September 30, 2024

OC Sports Zone: Community First

SCHEDULE: Week six high school football includes debut of most new OC leagues

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