Stories for 11/19

The football playoffs are a day away! Check below for loads of preview stories, plus a bunch of previews on the Sac-Joaquin Section volleyball championships, to be played tonight at UC Davis.

PLAYOFF FOOTBALL PREVIEWS: Click here for a Colfax-Modesto Christian preview. ... Click here for a Rocklin-Elk Grove preview. ... Click here for a Livingston-Lincoln-L preview. ... Click here for a Grant-Tokay preview. ... Click here for a Casa Roble-Manteca preview. ... Click here for a Mira Loma-Sierra preview. ... Click here for a Ripon-Summerville preview. ... Click here for the Manteca Bulletin's Division 3 and 4 outlooks. ... Click here for a story on the three Buhach Colony running backs, all of whom should be over 1,000 yards rushing after Friday. ... Click here for a Modesto-Los Banos preview. ... Click here for an Atwater-Stagg preview. ... Click here for a story on Modesto Christian and its potential road to the finals. ... Click here for a chart on some of the top small school players in the playoffs. ... Click here for a chart on some of the top games in Divisions 3 and below. ... Click here for a Napa-Nevada Union preview. ... Click here for a Whitney-Sonora preview. ... Click here for a Patterson-Benicia preview. And here for as Patterson Irrigator story on the playoff formula. ... Click here for the Sacramento Bee's playoff preview roundup. ... Click here for a Dixon-Calaveras preview. ... Click here for a Patterson-Benicia preview. ... Click here for a Pioneer-Del Campo preview.

VIDEO: The Modesto Bee has posted four editions of Stanislaus Football Weekly, special for the playoffs. Click here for all those shows. ... And Valleysportsxtra's Midweek Mix, a playoff preview edition, is also up. Click here for that video, which includes an interview with everybody's favorite Sac-Joaquin Section Director of Communications! They will be covering Ripon-Summerville, Casa Roble-Manteca, Modesto-Los Banos and Christian Brothers-Del Oro on Friday night.

The Nevada Union volleyball team will play Oak Ridge for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division I title tonight. Click here.

The Rocklin volleyball team will play St. Francis for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division II title at UC Davis tonight. Click here for the story.

The Manrteca Bulletin has a story advancing both Ripon and RIpon Christian valleyball teams playing for a Sac-Joaquin Section title tonight. Click here for Jagada Chambers' story. And the Modesto Bee has a story advancing the Ripon-Christian Brothers volleyball match. Click here.

The Placer boys cross country team edged El Camino for the Sac-Joaquin Section Division III title and it was a team effort. Todd Mordhorst of the Auburn Journal has the story here.

The Lincoln News-Messenger has a feature story on Lincoln-L football coach Ken Lowe. Click here for Russ Edmondson's story.

West High football coach Steve Lopez has retired. Click here for the Stockton Record story.

The Elk Grove Citizen posted its twice-weekly update with all the stores from all of Friday night's games. Click here for those stories.

The St. Mary's girls basketball team is ranked #1 in the country according to USA Today. Click here for the Stockton Record story.