Five area teams favored to win first-round playoff games at home
According to CalPreps, only five of 16 Press-Telegram area high school football teams are projected to win their firstround games on Friday in the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
Interestingly, all five of those teams are at home or hosting games at neutral sites.
CalPreps' ratings were used to rank all 373 CIFSS teams during the regular season and helped determine where 216 teams were slotted into the playoffs.
Poly (Division 2), Los Alamitos (Division 2), St. Anthony (Division 8), Artesia (Division 14) and Lynwood (Division 14), who are all hosting first-round games, are projected to win.
Millikan (D3), Warren (D3), Downey (D4), Mayfair (D7), Lakewood (D7), Jordan (D7), St. Pius X-St. Matthias (D8), Dominguez (D9), Bellflower (D11) and Cerritos (D12), who are all on the road except for Mayfair and Dominguez, are all projected to lose.
In total, 16 area teams will play first-round playoff games. Second-round/ quarterfinal games are scheduled for Nov. 10.
St. John Bosco and the other Division 1 teams don't have first-round games this week. Bosco's quarterfinal game against San Clemente on No. 10 has not yet been given a projection. As the overall No. 1 seed in the CIFSS
playoffs, the Braves will most likely be picked as the overwhelming favorites in that matchup.
CalPreps rankings and projections for all 17 area teams before first-round games:
10. POLY 9-1 (D2) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ Poly 31, Vista Murrieta 22
14. LOS ALAMITOS 8-2 (D2) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ Los Alamitos 35, Upland 22
33. MILLIKAN 7-3 (D3)
CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Villa Park 28, Millikan 26
37. WARREN 8-2 (D3) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ 31, Warren 28
54. DOWNEY 8-2 (D4) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ Capistrano Valley 31, Downey 28
102. MAYFAIR 7-3 (D7) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Village Christian 31, Mayfair 28
109. LAKEWOOD 5-5 (D7) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Tustin
King 24, Lakewood 14
110. JORDAN 7-3 (D7) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Chino 34, Jordan 28
117. ST. ANTHONY 8-2 (D8) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ St. Anthony 31, Tahquitz 28
125. ST. PIUS X-ST. MATTHIAS 4-5 (8) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Barstow 22, St. Pius X-St. Matthias 21
139. DOMINGUEZ 6-4 (D9) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Kaiser 28, Dominguez 22 200. BELLFLOWER 7-3 (D11) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Palmdale 34, Bellflower 31
204. GAHR 7-3 (D11) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Quartz Hill 28, Gahr 17
238. CERRITOS 5-5 (D12) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Fillmore 27, Cerritos 22
295. ARTESIA 6-4 (D14) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯ Artesia 28, Temecula Prep 7
308. LYNWOOD 4-5 (D14) CALPREPS PROJECTION ❯❯
Lynwood 22, Webb 19
AAYA MCLYN
School: Poly
Sport: Flag football
Year: Junior
Noteworthy: The junior quarterback had a role in four touchdowns (two passing, two rushing) in Poly's 28-0win against rival Jordan to clinch the Moore League championship on Oct. 24. The Jackrabbits finished with a 10-0 record in league in the sport's inaugural season in the CIF Southern Section.