Stories for 9/25 (Week 3 football previews)

Friday is here, and that means it's Week 3 of the high school football season. Below you'll find links to loads of football previews as well as many other stories from across the Sac-Joaquin Section. Look for updates to the previews throughout the day. It's not too late to find a game tonight! And be sure to check back here tomorrow afternoon for the high school football roundup.

FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: For previews on the DVC and DRL games from the Elk Grove Citizen, click here. ... For a Lodi-Stagg and Galt-Valley preview, click here. ... For the Lodi News-Sentinel's preview capsules, click here. ... For the Manteca Bulletin's preview capsules, click here. ... For the Marysville Appeal-Democrat previews (leading with Lindhurst-Wheatland), click here. ... For the Merced Sun-Star's football preview capsules, click here. ... For the Modesto Bee's preview roundup, click here. ... For a Vallejo-Napa preview, click here. ... For a Vintage-Clayton Valley preview, click here. ... For a Patterson-Sierra preview, click here. ... For the Sacramento Bee's Five Games to Watch, click here. ... For the Stockton Record's preview roundup, click here. ... And for the Stockton Record's featured games, click here. ... For a Lincoln-Stockton vs. Fremont of Oakland preview, click here. ... For the Vacaville Reporter preview roundup, click here. ... For the Vallejo Times-Herald preview roundup, click here. ... For the Vallejo Times-Herald preview capsules, click here.

FOOTBALL GAME STORIES: Davis Sr. beat Wood 14-7. Click here. Or click here for the Vacaville Reporter story. ... Folsom beat Sacramento 69-26. Click here. And a photo gallery here. Or, click here for the SacBee story. ... Rocklin quarterback Jimmy Laughrea is the SacBee's high school football player of the week. Click here. ... Tracy beat Washington-Fremont 42-21. Click here. See the Tracy Press story here. ...

The Woodland girls golf team ended Pioneer's league winning streak at 40 matches yesterday. For the story in the Woodland Daily Democrat, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star has a story on Merced lineman Taj Brown, who was struck by a van and nearly killed three years ago. He's back and on the field. To read James Burns' story, click here.

The Auburn Journal has a story on the life of a high school football official. It's the first part of a two-story series. For Eric J. Gourley's story, click here.

The Elk Grove Citizen has a story on the new artificial turf that was installed in four stadiums in Elk Grove. So far, it's been a pretty big hit. For Jon Gudel's story, click here. ... The Citizen also has a story concerning the heavy biudget cuts to athletics that may be coming next year. For John Hull's story, click here.

The Modesto Bee has its weekly water polo notebook, leading with smaller schools Oakdale and Sonora holding their own against much larger schools. For Stu Rosenberg's story, click here. ... And for the ModBee's water polo players of the week, click here.

The Rodriguez High stadium will be named after longtime Armijo coach Ed Hopkins tonight. For Paul Farmer's story in the Fairfield Republic, click here.

ROUNDUPS: The Edison volleyball team beat Tokay. Click here. ... The Tokay soccer team beat Edison. Click here. ... For multiple stories out of the Manteca Bulletin, click here. ... For the Vacaville Reporter local roundup, click here.