CIF tackle football playoffs kick off with Helix as top seed in Division I

Seeding for the San Diego Section tackle football playoffs has been completed. There are the usual surprises and usual suspects. The four Open Division qualifiers include the top-seeded Carlsbad Lancers (9-1), second-seeded Cathedral Catholic Dons (7-3), third-seeded Mission Hills Grizzles (8-2) and fourth-seeded Santa Fe Christian Eagles (10-0). Santa Fe Christian completed a 13-1 section season in 2025, 13-0 in section play as the Division II champion, and are perfect again in section play this season — only one of two teams (Patrick Henry is the other) to go undefeated through regular season play with a 10-0 record. Semifinals between the four combatants for the section’s elite championship are scheduled Nov. 13. The championship game is set Nov. 21 at Southwestern College. Carlsbad wlll host Santa Fe Christian while Cathedral Catholic will host Mission Hills. The Division I seeding features No. 1 Helix Charter (8-2), No. 2 La Costa Canyon (6-4), No. 3 Oceanside (6-4), No.

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