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CA Central Section high school football playoffs: Scores, bracket updates

Get all of the first-round results for the California (CIF) Central Section high school football playoffs
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The 2023 CIF Central Section high school football playoffs kicked off on Friday (November 3) with first-round games across all seven divisions.

The top four seeds in the Division I bracket - Clovis North, Frontier, Liberty and Clovis East - received byes into the second round next week. The most intriguing matchups in the first round of the DI playoffs were Clovis West vs. Hanford and Central vs. Arroyo Grande. Clovis West pulled out a 42-30 victory and Central rolled to a 42-14 win.

You can follow all of the CIF Central 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 updated scoreboard for the CIF Central Section football playoffs:

And here are the updated CIF Central Section football brackets for every Division:

You can also watch many of the CIF Central Section football playoff games live on the NFHS Network:

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 Bobby Medellin)