High school football season kicks off Friday
Stadium lights will cast a glow on high school fields throughout the southland Friday when the prep football season begins with non-league schedules among 13 divisions within the CIF Southern Section. Seven teams from the South Bay enter the season ranked in the top ten of their respective divisions in the CIF-Southern Section-Ford preseason poll. In the Northern Division, Mira Costa is ranked No. 7 while Bay League rival Palos Verdes is listed in the tenth slot. St. Bonaventure is ranked No. 1 just ahead of perennial power Oaks Christian. Defensive tackle R.J. Coleman will anchor another physical Mira Costa defense. Photo Defending CIF champion Serra (Gardena) is ranked No. 4 in the Western Division and will play Mira Costa and Redondo during its non-league schedule. In the Northeast Division, Pioneer League rivals South Torrance and North Torrance are ranked No. 2 and No. 9, respectively, and defending Del Rey League champion Bishop Montgomery is listed at No. 8. Chadwick, of the Prep League, is ranked No. 7 in the Northeast Division. The term Friday Night Lights has become synonymous with high school football and, although the television series of the same name has run its…
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