in the numbers: San Ramon Valley 42, Monte Vista 13; Campolindo 30, Windsor 20; and Northgate 31, Amador Valley 14. The same Mercury News teaser said San Leandro turned back Freedom, Miramonte edged College Park, and Pinole Valley upset top-seeded Moreau Catholic. SI listed those games as San Leandro 40, Freedom 21; Miramonte 21, College Park 17; and Pinole Valley 25, Moreau Catholic 23.
A MaxPreps recap said the 25-23 result was Pinole Valley's second straight win by exactly two points. De La Salle, one of the East Bay's traditional powers, rolled 63-13 over Liberty, SI reported. California High of San Ramon beat Ukiah 49-12, and Bishop O'Dowd beat Heritage 42-24, according to the same scoreboard.
On the CCS side, the Mercury News' roundup said Burlingame, Wilcox and Sacred Heart Prep won, while Menlo-Atherton fell one yard short in a loss at King City, Santa Teresa was routed by Salinas, and Woodside was held to three points in a loss at Soquel. SI's finals matched those storylines: Burlingame 22, Live Oak 19; Wilcox 46, Ann Sobrato 13; Sacred Heart Prep 17, Mountain View 7; King City 34, Menlo-Atherton 28; Salinas 56, Santa Teresa 21; and Soquel 27, Woodside 3. Palo Alto beat Milpitas 28-7, SI reported.
Two of the night's most-watched rivalry games are covered separately: Acalanes' 70-54 win at Pittsburg in the NCS, and St. Ignatius' 21-7 win over Bellarmine that sent the Wildcats back to the CCS Open Division championship game. Those results also appear on the SI scoreboard.
Taken together, Friday advanced familiar names (De La Salle, San Ramon Valley, St. Ignatius, Wilcox) and produced at least one genuine bracket shock, with Pinole Valley knocking off the top seed in its NCS game by two points. Several CCS games were decided at the goal line or in the final minutes, including Menlo-Atherton's one-yard shortfall at King City, as the Mercury News described it.
Teams that survived will turn quickly to next week's section semifinals and finals. For programs whose seasons ended Friday, the scoreboard is now a final record of a long playoff night that stretched from the East Bay to the South Bay and down the Monterey-adjacent CCS bracket.