Stories from the weekend (12/19-12/21)

Two Sac-Joaquin Section football team went to Carson for the CIF state championships bowl games. Modesto Christian came back a winner and Rocklin nearly won as well. Check below for game stories as well as a lot of hoops and wrestling. The Sac-Joaquin Section offices will be closed for the holiday season after today, but I will be updating the news aggregator periodically. Have a great holiday season!

The Rocklin football team was just short in its Division II state bowl championship game, falling 33-30 to Servite of Anaheim. Click here for the Auburn Journal story.

The Sacramento Bee was in Carson for the state bowl games and has a couple of stories off Servite's win over Rocklin. Click here for the game story. ... Click here for a notebook. ... Click here for a story on Rocklin as a whole.

The Modesto Bee covered the Modesto Christian football team's 44-40 victory over Parker in the state small schools bowl championship game. Click here for the game story. And click here for a story on MC's goal line stand to win the game.

ESPN/CalHiSports.com was in Carson for the state bowl games as well. Click here for the Modesto Christian-Parker story. And click here for the Servite-Rocklin story.

Hughson's Becky Hobby is the Modesto Bee's girls cross country runner of the year. Click here. ... Davis' Roberto Rosas is the Modesto Bee's boys cross country runner of the year. Click here. ... Ripon's Kelsey Johnston is the Modesto Bee's volleyball player of the year. Click here.

Sierra's Amber Parker is the Manteca Bulletin's girls cross country runner of the year. Click here for the story.

BASKETBALL: Click here for the Auburn Journal boys roundup. ... Click here for the Auburn Journal girls roundup. ... Click here for a Del Oro boys preview. ... Click here for a Woodcreek girls update. ... Click here for the Grass Valley Union roundup. ... Click here for the Grass Valley Union boys preview roundup. ... Click here for the Lodi News-Sentinel roundup. ... The Linden boys beat Ripon Christian. Click here. ... Click here for the Merced Sun-Star roundup. ... The Golden Valley boys beat Livingston. Click here. ... Click here for the Modesto Bee roundup. ... Click here for the Stockton Record's local roundup. ... The St. Mary's girls beat Norcross (Ga.) in the first round of the elite Nike Tournament of Champions. Click here. ... The St. Mary's girls beat Memphis Central in a close game. Click here. ... The St. Mary's girls play Brea Olinda in the semis of the Nike Tournament of Champions. Click here.

WRESTLING: The Grass Valley Union has five questions with two-time state qualifier Jacob Purdy. Click here. ... Four Modesto-area wrestlers won titles at the Western Invitational. Click here. ... Click here for the Napa Valley Register roundup. ... The Vacaville wrestlers took sixth in the Reno Tournament of Champions. Click here.