Stories for 3/9

Whew, we're back after a long weekend of Section basketball/state wrestling and a nasty bout with the flu. Check below for stories from the NorCal hoops games and we're just starting to get into the Spring stuff as well.

NORCAL BASKETBALL: The Colfax and Bear River girls teams lost in the first round of NorCals. Click here. ... The Vanden girls beat Acalanes 56-49 in a D3 first round game. Click here or here. ... The Armijo girls won their first NorCal game in school history, 50-49 over Gunn. Click here. ... The Granite Bay boys stopped McClymonds on a buzzer-beater in D1 action. Click here or here. ... The Bear River girls lost to Scotts Valley. Click here. ... The Ripon Christian boys beat Mid Peninsula 54-46 in a D5 first round game. Click here. ... The Weston Ranch boys lost to Burlingame in a D3 game. Click here. ... The Modesto Christian boys lost to Orland in a D4 game. Click here. ... Click here for the Modesto Bee's NorCal roundup. ... The Oak Ridge girls beat Lowell-SF in a D1 game. Click here. ... The Antelope boys beat Northgate in a D2 game. Click here. ... The Vacaville Christian boys beat St. Elizabeth in a D5 game. Click here. ... The Vacaville Christian girls beat Portola in a D5 game. Click here. ...

STATE WRESTLING: Oakmont's Jake Elliott won the state title at 145 pounds. Click here. ... Oak Ridge's Vince Waldhauser was the state runner-up at 160 pounds. Click here. ... Del Oro's Austin Branum took fifth at 140 pounds. Click here.

SJS BOYS BASKETBALL: Colfax stopped Amador for the D4 title. Click here or here. ... Sheldon beat DRL rival Jesuit 84-69 in the D1 final. Click here. ... St. Mary's beat Antelope 61-50 in the D2 final. Click here.

SJS GIRLS BASKETBALL: Calaveras battled hard in a 71-52 D4 loss to Modesto Christian. Click here. ... The Modesto Christian girls won their third straight D4 title. Click here. ... St. Francis held off Lincoln-S 55-47 in the D1 final. Click here. ... St. Mary's beat Del Oro 70-65 in the D2 final. Click here. ... The Bradshaw Christian girls won and the boys lost in the D5 finals. Click here. ... Sacramento beat Vanden 63-50 in the D3 final. Click here.

The Union Mine boys snowboard team won the state title at Northstar. Click here for the story.

Longtime Lodi coach Connie Marion has been chosen a Sac-joaquin Section Model Coach. Click here for the story.