Stories for 9/23

We've got a lengthy league winning streak (Lodi tennis) in jeopardy and we've got an SJS player being named the National football player of the week. See these links and more down below!

MaxPreps.com has named Modesto Christian quarterback Isaiah Burse the U.S. Air Force National High School Football Player of the Week after his all-purpose performance in MC's win over Capital Christian Friday night. For the story, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel has a story on assistant football coach Pete Cabrera, who just got back from a tour of duty with the National Guard in Iraq. For Richard Banas II's story, click here.

The Auburn Journal's Dave Krizman takes a look at Placer football player Brandon Pope, and what a typical Friday entails for the lineman. For the story, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel has a story on the Lodi-Lincoln tennis match, which had a very strange ending. For the story, click here. And the Tokay soccer team beat Lodi for the "Lodi City Cup." Click here for the story.

SureWestSports had a video camera out at the Oak Ridge-Rocklin volleyball match, and it came away with some highlights. To see the video highlights of the Oak Ridge-Rocklin volleyball match, click here.

The Sacramento Bee's John Parker has posted his weekly volleyball notebook, along with the SacBee top 15 rankings. To see Parker's story, click here.

The Modesto Bee has posted its weekly soccer notebook. For Brian VanderBeek's story, click here.

The Woodcreek girls cross country team won at the Trojan Invitational in Folsom over the weekend. For Kurt Johnson's story in the El Dorado Hills Telegraph, click here.

The Los Banos girls water polo team beat defending CCC champion Merced 7-6. For Shawn Jansen's story in the Merced Sun-Star, click here.

The Marysville Appeal-Democrat has a story form the Lindhurst-Marysville volleyball match, a contest between two big rivals that is always emotional. For Andy Arrenquin's story, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel's Richard Banas II has posted his football predictions for Friday night's games. Richard went 11-0 last week! For the story, click here.

For a multitude of stories on local teams from the Manteca Bulletin, click here.

The Elk Grove Citizen posted its bi-weekly update, which includes more in-depth stories from Friday night's football games. For Pleasant Grove's victory over Roseville, click here. ... For Monterey Trail's win over Elk Grove, click here. ... For Franklin;s win over Rodriguez, click here. ... For Vacaville's win over Laguna Creek, click here. ... And for a full roundup (leading with Sheldon's win) click here.

The Sonora Union-Democrat has posted its weekly update, including in-depth coverage of its football games form Friday night. For Sonora's win over Modesto, click here. ... For Ripon's win over Summerville, click here. ... And for Bear River's win over Calaveras, click here.

ESPN/CalHiSports.com has released its NorCal and SoCal overall football rankings. TO see the handful of SJS teams in the mix, click here.

ROUNDUPS: For the Auburn Journal volleyball roundup, click here. ... For the Auburn Journal local roundup, click here. ... Oakmont golf beat Nevada Union. Click here. ... The Vintage girls water polo team beat Tokay. Click here. ... For the SacBee's local results, click here. ... For the Stockton Record local digest, click here. ... For the Tracy Press prep roundup, click here. ... For the Vacaville Reporter local roundup, click here. ... For the Vallejo Times-Herald local roundup, click here.