Orange Lutheran, Newport Harbor, Huntington Beach and JSerra are seeded first, second, third and fourth, respectively.

The inaugural CIF Southern Section flag football playoffs will have five divisions with 32-team fields, except Division 1, which will have just 16 teams.

One year after girls high school flag football launched across the state, 10 local teams will be part of the inaugural CIF-Southern Section playoffs.

The inaugural CIF-Southern Section girls flag football championships will have South Bay teams in four of the divisions. In Division 2, Mira Costa, the Bay League champion, Pioneer League champion Torrance and Redondo, who finished second in the Bay League all received home games in Tuesday’s first round.

No. 6 Redondo Union (Bay No. 2) at No. 3 Huntington Beach (Sunset No. 1) Note: Second round of pool play is Oct. 29; third round Nov. 2; finals Nov. 9 at Cerritos College at 6 p.m.

Orange Lutheran is the top-rated team as the CIF Southern Section gets ready for its first girls flag football championships.

Western Christian and Roosevelt will compete in the highest division after finishing among the top 16 teams in the section rankings.

The Golden Bears finished eighth in the final section rankings and will have pool-play matches against Sierra Canyon, Mira Costa and Marymount.

Marmonte League powers Oaks Christian, Thousand Oaks and Agoura lead the group of local girls volleyball teams to watch ahead of the CIF-SS playoffs.

Three teams from the Channel, Sunset and Trinity leagues qualify for the Southern Section Division 1 playoffs.