Stories for 5/14

The playoffs are in full swing. See below for lots of stories from postseason contests as well as some strong features. And look at the very bottom of this list for a special story out of Los Angeles.

PLAYOFF SOCCER: Enochs beat Lodi. Click here or here. ... Click here for a story on the Benicia team.

PLAYOFF VOLLEYBALL: Bear River beat Golden Sierra. Click here. ... Capital Christian beat Pioneer. Click here.

PLAYOFF TENNIS: Del Oro beat Woodland. Click here. ... Click here for the Stockton Record's tennis roundup.

The Roseville baseball team beat Del Oro for the SFL's final playoff berth. Click here.

The Folsom softball team beat St. Francis for the DRL's final playoff spot. Click here.

Click here for a Sacramento Bee feature story on St. Francis soccer goalkeeper Erin Rost. And click here for a SacBee feature on Bella Vista swimmer Alex Whitford.

Click here for a Stockton Record story on the St. Mary's tennis program and how it is coping after the death of longtime coach Dian Kern.

The Lodi softball team clinched the SJAA's #1 playoff spot. Click here.

The Manteca baseball team sealed the VOL's #2 playoff spot. Click here.

Marysville softball beat Golden Sierra to clinch the GEL's final playoff berth. Click here.

The Livingston baseball team beat Gustine for the WAC's #2 playoff spot. Click here.

The Will C. Wood baseball team won the MEL title. Click here.

Napa's Tatum Souza signed a national letter-of-intent to compete on the track and field team at UCLA. Click here.

Click here for the Elk Grove Citizen's Division I playoff soccer preview.

Click here for a great story by the LA Times' Bill Plaschke on two baseball teams that made an accomodation for a special player.