NOTES AND QUOTES for a Saturday in the Napa Valley:

All is not well at Napa Memorial Stadium. But my concern isn’t about the quality of the field — a fast surface which is immaculately maintained throughout the year — or the stands, which offer fans close proximity to the action.

For a high school facility that has gotten national acclaim and notoriety, the lighting situation continues to come into question — it’s one of the worst in the area.

The Napa Valley Unified School District needs to address this issue and spend some money on better lights — so that players, coaches, officials and fans can see what the heck is going on, so that they can see the ball when it’s in the air.

If Memorial Stadium is going to be such a special and historical place that the city and community can take pride in, then it’s time for school officials to take the necessary steps to better illuminate the place.

The Napa Gunners, a Napa Valley Soccer Club under-14 Division III boys team, struck again, capturing first-place honors at the Wine Country Classic, which was held over the Labor Day weekend in Napa.

Omar Delgadillo’s three goals led the Gunners to a 5-0 win over the Solano Titans. Jose Jaramillo and Gary Tovar each added one goal.

Two goals apiece from Raymond Lopez and Delgadillo, and a goal by Tovar, gave the Napa team a 5-0 win over 49er United Arsena.

The Gunners’ offense and defense combined to provide another strong performance during Game 3, a 4-1 victory over the Eureka Breakers. Delgadillo netted two goals while Tovar and Mitchell Cooledge each added one, with assists from Delgadillo, Tovar and Austin Burns.

The Gunners shut out Napa United in the championship game, 5-0. An all-around team effort led to two goals by Jose Jaramillo, additional goals by Bo Titus, Fabian Izarrerez and Tovar, with assists from Delgadillo and Lopez.

Strong defensive play throughout the tournament was turned in by Jacob Aman, Horacio Arcila, Blake Zuniga, Zachary Zuniga and goalie Fabian Izarrarez.

The Napa team, coached by Rob Kusel, is 12-0 and has outscored its opponents 51-5.

The Napa Panthers, an under-12 Division II girls team with the Napa Valley Soccer Club, finished second in last weekend’s Wine Country Classic, which was held at the Raiders field, Redwood Middle School and West Park Elementary School. Napa’s only loss was a 1-0 setback to Turlock in the championship game, which was decided on penalty kicks.

The team is made up of Ali Aaron, Colleen Bohannan, Haley Cremen, Vivian Gomez, Amada Gonzalez, Selena Haro, Annelie Heinemann, Tara Knight, Jessica Massie, Bridget McLoughlin, Breanna Ojala, Andrea Ortega-Baltazar, Colleen Salmon, Daniela Trejo and Megan Woodward. Coach Dennis Sweeney is assisted by Justin Aaron and Kevin Massie.

Calistoga native and former NFL coach Dick Vermeil will be in the broadcast booth for Monday night’s San Diego Chargers-Oakland Raiders game at McAfee Coliseum. Vermeil will be part of the announcing crew for ESPN, which begins its coverage at 7:15 p.m.

It was an up and down evening for Napa’s racing dentist, Dr. David Goodwill, in Chico Wednesday night.

Goodwill qualified in the middle of the pack in his Bailey Brothers sprint car. Not satisfied with his performance, Goodwill and his crew went to work on the car.

Goodwill won his heat race handily. All that was left was to win the main event. But that was not to be.

Goodwill was solidly in sixth position when he jumped the berm in turn four. He was able to regain control and re-entered the race well back in the field. He was only able to work his way back to 11th by the checkered flag.

Justin-Siena is listed “on the bubble” in the Redwood Empire football rankings, which are assembled by Harold Abend, a correspondent for Cal-Hi Sports.

“The Marin County Athletic League looks a bit down this year but even so, Novato may have its best team ever,” said Abend, who lists Novato at No. 2.

Justin-Siena offensive lineman Matt Meyer is listed among the “Just Missed Second Teamers” on the All-Redwood Empire Preseason Team.

Two-time winner Andy Roddick and defending champion Andy Murray will join James Blake and Marat Safin at the 2007 SAP Open, a men’s professional tennis tournament. The SAP Open will be played Feb. 12-18, 2007 at HP Pavilion in San Jose.

More information is available by visiting www.sapopentennis.com.

E-mail Executive Sports Editor Marty James at mjames@napanews.com or call 256-2223.