Stories for 9/30

Lots of great stories today, from football to cross country to volleyball. If you see one or two stories on this entire list, make them the cross country features at the top. They're worth it!

The Auburn Journal has a touching story on Placer cross country runner Andrew Soria. His father collapsed and died while they were running and Andrew is running for him this season. For Dave Krizman's story, click here.

The Modesto Bee has a story on Davis cross country runner Roberto Rosas, who is running for his brother, who was diagnosed with leukemia. For Stu Rosenberg's story, click here.

The Elk Grove Citizen has posted its football stories from Friday night. For Sheldon's win over Elk Grove, click here. ... For Pleasant Grove's win over Laguna Creek, click here. ... For Monterey Trail's win over Capital Christian, click here. ... For Del Oro's win over Franklin-EG, click here. ... For Galt's win over Valley, click here. ... For Cordova's win over Florin, click here. ... For the football roundup, click here.

The Escalon Times has a story from the Escalon football team's 37-0 victory over Buhach Colony Friday night. Click here for Marg Jackson's story.

The Sacramento Bee has a story on the El Camino football team's 3-0 start. For Bill Paterson's report, click here. ... For the SacBee's regional volleyball top 15 poll, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star has a story on the Atwater volleyball team's five-game victory over Golden Valey in a big CCC matchup. For Shawn Jansen's story, click here. In a big volleyball match in the north, Roseville toppled seven-time Sac-Joaquin Section champion Nevada Union. For Kurt Johnson's story, click here.

The Modesto Bee has posted its weekly cross country notebook. For the story, leading with Bret Harte, click here. For the Modesto Bee's weekly volleyball notebook, click here. And for the ModBee's water polo notebook (Johansen won its 500th match), click here.

In a matchup of two of the top tennis players out of the Southern half of the Sac-Joaquin Section, it was Beyer freshman Jacqi Jacques beating Modesto's Mackenzie Cook. Modesto won the match. For Richard T. Estrada's story, click here.

The Napa Valley Register has a story on the Vintage 1980 undefeated football team. One of its key members, Russ Orrick, recently passed away. For Marty James' column, click here.

The Roseville Press-Tribune has a story looking ahead to Friday night's big football games. For Kurt Johnson's story, click here.

ROUNDUPS: Del Oro tennis beat Nevada Union. Click here. ... For the Auburn Journal volleyball roundup, click here. ... For the Grass Valley Union local roundup, click here. ... The Tokay soccer team beat McNair. Click here. ... Lodi volleyball beat Davis Sr. Click here. ... The Lodi News-Sentinel athlete of the week is Sam Walker. Click here. ... For the Manteca Bulletin local roundup, click here. ... The Merced water polo team beat Atwater. Click here for Sean Lynch's story. ... For the Merced Sun-Star volleyball roundup, click here. ... For the Merced Sun-Star water polo roundup, click here. ... For the Modesto Bee's high school results, click here. ... For the Napa Valley Register local roundup, click here. ... For Kurt Johnson's latest blog entry, click here. ... For the SacBee's high school results, click here. ... For the Stockton Record's local digest, click here. ... For the Vacaville Report local roundup, click here. ... For the Woodland Daily Democrat local roundup, click here.