NCS football playoffs fall 2021: First-round schedule in all divisions
De La Salle seeded No. 1, Pittsburg No. 2 in NCS's new eight-team Open/Division I bracket.
North Coast Section football playoffs
Open/Division I
No. 8 James Logan (6-4) at No. 1 De La Salle (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Amador Valley (4-6) at No. 2 Pittsburg (7-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Antioch (6-4) at No. 3 Clayton Valley (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 California (7-3) at No. 4 Monte Vista (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
Note: The first-round winners in the top half of the bracket will play for the Open Division championship in Week 2 of the playoffs. The loser of the Open Division championship will play the winner of the bottom half of the bracket for the Division I championship in Week 3 of the playoffs.
Division II
No. 8 Livermore (6-4) at No. 1 San Ramon Valley (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Dublin (6-4) at No. 4 Campolindo (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 San Leandro (6-3) at No. 3 Foothill (8-2), Saturday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Granada (4-6) at No. 2 Rancho Cotate (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division III
No. 1 Windsor (8-1) at No. 8 Northgate (8-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 Acalanes (6-4) at No. 4 El Cerrito (7-2), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 Montgomery (7-3) at No. 2 Las Lomas (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 3 Benicia (7-3) at No. 6 Casa Grande (7-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division IV
No. 8 Mt. Diablo (4-5) at No. 1 Marin Catholic (9-1), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 4 Petaluma (7-3) at No. 5 Tamalpais (6-4), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 7 Newark Memorial (5-5) at No. 2 Cardinal Newman (6-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Vallejo (4-4) at No. 3 Tennyson (9-0), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division V
No. 1 San Marin (9-1) at No. 8 Hercules (6-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 5 De Anza (4-4) at No. 4 St. Bernard’s (5-4), Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 7 Archie Williams (7-3) at No. 2 Del Norte (8-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Miramonte (5-4) at No. 3 Encinal (9-1), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division VI
No. 1. Salesian (7-2), Bye
No. 5 Pinole Valley (4-6) at No. 4 Middletown (6-4), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 7 San Lorenzo (3-4) at No. 2 Arcata (7-2) McKinleyville HS, Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Saint Mary’s-Berkeley (3-6) at No. 3 Justin-Siena (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
Division VII
No. 8 St Patrick-St Vincent (4-5) vs. No. 1 St Vincent de Paul (8-1) at Yarbrough Field, Saturday, 1 p.m.
No. 4 Hoopa Valley (3-4) at No. 5 Clear Lake (6-3), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 2 St Helena (8-1) at No. 7 McKinleyville (5-5), Friday, 7 p.m.
No. 6 Berean Christian (4-5) at No. 3 Cloverdale (5-4), Friday, 7 p.m.