​College of the Sequoias Athletics has a busy weekend ahead, highlighted by football’s return to Sequoias Stadium and a soccer doubleheader, while volleyball hits the road for four matches and cross country takes a week off following its season-opening meet.FootballCollege of the Sequoias’ football team returns home this Saturday, Sept. 12, when the Giants host Laney College at 1 p.m. at Sequoias Stadium.The Giants’ two losses have been to San Mateo and Diablo Valley, two of the state’s top teams. Laney comes in at 1-1, after defeating Monterey Peninsula and losing to De Anza.This will be the Giants’ first game against Laney since 2017.VolleyballThe volleyball team dropped three of four matches last week to now stand at 3-3 overall.Friday, Sept. 11, Sequoias will travel to Stockton for the two-day Delta Invitational. Its first match Friday will be against Lassen, ranked 23rd in the state.SoccerThe Giant soccer teams will host a doubleheader Friday, Sept. 11, at Sequoias Stadium. The women’s team has their Central Valley Conference opener against Madera at noon, while the men’s team has a 3 p.m. non-conference match against Canyons.Going into this week, the Sequoias women were 0-2 while the men were 0-1-1.More: Tulare County Football | Week 4 predictions, top games to watchMore: ‘Full circle ‘ — Nash McElree returns home to lead Redwood footballCross countryThe COS cross country teams do not compete this week and will be off until Sept. 18, when they are in the NorCal Preview meet in Oroville.At last week’s Crush Invitational meet in Fresno, the Giant women’s team placed seventh out of 18 schools, while the men were eighth out of 24.Yazmine Lachino-Robles led the women’s team, finishing sixth in a field of 156 runners. Gia Ortega was 31st.The men’s team was led by Mason Mamauag, who placed 33rd in a field of 263. Ryan Herrera finished 52nd.This article originally appeared on Visalia Times-Delta: College of the Sequoias Sports Notes: Giants football returns home vs Laney