Stories for 10/15

It's Thursday and that means loads of feature stories, football previews and even a couple of rankings. See all the links to all the stories from across the Sac-Joaquin Section below.

FOOTBALL PREVIEW STORIES: For a Lincoln-El Dorado preview, click here. ... For the Lodi News-Sentinel preview capsules and predictions, click here. ... For the Manteca Bulletin's Week 6 outlook, click here. ... For the Armijo-Napa preview, click here. ... For the Vintage-Wood preview, click here. ... For the Orestimba-Patterson preview, click here. ... For the Vacaville Reporter's MEL preview, click here. ...

There's gong to be a huge football game in the SFL on Friday night, when undefeated teams Granite Bay and Del Oro meet. The Sacramento Bee has feature stories on each side. For Joe Davidson's feature on Del Oro running back Bryce Pratt, click here. And for Joe D's story on the Granite Bay team, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star's Shawn Jansen has his weekly column on high school sports, which spans Merced County. To read the column, click here. Jansen also has a story on four of Hilmar's top football players, guy who have the defending Sac-Joaquin Section Division V champion Yellowjackets off to a 5-0 start. Click here for that story.

The Downey football team has been boosted with the addition of two seniors who had never played organized football before. Now, receivers Corey Keller and Javon Kelly are 1-2 in the Sac-Joaquin Section in many offensive categories. For Richard T. Estrada's story in the Modesto Bee, click here. For the ModBee's weekly football notebook, click here. And for the ModBee's Splendid Seven football rankings, click here.

The Stockton Record has posted its weekly football notebook, leading with the St. Mary's team's chances at a state bowl game. For Stephen Roberson's story, click here.

The Woodland Christian volleyball team is wearing pink for breast cancer, and is encouraging all fans to wear pink at tonight's home game to honor a teacher recently diagnosed with breast cancer. For Matthew Kimel's story in the Woodland Daily Democrat, click here.

Lincoln-L quarterback Alex Stewart is starting for the first time for the varsity football team, and he's got the Zebras off to a 5-0 start. For Russ Edmondson's story in the Auburn Journal, click here.

Whitney football starters Jake Rodrigues (quarterback) and Shawn Azam (running back) are expected to be in the backfield when the Wildcats play Bear River in a PVL game Friday night. For the Auburn Journal story, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel takes a look at its football teams and their potential for the Sac-Joaquin Section playoffs. For Richard Banas II's story, click here.

The Manteca Bulletin has a feature on Ripon lineman Hart Yoshida. For Jonamar Jacinto's story, click here.

The Ceres Courier has posted its weekly update with several stories on the Ceres and Central Valley teams. For all of Dale Butler's stories, click here.

ESPN/CalHiSports.com has released its Peerless Predictions, which includes its take on Granite Bay-Del Oro. For the story, click here. And for the Week 6 CIF state bowl rankings, click here.

For Mike Ray's Sports Chatter in the Colfax Record, including his high school football predictions, click here.

The Folsom Telegraph has a feature story on Folsom football P.A. announcer Rich Payne. For Matt Long's story, click here.

The Manteca Bulletin has posted several stories on its area teams. For all the local roundups, click here.

The Patterson Irrigator has posted its weekly update. To see Marc Aceves' stories, click here.

For the Escalon News' story on the Woodward Cross Country Invitational, click here.

ROUNDUPS: For the Auburn Journal soccer roundup, click here. ... Colfax volleyball beat Bear River. Click here. ... Escalon football beat Bret Harte. Click here for the Escalon News story. ... Nevada Union volleyball beat Roseville. Click here. ... Lodi and Tracy soccer played to a tie. Click here. ... Tokay water polo swept Sonora. Click here. ... Lodi volleyball beat Franklin. Click here. ... Le Grand volleyball beat Mariposa. Click here. ... For the Vacaville Reporter's local roundups, click here. ... For the Vallejo Times-Herald local digest, click here. ... Yuba City soccer beat Woodland. Click here.