With her golf bag just a few feet away from the first tee, Emily Talley pulled out an eight-iron, addressed the ball, took one look at the blue pin in the back of the green, and hit an aggressive, towering shot — the ball coming to rest only a few feet away from the cup at Napa Valley Country Club Thursday afternoon.

NOTES AND QUOTES for a Sunday in the Napa Valley:

Napa Valley College baseball coach Bob Freschi is saying sayonara to 10 players who are off to continue their careers at four-year universities next spring.