Stories from the weekend (10/18-10/19)

Be sure to check on the Sac-Joaquin Section home page (www.cifsjs.org) at this time next week, when we post the first list of potential playoff football teams. See stories on football, water polo, volleyball, soccer and cross country from across the Sac-Joaquin Section below.

Valleysportsxtra has posted video highlights from two big Sac-Joaquin Section games: Granite Bay-Del Oro and Hilmar-Livingston. To see the videos, click here.

There's been a lot of scoring going on in the Modesto Metro Conference. The Modesto Bee's Richard T. Estrada breaks it down here.

The Sacramento Bee has posted its Week 7 football viewfinder, a look ahead at some of the weekend's big games. Click here for the story. For Bill Paterson's story on Grant football's 63-0 win over Sacramento, click here.

The Merced Sun-Star has a story on some of the unsung heroes of the Merced soccer team. Click here for James Burns' story.

Vanden football beat Bethel 40-13 Saturday night. For the Vacaville Reporter story, click here. And for the Vallejo Times-Herald story, click here.

The Auburn Journal has posted a weekend football notebook. Click here to read the story.

Click here for the Manteca Bulletin's weekend roundups.

ROUNDUPS: Placer's Lucas Standcliff won the small schools divisions at the Bella Vista Cross Coumntry Invitational. Click here. The Folsom cross country team was also there. Click here. ... The Oak Ridge volleyball team is on a roll. Click here. ... The Folsom volleyball team is looking to rebound from a tough week. Click here. ... For the Grass Valley Union weekend roundup, click here. ... The Lodi girls water polo team won the B Division at the Western States Invitational. Click here. ... The Johansen girls water polo team placed fourth in the A Division of the Western States Invitational. Click here. ...