High School Football

As prep football playoffs kick off, The Fresno Bee predicts every score this week

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  • The Fresno Bee finished 68-32 during the season and covered all playoff games.
  • The Bee predicted every postseason score across Central Section divisions and rounds.
  • The Bee posted bracket-by-bracket scores including upsets and narrow margin victories.

During the season, The Fresno Bee went 68-32 with its weekly predictions of prep football games.

Not bad considering the outcomes could have gone either way.

Now The Bee will take that respectable record into the Central Section playoffs, which kick off this week.

Instead of picking select games, The Bee will predict scores throughout the postseason.

Follow along and see how The Bee fares as we head to the end of the season.

Predictions

Division I-AA

Quarterfinals

Friday

No. Central East 54, No. 8 Clovis East 24

No. 4 Buchanan 23, No. 5 Clovis North 21

No. 3 Clovis West 32, No. 6 St. Joseph 30

No. 2 Clovis 44, No. 7 Frontier 30

Division I-A

Quarterfinals

No. 1 Bakersfield Christian, bye

No. 4 Sanger 34, No. 5 Bullard 23

No. 3 Liberty-Bakersfield 44, No. 6 San Joaquin Memorial 34

No. 2 Hanford, bye

Division II

First round

No. 1 Tulare Union, bye

No. 2 Bakersfield, bye

No. 3 Redwood, bye

No. 9 Kingsburg 43, No. 8 Dinuba 35

No. 5 Garces 24, No. 12 Tehachapi 21

No. 4 Arroyo Grande 27, No. 13 Sunnyside 23

No. 6 Lemoore 24, No. 11 San Luis Obispo 17

No. 7 Central Valley Christian 34, No. 10 Lompoc 17

Division III

First round

No. 1 Shafter 50, No. 16 Mission Prep 20

No. 8 Washington 33, No. 9 Garza 27

No. 5 Kennedy 37, No. 12 Paso Robles 23

No. 4 Golden West 46, No. 13 Mission Oak 23

No. 3 Porterville 24, No. 14 Ridgeview 13

No. 6 Independence 32, No. 11 Madera 24

No. 10 Kerman 33, No. 7 Tulare Western 27

No. 2 Wasco 34, No. 15 Righetti 25

Division IV

First round

No. 1 Templeton, bye

No. 2 Immanuel, bye

No. 3 McLane, bye

No. 4 North, bye

No. 9 Monache 27, No. 8 Coalinga 24

No. 5 Roosevelt 23, No. 12 Exeter 20

No. 11 Dos Palos 36, No. 6 Santa Ynez 27

No. 10 Atascadero 20, No. 7 Nipomo 14

Division V

First round

No. 1 Liberty-Madera Ranchos 46, No. 16 Selma 20

No. 8 Delano 17, No. 9 Morro Bay 13

No. 12 Hoover 17, No. 5 Cabrillo 13

No. 4 Bishop Union 27, No. 13 Golden Valley-Bakersfield 23

No. 3 West 17, No. 14 Taft 13

No. 6 Chowchilla 53, No. 11 Strathmore 40

No. 7 Sanger West 46, No. 10 Reedley 27 (Thursday)

No. 2 Woodlake 13, No. 15 Fowler 10

Division VI

First round

No. 1 Minarets 43, No. 16 Sierra 16

No. 9 Lindsay 23, No. 8 Mendota 20

No. 5 Kern Valley 23, No. 12 Granite Hills 20

No. 4 Boron 32, No. 13 Corcoran 30

No. 3 Foothill 23, No. 14 Rosamond 17

No. 6 Mira Monte 24, No. 11 McFarland 20

No. 7 Firebaugh 34, No. 10 Yosemite 16

No. 2 Orosi 54, No. 15 Parlier 24

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Quarterfinals

No. 1 Fresno Christian 34, No. 8 Orcutt Academy 23

No. 5 Alpaugh 26, No. 4 Laton 24

No. 3 Mammoth 33, No. 6 Trona 26

No. 2 Immanuel Christian 42, No. 7 Frazier Mountain 20

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