Servite’s football team will play De La Salle of Concord on Oct. 5, Servite coach Troy Thomas confirmed today.

It will be a Servite home game. Site of the game will be announced later. Servite will play De La Salle in 2014, too, when it will be a De La Salle home game.

De La Salle won another CIF State Open Division championship last month. Bob Ladouceur last week resigned as De La Salle varsity football coach, a position he held for 34 years. Justin Alumbaugh was promoted from assistant coach to head coach for the Spartans.

De La Salle has finished No. 1 national rankings seven times during Ladouceur’s tenure.

Servite last season had its first sub-.500 finish in several years, ending with a 3-7 record and missing the playoffs for the first time since Thomas became the school’s coach in 2005.

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De La Salle of Concord defensive coordinator Terry Eidson said today that discussions have been initiated that would have Servite playing at De La Salle next season.

“We want to do it,” Eidson said. “We’re working on it.”

Servite has opponents secured for four of its five nonleague games for 2013. The Friars have tried to get an Orange County team to fill that opening, but with no success. El Toro is among the teams that turned down a Servite invitation to play in ’13.

Scheduling games against out-of-area teams can be tricky, with finding mutual open dates the primary challenge.

With winter vacation dates approaching, it is likely that finalizing a Servite-De La Salle game will not occur until January if it happens at all. And usually these arrangements are two-year, home-and-home contracts, meaning one team is the home team one season and the other team is the home team the following season.

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Showers are in the forecast for Saturday, the date of the Servite-De La Salle game for the CIF State championship open-division game.

Umbrellas are not allowed at Home Depot Center, site of that game.

Stadium policies … http://tinyurl.com/244lpnc

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Advance tickets for the CIF State game, Saturday at 7:30 p.m. at Home Depot Center in Carson, are on sale at the Servite business office on Tuesday from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m.

All seating is general admission. Prices: $8 (children, students w/ID and seniors w/ID) and $15 for adults.

Tickets also are on sale at the Home Depot Center 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. daily, and at ticketmaster.com an all Ticketmaster outlets.

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