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Southern Section CA high school football playoffs: Scores, brackets, live updates (11/3/2023)

Follow the 2023 CIF Southern Section high school football playoffs on SBLive

The 2023 CIF Southern Section high school football playoffs have arrived. 

There are 14 Divisions for the football playoffs, plus two divisions for eight-person teams. Every division will play its first-round games on Friday, November 3, except for Division 1. The Division 1 playoffs will kick off on Friday, November 10.

There were four games on Thursday, November 2: Riverside Poly beat Esperanza 27-12 in the Division 11 playoffs; Foothill beat Aquinas 35-22 in the Division 5 playoffs; Corona del Mar beat Paraclete 40-21 in the Division 4 playoffs; and Milken beat Malibu 42-17 in the eight-person Division 2 playoffs;

You can follow all of the CIF Southern Section football playoff games on SBLive, with live scoreboards, bracket updates, video highlights, analysis and much more. SBLive Sports is an official digital content partner of the CIF.

Here is the live scoreboard for the CIF-SS football playoffs:

And here are the CIF-SS football brackets for every Division:

To get live updates on your phone - as well as follow your favorite teams and top games - you can download the SBLive Sports app:

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For in-depth coverage of California high school football - led by SBLive Sports Senior Editor Mitch Stephens and Senior Reporter Tarek Fattal - bookmark our SBLive California homepage and check out our comprehensive coverage:

SBLive Sports is an official digital content partner of the CIF and a member of the Sports Illustrated Media Network.

(Feature photo by Heston Quan)