Let the playoffs begin: YC, Sutter host 1st-round games; Lindhurst, WUHS earn home bowl games

Yuba City High’s football team opens the Sac-Joaquin Section Division IV playoffs at home against East Union of Manteca on Friday night. The No. 2-seeded Honkers, 8-2, host the No. 7 Lancers, who finished 5-5, at Honker Stadium. Yuba City’s offense has leaned on senior running back Cody Haase, who has posted four 100-yard games over the past five weeks.