Valencia is the only football team from the Foothill League to advance to the second round of the CIF Southern Section playoffs.
Saugus, West Ranch and Golden Valley lost in their first-round playoff games.
Valencia made quick work of Rio Mesa, the second-place team from the Channel League, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 5 playoffs, winning 45-13 on Friday night. The Vikings (5-4) took a 31-0 lead in the second quarter and buried host Rio Mesa (7-4) early.
Valencia, an at-large team from the Foothill League that had to cancel its league finale against Saugus because of a COVID-19 outbreak, plays La Habra in the second round at Valencia High School on Friday.
La Habra (6-5), the Freeway League champs, beat Tustin, 31-14, in its first-round game.
In other action, Saugus, the Foothill League champion, lost to visiting Rancho Cucamonga, 21-7, at College of the Canyons in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 3 playoffs on Friday night.
Rancho Cucamonga (6-5), an at-large team from the Baseline League, took a 14-0 lead in the first half. The Cougars took a 7-0 lead in the first quarter on a 33-yard touchdown pass. Rancho Cucamonga scored its second touchdown on a 55-yard pass after recovering a Saugus fumble on the 45-yard line.
Saugus (8-2) scored its first touchdown of the game in the third quarter, a 13-yard touchdown pass, to cut Rancho Cucamonga’s lead in half, 14-7. Saugus missed a 31-yard field goal in the second quarter and didn’t convert a fourth-and-1 play from the 3-yard line, turning the ball over on a drive in the third quarter.
Rancho Cucamonga scored on a 12-yard touchdown pass early in the fourth quarter to go up 21-7.
Rancho Cucamonga plays Roosevelt (6-4), the third-place team from the Big VIII League, in the second round of playoffs on Friday night.
West Ranch, the second-place team from the Foothill League, lost to Lawndale, 34-14, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 4 playoffs.
West Ranch (8-3) led 7-6 after the first quarter, but Lawndale took the lead, 13-7, on a touchdown in the second quarter and outscored West Ranch, 21-7, in the second half.
Lawndale (9-2), the Pioneer League champion, plays La Serna (9-2) the Del Rio League champion, in the second round of the playoffs on Friday night.
Golden Valley (4-6), the third place team from the Foothill League, lost to La Mirada, 35-29, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 7 playoffs.
Golden Valley took an 8-0 lead in the first quarter, and led 15-13 at halftime against La Mirada (7-4), the second-place team from the Suburban League.
La Mirada scored two touchdowns in the third quarter and took a 28-22 lead. The two teams swapped touchdowns in the fourth quarter for the final score, 35-29.
La Mirada plays Pasadena (8-2), the co-champs of the Pacific League, in the second round on Friday night.
Trinity Classical Academy (7-4) lost to Anaheim, 45-6, in the first round of the CIF Southern Section Division 13 playoffs.
Anaheim (7-4), the second-place team from the Orange League, plays San Bernardino (6-4) in the second round of the playoffs.
In the CIF Southern Section Division 2 8-man football playoffs, Santa Clarita Christian (0-9) lost to the California School for the Deaf in RIverside, 70-12.
The California School for the Deaf (9-0) plays Desert Christian of Lancaster (4-4) in the second round of the playoffs in Riverside on Friday night.
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