Coaches’ Way was a blog originally intended to have several coaches within a division each give reasons why their team has a good chance at receiving a playoff spot.

It took Ceres High all of five minutes to dry the tears and soothe the heartache of a Division IV Sac-Joaquin Section finals loss before the Bulldogs began to celebrate the season that was.

More than 130 years ago, Jules Verne showed it was possible to go around the world in 80 days -- exactly the length of time it took Linden High School to write its own memorable story.

One team advanced to the playoffs. The other will have to wait until Thursday.

Rodrigo Aldana recorded his ninth hat trick of the season and raised his state-best goal total to 45 as Patterson High clinched the Western Athletic Conference boys soccer title with a 5-1 win over visiting Hilmar on Monday.

Eric Cavanaugh scored three goals in the second half as Ripon High pulled into a tie for first place in the Trans-Valley League with a 4-2 victory over visiting Riverbank on Monday.

The stiff wind that whistled through the Central Valley High soccer field meant the two teams had their scoring chances cut in half.

The Johansen High boys soccer team suffered its first Modesto Metro Conference loss of the season, and league standings are now a mess.

The Merced High boys soccer team's unbeaten streak may or may not have come to an end Monday.

It was a battle between two of the Modesto Metro Conference's top soccer teams, and it was under the lights at Downey High's Chuck Hughes Stadium.