After 27 years, playoff football is returning to LeFebvre Stadium.

Placer High will host Foothill in a first-round Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoff game Friday at 7 p.m. The section announced the playoff pairings Saturday evening and rewarded the Hillmen’s 9-1 regular season with a No. 3 seed in the Division IV-A bracket.

Placer beat Whitney 28-19 in its regular season finale Friday in Rocklin. The Hillmen claimed second place in the Pioneer Valley League to undefeated Lincoln, which earned the top seed in Division IV-A.

Both Colfax and Del Oro will also be a part of the new expanded playoff format, which is based on enrollment rather than league alignment.

Del Oro earned a home playoff game for its 8-2 regular season. The Golden Eagles will host Christian Brothers Friday. Del Oro is seeded eighth in the Division II bracket – widely regarded as one of the toughest playoffs in the state. A first-round win would likely send the Eagles to St. Mary’s to meet No. 1 St. Mary’s.

Colfax will hit the road as it returns to the playoffs after missing the postseason last year for the first time under coach Tony Martello. The eighth-seeded Falcons will face high-powered Modesto Christian in the Division IV-B bracket.

For more on the playoffs and Friday night’s football action, see Sports, C1.