NOTES AND QUOTES for a Tuesday in the Napa Valley:

Chardonnay Biter-Mundt of the Napa Valley Swim Team had a stellar performance at the recent USA Swimming Western Zone All-Star Championships.

Representing Pacific Swimming against all-star squads from throughout the western United States, Biter-Mundt won the 50- (27.68), 100- (59.65) and 200-meter freestyles (2:09.32) in the 15-16 girls age group. She also anchored Pacific Swimming’s 400 and 200 freestyle relays, helping the team to a national 15-16 age group record in the 200 free relay (1:50.76).

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Southern Oregon University freshman linebacker Kevin Harrell has seven total tackles after three games for the Raiders (1-2).

Harrell set school records at Vintage High School for total tackles in a single season (140) and career (356). He was named First-Team All-Monticello Empire League at linebacker, Second-Team All-MEL at running back, and was chosen as the Defensive Player of the Year on the All-Napa County team.

He was also honored as the Crushers’ outstanding defensive player. Harrell was named to the Honorable Mention defense on the Sac-Joaquin All-Section High School Football Team.

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Napa golfer John Lawson is on his way to the Re/Max World Long Drive Championship, which will be held Oct. 25 to 30 in Mesquite, Nev.

Lawson, a Napa resident who played three years of golf for UC Davis, got into the elite field by winning a local qualifier in Seattle earlier this month with a drive of 345 yards.

This is Lawson’s second year in the finals. There are 128 players in the field. They are limited to only a handful of drives per round and they hit to a grid, which is just 40 yards wide.

Lawson is a 2000 Napa High graduate and won Napa City Golf Championships in 2001 and 2002. He was an All-MEL player his sophomore, junior and senior years at Napa High, and was the MEL runner-up his last two years.

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Mike Ervin, the first-year Calistoga High head football coach who has the Wildcats off to a 1-2 start in the non-league season, will be the guest Saturday of the “KVON Sportsvine,” an hour-long show that airs every Saturday morning on KVON 1440 AM and is co-hosted by Arty “Party” Reyes and the “BT Express,” Chris Pommerening. The show runs from 9 to 10 a.m.

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Tina Barker shot a 77 and captured medalist honors at a U.S. Women’s Mid-Amateur Championship qualifier at Green Valley Country Club in Solano County. Barker heads a group of five qualifiers who advanced to the U.S. Golf Association event Oct. 21 to 26 at Old Waverly Golf Club in West Point, Miss.

Ann Lahey of Kentfield (80), Patricia Cornett of Richmond (81), Marianne Towersey of Pebble Beach (82), Sally Krueger of San Francisco (82) and Kelly Wilson of El Dorado Hills (83) also secured qualifying spots.

The Mid-Amateur is one of 13 national championships conducted annually by the USGA, 10 of which are for amateurs.

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Dr. David Goodwill, a Napa dentist, said his Miyamo sprint car just wasn’t up to par as he placed third in both his heat race and the main event at Reno-Fernley Raceway.

“Motor wasn’t running worth a darn and the brakes didn’t work worth a darn all night,” said Goodwill. “We still had a pretty good night, but it wasn’t what we were hoping for.”

It was a different story, though, in Chowchilla. Goodwill took his Kaeding Racing Products sprint car to victory in both his heat race and the trophy dash.

Starting eighth in the main event, Goodwill was able to finish fifth.

“All in all, it was pretty good,” Goodwill said. “The car was good. The motor was good, and I guess the driver was good, too.”

Goodwill resumes his racing Oct. 13 and 14 at Silver Dollar Speedway in Chico.

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The Santa Rosa Junior College football team is 4-0 and took over the No. 2 spot in the JuCal Transfer Golden 25 rankings.

The Bear Cubs, who feature several players from the Napa Valley, have been eating up yards and destroying opponents. Santa Rosa beat Yuba Community College-Marysville 42-14 this past week and have outscored opponents 190-48.

Solano-Suisun is one of 10 teams that are listed on the bubble.

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