CIFSDS Football: Helix to face Lincoln; Brackets Posted

By Nick Pellegrino
Updated: October 30, 2023

2023 EAST COUNTY PREPFOOTBALL
CIF-SAN DIEGO SECTION CHAMPIONSHIPS

Brackets

Week 2 Playoff Games moved to THURSDAY, NOV. 9: Orange Glen/ Crawford winner at Santana; Granite Hills at Carlsbad.

Open Division – Helix at Lincoln; Granite Hills at Carlsbad

Division I – Ramona at Cathedral Catholic

Division II – Steele Canyon at Oceanside

Division III – El Capitan at Patrick Henry; (Grossmont & West Hills, first-round byes)

Division IV – (Mount Miguel & Santana, first-round byes)

Division V (A) – Valhalla at Vincent Memorial (site TBA, probably Calexico HS); Monte Vista at Hoover (time TBA); Kearny at El Cajon Valley

Division V (AA) – No local teams

Division IV (9-man) – (Foothills Christian, bye)

ECS staff report

LA MESA (Oct. 28) – The release of the football playoff pairings for the CIF San Diego Section championships are coming out slowly, but one key contest has been confirmed from non-official sources.

Helix (9-1 overall) has received the fourth seed in the Open Division and will meet top-rated Lincoln (10-0) in the semifinals, slated for Nov. 10 at The Hive.

Meanwhile, social media fully believes that unbeaten Granite Hills (10-0), the two-time reigning Grossmont Hills League champion, will shoot for their East County record-tying 20th consecutive victory in a ballgame with Carlsbad.

Only one question: which school will receive the No. 2 seed to gain the home-field advantage? This game is also be played on Nov. 10, but one of these two semifinal-round games could be moved to the following night.

MUCH MORE TO COME ON LATE SUNDAY.