Heritage to Host Palm Desert Friday; Paloma Valley at Summit

Sunbelt League football champion Heritage High School was seeded second in the CIF Southern Section Central Division playoff bracket and will play at home against Palm Desert Friday at 7:30 p.m.

The CIF-SS office announced Sunday that the Patriots (9-1) earned the right to host Palm Desert (3-7), the No. 3 team from the Desert Valley League. Heritage closed out the regular season Friday night with a 37-20 victory over Elsinore.

Paloma Valley, which finished 7-3 overall but fourth in the Sunbelt League standings, made the playoffs as an at-large team and will play at top-seeded Summit (9-1), the Sunkist League champion, in Fontana. The Wildcats nailed down a postseason berth with an impressive 56-7 rout of Lakeside on Friday night.