NOTES AND QUOTES for a Monday in the Napa Valley:

Napa High School’s Lauren Philipps took first place in the 138-pound division and Devery Mitchell was third at 165 pounds at the first-ever CIF Girls Regional Wrestling Tournament, which was held at Whitney High-Rocklin Saturday.

The CIF-sponsored event drew over 200 wrestlers from throughout Northern California, and is part of a two-year pilot by the CIF to gauge the popularity of this fast growing sport.

Philipps placed first in a bracket of 22 wrestlers, recording a 4-0 record with four pins and improving to 10-1 on the year with 10 pins. Philipps, the No. 1 seed, beat Lauren Knight, the No. 2 seed from Vallejo, in the finals.

“Lauren is a real warrior,” said Napa assistant coach Jaret Newton. “She showed a lot of heart in the finals, fighting off her back for almost the entire first period, before getting the pin in the second.”

Mitchell had a 4-1 record with three pins in a bracket of 12 wrestlers.

“Devery is incredibly athletic, which helps when going against far more experienced wrestlers,” said Newton. “She improves in every match and I’m excited to see how she does in the next tournament.”

Both Philipps and Mitchell qualified for the California Girls Invitational Tournament, Feb. 3-4 at Hanford West High.

Added Newton: “It’s great to see our hard work pay off.”

The undefeated Napa High girls basketball team (19-0 overall, 7-0 Monticello Empire League) in ranked 11th in the state’s Division I poll and 13th in the Northern California Overall poll by CalHiSports.com.

The Justin-Siena girls basketball team (13-5 overall, 3-3 Marin County Athletic League) remains on the bubble for the Cal-Hi Sports Redwood Empire rankings.

A proposal to move high school boys and girls soccer to the winter time for the 2006-07 school year failed by a vote of 34-16 last week, the CIF Sac-Joaquin Section said. The section’s league representatives voted to keep boys and girls soccer exactly where they are now.

Both the Monticello Empire League — which includes Napa and Vintage — and Solano County Athletic Conference voted against the proposal, as did all north leagues except the Central Valley Conference, SJS assistant commissioner John Williams said.

The MEL boys soccer season is played in the fall while the girls season is played in the spring time.

Justin-Siena graduate Melissa Dunn enjoyed a big freshman year of volleyball for Pacific University of Forest Grove, Ore., starting out her collegiate career by setting a school record for attack percentage in a match, hitting .727 in the Boxers’ 3-0 victory over Mills.

Dunn had 13 double-digit kill nights in 22 matches. She also tied the school’s single-match record for kills, registering 26 in a five-game loss to George Fox. In that match, Dunn set a school record for attack attempts in a match (84).

Dunn finished as Pacific’s leader among outside hitters, recording 239 kills and finishing fifth in attack percentage (.151). She was also one of five players with 20 or more service aces on the season, finishing with 23.