A few stories linked in our afternoon update. Football starts tomorrow night!

The Amador Ledger-Dispatch has a preview story on its two football teams' season openers. To see the previews - Amador at Golden Sierra and Argonaut at Valley - click here.

Roseville volleyball swept El Camino despite missing some players. For the story in the Granite Bay Press-Tribune, click here.

And the Turlock Journal has a feature on Hilmar quarterback Quinton McCown, the only offensive starter returning from last year's Section Division V champions. To see Chhun Sun's story, click here.

And ESPN/CalHiSports.com started a new feature: Peerless Predictions. This week, they take a look at the Granite Bay-Pittsburg and Central Catholic-Cardinal Newman games. Click here for the story.

And one more thing: The SacBee high school football preview has its own URL. You can find every story here.