Girls flag football, volleyball playoff matchups are set. Here’s who’s playing and where.

Shawn Jansen
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The first year of girls flag football in high school saw the Atwater, Merced and Livingston high teams finish in a three-way tie for the Central California Conference championship.

Now all three teams will get ready to host a playoff game as the Sac-Joaquin Section is one of the few sections in the state holding flag football playoffs.

The three teams finished tied at 11-3 in the CCC and all three earned home playoff games on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Atwater High School senior Nayeli Garcia runs will the ball during a flag football game against Golden Valley on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 at Merced High School in Merced, Calif.
Atwater High School senior Nayeli Garcia runs will the ball during a flag football game against Golden Valley on Saturday, Aug. 19, 2023 at Merced High School in Merced, Calif.

Atwater (20-5-1) earned the No. 3 seed in Division I and will host No. 14 Bear Creek at Dave Honey Stadium. Merced (21-4-1) is the No. 4 seed in Division I and will open at home against No. 13 Stagg. Livingston (17-10) is the No. 7 seed in Division II and will host No. 10 Los Banos.

El Capitan (16-6) finished one game behind the first-place trio in the CCC and will be the No. 9 seed in Division I and will travel to No. 8 Tokay on Tuesday.

El Capitan junior Chloe Grever (12) reaches for the ball during a match against Merced at Merced High School in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The Gauchos swept the Bears 3-0.
El Capitan junior Chloe Grever (12) reaches for the ball during a match against Merced at Merced High School in Merced, Calif., on Wednesday, Oct. 4, 2023. The Gauchos swept the Bears 3-0.

Girls Volleyball

The Sac-Joaquin Section girls volleyball playoffs also begin on Tuesday.

Fresh off winning a third consecutive CCC championship, El Capitan (25-10) will open the Division II playoffs as the No. 7 seed and will host No. 10 Tracy at 7 p.m.

Atwater (20-8) finished second in the CCC and earned the No. 9 seed in Division II and will travel for a first-round match against No. 8 Woodcreek. Merced (18-9) is the No. 12 seed in Division II and will open on the road at No. 5 Lodi.

In the Division IV playoffs, Hilmar (14-11) is the No. 8 seed and will host No. 9 Orestimba in the first round on Tuesday at 7 p.m.

Le Grand (13-12) is the No. 10 seed in Division V and will travel to No. 7 Westlake Charter and Mariposa (10-15) is the No. 14 seed and will open at No. 3 Big Valley Christian.

Stone Ridge Christian (21-11) is the No. 4 seed in Division VI and will host No. 5 Stockton Christian on Thursday in the first round.

In the Central Section both Chowchilla and Dos Palos qualified for the girls volleyball playoffs and will open on Tuesday in Division V action.

Chowchilla (18-11) is the No. 3 seed and will open at home against No. 14 Selma at 6 p.m. Dos Palos (17-10-1) is the No. 8 seed and will host No. 9 Wasco on Tuesday at 6 p.m.