Stories for 11/6 (Week 9 football previews)

We've got playoffs; we've got football previews. The Sac-Joaquin Section can even lay claim to two more World Series champions. Be aware that we'll be updating this site early Saturday afternoon with all the football game stories as well. See below, and have a great weekend!

SJS WORLD SERIES WINNERS: Two athletes from the Sac-Joaquin Section won World Series rings when the New York Yankees defeated the Philadelphia Phillies in six games a couple of days ago. C.C. Sabathia (Vallejo) and Phil Coke (Sonora) were both members of the Yankees' pitching staff. Sabathia, the Game 1 and Game 4 starter, went 0-1 with a 3.29 ERA in 13.2 innings. Coke, a left-handed reliever, had a 13.50 ERA in two appearances (1.1 innings). He finished Game 1.

FOOTBALL PREVIEW STORIES: Click here for the Auburn Journal preview roundup. ... Click here for the Elk Grove Citizen's Friday Night Tailgate. ... Click here for a Lincoln-Bear River preview. ... Click here for a Nevada Union-Elk Grove preview. ... Click here for the Lodi News-Sentinel's preview roundup. ... Click here for the Lodi News-Sentinel's preview capsules. ... And click here for Richard Banas II's predictions in the Lodi News-Sentinel. ... Click here for the Marysville Appeal-Democrat's preview roundup. ... Click here for a Los Banos-Atwater preview. ... Click here for the Modesto Bee's preview roundup. ... Click here for a Napa-Vacaville preview. ... Click here for an Armijo-Vintage preview. ... Click here for a Patterson-Central Catholic preview. ... Click here for the Sacramento Bee's Five Games to Watch. ... Click here for the Stockton Record's featured games. And click here for a list of all the Stockton Record's games. ... Click here for a Wood-Fairfield preview. ... Click here for the Vacaville Reporter preview roundup. ... Click here for a Rodriguez-Benicia preview. ... Click here for the Woodland Daily Democrat preview roundup.

VIDEOS: We've got links to three shows as well! First, Valleysportsxtra.com has its Midweek Mix. You can find that here. Then there's the SureWestSports show, hosted by Mike Finnerty. You can find that here. And the Modesto Bee has its Stanislaus Football Weekly, which you can find here. A certain Sac-Joaquin Section Director of Communications is interviewed in the Stanislaus Football Weekly this week.

PLAYOFF SOCCER: Granite Bay beat Cordova 3-1 in a Division II game. Click here. ... Click here for the Modesto Bee's playoff soccer roundup. ... Click here for the Napa Valley Register preview of its two playoff teams. ... Click here for the Sacramento Bee's playoff soccer notebook. ... Franklin beat Edison 3-1 in overtime in a Division I game. Click here. ...

PLAYOFF VOLLEYBALL: Nevada Union is the #11 seed in Division I. Click here for the story. ... Click here for the Lodi News-Sentinel story on the volleyball playoffs. ... Click here for the Modesto Bee's volleyball playoff roundup.

PLAYOFF WATER POLO: Click here to see a preview on the Oak Ridge teams. ... Click here for a Franklin-EG preview. ... Click here for a Golden Valley boys water polo preview. ... Click here for a Benicia preview.

TENNIS: For coverage of the SVC tennis tournament, click here. And click here or here for coverage of the CCC tennis tournament. Click here for coverage of the MEL tournament.

The Auburn Journal has a feature on Colfax running back Pat Rawlins. Click here for Todd Mordhorst's story.

The Elk Grove Citizen has posted its twice-weekly update. Click here for a story on the water polo teams holding a tournament to raise funds. Click here for a playoff soccer preview. Click here for a tennis preview. Click here for Five Questions with Chris Nixon, the Elk Grove football coach.

The Stockton Record has a story on the Sac-Joaquin Section's new football playoff format. Click here for Stephen Roberson's story.

The Grass Valley Union posted a feature on Bear River cross country runner Breanne Mitchell. Click here for Brian Hamilton's story.

The Merced Sun-Star's James Burns talks with Los Banos quarterback Erik Martin here.

Click here for the Vacaville Reporter's high school sports stories.