CIF State Football Championships

Tickets: $15 for adults, $10 for children, students and seniors. Tickets are available only through GoFan at gofan.co

Parking: $5 at Saddleback College, $3 at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium (Friday only), Long Beach City College, $10

Repeaters: This year’s games feature nine schools with State titles: San Francisco Balboa, Fresno Central, Concord De La Salle, Sacramento Grant, Lincoln, Santa Ana Mater Dei, Oxnard Pacifica, Peteluma St. Vincent de Paul and Fairfield Vaden.

Second try: Three schools return for a second try at a state title: El Capitan, Palmdale Highland and Pittsburg.

First-timers: 18 schools are making their first State appearance: Amador Valley, American Canyon, Arcata, Carmel, Huntington Beach Edison, Bakersfield Frontier, Lindsay, Monte Vista, Hayward Moreau Catholic, Palmdale, Palos Verdes, Whittier Pioneer, Irvine Portola, Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep, Sonora, Downey St. Pius X-St. Matthias, Tuolumne Summerville and Twelve Bridges.

This Weekend’s State Championship Football Games

Open Division: Concord De La Salle (12-0) vs. Santa Ana Mater Dei (12-0), 8 p.m. Saturday at Saddleback College. TV: Spectrum Sports Net

Division 1-AA: Pittsburg (12-2) vs. Lincoln (11-2), 8 p.m. Friday at Saddleback College TV: NFHS Network

Division 1-A: Fresno Central (12-2) vs. Huntington Beach Edison (11-4) at Saddleback College, 3:30 p.m. Saturday. TV: Spectrum Sports Net

Division 2-AA: Sacramento Grant (11-3) vs. Oxnard Pacifica (11-4) at Saddleback College, 4 p.m. Friday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 2-A: Twelve Bridges (14-0) vs. Palos Verdes (10-5) at Saddleback College, 11:30 a.m. Saturday.TV: TV: Spectrum Sports Net

Division 3-AA: Amador Valley (10-4) vs. Bakersfield Frontier (10-4) at Long Beach City College, 8 p.m. Friday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 3-A: Fairfield Vanden (12-2) vs. Arcadia Rio Hondo Prep (12-1) at Long Beach City College, 7 p.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 4-AA: Petaluma St. Vincent de Paul (13-1) vs. Palmdale Highland (11-4) at Long Beach City College, 4 p.m. Friday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 4-A: Sonora (12-2) vs. Downey St. Pius-St. Matthias (6-9) at Long Beach City College, 3 p.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 5-AA: Carmel (14-0) vs. El Capitan (11-3) at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium, 8 p.m. Friday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 5-A: American Canyon (12-2) vs. Palmdale (10-5) at Long Beach City College, 11 a.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 6-AA: Arcata (12-1) vs. Irvine Portola (9-6) at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium, 7 p.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 6-A: Tuolumne Summerville (13-1) vs. Monte Vista (10-5) at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium, 3 p.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 7-AA: Hayward Moreau Catholic (10-4) vs. Lindsay (9-5) at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium, 4 p.m. Friday. TV: NFHS Network

Division 7-A: San Francisco Balboa (8-5) vs. Whittier Pioneer at Fullerton Union High School District Stadium, 11 a.m. Saturday. TV: NFHS Network

San Diego’s champions

The State CIF Championship Bowl series started in 2006. Here’s how San Diego Section teams have fared:

2023 (0-1)

Division 6-A: Colusa 33, Sweetwater 14

2022 (4-0)

Division 1-AA: Lincoln 33, Concord De La Salle 28

Division 2-AA: Mater Dei Catholic 26, Oakland McClymonds 18

Division 2-A: Granite Hills 31, San Ramon Valley 24 (OT)

Division 6-AA: Classical Academy 7, San Jose Santa Teresa 0

2021 (3-0)

Division 1-AA: Cathedral Catholic 33, Folsom 21

Division 2-AA: Mater Dei Catholic 34, Modesto Central Catholic 25

Division 2-A: Scripps Ranch 31, Santa Clara Wilcox 28

2020 (0-0)

COVID-19 – No championships

2019 (0-2)

Division 3-AA: Santa Rosa Cardinal Newman 31, El Camino 14

Division 4-A: Escalon 52, La Jolla 21

2018 (1-3)

Division 1-AA: Folsom 21, Cathedral Catholic 14 (OT)

Division 3-AA: Menlo-Atherton 21, Lincoln 7

Division 5-A: San Diego 21, Colfax 10

Division 6-A: San Francisco Lincoln 24, Orange Glen 13

2017 (1-3)

Division 1-AA: Folsom 49, Helix 42

Division 3-A: Steele Canyon 44, Half Moon Bay 42

Division 4-A: Milpitas 45, Southwest-El Centro 41

Division 6-A: San Francisco Galileo 38, Vincent Memorial 20

2016 (2-2)

Division 1-AA: Cathedral Catholic 38, Stockton St. Mary’s 35 (OT)

Division 2-AA: Madison 21, Santa Maria Valley Christian 17

Division 3-A: Oakdale 47, Bishop’s 0

Division 5-A: Oakland McClymonds 20, La Jolla Country Day 17

2015 (2-2)

Division III-A: Rancho Bernardo 35, Atherton Sacred Heart 14

Division IV-A: Hanford 33, Bonita Vista 21

Division V-AA: Mater Dei Catholic 56, Reedley Immanuel 21

Division VI-AA: East Nicolaus 16, Coronado 6

2014 (0-2)

Division I: Folsom 68, Oceanside 7

Division III: Moraga Campolindo 35, El Capitan 28

2013 (0-0)

No San Diego teams

2012 (1-1)

Division III: Madison 38, Kentfield Marin Catholic 35

Division IV: Modesto Central Catholic 66, Santa Fe Christian 6

2011 (1-0)

Division II: Helix 35, Loomis Del Oro 24

2010 (1-1)

Division III: Escalon 30, Madison 14

Division IV: Bishop’s 40, Stockton Brookside Christian 14

2009 (1-1)

Division I: Oceanside 24, San Jose Bellarmine Prep 19

Small School: Modesto Christian 44, Francis Parker 40

2008 (1-0)

Division II: Cathedral Catholic 37, Stockton St. Mary’s 34

2007 (1-0)

Division II: Oceanside 28, Novato 14

2006 (0-0)

No San Diego teams

San Diego teams’ record in title games: 19-18