Monday, September 14, 2009

Stories from the weekend (9/12-9/14)

The weekend closes out with a bang for the Sac-Joaquin Section as its football teams win all four games in matchups against teams from the Bay Area in the Battle at the Capital. See stories on that showcase, and many more, below.

The Marysville Appeal-Democrat has a neat story on the history on the Big-Little Football Game, the annual contest between Yuba City and Marysville. If you only read one story from this aggregator, make it this one! For the story, click here.

Granite Bay football beat Pittsburg in its season opener on Saturday, one of the games from the Battle at the Capital. For Galen Kusic's story in the Granite Bay Press-Tribune, click here.

Del Oro football rallied for a 28-21 victory over California-San Ramon in the nightcap of the Battle at the Capital. For Eric J. Gourley's story in the Loomis News, click here.

MaxPreps.com has a roundup from the Battle at the Capital with stories off each game. For Kevin Askeland's story, click here.

CalHiSports.com also has a roundup from all the games from the Battle at the Capital. Mark Tennis also throws in some soccer notes as well as highlights from the Jesuit-St. Mary's game. For Tennis' story, click here.

The Sacramento Bee has a handful of stories concerning high school football. For a look ahead at the key Week 2 games, click here. ... For a look back at the Battle at the Capital, click here. ... For a look at the Week 1 statistical stars, click here. ... And for Joe Davidson's Sac-Joaquin Section top 10, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star has a story on the Buhach Colony football team's victory over Enochs in their Saturday season opener. For Shawn Jansen's story, click here.

The Colfax cross country program has drawn up a new course and will start hosting meets again. See Mike Ray's story in the Auburn Journal here.

The Manteca Bulletin has a story on the Ripon volleyball team's championship at the Golden Valley Classic. For the story, click here. ... The Bulletin also has a story on the Ripon soccer team winning the Ripon Christian Invitational. Click here for the story. ... And for a story on the Sierra Cross Country Invitational, click here.

The Modesto Bee's Richard T. Estrada takes a look at the week that was in high school football. For his column, click here.

The El Dorado Hills Telegraph has a story looking back on the Oak Ridge football team's loss to Rocklin. For Matt Long's story, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel has a story on the large amount of fans who showed up for the Lodi football game. For Joelle Milholm's story, click here.

ROUNDUPS: Colfax soccer goes 2-2 at the Del Campo Tournament here. ... Bella Vista soccer beat Granite Bay. Click here. ... The Grass Valley Union local roundup is here. ... For the Modesto Bee's roundup on the Sierra Cross Country Invitational, click here. ... Franklin-S football beat Johnson here. ... Vallejo football beat Balboa here.