Stories for 10/21

Better late than never! After a lengthy Board of Managers meeting, here's your news update for Wednesday.

The Sacramento Bee is the first media outlet to actively start handicapping the new football playoff system. To see Nathanial Levine's Week 6 brackets, click here.

ESPN/CalHiSports.com has released its Week 7 state bowl game rankings. Sac-Joaquin Section teams are still at the top of most divisions. Click here for the rankings.

The Hilmar and Central Catholic football teams will play on Friday night. It's a rematch of last year's Sac-Joaquin Section Division V championship. And it'll go a long way in deciding this year's WAC champion. Click here for James Burns' story in the Merced Sun-Star.

The Auburn Journal is taking a tour of all the football stadiums within its area. Click here for Dave Krizman's story on Placer's LeFebvre Stadium.

The Modesto Bee's Ron Agostini covered the CCC golf tournament at Stevinson Ranch. Click here for his story.

Burbank High is celebrating the beginning of construction on a new athletic complex. Click here for Bill Lindelof's story in the Sacramento Bee. The SacBee's Bill Paterson also has a story on the resurgence of the Oakmont football program. Click here for that story.

Modesto volleyball player Kaitlyn Klein is a big reason the Panthers are undefeated in MMC play. For Stu Rosenberg's feature on Klein in the Modesto Bee, click here. For a story on the volleyball power ratings, click here.

The Elk Grove Citizen has posted its weekly update, including stories on all the football games from Friday night. To read the stories, click here.

The Ceres Courier has posted its weekly update of sports stories. Click here to read Dale Butler's stories.

Click here to read the Manteca Bulletin's local roundups.

ROUNDUPS: Placer volleyball beat Del Oro. Click here. ... The Oak Ridge cross country team is already looking toward the postseason. Click here. ... For the Grass Valley Union local roundup, click here. ... Tokay and St. Mary's soccer tied. Click here. ... Del Oro soccer beat Woodcreek. Click here. ... Click here for the Marysville Appeal-Democrat local digest. ... Click here for the Stockton Record's local digest. ... Click here for the Vacaville Reporter's local roundups. ... Click here for the Vallejo Times-Herald local roundups. ... Click here for the Woodland Daily Democrat local roundups.