2022 CIF-Sac-Joaquin Section football playoff brackets: Folsom, St. Mary's top two Division I seeds
There was not much drama or many surprises when the Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets were announced Sunday.
Folsom (9-1), the state's No. 9 team, was selected the No. 1 seed in Division I over No. 25 St. Mary's-Stockton (10-) at No. 2.
Folsom has won six of the last eight Division I crowns. The Bulldogs lost a Week 2 game to No. 7 Serra-San Mateo, of the Central Coast Section, but then rattled off eight straight games.
2022 Sac-Joaquin Section football brackets
* Division I
* Division II
* Division III
* Division IV
* Division V
* Division VI
* Division VII
St. Mary's has had a banner season with a historic win over North Coast Section and national power De La Salle-Concord 45-35, along with nine others.
The Rams have outscored opponents 464-155.
Oak Ridge-El Dorado Hills and Monterey Trail-Elk Grove, a pair of 8-2 teams, are the next two seeds in Division I and get first-round byes.
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Central Catholic-Stockton (6-4), which took on a ridiculously tough schedule including playing then national No. 1 St. John Bosco-Bellflower, is the fifth seed in its first entrance in Division I.
Central Catholic, winner of four state titles, has an enrollment of less than 400.
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Other top seeds in other Divisions: Manteca (D2), Placer-Auburn (D3), Vanden-Fairfield (D4), Sutter (D5), Ripon Christian (D7).
