Football: Narbonne gets No. 1 seed in City Section
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Marine League champion Narbonne (9-1) has been awarded the No. 1 seed for the City Section Championship Division playoffs at the seeding meeting Saturday morning at Santee High.
Marine League rival San Pedro (9-1), which lost in triple overtime to Narbonne, was seeded No. 2. West Valley League champion Taft (9-1) got the No. 3 seed, with Coliseum League champion Crenshaw (7-2) the No. 4 seed.
The best opening-round matchup has No. 8 Garfield (6-4) hosting No. 9 Birmingham (5-5). The two teams played in August, with Garfield winning, 29-28. The winner will likely get to face Narbonne in the quarterfinals.
Here are the complete pairings: No. 16 Washington (5-5) at No. 1 Narbonne (9-1); No. 9 Birmingham (5-5) at No. 8 Garfield (6-4); No. 12 Fremont (6-4) vs. No. 5 Jordan (6-4) at TBA; No. 13 Banning (4-6) at No. 4 Crenshaw (7-2); No. 14 Locke (5-4) at No. 3 Taft (9-1); No. 11 Dorsey (7-3) at No. 6 San Fernando (7-3); No. 10 Carson (5-5) at No. 7 Venice (5-5); No. 15 Sylmar (7-3) at No. 2 San Pedro (9-1).
-- Eric Sondheimer