The stage is set for an epic weekend of high school football across the Bay Area.

De La Salle and Pittsburg will play on Friday night for the North Coast Section’s Open Division championship. In the Central Coast Section, Archbishop Riordan and Serra will meet Friday for an Open title as well.

The winners will advance to the state playoffs. The losers will play next week for section Division I titles.

But that’s only part of this weekend’s story.

Semifinal games will be held in numerous divisions, with the winners moving on to section finals and a step closer to the regionals.

All section champions in the NCS and CCS qualify for NorCals.

HSRatings.com, which projects winners for each game, doesn’t have many blowouts in its forecast this weekend.

It says 15 of the 22 games that inclu

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