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Amador Valley High's girls flag football team starts its North Coast Section playoff run at home Wednesday night as the top seed in Division I.

Amador Valley hosts No. 16 San Leandro at 7 p.m. in the opening round, the Pleasanton Weekly reported. Amador Valley enters the bracket at 21-2 overall and went 11-0 through the East Bay Athletic League regular season and league playoffs.

The record marks a sharp climb for a young program. When flag football played its first season in the EBAL, Amador Valley finished 3-14, according to the Weekly.

The team earned the top seed after running the table in league play.

Amador Valley is one of several Pleasanton teams heading into the postseason. Foothill's girls volleyball team beat San Ramon Valley and Carondelet to win the EBAL playoffs, its fourth league title in six years, the Weekly reported Tuesday.

Foothill's football team, 3-4 overall and 1-0 in Valley Division play, can still win the division title and a North Coast Section berth if it beats Granada and Dublin in its last two games.

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