Stories for 9/3

Many more stories on Section high school sports, including loads of football previews and rankings. Also, a new feature on the aggregator, we have all the leagues listed through google maps. You can click on any league for the map in the menu on the right column of this page, toward the bottom.

The Sacramento Bee has released its preseason top 20 football rankings. For a look at a great slide show of the teams, click here.

Mike Ray of Gold Country Media has a story from the Section's Media Day, and he breaks down the new football playoff formula. For his story in the Auburn Journal, click here.

The Sacramento Bee has a preview story on the Grant football team, which went 14-0 last season and won the CIF state open deivision bowl championship. For columnist Joe Davidson's story, click here.

ESPN/CalHiSports.com has two stories of big local interest. First, executive editor Mark Tennis releases his preseason rankings for the state bowl games. Many SJS teams, including St. Mary's #1 in DIvision III, are in the mix. For his story, click here. And for another CalHi preview story - this one includes St. Mary's and Vacaville Christian, click here.

SureWestSports' Mike Finnerty has video of the Roseville-Folsom volleyball match. For his story, click here.

The Modesto Bee enters the the fifth day of its eight-day high school football preview. For a story on the best bands in the Stanislaus District, click here. For a preview story on the MLL, click here. Fo a full page devoted to MLL football, click here.

The Stockton Record's high school football preview contines, with the MLL as well. For the full story by Mark Godi, click here.

The Placer Herald has two football preview stories on the teams from Rocklin. For Russ Edmondson's story on defending Section Division IV champion Whitney, click here. And for Edmondson's story on the Rocklin team, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star has an interview with Le Grand football coach Rick Martinez. For sports editor James Burns' Q&A session, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel has a story on tonight's Foundation volleyball matches. For the story, click here. The News-Sentinel has two more high school sports stories. For a report on the Lodi Cross Country Invitational, click here. And for a girls tennis preview, click here.

The Manteca Bulletin has several stories in today's edition, the lead being a preview on the defending Section Division IV champion East Union girls golf team. For the stories, click here.

The Patterson Irrigator has a preview story on the Patterson football team. For Marc Aceves' story, click here.

The Vallejo Times-Herald has a preview story on the Vallejo football team. For Matt O'Donnell's story, click here.

The Ceres Courier's Dale Butler had several stories concerning its area teams. For soccer (Ceres beat Downey), click here. For a volleyball roundup, click here. For a girls soccer preview, click here. And for a girls tennis roundup, click here.

The Elk Grove Citizen has two more football previews from its "Two-A-Days" preview series. For a preview on Davis Sr., click here. And for Monterey Trail, click here.

The Citizen also has a story on the budget cuts to the athletic departments within the Elk Grove Unified School District. For John Hull's story, click here.

The Granite Bay Press-Tribune has a photo gallery from Oakmont's Blue-White football scrimmage. Click here for the gallery.

The Vacaville Reporter has an update on several of its former athletes now competing in the NCAA. For Tim Roe's story, click here.

ROUNDUPS: The Escalon volleyball team beat Linden. Click here. ... Tokay volleyball beat Galt. Click here. ... Woodcreek soccer beat Colfax. Click here. ... Roseville volleyball beat Bear River. Click here. ... Granite Bay and Whitney soccer tied. Click here. ... Nevada Union boys soccer beat North Lake Tahoe. Click here. ... The Riverbank cross country team won its first meet of the season. Click here. ... The Sonora soccer team beat Summerville. Click here. ... Millennium soccer has won its first two games. Click here. ... Wood soccer beat Vanden, click here. ... Vanden tennis beat Vacaville, click here.