The Napa Gunners, a Napa Valley Soccer Club under-14 Division III boys team, clinched its fourth straight tournament title, taking top honors at the Ukiah Wine Harvest Tournament last weekend.

Strong defensive play throughout the tournament by Jacob Aman, Horacio Arcila, Blake Zuniga, Zachary Zuniga, Raymond Lopez and Austin Burns, coupled with the performances of goalkeepers Fabian Izarrarez and Jose Jaramillo, enabled the Napa team to shut out each of its opponents.

In the opening game the Gunners blanked the Clayton Demolition 5-0 as Omar Delgadillo, Michael St. John, Gary Tovar, Izarrarez and Jaramillo scored goals and Austin Burns, Zachary Zuniga, Izarraraz and St. John had assists.

Napa beat River City Westham 4-0 as Delgadillo, Tovar, James LaBerge and Bolton Titus had goals. Lopez, Delgadillo and Tovar were credited with assists.

The Gunners’ offense and defense combined to provide another strong effort in Game 3, a 4-0 win over the River City Bulldogs. Tovar scored two goals and St. John and Titus each had a goal. Delgadillo, Lopez, Aman, LaBerge and Zuniga had assists.

Delgadillo and Tovar each scored two goals, leading Napa to a 4-0 win over Santa Rosa FC Central in the championship game.

The Gunners, coached by Rob Kusel and Horacio Arcila Sr., are 20-0-0 and have outscored their opponents 100-6. They are also off to a strong start in league play with wins over the Petaluma Crusaders (4-1), Santa Rosa Cosmos (5-0), Mill Valley Fusion (11-0) and Wesco Wildfire (11-0 ).

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Maria Vermes, a new member of Healthquest’s powerlifting team, lifted 230.5 pounds to set California, American and world records at the Washington State Bench Press & Deadlift Championships in Aberdeen, Wash., last weekend.

Vermes competes in the 47- to 53-year-old/97.5 weight group and is now qualified for the World Association of Bench Pressers and Deadlifters Championships. This event will be held at the Riviera Hotel in Las Vegas, Nov. 15-20.

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Justin-Siena High School was ranked No. 7 in the Redwood Empire football rankings going into Friday night’s Marin County Athletic League game against San Rafael. The rankings are assembled by Harold Abend, a correspondent for Cal-Hi Sports.

Last week the Braves were eighth in the poll. Two other MCAL schools, Novato (No. 2) and Marin Catholic-Kentfield (No. 5), are also ranked.

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Napa High’s Alex Robben, a freshman outfielder, and Mackenzey Bard, a junior pitcher, have been added to the San Ramon-based Sorcerer, one of the country’s top gold-level ASA softball teams. They will play for the Sorcerer during the 2006-07 season.

Robben played summer softball for the Sorcerer’s 14-and-under team and was also selected to attend the Ringor/West Coast Softball National Camp.

Bard, who has played on the Fresno Force’s 16s team, was named as the Co-Pitcher of the Year on the 2006 All-Napa County softball team. She was 16-5 with a 1.28 earned run average in 142 innings. She struck out 190 and walked 34. Offensively, Bard batted .320 with 24 hits and scored 15 runs.

Bard was also named Honorable Mention on The Sacramento Bee’s 2006 All-Metro softball team.

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My guest in October on Napa Community Public Access-TV Channel 28 is Derek McIntyre, Justin-Siena’s first-year athletic director. The half-hour show, “Register Sports with Marty James,” airs Mondays at noon and Sundays at 9 p.m.

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Vintage High graduate Anna Cmaylo had a huge night for the Santa Clara University volleyball team, recording a season and career-high 29 kills to go along with a .510 hitting percentage, six blocks and six digs, in a 3-2 loss to Saint Mary’s College in the West Coast Conference opener Thursday night at McKeon Pavilion in Moraga.

Santa Clara (10-3, 0-1 WCC), ranked ninth the country, was playing without two of its starters.

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Frank Abbott of Silverado Resort finished eighth in the senior division of the Northern California Golf Association’s Valley Amateur, which was played at Elkhorn Country Club in Stockton. Abbott, who won the title last year, shot 71-81 — 152.

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Lindsay Brown is averaging 5.09 set assists and 1.09 digs per game as a freshman for the Sonoma State volleyball team (6-6 overall, 3-5 California Collegiate Athletic Association). Brown is a setter and went to Napa High.

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