UPDATED, 11:42 p.m.: It's repeat night for the South Sequoia League. Bakersfield Christian, as expected by some, went up to Corcoran and put a big number on the undefeated Panthers despite fog so think you couldn't see the stadium lights until you were right beside it. And Tehachapi, a few miles to the west, in the same fog, came back to beat Hanford in what sounded like a scintillating title game. Tulare Union and Chowchilla won the Division II and IV championships, respectively.

Bakersfield Christian 49, Corcoran 27: The Eagles won their second straight title (and this one was a bit easier than last year's 35-34 overtime tilt against Fowler) by proving that they have too many weapons to defend. Jake Peterson, though his 35 receiving yards was enough to give him the single-season Kern County record, and Derek Carr, who had 168 yards and two touchdowns but also two interceptions, gave way tonight. It was the Christian Taylor show instead. The shifty back ran for 206 yards and four touchdowns, including an 80-yarder that gave BCHS the lead for good in the second quarter. The Eagles defense also deserves a lot of credit. Brent Botill had 275 yards rushing for Corcoran, but a lot of them didn't amount to points — he had 173 at halftime but the Panthers had scored just once. And BCHS had stops on three straight possessions in the third quarter while the offense was running away with the game.

Tehachapi 21, Hanford 14: Among Tehachapi's 10 section titles, I'd imagine this one ranks somewhere near the top. To go on the road to a team that was a solid Division II team last year and erase a 14-0 deficit despite throwing away points at the end of the first half is a fantastic story. Tehachapi came from the No. 6 seed and won three of its four playoff games on the road against the No. 3, No. 2 and No. 1 seeds. Adam Mullen again was the star, rushing for two touchdowns, including the game-winner with 6:05 to play. Mullen had 159 yards rushing, Josh Strauss had 164, and the Warriors are winners again.

UPDATED, 8:10 p.m.: It's halftime in the valley of the mist, and BCHS leads 14-7. Christian Taylor broke a tie early in the second quarter with an 80-yard touchdown run, even though I couldn't see the last 60 yards of it. I'll just have to believe the crowds' cheers on that one.
Corcoran is selling out to stop Derek Carr, and, combined with the fog, it's working wonders. Carr is 4-of-16 for 53 yards with an interception, though he's been victimized by some drops also.
Elsewhere, in the D-III game, Tehachapi trails by the same score, 14-7, at Hanford. My spies there tell me the Warriors had the ball inside the 2-yard line late in the half but came away empty-handed because they had no timeouts and quarterback Kurtis Knudson tripped on the final play of the half. That sort of thing could decide a championship. So could the fog. Derek Carr is frustrated, you can tell from the sideline, and i don't blame him. But BCHS is dealing with it as best it can. We'll see what happens, and I'll check back after the game.

UPDATED, 6:52 p.m.: Bad news, Bakersfield. The fog is so thick here in Corcoran that I'll have to walk the sideline to keep stats, which means no live updates until halftime or after the game. Or until the fog clears, but fat chance of that. Check back in an hour or so and I'll hopefully have a halftime update.
By the way, the fog obviously favors Corcoran in this game. Bakersfield Christian wants to wing it around, and that's hard to do if you can't see the ball or the player you're throwing it to. About six minutes from kickoff. Here we go.

ORIGINAL POST: The last day of the season? It's here. Four champions? We'll have 'em by 10 p.m. And we're all over it.

First, to get you warmed up, check out features on the Bakersfield Christian offensive star who's not a household name (yet) and on Tehachapi's much longer road to a championship this year. If you're thirsty for some knowledge on the non-Kern County games, check out these links for stories on the Division II title game and the Division IV game.

You can also listen to The Californian's final high school football podcast of the year, in which myself and Todd Camps discuss all four games in detail. (It was up late, so if you missed it, make sure you go back and listen.)

And, for you Tehachapi and Bakersfield Christian fans, know thine enemy. Hanford has a guy who literally gets everyone to call him Cougar, and Corcoran has some pretty good weapons too.

When you're done with all that reading, come back here and make School House Zach your headquarters before, during and after the championship games tonight. I'll have a live blog from BCHS-Corcoran and will be getting detailed updates from Tehachapi-Hanford as well. All four championship scores will update throughout the night in the list below.

All games kick off at 7 p.m.

Division I
(2) Clovis West 24, (5) Clovis East 7 (last week)

Division II
(1) Tulare Union 42, (2) Visalia-El Diamante 33

Division III
(6) Tehachapi 21, (1) Hanford 14

Division IV
(2) Chowchilla 20, (4) Kingsburg 0

Division V
(2) Bakersfield Christian 49, (1) Corcoran 27

Division VI
(4) Tranquillity 30, (2) Orange Cove 26 (last week)