The top teams in both of our rankings will celebrate Thanksgiving Weekend with another game in the North Coast Section football playoffs.

The top-seeded Ferndale Wildcats play the third seeded St. Vincent de Paul Mustangs in the Division 5 championship game at Humboldt State University on Saturday afternoon. Kickoff time at the Redwood Bowl is 1:00 p.m.

Ferndale has won 12 section championships while St. Vincent de Paul has captured four section titles.

The fourth seeded Arcata Tigers travel to Napa to face the top-seeded Justin-Siena Braves in the semi-finals of the Division 4 playoffs on Friday night. The opening kickoff is scheduled for 7:00 p.m.

SMALL SCHOOL RANKINGS

1) Ferndale (11-1) - Junior quarterback Kyle Chambers scored on a one yard run with 12.1 seconds left in the game to help lead the Wildcats to a dramatic 20-13 home victory over the St. Bernard’s Crusaders. Ferndale now owns a nine game winning streak.

2) St. Bernard’s (7-5) - For the second straight time against the Wildcats, the Crusaders were unable to protect a double digit lead, as Ferndale rallied from a 13-0 second half deficit to beat St. Bernard’s for the 26th time in a row.

3) South Fork (4-6) - Junior quarterback Joey Wittlake threw for 2062 yards and 21 touchdowns to lead the Cubs to their most wins since 2009.

4) Hoopa Valley (2-8) - The Warriors, who have won back-to-back Division 5 championships, didn’t qualify for the post season for the first time since 2008.

LARGE SCHOOL RANKINGS

1) Arcata (11-1) - The Tigers scored 26 unanswered points en route to an impressive 26-7 home win over the fifth seeded Fort Bragg Timberwolves. Arcata has won 11 straight games.

2) Fortuna (7-4) - The tenth seeded San Marin Mustangs handed the Huskies a loss in the opening round of the playoffs for the first time in five years.

3) Eureka (4-6) - The young and inexperienced Loggers didn’t earn a berth in the playoffs for the first time since 2007.

4) McKinleyville (3-7) - Even though the Panthers won their first Big Five Conference game since 2004, they didn’t advance to the post season for the third straight year.

5) Del Norte (2-8) - The Warriors lost their last six games to miss the NCS playoffs for the first time since Ray Rook became head coach.

NORTH COAST SECTION PLAYOFF SCORES

DIVISION 4

#4 Arcata 26 #5 Fort Bragg 7

DIVISION 5

#1 Ferndale 20 #4 St. Bernard’s 13

NORTH COAST SECTION PLAYOFF GAMES

DIVISION 4 SEMI-FINALS

#4 Arcata (11-1) at #1 Justin-Siena (9-2)

DIVISION 5 CHAMPIONSHIP GAME

#3 St. Vincent de Paul (10-2) vs. #1 Ferndale (11-1)