UPDATED, 12:24 a.m.: A full score list (of what we have) is below, but here are some that caught my eye:

Liberty 17, Stockdale 10 — Turns out I do know jack. Or maybe I'm just lucky. But whatever the case might be, Liberty found a way to win a close game and Stockdale finally lost one. But in reality, this was a really well-played game. Stockdale turned it around after a quarter or so of looking lost without Stephen Silva, who left the game with a concussion. I still expect pretty big things from both of these teams down the road.

Bakersfield 41, Garces 7 — Methinks that if the Drillers were playing this well, they'd be 6-0 right now. Or maybe they just wish they had Brian Burrell at quarterback all along in those losses to Stockdale and Clovis-Buchanan. Nothing against Alex Mitchell, who's an efficient and emotional leader, but he might have just been Wally Pipp-ed. Mitchell has a staph infection, so Burrell — in his first career start, no less — stepped in and was 17-of-20 for 253 yards and three touchdowns, all of 30 yards or longer. Next week, BHS probably gets Alfonso Jackson back. Scary. Meanwhile, for Garces, what was that? Twenty measly yards of offense constitutes a step backwards, no matter who you were playing.

North 25, West 6 — So this is what the Stars look like when they put everything together. A team that can dominate the line of scrimmage on both sides of the ball and is a legitimate threat to Stockdale atop the Southwest Yosemite League. The teams meet Halloween night.

South 26, Centennial 25 — Congratulations to John Wren and the Rebels, who scored a late touchdown to beat the Golden Hawks for the first time in league history.

Taft 28, Arvin 26; Tehachapi 41, Shafter 0; Bakersfield Christian 63, Wasco 21 — The Bit Three in the SSL are all 1-0, though barely in Taft's case. Arvin couldn't quite break through, and frankly, I'm not sure the Bears will get a better chance against Tehachapi or Bakersfield Christian, who has steamrolled everyone since an opening loss to state-ranked Westlake Village-Oaks Christian. Derek Carr had five TD passes tonight.

UPDATED, 10:09 p.m.: Snake-bitten no more, Liberty holds off Stockdale 17-10 and ends the Mustangs' perfect season. Meanwhile, an apparently wild finish at Golden Valley, where Highland scored two quick touchdowns late to tie it 28-28 and is knocking on the door in the closing seconds for a comeback win for the ages.

UPDATED, 9:21 p.m.: Liberty has either had a lead or a chance to take one on a field goal in all five of its games this year, but the Pats are 2-3. They've got another chance to hold on to a lead here, as they're up 17-7 early in the fourth quarter on undefeated Stockdale. And as I write this, Stockdale is driving deep in Liberty territory (just had a TD called back on penalty, actually). Things are tightening up on Liberty again. Can they hold on?

UPDATED, 8:51 p.m.: A few halftime numbers from the night's biggest games for you: Liberty leads unbeaten Stockdale 14-7 at halftime behind a balanced rushing effort — 56 yards from Chris Neal, 45 from Tyler Gellinck and 44 plus two short touchdowns from Angelo Orneales. Stockdale's Stephen Silva had a 79-yard TD run and has 90 yards on five carries, but he was shaken up late in the first quarter and hasn't returned since.
At BHS, the Drillers are dominating Garces 34-0. I expected the Drillers to win, but I'm surprised it's this lopsided. Sophomore Brian Burrell has 179 yards and three touchdowns passing (don't think he'll throw much in the second half, but that's just me) and Garces has managed just 17 yards of offense. Wow.

UPDATED, 8:12 p.m.: Sounds like Brian Burrell, BHS' sophomore quarterback, is doing just fine in his first career start. Burrell has thrown three touchdown passes, all longer than 30 yards, as the Drillers lead Garces 20-0 early in the second quarter. So much for that SEYl showdown, at least so far.
Meanwhile, Stockdale scored first here on Stephen Silva's 79-yard touchdown burst up the middle, but Liberty responded nicely with a long drive capped by Angelo Orneales' 1-yard TD run. Orneales had a long run on the next drive to get the Patriots inside the Stockdale 10, but a Chris Neal fumble has given Stockdale the ball back. The Mustangs are driving but now face a third-and-7 from the Liberty 32. 7:28 to play, second quarter.

UPDATED, 7:32 p.m.: Well, there's quite an atmosphere at Stockdale tonight for the unbeaten Mustangs' battle with Liberty. And I have to say I'm pretty pumped for this one too, between the quality of football we should see and the Stockdale student section, which not-so-gently reminded me that "School House Zach don't know jack." We'll see. Remember, I called for a Liberty upset in my predictions this week.

ORIGINAL POST: Live updates will be available tonight from Liberty-Stockdale. I'll also update as many other scores as I catch wind of as the night goes on. It should be an exciting night. Besides the locals, a couple of Central Sections scores to keep an eye on are Chowchilla at Visalia-Central Valley Christian and Dinuba at Kingsburg.