Stories from the weekend (11/29-11/30)

Check below for NorCal volleyball updates, state cross country and some football. Don't forget the Sac-Joaquin Section Foundation basketball games are tonight!

NORCAL VOLLEYBALL: Oak Ridge has advanced to the D1 NorCal championship. Click here. ... Nevada Union lost in the D1 semifinals. Click here. ... Ripon advanced to the D4 NorCal championship; it'll play Christian Brothers. Click here. ...

The Elk Grove Citizen has a story on girls kicking for the football team. One of those girls, Ashley Smith, is kicking for Bradshaw Christian in Saturday's Division VI championship game. Click here for the story.

The Sacramento Bee has a story asking which league is the strongest football league in the Sac-Joaquin Section. See Joe Davidson's take here.

The Auburn Journal has posted its football notebook for the weekend. Click here for the story.

The Oak Ridge cross country teams fared well at the state meet over the weekend. Click here for the El Dorado Hills Telegraph story.

Bear River's Breanne Mitchell took 10th in the state Division 4 cross country championship race. Click here for the Grass Valley Union story.

Sierra's John Bowers ran well at the state cross country championships. Click here for the story.