News from the New Year week

Happy 2010 to all! Hope your new year was a good one. Check below for the stories you may have missed form the past week.

The Modesto Bee released its all-Decade football team, going with Modesto Christian's Isaiah Burse as its player and Escalon's Mark Loureiro as its coach. Click here for the story and click here for the entire team.

The Auburn Journal has a list of the top 10 stories of the 2009 year, leading with the Placer baseball team winning a Section title. Click here for the story.

The Roseville Press-Tribune has a list of its top stories of 2009. For the first part, click here.

The Lodi News-Sentinel has a list of its top 10 stories for 2009. Click here for the story.

The Elk Grove Citizen has a boys basketball preview that includes the best of the DVC and DRL here as well as capsules on every team here.

Atwater quarterback Nathan Sanchez is the Merced Sun-Star's football player of the year. Click here for the story.

BASKETBALL: The Oak RIdge boys had a 6-8 preseason. Click here. ... The Oak Ridge girls went 12-1 in the preseason. Click here. ... The Vista del Lago boys went 13-1 in the preseason. Click here. ... Click here for the Grass Valley Union roundup. ... Click here for the Manteca Bulletin's girls preview. ... The St. Mary's girls beat Hoover of Alabama in the finals of the T-Mobile Invitational. Click here. ... Click here for a roundup of the Stockton Showcase (boys). ...

WRESTLING: Click here for a story on the Del Oro team. ... Folsom fared well at a couple of holiday tournaments. Click here. ... The Elk Grove Citizen has previews on the DRL and DVC here. ... Granite Bay took second at its own Grizzly Invitational. Click here. ... Tokay took fourth at the Stagg Tournament. Click here.