The trio of Dos Pueblos, San Marcos and Santa Barbara High will represent the Santa Barbara area in the CIF-SS postseason, which kicks off next Tuesday.
The Chargers are fresh off their fourth consecutive Channel League title and will compete in the Open Division, while the Royals secured a third-place finish in the Channel League to punch their ticket to the Division 1 playoffs.
Meanwhile, the Dons are celebrating their first CIF-SS playoff appearance after a strong season in the Pacific View League and will compete for a Division 2 title.
Dos Pueblos (Open Division)
The Chargers went 18-3 in the regular season en route to finishing as the No. 11-ranked team in the CIF-SS and earning a spot in the 12-team Open Division.
Dos Pueblos was slotted into Pool B alongside No. 2-ranked Newport Harbor and No. 7 Westlake, with the winner of the pool advancing to the Open Division Semifinals.
The Chargers will be on the road for the entirety of pool play as the lower seed, heading down to Newport Harbor on Wednesday, Oct. 21 and taking on Westlake down south on Saturday, Oct. 24.
While Dos Pueblos has not faced Newport Harbor this season, the Chargers did pull out a road win over Westlake, 21-19, in late August.
Senior quarterback Ruby Streatfeild has played a key role in the Chargers’ success, throwing for 2,330 yards and 38 touchdowns while rushing for 630 yards and 11 touchdowns.
Junior Paige Ferro leads the team with 842 rushing yards, while both senior Brooklyn Hedricks (62 catches, 825 yards, 19 TD) and junior Kindah Ahmad-Reda (71 catches, 817 yards, 13 TD) have turned in stellar receiving seasons.
San Marcos (Division 1)
The Royals finished the regular season with a 15-9 record and clinched an automatic berth into the CIF-SS playoffs with a tiebreaker win over Ventura on Wednesday.
San Marcos was placed into the Division 1 bracket and will have a tough first test, heading on the road to take on the No. 2-seeded Redondo Union on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
Redondo Union went 15-5 in the regular season to earn a share of the Bay League championship.
Junior quarterback Victoria Aldana has been a dual-threat star all year with 3,737 passing yards and 41 passing touchdowns to go along with 861 rushing yards and nine rushing touchdowns.
Sophomore Piper Kittle has been the go-to receiver late in the season, hauling in 141 receptions for 1,377 receiving yards and 14 touchdowns.
Santa Barbara High (Division 2)
The Dons experienced the program’s best-ever regular season this fall, going 14-4 and finishing second in the Pacific View League to secure a spot in the Division 2 postseason.
Santa Barbara High is the lone local team with a first-round matchup at home, playing host to Villa Park on Tuesday, Oct. 20 at 5 p.m.
Villa Park earned a third-place finish in the Freeway League with an overall record of 9-10 in the regular season.
Senior Elina Stump has been the key playmaker for the Dons all year long, collecting 805 rushing yards and 10 rushing touchdowns as well as 562 receiving yards and nine receiving touchdowns.
Stump and fellow senior Shea Gannon have shined on the defensive end as well, combining for 52 sacks as a duo.
