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Dan Albano reacts to the first round of the CIF-SS football playoffs and previews the games this week:

1. What was your main takeaway on Orange County’s performance in the first round of the playoffs?

The range of scores involving O.C. teams ranked in, or near, the Top 10 surprised me. There were some expected close scores — Los Alamitos-Yorba Linda and San Juan Hills-Downey — but I didn’t expect Tustin and Crean Lutheran to lose by 37 and 17 points, respectively.

Tustin bolstered its nonleague schedule this fall but Division 2 remains a beast.

The Tillers’ opponent — Rancho Cucamonga — played an even tougher nonleague schedule with Orange Lutheran and Centennial among others.

Tillers coach Anth

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