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This week marks a new era for Orange County high school football as most teams compete in new leagues in a plan designed to bring competitive equity.
Games are scheduled Thursday, Oct. 3 and Friday, Oct. 4.
OC schools opted to come up with the new plan which will have a two-year cycle and based on power ratings from CalPreps.com from the last two seasons. There are 12 leagues with teams placed in leagues based on their ratings from one to 69.
Teams in the top-rated Alpha League: Mission Viejo, San Clemente, Edison and Los Alamitos begin league play in week eight and have three league games. Trinity League teams Mater Dei, Orange Lutheran and Servite were not affected as the league remains the same.
OC Sports Zone will publish a full schedule later this week.
Here’s a look at this week’s games:
(Games on Friday unless noted)
BRAVO LEAGUE
Villa Park at Yorba Linda (Thursday)
Corona del Mar at San Juan Hills
Tesoro at Newport Harbor
DELTA LEAGUE
Western at Capistrano Valley
Trabuco Hills at El Modena (Thursday, Fred Kelly Stadium)
Cypress at Tustin
EPSILON LEAGUE
Huntington Beach at Laguna Hills
El Dorado at La Habra (Thursday)
Foothill at Crean Lutheran
FOXTROT LEAGUE
Laguna Beach vs. Northwood at Irvine Stadium
Orange vs. Fountain Valley at Huntington Beach
Aliso Niguel at Dana Hills
IOTA LEAGUE
El Toro vs. Canyon at Fred Kelly Stadium
Troy at Sonora
Irvine vs. Santa Ana at Santa Ana Stadium
KAPPA LEAGUE
St. Margaret’s at Segerstrom
Westminster at Brea Olinda
Esperanza at Garden Grove
LAMBDA LEAGUE
Beckman at Fullerton
Marina vs. Sunny Hills at Buena Park
Valencia at Kennedy
OMICRON LEAGUE
Pacifica at University
Woodbridge at Portola
Buena Park at Katella (Thursday, Glover Stadium)
SIGMA LEAGUE
Estancia vs. Rancho Alamitos at Bolsa Grande (Thursday)
Santa Ana Valley vs. Calvary Chapel at Segerstrom, (Thursday, 7:30 p.m.)
Los Amigos at Ocean View
TANGO LEAGUE
Santiago at Costa Mesa
Bolsa Grande at La Quinta
Anaheim at Loara
ZETA LEAGUE
Note: Five teams, so each team has a bye each week.
Saddleback vs. Godinez at Santa Ana Valley
Savanna at Magnolia (Thursday)
Source: OCFA; send changes to timburt@ocsportszone.com
